The Secret Circle pilot is available on iTunes now!

If Thursday seems like to long to wait to see The Secret Circle on the CW then go to iTunes now and download it for free!.  Along with the pilot you'll get a sneak peek at the season of The Vampire Diaries.

Click here to launch iTunes.

After you watch it come back here and let us know what you think!

2011 NBC FALL PREVIEW SHOW

If you're like me and have a hard time watching anything that isn't scheduled in your DVR then you might have missed this program. NBC aired a special that showed sneak peeks of their new shows. The Fall Preview is hosted by Whitney Cummings, star/creator of the new NBC sitcom, Whitney. I'm familiar with Whitney as she is a regular on the Chelsea Lately roundtable.

Some of the shows you'll get a peek at are:
- The Sing-Off (Season premiere Sept 19th at 8pm)
- The Playboy Club (Series premiere Sept 19th at 10pm)
- Up All Night (Series preview Sept 14th at 10pm
- Free Agents (Series preview Sept 14th at 10:30pm)
- Whitney (Series premiere Sept 22 at 9:30pm)
- Prime Suspect (Series premiere Sept 22nd at 10pm)
- Grimm (Series premiere Oct 21st at 9pm)
- Smash (Series premiere Feb 2012)



As a musical theatre geek, former aspiring Broadway actress, Smash looks right up my alley! I'm also looking forward to Up All Night, Whitney, Grimm, Free Agents and The Playboy Club. Guess it's time to set my DVR.

In the comments below, let us know what shows you are looking forward to.

NBC has a fun printable fall schedule here.

What We're Watching Tonight - Tuesday, Sep 13th

Tonight the Fall 2011 season starts on the CW and NBC!

CW: At 8pm the new season of 90210 is kicked off. At 9 the series premiere of Ringer airs. This is one of the new shows I've been looking forward to. In case you haven't heard about it here is the synopsis:

Bridget is six months sober and starting to turn her life around when she is the sole witness to a professional hit. Despite the assurances of her FBI protector, Agent Victor Machado, Bridget knows her life is on the line. She flees to New York, telling no one, not even her Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, Malcolm. In New York, Bridget reunites with her estranged twin, Siobhan. Wealthy, pampered and married to the strikingly handsome Andrew Martin, Siobhan lives what appears to be a fairy tale life – a life where no one knows that Bridget exists. The sisters seem to be mending their frayed relationship, until Siobhan disappears overboard during a boat trip, and Bridget makes the split decision to take on her sister's identity. She discovers shocking secrets, not only about her sister and her marriage, but also about Siobhan's best friend, Gemma, and Gemma's husband, Henry. And when someone tries to kill Bridget in her sister's penthouse, she realizes she is no safer as Siobhan than she is as herself.

Sarah Michelle Geller (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) returns to tv in the roles of Bridget and Siobhan in this new series.

Here is a preview of the series to get you excited for the premiere tonight!


NBC: Parenthood returns tonight at 10pm on NBC! I really fell in love with this show last season and can't wait to reconnect with one of my favorite TV families, The Bravemans.


Tonight I'll also be watching:
Flipping Out Reunion - Bravo 9pm
The Rachel Zoe Project - Bravo 10pm
Awkward - MTv 11:30pm

What will you be watching tonight?

CW 2011 Fall Preview

Last night the CW aired the 2011 Fall TV Preview. The special was hosted by Maggie Q (Nikita) and Kristoffer Polaha (Ringer, Life UnExpected). Take a look at some of the new shows starting this week on The CW.

Heart of Dixie - Series Premiere Monday, Sept 26th at 9pm
Rachel Bilson (The OC) returns to TV as Zoe Heart, a girl who is at the top of the world when she graduates med school. She move to New York City to practice medicine with the man of her dreams. When everything falls apart she decided to take a stranger up on his offer and moves to Bluebell, Alabama to work in his practice. Once in Bluebell, Zoe finds out that not everyone wants her there. Can this big city girl make it in the small town?

Here is a preview of the series


Ringer - Series Premiere tonight at 9pm
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) returns to TV as twins Bridget and Siobhan. The estranged twins meet up after years of separation. During the meeting Siobhan goes missing leaving Bridget to believe she is dead. Bridget, running away from her problems, decides to take on the life of her twin sister only to find that Siobhan's life was much different than she expected.

Here's a preview:


The Secret Circle - Series Premiere Thursday, Sep 15th at 9pm
After the sudden death of her mother, Cassie moves in with her grandmother in the small town where her mother grew up. It's here that Cassie learns she comes from a line of witches and her presence in the town completes a new generation of a secret circle of witches.

Here's a preview


The special also covered the following shows
H8R - Series Premiere Wed, Sep 14th at 8pm
Celebrities confront their online haters. I'll be passing on this one, but if you are fan of these celebrities you would probably enjoy it.
America's Next Top Model - Season Premiere Wed, Sep 14th at 9pm
The series returns this year with an all star line up.
Remodeled - Series Premiere in 2012
Modeling agencies get a transformation.

I'll be checking out Heart of Dixie, Ringer, The Secret Circle as well as the returning, and ever so great, The Vampire Diaries. What CW shows are you looking forward to?

2011 Fall TV Geek Out:It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 7 Premiere

On Thursday, September 15th (yep, this Thursday!) the cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is back. This year at Comic-Con the first episode of the season was screened. Most of this episode revolves around Frank falling in love with a hooker who Dee decides to "Pretty Woman" up. Let's face it though, we all can't wait to see Fat Mac!

The 7th season premiere of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia airs Thursday, September 15th at 10pm on FX.

Clip of the Day: Happy Endings

I was looking for a little pick me up this afternoon to make it through Monday and decided that clips from ABC's Happy Endings would do the trick. This show quickly became a favorite when it started airing late last season. You can read my love about it in a previous post here.

This looks to be a clip from the new season. Brad joins Penny in the excitement of her becoming a homeowner!

Emmy Awards Week is here!

It's EMMY Awards week! This is the week to refresh yourself on the nominees and start planning your viewing parties. I'm sure you're all as excited as we are about Jane Lynch hosting.

To help refresh your knowledge of the nominees, emmys.com has an emmy quick search that lets you select a category and learn about each nominee. For each nominee you can see previous award information, photos, and videos. Over the week we will have some posts about our favorites in each category. So stay tuned.

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will air 8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT (That's live for both coasts!)on FOX.

We'll be watching and tweeting so join us!

TV Geek Out: New Girl

Thanks to Klout and FOX I was able to view the pilot for New Girl last month. I'm a fan of Zooey Deshanel so I was excited to see it.  The show centers around Jess, a girl who is recovering from a break up and moves in with 3 guys in an apartment listing she found on the Internet. Her offbeat, girly attitude really changes up the guys' lives.  I enjoyed the pilot. It wasn't completely strong, but I think it has potential. I will be adding this show to the DVR for sure!

You can check out the pilot now too! It's available as a free download on iTunes.

Here's a promo. I think not only will I be making up my own theme songs now, but I'll also start doing that cartoon thing with my glasses!

New Girl premieres on FOX on September 20 at 9pm.

Comedy Geek Out: It's Lucille Ball's 100th Birthday!

The I in I Love Lucy could be any of us.  Everyone has a favorite episode of this classic show. Today Google has devoted their "doodle" to her.  It's an interactive tv. Change the channel to see a different scene. Turn the music on or off. Click the closed caption sign to go to the Google search page and learn all about Lucille Ball.  Years ago I read her autobiography, Love Lucy. I enjoyed it then and think it's time for a reread.

Happy Birthday, Lucy! Thanks for the laughs.

My Comic-Con Fail!

Normally I'm super aware of events in my range of interests going on, but work had me stress out to no end for a few months and I did NO Comic-Con research. It is for this sad reason that I didn't learn about Nerd HQ until Sunday afternoon during Comic-Con.  The sadness of not checking it out was heightned today as I was listening to The Nerdist podcast episode with Zachary Levi.

Zachary, in addition to playing the awesome Chuck Bartowski, is part of the Nerd Machine team.  They rented out a venue in the Gaslamp District and turned it into a nerd hangout.  Apparently there were video games (not my thing), panels (totally my thing), and the opportunity to meet new nerd friends and share my interests.  If you want to learn more about the now closed Nerd HQ here is the link to the website: http://www.thenerdmachine.com/nerd-hq/.

Torchwood: Miracle Day - Anyone Watching?

I'm new to the Torchwood world. In fact, I'm still catching up with Doctor Who (I know!). While I was at Comic-Con I attended the screening for the third episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day. I must admit my motives weren't that I wanted information on the show... more like I heard the cast was going to stop by and I couldn't pass up a chance to see John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) in person.  He did not disappoint.  My Dad, the Torchwood fan, gave me some vital information to understand a bit of what would be happening since I hadn't seen the first two episodes.  I enjoyed the episode and have since caught up with the first two.  I need to eventually go back and watch the rest of Torchwood that is out there, but I won't get to that until I finish Doctor Who.  I'm curious how Torchwood fans view this incarnation of the series.  From the few reviews I read online some people feel it is too "Americanized" and doesn't have the feeling of the original British roots.  Are you tuning in to see the weekly exploits of Capt. Jack and crew?

John Barrowman introducing the episode at Comic-Con.

TV Geek Out: Mad Men now available on Netflix streaming

Photo from AMC.com

I'm sad for the people in the world who haven't seen Mad Men.  Not only is it a great a show, it brings Jon Hamm to my television for 13 hours a year when it airs. Set in New York in the 1960s the show follows the lives of employees from the advertising firm Sterling Cooper.  At the center of the show is advertising executive Don Draper, played by the aforementioned Jon Hamm.  Don is married with two kids, but that doesn't stop him from being being quite the ladies man.

The set and costumes for the show are amazing and really bring you to that time period. The whole show captures the feel of New York and the advertising world at that time. I caught the first two seasons from iTunes and all I can say is I felt like I needed to drink and smoke all the time.

If you haven't seen the show now is your time to catch up... all four seasons are now available on Netflix streaming! This is also good news for fans who, like me, are sad that the new season was pushed back due to contract negotiations. Even though I own the first three seasons on Blu-ray this streaming option will allow me to re-watch episodes when I'm not at home!

For other Jon Hamm fans out there here is a link to Tumblr devoted to him... you're welcome! 

http://emotionswithjonhamm.tumblr.com/

Comic-Con 2011: TV comes out the winner

If I go to Comic-Con next year (really that should read "When I go to Comic-Con next year"), I will be live blogging to no end.  This year I tested the waters with live tweeting for some panels I attended.  If you would like to go back and read some of the nuggets of info I pulled you can find me @suzieqjenny. As a kind of recap of this year's festivities, and a precursor to the types of posts I will have here in the future I thought I'd talk a little bit about what ruled at Comic-Con this year, TV.

This was my fifth year attending Comic-Con and, as what drove me to the Con my first year, the television panels were the main event.  For those of you unfamiliar with the inner workings of Comic-Con panels are hosted in about 18 rooms, the two biggest being Hall H and Ballroom 20. Hall H holds about 6,500 people while Ballroom 20 holds between 4,200-4,400 people.  Typically the big movie studios host their panels in Hall H due to the amount of people looking forward to a sneak peak and more information on the big, blockbuster movies being released throughout the next year.  Ballroom 20 has been reserved for the bigger television programs.  It is also where I tend to spend most of my time due to my love of television.

Throughout the years I've noticed that some of TV shows are more popular than others and if you are interested in seeing the panel for one of those popular shows the best thing to do is get in line early for Ballroom 20 and spend the day there.  The neat (and not so neat) thing about Comic-Con is that they don't clear the room between events.  So once you're in the room you're in for the day, as long as you don't leave.  If you do need to leave for any reason you can get what I call a "bathroom pass" for the panel.  You just have to return back to the room before the panel is over.  For me this has worked out in past years so I can see very popular panels like True Blood.  (Being in the room all day has made me very familiar with some USA shows that I don't watch.  I do enjoy the panels though.)

This year The line for Ballroom 20 was insane. Always. In past years the line would extend outside and be long enough that people couldn't get in. This year that line of people who couldn't get into the room in the afternoon extended far beyond the length I had ever seen.  It was even longer than the line in morning before anyone has entered the room.  As I said, they don't clear the rooms so some people were in there in the morning for a panel that might start at 3 or 4pm.  With the amazing shows on TV nowadays I understand the need to try and wait in line.  From what I heard some of the most popular panels this year were: The Walking Dead, True Blood, and Game of Thrones. I'm sure their were a ton more, but those were the ones I heard about.  I know two people were in line for HOURS to see The Game of Thrones panel and only got in because they each knew someone who could sneak them past the line into the room. As this craziness for Ballroom 20 was going on, and thousands of people were turned away from panels, the line for Hall H would fluctuate from super long to non-existent and people could just walk in.

Sunday was even more interesting since they closed Ballroom 20 and had all of the TV panels in Hall H.  The line was incredibly long most of the morning as the first three panels were for Glee, Supernatural, and Doctor Who (all three very popular shows).  The staff of Comic-Con underestimated the popularity of these panels and they removed the last section of chairs from the room, causing about 2,000 people to stand in the back. 

It will be very interesting to see if next year some of the more popular TV panels are moved to Hall H.  I think the lines and number of people turned away are telling of the current entertainment landscape.  I would say that we are a time when TV is producing material that is quality beyond what film is putting out there.  Personally, I haven't been to the movies much in the past couple of years because I feel that the films released just aren't worth the $13 I would have to pay.  The quality of TV shows we are seeing from cable stations is pushing network TV to strive to a higher level.  Hopefully this will rub off on the film industry and we will be spared Transformers 4.  If it doesn't then I hope Comic-Con takes note and gives the quality television shows the venue they deserve so the creative staff of those shows can truly see the fan support that is out there for them.

Comic-Con Panel Quick Review: Community

Community is one of my favorite shows on TV right now, so you better believe I was going to attend the panel at Comic-Con this year (I missed it last year). The cast was greeted to a thunderous applause as they came out on the stage. Joel Mchale, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Gillian Jacobs, and Jim Rash made up the cast part of the panel. Alison Brie was away filming a movie, but kept a presence through twitter. Dan Harmon and some of the writers filled out the rest of the panel.

You could tell from the rapport of the cast that they get along and truly enjoy the show. When asked about their favorite moments of the season they all brought up special moments from other cast members and then their own.

My brother was the second person to ask a question in the Q&A portion. After introducing himself he said he was asking this question for his sister, Jenny, who get embarrassed easily. The cast then said that I shouldn't be afraid and said hi. Luckily, I was seated in the back, but it was kind of neat (and my question was awesome!).

Some things we learned about next season during the panel:

• Troy and Abed will be roommates this season.
• Michael Kenneth Williams, from The Wire, will join as a professor at Greendale.
• Jim Rash, who plays the fabulously funny Dean Pelton, will become a series regular for the next season.
• Next year they will deal with Jeff, and the rest of the study group, graduating.  Dan Harmon said that it would be weird if he didn't and he wanted to respect the fans.

Dan also mentioned that he really wants the show to get an emmy... don't we all.  It really was a fun panel and got me excited for the next season to start.

Here are some pictures from the panel

Twitter hash tags we were encouraged to use:

Using the second one they gave season 2 DVDs to a few audience members.

TV Geek Out: Happy Endings

Are you watching the ABC sitcom Happy Endings? If not, you should.  I know, since it was put on as a past mid-season replacement you're thinking it's not good.  Normally I would probably agree, but in this case that would be wrong.  The advertising from the studio would have you believe that the premise of this show is friends choosing sides after the engaged couple of the group breaks up.  It's really just a show about friends.  I hope ABC loses the whole wedding branding stuff.  Otherwise the show might fall into the same struggles Cougartown and How I Met Your Mother have.  These shows each have unique characters and it's fun to see the interactions between all.  Ok back to Happy Endings...

It's got a great cast and just a few episodes in it already knows it's voice.  The show follows 6 friends: Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) a former couple whose wedding day fiasco started off the series. Alex's sister, Jane (Eliza Coupe), and her husband, Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.). Max (Adam Pally), the friend who takes Dave in after Alex leaves him at the alter.  Lastly, Penny (Casey Wilson), the kind of kooky friend.

7 episodes in and I feel like I already know the characters.  Since it's shot single camera style there are flashback and cut outs (a la 30 Rock).  With each episode I'm laughing out loud and relating with the characters more.  How can you not love a show that shows us Jazz-Kwon-Do?

ABC Wednesday nights at 10 after Cougartown (which you should also be watching).

Here are a couple of clips to give you a feel of the show:
Max teaches Penny how to be a hipster



Penny finds out Jane is really good at self defense


Dave's friends can't tell him the truth