Tin Cup (The TV Guide Network, Friday 8 p.m.) — Sometimes it’s not about winning, it’s about the glory, you p***ies. Balls over brains. “When a defining moments comes along, you define the moment or it defines you.” The way that Tin Cup crashes and burns into glory in the final minutes is movie defining.
Saturday Night Live (NBC, Saturday 11:29 p.m.) — Kevin Hart is on this weekend, and as much as it pains me to admit it, it’s virtually guaranteed to be better than the Jennifer Lawrence episode, although my guess is that the writers are saving up all their good material for next week’s Justin Timberlake episode.
The Surrogate (Lifetime, Saturday 9 p.m.) — I mention this Lifetime movie — about a surrogate mother turned killer — not out of any real interest, but only because now I know where Mia Kirshner is. My stalking can continue where it left off in 2009.
The Apprentice All-Stars (NBC, Sunday 9 p.m.) — Now in its 13th cycle, The Apprentice has been reduced to recalling D-level celebrities who only managed to rise to the D+ level by virtue of appearing on The Apprentice. Also, I hope Manny from Modern Family falls off the Trump Tower and lands on Donald’s hair piece.
The Good Wife (CBS, Sunday 9 p.m.) — The last first-run episode was the best of the season, and if you’re not watching this show, well, there’s probably nothing I can do to convince you otherwise. But it’s really good.
The Walking Dead (AMC, Sunday 9 p.m.) — It should be interesting to see how this week’s episode manages to stall the characters for another hour as they await the showdown in the season finale. In fact, it’s probably time for a flashback or bottle episode.
Vikings (History, Sunday 10 p.m.) — The $40 million series — History’s first scripted drama — debuts this Sunday and promises a rare glimpse at Viking history from their perspective, instead of the victims’ perspective. Reviews so far have been decent, saying it’s good in a Spartacus kind of way.
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“[G]ood in a Spartacus kind of way.” So we get to see swinging viking dong now, as well as swinging gladiator dong? Super.
This is cutting (or uncut) analysis…..
It ends with them never winning the Valhalla.
I’m in for this
From a Viking’s perspective? Hoo boy. That could be offensive.
“Hi, I’m Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson. I’ve come to Gael so my men can drink good wine, do you have any?”
“Why yes, I, Rollo, Duchy of Normandy, have plenty of wine to spare. Please, help yourself to all the wine you want. And While you are at it, could you please do me the favor of sodomizing our women and burning down our village? That’d be awfully swell of you.”
Classic Vikings.
Hopefully it evolves into a dark comedy.
Look for Capital One to get in on this.
I wish the Walking Dead would stall by having half the show be focused on the Jail group spending time clearing out the walker problem they have in the jail. And when they aren’t killing, they are giving us information about their pasts. The other half would be Maybury training by having their new army kill walkers and us getting to know some of the main bad guys and Tyrese’s group. If you’re going to stall, at least give us some more information on the origins of these new characters, damnit.
Another Friday, another episode of Banshee – a show that doesn’t know what the fuck it wants to be. It’s the Poochie the Rockin’ Dawg of Amish criminals.
I thought Pawn Stars was their first scripted show.
the SanJo Merc News said Vikings is like Rome with Norsemen, with a lead character akin to Titus Pullo. SOLD BEYOTCHES. [t.co]
How can anything be “good in a Spartacus kind of way” on basic cable?
Kevin Hart on SNL should be fun.
You wish you hated those people, your wife and children, because you know the things the world will do to them, because you have done some of those things yourself. It’s crazy-making, yet you cling to them…
VIKINGS! Not Wells Tower’s Vikings but finally a reason to pay the cable!
Can Kevin Hart sing? If not I assume his monologue will just be bits from his standup.