Super Bowl XLVIIl (CBS, Sunday 6:30 p.m.) — That goddamn dance freaks me out. It looks like some sort of ritualistic act someone would engage in before sacrificing small children. DON’T EAT OUR CHILDREN, RAY LEWIS. Anyway, I understand that CBS will start airing Super Bowl coverage at 2 p.m., which means four and a half hours of blather that only 49er and Raven fans will give three craps about, but congrats to both cities!
Puppy Bowl IX (Animal Planet, 3 p.m.) — If you’re not interesting in the pre-game blather, you can always watch cute puppies, instead, and this year, Hedgehog Cheerleaders and a Puppy Cam.
Elementary (CBS, After the Super Bowl) — I’m a little peeved because, after hearing that Elementary has had marked improvement over the course of the season, I wanted to catch up before the big Super Bowl episode. It didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure the ratings for the post-Super Bowl show that airs each year is always super inflated anyway. Seventy percent of Nielsen families just left the damn TV on after they drank too much and passed out after the game.
House of Cards (Netflix) — David Fincher and Kevin Spacey’s $100 million new political draama starts today, and you can watch every single of the 13 episodes starting anytime you’d like. Is this a good idea, or a bad one? I think it’s going to depend, in part, on whether House of Cards is actually any good.
Portlandia (IFC, Friday 10 p.m.) — “Local baristas draft a coffee shop manifesto; Kath and Dave struggle to find a table at a restaurant.” Yup. Those sound like Portlandia sketches.
Girls (HBO, Saturday 10:05) — PROGRAMMING ALERT: HBO is airing this week’s Girls and Enlightened on Saturday night and on Sunday night, during its regular time slot, in order to avoid conflicts with the Super Bowl.
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‘GIRLS’ is already on Xfinity OnDemand. Watched it yesterday.
Um… I’m sorry?
Do you need to talk about it?
This is where people pretend Girls is a terrible show and Sons of Anarchy is the greatest thing of all time.
49ers -3 is laughable. Vegas airballed this…..Put the farm on 49ers, then after the game…youll have 2 farms, which is better than one.
Blowout, Ravens out of magic. 38-17 49ers.
Also lay the points on the Pawtriots in the Puppy Bowl, i got my mind on my Kibbles, and kibbles on my mind.
It took three looks to convince myself the banner pic didn’t have mouth-eyes.
He killed 2 people, right?
No, his homeboys did (do the kids still say homeboys?), he was there he saw and knows what happened, he snitched like a rat, and got released.
I remember loving the original House of Cards (BBC) wayyyy back when. Super intense political intrigue. Thing is, the outlandish “7 Days in May” plot (look it up) is probably “this” close to occurring, so it might seem a little too real to be enjoyed. But what do I know?
Watching House of Cards now. You see Kate Mara’s ass. Tits may come later. That is all.
Yeah, I’m sure everyone who watches Girls will be dying to catch the superbowl instead.
Doesn’t anybody watch Banshee? It is kind of comic-booky but it features loads of gratuitous violence and nudity.
Yeah, I’m watching it. Remember last week, when the “sheriff” got into a brawl with the professional MMA fighter? With real police, investors, managers, and people who have a vested interest in promoting the opening of the casino just standing around watching their dream going up in flames when they could have just pulled the two guys apart with a modicum of effort?
Yeah, it’s hard to jerk off to that.
House of Cards is a solid show…