Tonight’s Premiere Week Spotlight…Friday, September 24, 2010

Now this is what I call a Friday!

Tonight’s lineup is chock full of goodness.  I know many of you will be tuned into The CW for the premieres of SMALLVILLE and SUPERNATURAL…me too!  But at 10 p.m., you should give BLUE BLOODS a shot.  I thought it was really good.  And I’m not just saying that because it stars Donnie Wahlberg (Hangin’ Tough!).

Here’s a few shows from tonight’s TV lineup. What will YOU be watching?

Lazarus | 8pm on The CW | Season Premiere
“Lazarus”
In the Season 10 opener, Lois saves Clark’s life by removing the blue kryptonite incapacitating him. Elsewhere, Chloe hunts for Oliver while Tess finds herself in a LuthorCorp lab. And Jonathan returns to the farm with a message for Clark.

Medium | 8pm on CBS | Season Premiere
“Bring Your Daughter to Work Day”
Season 7 opens with Allison and daughter Bridgette sharing the same dream, which revolves around a missing homeless man. Before long, mother and daughter swap personalities, giving rise to various complications at home, at school and at work. Tony Sirico guest stars.

Supernatural | 9pm on The CW | Season Premiere
“Exile on Main Street”
The sixth season begins with Sam being released from hell and trying to convince Dean to rejoin him in fighting evil. To help persuade him, Sam introduces Dean to a new family led by their grandfather Samuel (Mitch Pileggi).

The Good Guys | 9pm on Fox
“Vacation”
Dan funds an off-the-books sting operation with money he “borrowed” from the Narcotics Division, which inadvertently finances a jailbreak that Dan and Jack must stop.

CSI:NY | 9pm on CBS | Season Premiere
“34th Floor”
The seventh season begins with new team member Jo Danville (Sela Ward) discovering the body of a young woman who was murdered somewhere in the New York crime-lab building.

Blue Bloods | 10pm on CBS | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
A New York crime drama focusing on a multigenerational family of cops headed by the city’s police commissioner (Tom Selleck). In the opener, the youngest son graduates from the police academy. Meanwhile, his older brother investigates a girl’s kidnapping and is accused of using excessive force to solve the case.

Outlaw | 10pm on NBC
“In Re: Officer Daniel Hale”
Garza and his team head to Arizona when an immigration stop results in a police officer being shot; Al wonders why he joined Garza’s team; Lucinda encourages Mereta to make her big move for Garza.

Haven | 10pm on Syfy
“The Trial of Audrey Parker”
Agent Howard visits Haven to question Audrey about her strange behavior as a local policewoman, but the interrogation is derailed when two of the town’s criminals hijack Duke’s boat with Howard, Audrey and Duke aboard.

The Soup | 10p m on E!
Every week Joel McHale and The Soup crew load up their TiVos to find the strange, obscure and totally unbelievable moments in pop culture, celebrity news and reality TV. Then they deliver the best of it with an irreverent attitude that’s sure to satisfy your comedy cravings.

Did I miss any Friday night favorites? Chime in below.

Help Kath and Team GMMR ‘Light the Night’
One quick note: I wanted to announce that I will be participating in the upcoming ‘Light the Night’ walk to help raise money for lifesaving cancer research. I just signed up and the walk is October 3rd so I’ve got a lot of fundraising to do in a very short time. If you have the means to donate, it would be so very much appreciated. Be sure to leave “(GMMR)” after your name on the donation page, so we can see just how much impact the GIVE ME MY REMOTE readers make. Donate to cancer research on behalf of your favorite television series today! Click here to learn more and donate to Kath’s ‘Light the Night’ efforts.

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GREY’S ANATOMY: Can We Talk About ‘With You I’m Born Again’?

Well, say what you will about the 7th season premiere of GREY’S ANATOMY, but you can’t accuse them of not dealing with the aftermath of the trauma inflicted on everyone in the finale.  No magical TV fix here – a month after the incident (which, thanks to Lexie, we know officially qualifies as a “mass murder”) all of the characters are dealing with some pretty heavy post-traumatic stress.  Let’s recap, shall we?

The bad news for our favorite surgeons is that they must be cleared by a therapist (played by James Tupper) before they’re allowed back to work in the OR.  The good news is that the therapist is YUMMY.  I know surgery is their life and all, but if I were one of them I might not be in a hurry to recover…

Not that most of them are recovering quickly anyway.  Lexie in particular has had such a rough time that she suffered a nervous breakdown and had to be committed to the psych ward.  50 hours of drugged-up sleep later, she’s back to normal, although now she seems a bit TOO calm.  It’s creepy.  The one positive here is that her hair is brown again – I never really bought her as a blonde.  Oh, and the other positive is that she totally tells off Alex (who’s back to his usual jackass self) for being a jerk despite the fact that (or maybe because) she saved his life.

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FRINGE: Olivia is Not Quite Herself

Oh boy.

When Joshua Jackson told me that season 3 was all about Olivia and her arc, he wasn’t kidding.

Last we saw our girl, Walternate had trapped her in a mysterious room in the alternate universe. Meanwhile, Fauxlivia returned to our universe with an unsuspecting Peter and Walter, successfully infiltrating our world.

So what did the season premiere bring us?

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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: ‘Bad Moon Rising’

Previously on THE VAMPIRE DIAIRES….

Caroline became a vamp and quickly got out of control. Stefan stepped up and offered to help her adjust to his way of life. Both Tyler and Damon suspected that something isn’t quite right with Uncle Mason. They’re correct.

This week, the search to uncover the Lockwood family mystery continued. Damon was clearly worried. Why else would he call in Alaric for advice? Not that I’m complaining. Just last Thursday, I was wondering where good old Rick was hiding out and voila, here he is!

The D word was interested to know if Isobel said anything about the family in her pre-dead pillow talk. It seems that Izzy once spoke of the legend of werewolves in Mystic Falls, but that can’t be right…monsters aren’t real.

Oh…

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BONES Season Premiere: Let’s Discuss ‘The Mastodon in the Room’

Let me ask you this, BONES fans – if we’d known that all the pain we were going to feel about Brennan going to Maluku would result in her using a shovel to kick some butt, we would have been a LOT happier last spring, right?

I’m going to go ahead and assume you are as happy as I am to have BONES back on TV. There is much to discuss, so we’d best take to the ground like fleas and get to it!

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BONES Season 6 Premiere Live Chat

BONES fans, the wait is nearly over.

The season premiere is mere hours away and we at Give Me My Remote would love it if you would watch the episode with us.

We’re hosting a live chat during the east coast airing of the show, and hanging around after it finishes in both the eastern and pacific time zones.

So what are you waiting for?

Set a reminder (see below) to join us and then come back to chat. We’re kicking things off at 8 P.M. EDT. See you then…

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MY GENERATION Creator Noah Hawley: It’s Important the Audience Feels Like They’re Watching Something Emotionally Real

MY GENERATION premieres tonight at 8 on ABC and it’s one of my favorite new shows. Unfortunately, it is also in an incredibly difficult time slot opposite several other series I love.

Still, if you can DVR MY GENERATION, or watch it on ABC.com tomorrow, I think you should give it a shot.

The drama is shot documentary style, initially following nine seniors at a Texas high school and then checking back in with them 10 years later.

When I caught up with MY GENERATION creator Noah Hawley at the Paley Center’s Fall TV Preview Party, he told me it was important to him that the audience feels like they’re watching something emotionally real — and that Twitter is helping him achieve that.

Indeed, Hawley is active on Twitter and frequently updated his feed during the filming of the pilot. His Twitter followers were privy to things like the first cast dinner, behind the scenes pictures, etc.

To hear from Hawley on how the social media tool is influencing him, plus more on MY GENERATION and its characters, take a look…

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If you can swing it, please tune into ABC tonight at 8 P.M. to see the series premiere of MY GENERATION!

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THE OFFICE: Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling on Steve Carell’s Departure and the New Season

For months, people have been talking non-stop about Steve Carell’s exit from THE OFFICE.

Don’t get us wrong — it’s a huge deal. Carell’s absence — as well as the departure of Michael Scott — will be heavily felt once he leaves.

However, we have an entire season left with him, so why not enjoy that time?

When Give Me My Remote caught up with THE OFFICE co-creator Greg Daniels and writer/producer/star Mindy Kaling, we asked if they expected Carell’s exit to become this big of a deal to the mainstream public.

What did they have to say? And what’s coming up in tonight’s season premiere that is so top-secret they can barely tease it?

Take a look…

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FRINGE’s Joshua Jackson: ‘The Very Cool Show That We Had Just Became Awesome!’

FRINGE is back!

And yes, things are going to be a little different — starting with tonight’s season premiere, we’ll be spending every other episode “over there.”

But don’t fear fans, because according to series star Joshua Jackson (Peter), “The very cool show that we had just became awesome.”

How awesome? Take a look at my chat with Jackson on the FRINGE set to hear the details…

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And of course we had to discuss the insane Olivia-Peter-Bolivia triangle and where those relationships are going this season…

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Keeping checking back with Give Me My Remote for more exclusive interviews with your favorite FRINGE cast members!

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Tonight’s Premiere Week Spotlight…Thursday, September 23, 2010

If you thought figuring out what to watch on Monday was tough, then Thursday nights must be downright scary. I’ve got two DVRs and I’m still nervous. There’s just so much on TV. But I’ve looked over the schedule three or four times now and I think I’ve got it sorted out. Hopefully. Yikes!

Today’s going to be a BIG day on GMMR, so be sure to stop by throughout the morning and the afternoon for news, interviews, special features, LIVE chats and everything else you’ll need to properly welcome back Thursday night TV.

Help Kath and Team GMMR ‘Light the Night’
Before we get to the shows, I wanted to announce that I will be participating in the upcoming ‘Light the Night’ walk to help raise money for lifesaving cancer research. I just signed up and the walk is October 3rd so I’ve got a lot of fundraising to do in a very short time. If you have the means to donate, it would be so very much appreciated. Be sure to leave “(GMMR)” after your name on the donation page, so we can see just how much impact the GIVE ME MY REMOTE readers make. Donate to cancer research on behalf of your favorite television series today! Click here to learn more and donate to Kath’s ‘Light the Night’ efforts.

Ok, now on to the shows! Here are a few highlights from tonight’s TV lineup…

My Generation | 8pm on ABC | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
A documentary crew follows the lives of seniors at a Texas high school and checks back in with them 10 years after graduation; overachiever Steven returns home after learning he has a 9-year-old son with a former classmate. [GMMR: Marisa Roffman loved this pilot, check out her chat with the creator.]

The Big Bang Theory | 8pm on CBS | Season Premiere
“The Robotic Manipuation”
In the fourth-season opener, Sheldon goes on a date with Amy Fowler—-his first date ever—and Penny finds herself accompanying them. [GMMR: BBT is back on a new night & time with a hilarious new episode. Will it still bring in big numbers for CBS? Weigh in below. But first check out our tribute to the first three years of the show.]

Community | 8pm on NBC | Season Premiere
“Anthropology 101”
As the new semester begins, the study group gathers to tackle Anthropology 101; Jeff struggles to establish decorum with Britta and Annie; Senor Chang enrolls as a student and clearly wants to join the study group. [GMMR: Hilarious season opener. So glad I got caught up over the summer. This show got so good! GMMR’s Korbi Ghosh recently visited the set. Check out her chat with creator Dan Harmon.]

Bones | 8pm on Fox | Season Premiere
“The Mastodon in the Room”
Season 6 begins seven months after the Jeffersonian team went its separate ways, but they’re summoned back to Washington, D.C. by Caroline Julian when a case involving the body of an unidentified young boy could cost Cam her job. [GMMR: I wonder if anyone will be watching this tonight? Ha! Here’s to hoping GMMR doesn’t crush under the weight of tonight’s LIVE BONES chat – we’ll be chatting LIVE during and after the episode for viewers in both the EST and PST time zones. Will you be joining us?] Read more

COMMUNITY: Season 2 Starts with Betty White, a Trip to Space and a Couple Awesome Holidays

Scheduled opposite THE BIG BANG THEORY — a serious ratings winner — this season, COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon is pulling out all the stops to make sure every killer episode that’s been living in his head comes to our TV screens this fall… just in case the show gets canceled.

Of course, as a huge fan of the brilliantly written sitcom, I’m betting that NBC will stick with it for some time given its creative genius and critical buzz.

Still, numbers are important too, you guys, so please watch COMMUNITY tonight. DVRs were invented so we can see both NBC’s line up and CBS’ too. Let’s take advantage of that.

As Harmon tells us in the video interview below, he’s got a lot on tap this year: “In the first six [episodes], we’re doing stuff that you shouldn’t be allowed to do in an entire season.”

There’s a space ship ep that simulates the study group going into the cosmos. There’s a half hour with Rob Corddry and Drew Carey, during which we’ll visit Jeff’s old law firm. There’s an extravagant Halloween episode, which star Gillian Jacobs (Britta) says will top last year’s ep — and, yeah, when you see Senor Chang’s costume, you’ll agree. And there’s a Christmas episode which will be completely in the animated stop-motion medium like the old Christmas classics that brought us joy as kids.

Watch the clip below to hear Harmon explain how this is all going to work and why he’s so proud of these upcoming stories.

And don’t forget to tune in tonight for Ms. Betty White as she guest stars in COMMUNITY’s season 2 premiere, playing an anthropology professor who teaches Jeff a lesson or two… something he’s sorely in need of since he made out with Annie just moments after publicly rejecting Britta last spring.

When the show returns this evening — on the first day of school — this matter will most definitely be revealed and pondered and discussed. And we’ll get to see Jeff shirtless… which is really all you needed to hear, right?

COMMUNITY season 2 premieres tonight, Thurs., Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. on NBC.

Follow GMMR and KorbiGirl on Twitter, and Facebook too, for all your up-to-the-minute TV news and commentary.

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BONES: Tamara Taylor and TJ Thyne Tease Season 6

As we previously hinted, when the BONES team reunites in tonight’s season premiere after months apart, it’s due in large part to Cam.

See, Cam has gotten herself into a little bit of trouble. Thankfully, she has a few friends who are willing to drop everything and help her out of a jam.

Check out the video below to hear Tamara Taylor (Cam) and TJ Thyne (Hodgins) tease what the team’s return means for Cam and what their characters have been up to. Plus, what scene is MIA from the premiere?! They’re talking…

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We’ve all seen what amazing things Thyne can do with a camera, so we’re totally rooting for him to film those season premiere scenes that didn’t make the cut on his own.

What do you say?

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Nerd Lessons Learned from THE BIG BANG THEORY Boys

THE BIG BANG THEORY begins its fourth season this Thursday, September 23rd and in honor of the occasion, GIVE ME MY REMOTE is looking back at some of the nerdiest things we’ve learned from the BBT boys over the last few years…

Positive Reinforcement is Superior to Punishment in Altering Behavior
When Penny and Leonard started dating, Sheldon became increasingly annoyed by Penny’s frequent presence in the apartment, because she interrupted his very scheduled life. But instead of voicing his complaints, he found that he could combat her unpredictable behavior — i.e. making French toast on oatmeal day — by employing the findings of famed researcher B.F. Skinner. Using positive reinforcement, Sheldon trained Penny to behave the way he wanted her to, rewarding her with a chocolate every time she did something he approved of. Leonard attempted to end Sheldon’s experiment on his girlfriend until he realized that he too could use the method to his benefit.

With a Healthy Ovum and a Person’s DNA, Cloning is Possible
When Sheldon got his hands on a napkin sullied by the mouth of “Star Trek”‘s Leonard Nimoy, the fantasy of possessing a Spock of his own became an actual possibility. He informed Penny, who gifted him with the napkin containing Nimoy’s genetic code, that a healthy ovum is all he now needed to clone his boyhood idol. Penny wasted no time in telling him that the napkin was all he was getting from her.

Rock Paper Scissors is an Inadequate Method of Selection
When Raj proposed a game of Rock Paper Scissors to decide who got to watch what they wanted on TV, Sheldon protested: “Ooh, I don’t think so. Anecdotal evidence suggests that in a game of Rock Paper Scissors, players familiar with each other will tie 75 to 80 percent of the time due to the limited number of outcomes.” He then introduced the boys — and The Big Bang Theory audience — to a better option: Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.

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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES’ Ian Somerhalder on Damon’s Issues with Katherine, Elena, Caroline, Bonnie, Mason and More

Ian Somerhalder.

It was six years ago this week that LOST premiered and we met Oceanic survivor, Boone Carlyle. But just one season into THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and it’s hard to imagine Somerhalder as anyone other than Damon Salvatore.

The show is on fire right now — though, lucky for Somerhalder, Damon is not… thanks to Elena who came to his aid in last week’s episode.

Looking toward this Thursday and the season ahead, I spoke with Ian about what’s already transpired and what we can expect to come…

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MODERN FAMILY Season Premiere – Never Let Go of the Funny

“You know what? You can insult a lot of things about me. My hair. My voice. My balance board exercises. But don’t insult my selling. That crosses a line. What line? Oh, you don’t see it? That’s because I sold it.” – Phil Dunphy

MODERN FAMILY, the Emmy award winner for Best Comedy, returned tonight for its second season, and I’m ecstatic to report that the show didn’t lose any of the funny over the summer months.

The smart humor and biting humor that defined the first season was spot on tonight. The cast didn’t miss a beat in bringing the viewers back into the lives of this hilarious extended family.

Letting go. For some it’s easier than others. In the case of Gloria and Manny, don’t bank on it ever happening. But for other members of the family, memories were shared, lessons were learned and station wagons went over a cliff. All in the time it took to build a pretty princess castle.

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