I hate to admit it but I watch a lot of TV. I know that’s kind of “distasteful” to admit but that’s the harsh reality. So suck it up people. I have. Until recently, summer has been a TV wasteland. That’s what books are for. I have already read 4 in the last 3 weeks. But fear not. There are 3 new shows starting this Summer that I have set to record in my God send DVR and hopefully, enjoy. May I just say I love my DVR so much that I would marry it and have it’s children if I could? I feel society wouldn’t be very accepting of us, being a couple and all.
Burn Notice. Series Premiere Thursday, June 28 at 9pm Central Time on USA. “When spies get fired, they don’t get a letter from human resources. They get BURNED…” Starring Jeffrey Donovan, who is much, much better looking than my DVR, as a the spy that gets “burned”. Gabrielle Anwar (looks like the Scent of a Woman actress has been hitting the gym) plays his ex-girlfriend. Bruce Campbell (you may know him as Ash Williams from Army of Darkness, one of the best cheesy movies, EVER) plays the “friend and partner in crime”. And finally, Sharon “Cagney & Lacey” Gless plays his mother.
Saving Grace. Series Premiere Wednesday, July 18 at 9 pm Central Time on TNT. Holly Hunter makes her “television series debut” as Grace “I’ve Been Touched by an Angel who is Played by the Bartender from the HBO series “Deadwood”" Hanadrako. “A tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite being at the top of her field, takes self-destruction to new heights.” It also stars 4 guys I have never heard of and Laura San Giacomo as a criminalist. I didn’t like LSG much until she was in Just Shoot Me. I love Holly Hunter and think she is a tremendous actress. I love her southern accent and think she gets to use it in all it’s glory in this show. I hope, since she is playing a detective, that the show will have a mystery as well as her “searching for the good, with a heart full of love and pain, and a surprising tenderness when you least expect it”. I also assume that since she meets an angel there will be spiritual overtones. This can very good if it is done without shoving it down your throat. We will see.
Damages. Series Premiere Tuesday, July 24th at 9 pm Central Time on FX. Glenn Close stars as the “the nation’s most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator”, Patty Hewes. I guess this makes her an “attorney, plain and tall”. Ted Danson plays Arthur Frobisher, “one of the country’s wealthiest CEOs” . From the synopsis on the FX website, it sounds like the whole show is based on the one case, a class action lawsuit filed against Ted Danson’s company. I haven’t seen any previews of this show and have only read one other review. I like Glenn Close, she’s had practice playing an attorney (remember Jagged Edge?) and I also like Ted Danson. I guess I will tune in to see if ”lives, as well as fortunes, may be at stake.”
Don’t forget the new season of Monk and Psych starts on Friday, July 13th at 8 pm.
I’m with you on the tv viewing. Summer used to be the break, but now there are things I want to watch. I’m adding Burn Notice to my Tivo, Psych is already there, and I’ve also been watching Traveler and So You Think You Can Dance. My tv schedule is maxed out for the summer!