TV This Week-Premieres & Finales 1/23/2012

Closing in on February, there’s a few notables on the Premiere list – in particular Fox’s new “Touch.”

Kiefer Sutherland Stars in the new “Touch” series on Fox

 

NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

Monday, January 23

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (9pm on Bravo) Season 2 finale

The Layover (9pm on Travel) Season finale for Anthony Bourdain’s series

American Masters (10pm on PBS) Season premiere

How Do I Look? (10pm on Style) Season finale

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (10pm on Travel) Season premiere

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (11pm on Oxygen) Season 3 finale

Tuesday, January 24

 

All-Star Dealers (8pm on Discovery) New reality series

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (9pm on WE) Season 2 premiere

Beyond Belief (10pm on OWN) New documentary series

REAL Sports with Bryant Gumbel (10pm on HBO) Season 18 premiere

Extreme Couponing All-Stars (10pm on TLC) Season 1 finale

Wednesday, January 25

 

Touch (9pm on Fox) New Drama Series with Kiefer Sutherland produced by Tim Kring.  On my record list

American Greed (9pm on CNBC) Season premiere

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (9pm on CBS) the end for Marg Helgenberger on CSI

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes (10pm on MTV) Season 22 premiere

Dark Minds (10pn on Investigation Discovery) New crime series

 

Thursday, January 26

Fat Chef (10pm on Food) New food series

Russell Simmons Presents the Ruckus (10pm on Comedy) Season premier

Inside Comedy (11pm on Showtime) New standup comedy series hosted by David Steinberg.  First up is Jerry Seinfeld and Don Rickles

 

Friday, January 27

 

Top Shot (5pm on History) Season 1 finale

 

Chuck (9pm on NBC) This is the end of the series for Chuck.  Chuck Versus the Goodbye

 

Deadly Women (10pm on Investigation Discovery) Season finale

 

Bering Sea Gold (10:01pm on Discovery) New reality series

 

 

 

Saturday, January 28

Namath (9pm on HBO) A special documentary on Joe Namath

 

Sunday, January 29

Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off (10pm on Food) Season 1 finale

Kourtney & Kim Take New York (10pm on E) Season 2 finale

Majors & Minors (10pm on Hub) Season 1 finale

After Lately (11pm on E) Season 2 finale

 

Monday, January 30

Cake Boss: Next Great Baker (9pm on TLC) Season 2 finale

 

Tuesday, January 31

Kitchen Boss (5:30pm on TLC) Season premiere

Celebrity Wife Swap (9pm on ABC) Season 1 finale

Tosh.0 (10pm on Comedy) Season 4 premiere

Tory & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (10pm on Oxygen) Season 6 finale)

Key & Peele (10:30pm on Comedy) New comedy Series with Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele

 

Wednesday, February 1

Beast Tracker (9pm on Discovery) New nature series

 

Thursday, February 2

I Just Want My Pants Back (11pm on MTV) new comedy/drama series

Delocated (12pm on Cartoon) Season 3 premiere

 

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TV This Week-Premieres & Finales 1/16/2012

Moving further through January we see even more new TV premieres.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume most of you have DVRs or HTPCs to tell you when your favorite TV series are returning from holiday break and we’ll focus on the new premieres, finales and specials as we always do.

                               JJ Abrams Alcatraz premieres Monday on Fox

NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

Monday, January 16

Alcatraz (8pm on Fox) The new J.J. Abrams produced series.  This one is a crime mystery/drama where Detective Rebecca Madsen and Dr. Diego Soto joins forces with a secret agency charged with catching recently resurfaced Alcatraz inmates; the team retraces the steps of the past to apprehend a sniper who is targeting young victims.  Starring Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill and more.  It’s on my list to record – we’ll see if it lives up to the hype.

Betty White’s 90th Birthday (8pm on NBC) Special tribute

Being Human (9pm on SyFy) Season 2 premiere

Scouted (10pm on E) Season 1 finale

 

Tuesday, January 17

Remodeled (9pm on CW) New reality/fashion series

Southland (10pm on TNT) Season 4 premiere

Justified (10pm on FX) Season 3 premiere

Ragin’ Cajuns (10pm on Discovery) New reality series about shrimpers

 

Wednesday, January 18

American Idol (8pm on Fox) Season 11 premiere

Sons of Guns (9pm on Discovery) Season 2 finale

 

Thursday, January 19

Beyond Scared Straight (10pm on A&E) Season 2 finale

Archer (10pm on FX) Season 3 premiere

Unsupervised (10:30pm on FX) New animated comedy series where we join the lives of two teenage best friends, Gary and Joel. The duo are optimistic teens taking on teenage life and all of it's hurdles without any parental guidance whatsoever.  Cast voices include Justin Long & Kirstin Bell.

Friday, January 20

Shark Tank (8pm on ABC) Season 3 premiere

Primetime: What Would You Do? (9pm on ABC) Season 5 premiere

Great Performances at the Met (9pm on PBS) Season 6 premiere begins with Anna Bolena

On Freddie Roach (9:30pm on HBO) New sports reality series about boxing trainer Freddie Roach

Swanderosa (10pm on CMT) New reality series

 

Saturday, January 21

Bayou Billionaires (9pm on CMT) New reality series

My Big Redneck Vacation (9:30pm on CMT) New reality series

 

Sunday, January 22

Majors & Minors (10pm on Hub) Season finale

Chef Roble & Co. (10pm on Bravo) Season 1 finale

American Masters (10pm on PBS) Season premiere

 

Monday, January 23

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (9pm on Bravo) Season 2 finale

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (10pm on Travel) Season premiere

Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (11pm on Oxygen) Season 3 finale

Tuesday, January 24

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (9pm on WE) Season 2 premiere

REAL Sports with Bryant Gumbel (10pm on HBO) Season 18 premiere

Extreme Couponing All-Stars (10pm on TLC) Season 1 finale

Wednesday, January 25

American Greed (9pm on CNBC) Season premiere

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes (10pm on MTV) Season 22 premiere

 

Thursday, January 26

Fat Chef (10pm on Food) New food series

Russell Simmons Presents the Ruckus (10pm on Comedy) Season premier

Inside Comedy (11pm on Showtime) New standup comedy series hosted by David Steinberg.  First up is Jerry Seinfeld and Don Rickles

 

Friday, January 27

 

 

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TV This Week-Premieres & Finales 1/09/2012

Moving further through January we see even more new TV premieres.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume most of you have DVRs or HTPCs to tell you when your favorite TV series are returning from holiday break and we’ll focus on the new premieres, finales and specials as we always do.

Are You There, Chelsea? Premieres Wednesday on NBC

 

NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

Monday, January 9

 

2012 Allstate BCS National Championship (6:30pm on ESPN) LSU versus Alabama in the SEC rematch of defensive, college football kings.

First Week In (9pm on Discovery) New crime series where three first time inmates deal with a terrifying first week in prison

America’s Money Class With Suze Orman (9pm on OWN) New personal finance series

Mobster Confessions (10pm on Discovery) New crime series

Caged (10pm on MTV) Season premiere

 

Tuesday, January 10

Dance Moms (9pm on Lifetime) Season 2 premiere

Shipping Wars (9pm on A&E) New reality series

Flip Men (10pm on Spike) Season 1 finale

Tabatha Takes Over (10pm on Bravo) Season 4 premiere

The Game (10pm on BET) Season 5 premiere

24 Hour Catwalk (10pm on Lifetime) New reality/fashion series

Let’s Stay Together (11pm on BET) Season 2 premiere

 

Wednesday, January 11

One Tree Hill (8pm on CW) Season 9 premiere

Are You There, Chelsea? (8:30pm on NBC) New comedy series based on the semi-autobiographical book by Chelsea Handler.  Starring Laura Prepon and Chelsea Handler.  But it will be Prepon playing Chelsea, not Chelsea.  Got it?

Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy (9pm on History) Season 2 premiere

I Cloned My Pet (9pm on TLC) a new reality series

Amazing Eats (9pm on Travel) New food series

Face Off (10pm on Syfy) Season 2 premiere

Combat Cash (10pm on Discovery) New reality series

 

Thursday, January 12

30 Rock (8pm on NBC) Season 6 premiere

Rob (8:31pm on CBS) New sitcom series written by and starring Rob Schneider.  Cheech Marin also stars.  First episode synopsis:  Rob meets his new wife's large Mexican-American family for the first time and notices he doesn't quite fit in.

The Finder (9pm on Fox) New drama series.  This is a spinoff of the popular series Bones that will star Geoff Stults who plays a military-trained guy who finds people no one else can in the Florida Keys.

Sins & Secrets (9pm on ID) Season premiere

 

Friday, January 13

 

One Life to Live (2pm on ABC) And then there was one – MrsGeekTonic has gone from three daytime soaps to one, General Hospital.  ABC began this soap in 1968 and finally puts it to death on Friday the 13th!

 

Fringe (9pm on Fox) Okay it’s not a premiere, but it’s back – and that’s enough reason for me to put this one on the list.

Sweet Home Alabama (9pm on CMT) Season 3 premiere

Real Time With Bill Maher (10pm on HBO) Season 10 premiere

Blade (11pm on G4) New horror/fantasy series

 

Saturday, January 14

 

The Fades (9pm on BBCA) New fantasy/horror series

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (9pm on ABC) this season 9 finale finishes with part 2 of the Joplin Tornado Families episode.  This will be the series finale as well

The 2012 Miss America Pageant (9pm on ABC)

Sunday, January 15

Undercover Boss (8pm on CBS) Season 3 premiere

Napoleon Dynamite (8:30pm on Fox) New cartoon series based on the movie by the same name

Nightmare Next Door (9pm on ID) Season premiere

 

Monday, January 16

Alcatraz (8pm on Fox) The new J.J. Abrams produced series.  This one is a crime mystery/drama where Detective Rebecca Madsen and Dr. Diego Soto joins forces with a secret agency charged with catching recently resurfaced Alcatraz inmates; the team retraces the steps of the past to apprehend a sniper who is targeting young victims.  Starring Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill and more.  It’s on my list to record – we’ll see if it lives up to the hype.

Being Human (9pm on SyFy) Season 2 premiere

 

Tuesday, January 17

Remodeled (9pm on CW) New reality/fashion series

Southland (10pm on TNT) Season 4 premiere

Justified (10pm on FX) Season 3 premiere

Ragin’ Cajuns (10pm on Discovery) New reality series about shrimpers

 

Wednesday, January 18

American Idol (8pm on Fox) Season 11 premiere

Sons of Guns (9pm on Discovery) Season 2 finale

 

Thursday, January 19

Beyond Scared Straight (10pm on A&E) Season 2 finale

Archer (10pm on FX) Season 3 premiere

Unsupervised (10:30pm on FX) New animated comedy series where we join the lives of two teenage best friends, Gary and Joel. The duo are optimistic teens taking on teenage life and all of it's hurdles without any parental guidance whatsoever.  Cast voices include Justin Long & Kirstin Bell.

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TV This Week-Premieres & Finales 1/03/2012

It’s here… our new year of 2012 along with some new TV premieres.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume most of you have DVRs or HTPCs to tell you when your favorite TV series are returning from holiday break and we’ll focus on the new premieres, finales and specials as we always do.

 

NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

 

Given the larger-than normal new series these next few weeks I’m noting the new series in RED

 

Tuesday, January 3

The Biggest Loser (8pm on NBC) Season 13 premiere

Work It (8:30pm on ABC) New sitcom series that has been getting a lot of bad press due to the cross dressing theme.  Synopsis:  Two guys decide to dress and act as women during the daytime in order to keep jobs as pharmaceutical reps turn into their normal selves at night when they hang out together at their local bar.

Celebrity Wife Swap (9pm on ABC) New reality spinoff series.  First episode goes like this:  Gayle Haggard, wife of former TV evangelist Ted Haggard, trades lives with Steffanie Sampson, who is engaged to actor Gary Busey and rejects organized religion.

Jane by Design (9pm on ABC Family) New comedy series.  Synopsis:  Jane is a 16-year-old high school outsider who lives a double life as a 20-something design assistant in the corporate world.  Stars Andi MacDowell

Jamie’s American Road Trip (10pm on BBCA) New cooking/travel series with Jamie Oliver hosting

Campus PD (10pm on G4) Season 4 premiere

Antiques Roadshow (10pm on PBS) Season premiere

 

Wednesday, January 4

NOVA (9pm on PBS) Season premiere

Brad Meltzer’s Decoded (10pm on History) Season 2 finale

Moonshiners (10pm on Discovery) Season finale

Dog the Bounty Hunter (10pm on A&E) Season 8 premiere

 

Thursday, January 5

Wipeout (8pm on ABC) Season 5 premiere

Project Runway All Stars (9pm on Lifetime) Season 10 premiere

Big Shrimpin’ (10pm on History) Season 1 finale

Jersey Shore (10pm on MTV) Season 5 premiere

American Stuffers (10pm on Animal Planet) New reality series following the action at Xtreme Taxidermy in Romance Arkansas.  Hmm.

 

Friday, January 6

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9pm on TLC) Season 3 premiere

Portlandia (10pm on IFC) Season 2 premiere

Merlin (10pm on Syfy) Season 4 premiere

 

Saturday, January 7

Ultimate Factories (8pm on National Geographic) Season premiere

My Cat From Hell (8pm on Animal Planet) Season 2 premiere

 

Sunday, January 8

The Firm (9pm on NBC) New crime drama starring Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, Callum Rennie and Molly Parker.  The Executive Producer is John Grisham who was the author of the book (and film) by the same name.  This is on my record and try out list.

Gator Boys (9pm on Animal Planet) New reality series

Masterpiece Classic (9pm on PBS) Season premiere

Ax Men (9pm on History) Season 5 premiere

Shameless (9pm on Showtime) Season 2 premiere

House of Lies (10pm on Showtime) New comedy series starring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell.  Synopsis:  Set in the world of corporate management consulting, Marty & the Pod travel to a New York bank looking for a plan to justify their year-end bonuses.  The series is based on the book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn.

Cajun Pawn Stars (10pm on History) Another new, spinoff reality series

Californication (10:35pm on Showtime) Season 5 premiere

 

Monday, January 9

First Week In (9pm on Discovery) New crime series where three first time inmates deal with a terrifying first week in prison

America’s Money Class With Suze Orman (9pm on OWN) New personal finance series

Mobster Confessions (10pm on Discovery) New crime series

 

Tuesday, January 10

Dance Moms (9pm on Lifetime) Season 2 premiere

Shipping Wars (9pm on A&E) New reality series

Flip Men (10pm on Spike) Season 1 finale

Tabatha Takes Over (10pm on Bravo) Season 4 premiere

The Game (10pm on BET) Season 5 premiere

24 Hour Catwalk (10pm on Lifetime) New reality/fashion series

Let’s Stay Together (11pm on BET) Season 2 premiere

 

Wednesday, January 11

One Tree Hill (8pm on CW) Season 9 premiere

Are You There, Chelsea? (8:30pm on NBC) New comedy series based on the semi-autobiographical book by Chelsea Handler.  Starring Laura Prepon and Chelsea Handler

Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy (9pm on History) Season 2 premiere

I Cloned My Pet (9pm on TLC) a new reality series

Amazing Eats (9pm on Travel) New food series

Face Off (10pm on Syfy) Season 2 premiere

Combat Cash (10pm on Discovery) New reality series

 

Thursday, January 12

30 Rock (8pm on NBC) Season 6 premiere

Rob (8:31pm on CBS) New sitcom series written by and starring Rob Schneider.  Cheech Marin also stars.  First episode synopsis:  Rob meets his new wife's large Mexican-American family for the first time and notices he doesn't quite fit in.

The Finder (9pm on Fox) New drama series.  This is a spinoff of the popular series Bones that will star Geoff Stults who plays a military-trained guy who finds people no one else can in the Florida Keys.

 

Friday, January 13

Sweet Home Alabama (9pm on CMT) Season 3 premiere

Real Time With Bill Maher (10pm on HBO) Season 10 premiere

Blade (11pm on G4) New horror/fantasy series

 

Saturday, January 14

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (9pm on ABC) this season 9 finale finishes with part 2 of the Joplin Tornado Families episode.  This will be the series finale as well

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TV This Week-Premieres & Finales 12/19/2011

Christmas is near which means slim pickin’s for new TV.  There are still a few notables – mostly finales this week however so read on for the GeekTonic weekly TV update highlighting all the new premieres, finales and specials coming up this week.

The Terra Nova Season 1 finale airs Monday Night

 

NOTE: All Times are Listed for EST – TV schedules subject to change

 

Monday, December 19

Who’s Still Standing? (8pm on NBC) new game show series

Terra Nova (8pm on Fox) Season 1 finale

Ridiculousness (10pm on MTV) Season 1 finale

VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul (10pm on VH1) Music special with Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Florence + the Machine and more

Watch What Happens: Live (11pm on Bravo) Season 5 finale

Clean House New York (11pm on Style) Season finale

 

Tuesday, December 20

Best in the Business (8pm on Discovery) New reality series

Lidia Celebrates America (8pm on PBS) New food/cooking series hosted by Lidia Bastianich

Cold Blood (9pm on ID) Season finale

Chopped (10pm on Food) Season 10 premiere

Reed Between the Lines (11pm on BET) Season 1 finale

 

Wednesday, December 21

The X Factor (8pm on Fox) Season 1 finale part 1

Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (8pm on Style) Season finale

A Home for the Holidays With Martina McBride (8pm on CBS) A music special with Martina McBride and Justin Bieber to promote the cause of adoption

Food Attack (9pm on Food) New food series

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (9pm on Bravo) Season 2 finale

American Horror Story (10pm on FX) Season 1 finale

 

Thursday, December 22

The X Factor (8pm on Fox) Season 1 finale part 2.  Because only a reality series is dumb enough to need two nights to finish.

Project Accessory (10pm on Lifetime) Season 1 finale

The League (10:30pm on FX) Season 3 finale

Friday, December 23

Biography (8pm on Biography) This episode focuses on Scarlett Johansson

Facing Evil with Candice Delong (9pm on ID) Season finale

 

Saturday, December 24

It’s a Wonderful Life at 8pm on NBC and A Christmas Story on NBC at 8pm

 

Sunday, December 25

The Amandas (8pm on Style) New home improvement series with Amanda LeBlanc and her team of professional organizers who transform homes.

 

Monday, December 26

Rizzoli & Isles (10pm on TNT) Season 2 finale

 

Tuesday, December 27

Best in the Business (8pm on Discovery) New reality series

Texas Multi Mamas (8pm on WE) New realityTV garbage

Extreme Couponing All-Stars (10pm on TLC) New reality TV series

 

Thursday, December 29

NY Ink (9pm on TLC) Season 2 premiere

Hook, Line and Sisters (10pm on TLC) New reality TV series

 

Friday, December 30

Infested! (9pm on TLC) Season premiere

 

 

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HTPC Deal of the Day–Ceton CableCard & Hauppauge HD-PVR

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Buy This-Kodak Pulse Digital Photo Frame

We continue our journey through one of the biggest gift-buying times around the world with the “Buy This” series.  A countless number of “bad” gifts will be purchased and gifted only to be tossed aside to join the museum of bad gifts.  Unfortunately well-meaning tech-centric gifts often end this way.  I’m here to change all of that with yet another useful gadget gift idea, a touch-screen, wi-fi Digital Photo Frame.

A little over a year ago I began a search for an inexpensive, but easy-to-use internet-connected digital photo frame.  What I found out is there is really only one product that fits that bill – the Kodak Pulse Digital Photo Frame.

I purchased the 10” version of this digital photo frame for my parents.  The frame is fairly easy to set up and use and allows you to send photos over a wi-fi internet connection through a web interface on your computer or via e-mail.  It also as a touch-screen user interface that allows you to manually run through the photos, change the viewing settings (collage, single photo, speed that it switches through the photos etc) and delete photos.  You can of course add photos with the card reader as well.  Check out the complete review of the Kodak Pulse Digital Photo Frame I posted last year.

It’s available on Amazon in two sizes:

10-inch Kodak Pulse Digital Photo Frame $169

7-inch Kodak Pulse Digital Photo Frame $100

 

Both are great gift ideas for family and friends (or yourself).  And if you’re buying for a less-technically savvy person you can help them set it all up fairly easily without worrying about tech-support phone calls in the future.