Tuesday This N That TV Madness

It’s TV Madness out in full force this week as many of my shows return, and there are a few new ones on the schedule to check out as well.

1. 2 Broke Girls - I checked out the pilot for this show last night. Thankfully, I wasn’t expecting much from the show going in (it’s the Catherine Willows theory at work, you know). I can’t say I was ‘pleasantly surprised’, but I think it might actually be a show that I would maybe watch regularly - since there’s really nothing else on my Monday nights at the moment. Let’s face it: I’m in Rizzoli & Isles withdrawl. I really need my J-Rizz fix. TNT could at least air some reruns – and not at 1am like they’re doing at the moment.

Anyway, back to 2BG – I actually got a Jo Polniaczek/Blair Warner (Facts of Life) vibe with this show - you know, the snooty rich girl and the poor tough NYC girl. To even bring me more flashbacks to the early 80s, Garrett Morris is in this show as well. He will forever be Sporty James from the old cop show, Hunter. That reminds me, what’s Stepfanie Kramer up to these days? I don’t think I’ve heard anything from her probably since her album “one dream” came out in 1999.

Oy! I keep getting 80s flashback sidetracked! Where was I? 2 Broke Girls, yes. The pilot ended with Caroline moving into Max’s apartment. And the horse. What’s with the horse? Isn’t that going a bit over the top? Yeesh! Anyway, as I said before, this might be something that I could probably watch on a Monday night when nothing else is on. Pilot episodes usually aren’t the best to judge a show by.

2. I heard that both Liz Vassey and Jeri Ryan (and even a tiny bit of Missi Pyle) were on the premiere of Two and a Half Men last night? Even though my locatetv schedule mentioned nothing about it? Damn! What’s up with that? I’ve got to track down that episode now. I’m not a regular watcher of the show, but have seen a couple other episodes of it that included Liz.

3. Speaking of tracking down stuff: I totally slept through Jane Lynch & the Emmys, so I’ve got to find at least Jane’s parts. I somehow fell asleep at 4pm and woke at 11am the next morning. Yes, do the math. That’s 19 hours. Exhausted much?

4. on to what’s coming up. Tonight is the season 9 premiere of NCIS. I saw that Canada actually got to watch it last night. That’s so not fair. I’m looking forward to more of the handsome Jethro, kick-ass Ziva, adorable Abby, geeky McGee, and the ever-dashing Ducky. Oh, and can’t forget about the cute, lovable Jimmy. I always love the Jimmy episodes. As usual, NCIS will be having the greatest guest stars this season as well. Can’t wait!

5. Raising Hope returns tonight as well. I missed out on a lot of this show last season and still haven’t really caught up. The good thing about it being a comedy, you don’t really need to watch everything in order to ‘catch up’ because there really isn’t a whole lot of recurring storylines that you need to remember like dramas have.

6. The 9pm time slot tonight is going to make me go insane. Seriously! Body of Proof with Dana Delany & Jeri Ryan returns tonight. I’m hoping Jeri’s character gets more story lines this season. She ended up becoming my favorite character as the first season went on. She reminds me so much of Catherine Willows. Also I’m hoping the rest of the cast gets more involved as well. It’s great to have Dana on the screen, but we know that a tv series usually doesn’t survive when there’s too much focus on one character.

Along with the return of Body of Proof, CBS has the series premiere of Unforgettable with Poppy Montgomery. I never really watched her in Without a Trace, but the previews of this new show look quite interesting. Just remind me not to expect too much! That’s always my downfall with new shows, it seems.

Also in the same time slot are both Parenthood and Sons Of Anarchy. Oh the horrors of trying to pick just one show to watch at that time. At the moment, I think Body of Proof will win top honors with my remote control. Maybe I’ll switch back & forth with Unforgettable. Parenthood still doesn’t have enough Bonnie Bedelia sightings for my liking (I always enjoy any little BB screen time I can get), and Sons of Anarchy always seems to get pushed to the bottom of the Tuesday pile, even though Katey Sagal is awesome as the biker mama!

So, that’s the Tuesday lineup. Wednesday brings another full night of tv (and changes), but we’ll talk about that later.