Thomas Attila Lewis
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We've come up with our list of picks for tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards which begin at 5pm on TNT/TBS/tnt.tv. Pick your own and compare - we're particularly weak on the mini-series categories, if you've got insight on those shows, please share it here.
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"Saturday Night Live" writer John Mulaney is an excellent standup comedian and Comedy Central is premiering his new hour-long special tonight at 10pm. It's a must-watch, definitely the best hour of TV tonight. We ask the man how it came about in this interview.
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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."
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Tonight Showtime launches another great series that examines comedy, "Inside Comedy," as, hopefully, a supplement to the brilliant series "The Green Room With Paul Provenza." --- "The Office" has a spinoff next year. --- TV news & The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
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Kiefer Sutherland returns to primetime TV with "Touch" tonight on Fox, are you going to be watching? --- Bill Lawrence, creator of "Cougar Town," has at least 1 new series coming to TV sometimes soon. --- More TV news + Danny McBride vid + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan
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Lucy Liu is a big part of "SouthLAnd" on TNT - check it out tonight at 10pm. --- Hear our conversation with SF Sketchfest co-founders Janet Varney and Cole Stratton on the Channel Zero Podcast. --- TV news + The TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan in the full post.
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Alanis Morissette is featured in tonight's "Mortified Sessions" on Sundance, don't miss this great show. --- Here's to hoping that "Chelsea Lately"'s move to new production studios mean we get more "After Lately." --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
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Hulu unveiled a slate of new shows and a new season of Morgan Spurlock's "A Day In The Life" last weekend. Will these shows help keep Hulu relevant or do they need to keep negotiating to get more TV reruns? --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan weekend edition.
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A chat with SF Sketchfest's LA-based co-founders Janet Varney and Cole Stratton. SF Sketchfest started last night and runs for 2 weeks. Check out the schedule, there is guaranteed to be a show or performer you will want to see - make the trip to comedy Babylon!
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Tonight FX brings us "Archer" and "Unsupervised" but check out my summary of the final day of the TCAs with FX's panels. Russell Brand was mind-blowing despite the extreme resistance to even the idea of his new show (we're gonna watch). --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.