*** Television, Summer 2009 ***

[bicker]

I forgot to include hints about Next Week in my earlier message....

Next Week: Part 2 of Meteor (NBC), Finale of Valentine (CW), Torchwood: Children of Earth (BBC America), Premiere of Dating in the Dark (ABC), Premiere of The Wanted (NBC), Season Premiere of Hell's Kitchen (Fox), Series Premiere of The Colony (Discovery), Series Finale of Samantha Who? (ABC), Finale of Chopping Block (NBC), Series Finale of Kings (NBC), Season Finale of Primeval (BBC America), Season Finale of Cops (Fox), Series Premiere of Being Human (BBC America)

 

[bicker]

The Listener has done so poorly that NBC is pulling the show after July 23, with five episodes unaired.

 

[bicker]

Surprising news actually...

Scheduled rebroadcasts of Wipeout, through the month of August, have been pulled.

(As per original plan, there won't be any new Wipeout episodes between August 5 and August 26.)

 

[bicker]

Week of July 19

Sunday, July 19
Finale of Valentine (CW)
Conclusion of Meteor (NBC)

Monday, July 20
Season Premiere of Torchwood (BBCA)
Series Premiere of Dating in the Dark (ABC)
Series Premiere of The Wanted (NBC)
Special Presentation: Moonshot (History)

Tuesday, July 21
Season Premiere of Hell's Kitchen (Fox)
Series Premiere of Ruby & the Rockits (ABC Family)
Series Premiere of The Colony (Discovery)

Thursday, July 23
Series Finale of Samantha Who? (ABC)

Friday, July 24
Series Finale of Chopping Block (NBC)
Season Finale of Torchwood (BBCA)

Saturday, July 25
Series Finale of Kings (NBC)
Series Finale of Primeval (BBCA)
Season Finale of Cops (Fox)
Sereis Premier of Being Human (BBCA)


Next Week: Doctor Who (BBCA), The Storm (NBC), More to Love (Fox)

 

[MineMail]

I just watched the Warehouse 13 pilot and second episode. It's a good start - I like the premise, the characters, and the actors. I thought the second episode (robbing banks with sound) was a little far-fetched, but it's still a new series and I like it! The ratings have been great, so hopefully the series will get a little more "set" and a renewal will be made. It's on the SciFi (Syfy-how stupid) channel tonight at 9pm.

Eureka was moved to Fridays and it's doing well. I like that show - the last episode was so funny with Sheriff Andy, lol. Ratings-wise, it's doing well in the new day/time slot, but in August, it will have some real competition from Monk and Psych. (Both on USA Network, Fridays)

Who's looking forward to Monk's final season and the return of Psych next month?

 

[stacy347]

The Listener has done so poorly that NBC is pulling the show after July 23, with five episodes unaired.

Deleted because of incorrect info.

 

[bicker]

Do be aware that sometimes video is blocked over borders. Are you sure that Americans can watch videos on ctv.ca?

 

[stacy347]

bicker, that is so strange ~ I watched a clip of it (it is broken down into scenes of course) online this morning to see if it worked, and it played the advertisement and first scene beautifully. I went back and tried to watch the rest and it is telling me it is unavailable...not sure what to make of that. We do get CBC in our area because we are right on the Canadian border but not CTV so I guess I will have to hope for DVD if the series continues. Do you know if CTV series are generally available for viewing on DVD here in the U.S.?

 

[bicker]

It could be that they do recognize some IP nodes as being in the border area (but perhaps now you're showing up under a node that CTV doesn't recognize as being from a border area). (There are special FCC rules that apply to border areas, and it could be that Internet video licensing refers to those rules.)

I don't follow CTV series closely enough to know their path to DVD. A quick check of Netflix shows that they are planning on thinking about stocking The Listener:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Listener_Season_1/70117364
However, a year later, they're still "thinking about" stocking Flashpoint:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Flashpoint_Season_1/70100703
By the same token, Amazon.com is showing an availability date for Flashpoint Season 1 of October 13. And also, it looks like even retailer Target is thinking about stocking The Listener:
http://www.target.com/Listener-Craig-Olejnik/dp/B001UHN8BA

 

[stacy347]

That makes sense. Thank you, as always, for the useful information!


I am finding myself enjoying TV much more these days (the older I get, the less I want to leave the house, LOL) and I'm really looking forward to the new shows this fall. I just noticed BBCA is going to have a series called Being Human (starts this Saturday 7/25 actually) that looks very interesting to me ~ anyone else checking this one out?

 

[bicker]

Does anyone know what happened with the (2nd) season finale of Primeval. I thought my DVR was going to record it 7/11 and 7/18, but apparently it didn't record anything on 7/11, it did record something 7/18 12:01AM, and will record something on 7/24 10:00PM. Will that get me the full Season Finale?

 

[feenie]

Does anyone know what happened with the (2nd) season finale of Primeval. I thought my DVR was going to record it 7/11 and 7/18, but apparently it didn't record anything on 7/11, it did record something 7/18 12:01AM, and will record something on 7/24 10:00PM. Will that get me the full Season Finale?

I'm not sure.
I know we skipped a week there, but I'm not remembering what week it was.
on Saturday they are playing a marathon leading up to the finale though.

 

[bicker]

I'm not seeing any marathon on Syfy, for the 2nd season of Primeval.

http://www.syfy.com/schedule/index.php

 

[feenie]

I'm not seeing any marathon on Syfy, for the 2nd season of Primeval.

http://www.syfy.com/schedule/index.php

OOPS!
I was not paying attention to the fact that you were on season TWO.
Sorry about that.
The marathon is on BBC America for season 3. Sorry about that.

 

[bicker]

That's alright... I actually posted that same question on some other website's "Primeval on BBC America" thread (i.e., a thread about Season 3). Dunno what I was thinking.

 

[2BigKIdz]

I just watched the Warehouse 13 pilot and second episode. It's a good start - I like the premise, the characters, and the actors. I thought the second episode (robbing banks with sound) was a little far-fetched, but it's still a new series and I like it! The ratings have been great, so hopefully the series will get a little more "set" and a renewal will be made. It's on the SciFi (Syfy-how stupid) channel tonight at 9pm.

Eureka was moved to Fridays and it's doing well. I like that show - the last episode was so funny with Sheriff Andy, lol. Ratings-wise, it's doing well in the new day/time slot, but in August, it will have some real competition from Monk and Psych. (Both on USA Network, Fridays)

Who's looking forward to Monk's final season and the return of Psych next month?

I am enjoying Warehouse 13 as well. I'm still working on this weeks episode, I keep falling asleep, but did like what I saw of it. And the name change to SyFy is just ridiculous

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Anyone else crying over tonight's Torchwood?

 

[bicker]

<covering eyes and ears>

(I have the BDs on order. I don't get them until the first week of August.)

 

[bicker]

Sunday, July 26
Doctor Who (BBCA)
The Storm, Part 1 (NBC)
Being Human (BBCA)

Monday, July 27
Season Finale of The Bachelorette (ABC)

Tuesday, July 28
Season Finale of The Superstars (ABC)
Season Premiere of Dragon's Den (BBCA)
Series Premiere of More To Love (Fox)

Next week: Defying Gravity, Skins, Monk, Psych

 

[bicker]

NBC Uni owned Syfy announced at San Diego Comic-Con that it was picking up Eureka for a fourth season of 22 episodes.