HBO's "Luck" officially premieres on Sunday. Strap in for the long haul to get the most out of the show - be patient. --- "Chuck" celebrates its season finale tonight but poor "Fringe" seems to be on the ropes. --- Don't miss Sundays season finale of "After Lalely."
TV Junkie: HBO's 'Luck' Requires Investment for a Big Payoff
TV Junkie: HBO Premieres Pilot of Star-Studded 'Luck' on Sunday + New 'After Lately'
HBO is showing the pilot of their star-studded series, "Luck," this Sunday. It's about horse racing, gambling, it stars Dustin Hoffman, we're there. --- Katy Perry hosts "SNL" this weekend but we're there to see Robyn. --- All new/awesome ep of "After Lately" on Sunday. Check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: 'Bored To Death' Season Finale Tonight! 'Walking Dead' on Hiatus 'til Feb. '12
Tonight will be the "Bored To Death" season finale - please watch and pray that HBO brings this gem back again for another season. --- Why, why, why is AMC putting "The Walking Dead" on hiatus until Feb.? Makes no sense. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: Dick Cavett on Tonight's 'Bored To Death'; #Boardwalk's Thompson Brothers
National treasure Dick Cavett guest stars on tonight's excellent episode of "Bored To Death" (HBO @ 9pm). --- Last night's "Boardwalk Empire" focused on the Thompson brothers, we have insight. --- Lots of news items + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: 'Bored To Death' Season Premiere; 'Enlightened' Series Premiere Tonight
No lowest common denominator TV for us tonight, we'll be checking out the season 3 premiere of HBO's "Bored To Death" at 9pm followed by Laura Dern's debut series "Enlightened." We've got TV news & The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight in the full post.
Hey! Who Wants to Suck on Some True Tru Blood?
Just in time for Halloween, what makes more sense than sucking back a bottled beverage made in the spirit of HBO's biting drama, "True Blood"? Tru Blood Beverage, which debuted for sale two years ago via HBO's online shop, is now available in the flesh in plastic bottles at your neighborhood BevMo!
TV Junkie: @SutterInk on Carson Daly Tonight; 'CSI' Creator on ABC
Ron Swanson is the focus in tonight's "Parks & Rec" --- Kurt Sutter featured on tonight's "Last Call With Carson Daly." --- THR finally does a story on podcasts after we write about them for 2 years. --- More news + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: 'Terra Nova' Premieres Tonight; Weekend Round-Up
The fantastically expensive "Terra Nova" premieres on Fox tonight but can it live up to the hype? --- We have a quick round up of the weekend's shows and some news items of note. --- Be sure to check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan to navigate your way.
TV Junkie: 'Boardwalk Empire'/'Fringe'/'SNL' Return; Postmortem of NBC Premieres
"Boardwalk Empire" returns this Sunday ("Fringe" returns tonight!). --- What's you take on NBC's premieres last night? Returning series were good but "Whitney" and "Prime Suspect" had misfires. --- Figure out your weekend with the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: HBO Finales; Wimpy Guys on TV; SpongeBob Bad for Kids
HBO had a set of finales last night: what did you think of them? --- Fall TV will feature mainly wimpy/clueless male characters and guys seem too wimpy to write about that. --- Spongebob is bad for the 4 and under set say pediatricians. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: AMC 'Apology' For 'The Killing' Is A Joke; 'Bored To Death' Announced
AMC's apology for how the first season of "The Killing" ended is stupid, pointless, and undermining. --- HBO announces premiere dates for its Fall lineup. --- Craig Kilborn returns to TV as a nemesis on "Chuck" and perhaps even on his own ABC sitcom. --- More news plus the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan in the full post.
Sponsored Post: Entourage, The Final Season
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TV Junkie: Interviews From The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Premiere
The 8th season of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" premieres tonight at 10pm. We had the chance to speak with Larry David, Susie Essman, and Cheryl Hines from the cast as well as fan and stellar comedian in his own right, Mike Birbiglia, at the NYC premiere event.
TV Junkie: 'Curb' Premieres on Sunday; 'True Blood' Is Just Fine, Thank You
Weekend Highlights: Ann Coulter on "Real Time" tonight / US version of "Torchwood" premieres tonight / Sunday features the season 8 return of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" to HBO. --- "True Blood" had a dip in viewers over the July 4th weekend, so what?! --- All this plus more news and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan weekend edition!
TV Junkie: 2 Extremes - 'True Blood' & 'The Marriage Ref' Return on Sunday
You'd have to be living under a rock for the past year to not know that "True Blood" is premiering this weekend. Be patient though because the start is a rocky one. We're an addict so we'll be watching. --- You have other options on Sunday so check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan to find out what else is on.
TV Junkie: Great TV on Sunday, Saturday... Not So Much
We will face another weekend with precious little new TV, particularly on Saturday. --- NBC has hired former NPR chief, thankfully not to create new TV shows. --- "Men of a Certain Age" premiere was inspired and awesome but more people need to watch it. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: 'Marwencol' on PBS tonight is a Must-Watch; HBO Ratings; Pulp TV on Leno
On PBS "Independent Lens" will be featuring the incredible documentary 'Marwencol' tonight at 10pm - an inspiring story of a man who created an epic narrative world in miniature in order to cope with a traumatic brain injury. --- Last night Leno had Paul Reiser bemoaning his cancelled show, tonight he has Lindsay Lohan - what's next Jay, snuff films? --- HBO revealed some ratings for Sunday's shows. --- We've got a new Channel Zero podcast and the Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: What's (not) Being Said About HBO's 'Cinema Verite'? Podcast Round-Up & More
Tell us what you thought of HBO's "Game of Thrones." --- HBO has a new docudrama called "Cinema Verite" that both the New Yorker and the New York Times wrote about but they had no actual comments on the show. WTF? --- Check out our podcast round-up and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight.
TV Junkie: 'Game of Thrones' Review - Epic
Our in-depth review of HBO's "Game of Thrones." This is a gorgeous show that's highly entertaining with amazing performances, particularly from the younger cast members. The female characters also challenge any expectations you might have. We aren't afraid to take the show to task on a couple items.
TV Junkie: HBO To Over-Saturate Network With 'Game of Thrones'
HBO will be broadcasting the premiere episode of "Game of Thrones" 11 times across 6 channels within about a day and we think that's too much. --- "24" movie is a 'go' with 2012 release date. --- "Deadliest Catch" returns to Discovery tonight at 9pm. Check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
TV Junkie: Colin Quinn's 'Long Story Short' Premieres Saturday; Watch 'The Killing' Pilot Online
HBO premieres Colin Quinn's Broadway show, "Colin Quinn Long Story Short," to cable on Saturday at 10pm - you should check it out if you have HBO. --- AMC is making the entire pilot of "The Killing" available online for you to catch up before Sunday. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan & the listings.
TV Junkie: Universal Sports Launches 'Take A Seat'; Conan O'Brien on WTFpod
Universal Sports premieres their first original program "Take a Seat" which chronicles an inspiring bike ride across the USA. --- Hear Conan O'Brien on Marc Maron's most recent WTFpod. --- HBO premieres "His Way," their Jerry Weintraub documentary tonight. --- Comic/TV funny man Greg Proops will be doing 1 more podcast tomorrow night before going to Australia. --- All this plus the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan & the listings.
TV Junkie: Weekend TV Wrap Up - Please Weigh In on 'Big Love' Finale
We wrap up the weekend's TV highlights and muse about how "Big Love" ended without giving away any spoilers. If you'd like to weigh in, please give us some comments. --- We're pleased to see Stephen King might be writing an episode of "The Walking Dead" and that Jeff Daniels is possibly going to be part of Aaron Sorkin's HBO series. --- All this and tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan and the listings (lots of great late night TV tonight).
TV Junkie: Farewell 'Big Love'
We had a few great years with some crazy Mormons, thank you HBO for bringing us "Big Love," a show we're sad to see leave. --- We'd like to disagree with Entertainment Weekly's grade of C- for Saturday's broadcast of "The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway," it will be our pick of the night. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for your weekend.
TV Junkie: Last Night at PaleyFest2011 - 'Eastbound & Down'
If you want to watch your favorite shows this weekend DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS. Check out our TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan to see what's really up. Also, please check out our interviews with cast members of HBO's "Eastbound & Down" whome we interviewed last night at PaleyFest.
Sarah Jessica Parker Losing Touch with Reality, Wants SATC3
Sarah Jessica Parker, haven't you had enough? Let me be the first to tell you that I was one of the original "Sex and the City fans." Yes. I'm not ashamed. I participated in girl's nights, where we drank and watched the show on HBO. I was one of those people who went to opening night of the first movie (I think...OK, that may or may not have happened), and I dutifully went to SATC2, knowing that the chances of it being horrible and sad were high.
TV Junkie: Bridges Hosts 'SNL' & Gervais Has HBO Special
The big highlights for the weekend are Ricky Gervais HBO special and Jeff Bridges hosting "Saturday Night Live," both of which occur on Saturday. --- Calls-To-Action: It's been a week and a day since "The League" season finale and there's no word from the FX network about renewing this great show.
Interview: Ricky Gervais Gets Animated
Ricky Gervais is such a comedy icon, there's no sense listing his accolades or previous works here. Suffice it to say, Gervais has a penchant for creating whip-smart comedy shows that push boundaries and exceed expectations. Now in it's second year, HBO's The Ricky Gervais Show keeps the same momentum going, with new animations to go along with years worth of amazing podcasts, heavily starring sound-guy-turned-cohost Karl Pilkington, and his inane takes on some of life's biggest questions.
TV Junkie: Sunday Was A Big Night for Dramas; 'The Big C' Season Finale Tonight; Got 'Backwash'?
This weekend's TV had some great moments: Friday's season finale of "Real Time With Bill Maher" still has clips bouncing all over twitter, most of which were of zingers from Michael Moore. Did anybody watch Scarlett Johansson on SNL? We didn't. Sunday was the big night where significant (and intense) plot advancements occurred in "Dexter", "Boardwalk Empire", and "The Walking Dead".
TV Junkie: 'Rally To Restore Sanity' Decompression; 'The Walking Dead' Trends
Speaking of "Bored to Death", anyone see Zach Galifianakis light up a joint on Bill Maher Friday night? See the vid at the end of the post.

