The "S" Squad Chronicles

TV Time 2009

It's almost that time again!  That season where all the new shows start back up and spin offs that were grafted from other shows are set to grow on their own!  Here's a list of some of the new shows set to air this fall.  Some probably won't even make it to episode 3, others will take off and start a new CSI revolution (you know, the show is SO good that 2 other shows are born from it and continue on for 6 plus years!).  This listing is from tvguide.com.  Anyways, check them out:

Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)

Premieres: Monday, Sept. 21 at 8:30/7:30c
Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg) is a film critic with blockbuster news — she's pregnant from a one-night stand with a younger dude (Jon Foster, Life As We Know It). Will this waylay a budding romance with boss Grant Show? What happens next is all very Knocked Up.

The Beautiful Life: TBL (The CW)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 9/8c
Executive produced by Ashton Kutcher, this drama follows two young models (Sara Paxton and High School Musical's Corbin Bleu) as they are swept up in the fashion business. There to guide them (or complicate matters) are the modeling agency's boss (Elle MacPherson) and a model with a few years under her belt (The O.C.'s Mischa Barton).

Bored to Death (HBO)

Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 20 at 9:30/8:30c
Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Funny People) plays Jonathan, a Brooklyn writer who deals with a bad breakup by acting out his Raymond Chandler-esque private-eye fantasy — trenchcoat and all. His casework delights a magazine-editor friend (Ted Danson) and dismays his best buddy (The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis). Oh yeah, he's a drinker too.

Brothers (Fox)

Premieres: Friday, Sept. 8 at 8/7c
Retired NFL star Michael Strahan plays... a retired NFL star who is summoned back home to visit his ailing dad (Rocky's Carl Weathers). While there, he trades barbs with his paraplegic brother (Darryl "Chill" Mitchell) and gets duped by their mom (CCH Pounder).

The Cleveland Show (Fox)

Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 27 at 8:30/7:30c
This Family Guy spin-off ships Cleveland Brown off from Quahog to sunny California. Along the way, he makes a (permanent) pit stop in his hometown, fictional Stoolbend, Va., where he rekindles a romance with his high school girlfriend. Series creator Seth Macfarlane, Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan and Kevin Michael Richardson provide voices.

Community (NBC)

Premieres: Thursday, Sept. 17 at 9:30/8:30c
The Soup's Joel McHale stars as an ethically challenged attorney who is forced to go back to college — community college. There, he meets a ragtag bunch of misfit toys, including an understated Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs and Mad Men's Alison Brie ("Hell's bells, Trudy!") who all yearn for some higher learning, despite their obvious deficiencies out in the real world.

Cougar Town (ABC)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 9:30/8:30c

The title is a play on words, as it refers to both the mascot of the show's high school and the amped-up sexuality 40-something divorcee Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) struggles to contain. It's not Simone de Beauvoir, but Jules' struggles have a slightly feminist, "old ladies like doing it too" vibe that plays well off the show's breezy-hot Florida setting. Also, it's from Scrubs' Bill Lawrence, so it's very funny.

Eastwick (ABC)

Airs: Wednesdays at 10/9c
The producers of this fantasy series about suburban witches, which stars Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price, hope the third attempt to bring John Updike's novel to the small screen will be the charm. The big-screen version, The Witches of Eastwick, was a major success in 1987.

FlashForward (ABC)

Premieres: Thursday, Sept. 24 at 8/7c

ABC has high hopes for this series, centered around a bizarre event that allows millions of people to briefly see flashes of the future. What do they see? What does it mean? And should people be worried if they don't have a future? Watch to find out, we don't know, and yes.

The Forgotten (ABC)

Premieres: Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10/9c
This Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama centers on a group of amateur detectives led by a former cop (Christian Slater) whose daughter has disappeared. They try to crack murder cases involving unidentified victims — the people everyone else has forgotten. Can it prove more memorable than Slater's My Own Worst Enemy?

The Good Wife (CBS)

Premieres: Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10/9c
Julianna Margulies is a former attorney forced back to work when her politician husband (Law & Order: CI's Chris Noth) is imprisoned for assorted improprieties. Can she compete in the courtroom against eager-beaver younger lawyers? Will she ever let her husband back into her heart?

Glee (Fox)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 9/8c

If you watched Fox's preview this spring, you can already hum along with Glee, but fall episodes will reveal that the dark high school dramedy is about more than just singing. Mr. Shuster (Matthew Morrison) needs six more students to compete at regionals; recruiting them is where the fun starts. Jane Lynch is a dream as an iron-fisted cheerleading coach. Kristin Chenoweth, Victor Garber and rapper Eve will all guest-star.

Hank (ABC)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8/7c
ABC's Kelsey Grammer-led comedy finds a Wall Street executive forced to reconnect with his small-town family after losing his job. Ooh, topical!

Melrose Place (The CW)

Premieres: Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9/8c

The CW's remake of the soapy '90s melodrama features many familiar archetypes: the brooding bad boy, the nice couple, and the powerful bitch, to name three. The new show departs from its source material with a mystery storyline concerning a dead body that appears, Sunset Boulevard-style, in the apartment complex's pool. Vets Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro co-star.

Mercy (NBC)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8/7c
Doctor shows are old hat. This year is about nurses. (See also HawthoRNe and Nurse Jackie.) Taylor Schilling and Jaime Lee Kirchner play the nurses who actually run their hospital, and Michelle Trachtenberg is the new kid who learns the harsh realities of medicine.

The Middle (ABC)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8:30/7:30c
ABC, fast on its way to becoming The Quirky Network, welcomes this Patricia Heaton comedy about a mom trying to, in the words of the show's promo, raise her family while lowering her expectations. How quirky is the show? The promo also features a polyurethane cow and Heaton dressed as a super hero.

Modern Family (ABC)

Premieres: Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 9/8c
Ed O'Neill (Married... with Children), Julie Bowen (Ed) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (The Class) headline a top-notch cast delivering a fresh take on the multigenerational family comedy. Our favorite moment from the pilot is scored by the Lion King theme.

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

Premieres: Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 9/8c
Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J front this spin-off of the hit CBS procedural, playing Special Agents assigned to the high-tech Office of Special Projects. Academy Award winner Linda Hunt plays their "Q"/gadget master, while Rocky Carroll's Leon Vance will appear on both NCIS shows.

Shark Tank (ABC)

Premieres: Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 8/7c
Survivor creator Mark Burnett offers this recession-ready reality show about everyday people pitching their best ideas to captains of industry. Who, it turns out, can be kind of mean.

Three Rivers (CBS)

Premieres: Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9/8c
Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight), Katherine Moennig (The L Word) and Daniel Henney (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) populate a team of transplant doctors. Each transplant story is told from three perspectives — those of donor, recipient, and doctors.

Trauma (NBC)
Premieres: Monday, Sept. 28 at 9/8c
Anastasia Griffith (Damages) and Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) are among a team of EMTs who must confront the astoundingly traumatic moments of a trauma and then quickly treat the injured, often just minutes after tragedy strikes. Much stuff blows up.

The Vampire Diaries (The CW)

Premieres: Thursday, Sept. 10 at 8/7c

Brooding high school newcomer Stefan (Paul Wesley) can't get his mind off classmate Elena (Nina Dobrev) — perhaps because the two of them were deeply in love 130 years years ago. Yeah, Stefan is a vampire, and so is his reckless bad-boy brother, Damon (Lost's Ian Somerhalder). This one also features a special guest appearance by massive amounts of fog.

White Collar (USA)

Premieres: October

After finally being brought down by FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay), master criminal Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) offers to help the Feds catch other notorious cons in order to remain a free man. Though wary at first, Burke soon learns the intuition required to nail these bad guys can't be found on the right side of the law. Tiffani Thiessen also stars as Burke's wife.

After reading this list I have a few questions.  Can Micheal Strahan REALLY act?  I think not.  Cougar Town?  Really?  Can't we just watch Housewives of Orange County and get the same thing?  Can Seth MacFarland pull out a whole 30 minute show out of Cleveland when he only says a couple one liners per episode of Family Guy?  Vampire Diaries just sounds like a Twilight remix...but I'll probably watch it.  Melrose Place is back...didn't the network see that 90210 and Knight Rider didn't do so hot?  Why try to revamp old shows? Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of this years TV entertainment.  Don't forget to set your Tivos or DVRs and get ready for some primetime TV time!

My Next Movie

I'm so excited to see the new movie, G.I. Joe!  I loved that cartoon as a kid and can't wait to take Little Todd to see it.  Check out the trailer and make sure to go see it on August 7th!!!

Spring Into Action!

Now that's it's Spring, it's time to spring into action!  Action movies, that is!  These are two of the new action movies coming out in the next two weeks.  12 Rounds comes out Friday, March 27th and Fast and Furious 4 comes out April 3.  Little Todd and I are hitting up the movie theaters on Friday to catch 12 Rounds and then watching all 3 Fast and Furious's at the community center theater, which I rented for the day.

12 Rounds stars John Cena, the WWE Wrestler.  This movie will be full of action and explosions, so check it out!


Check out the trailer for Fast and Furious 4.  This stars the original cast, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.  They are back together for some more racing and I'm sure explosions.  If you didn't see the first one you might miss out on a few little inside jokes, but I'm sure you can still get by without it.  But why would you not want to see all of them?!?! I LOVE B-rate action flicks and I'm sure these will live up to all my expectations! If this is what spring is offering, I can't wait until the summer blockbusters start!

Friday the 13th Update

Okay, even with Jared Padaleski, the movie still sucked, but what do you expect out of a slasher movie.  I give it a 5 out of 10, wait for this one to come out on Netflix people!

Freaky Friday the 13th!!!

Have you seen a black cat today?  What about Jason?  Today is Friday the 13th and with the spirit of it, we are going to see the new movie Friday the 13th!  How fitting!  I'm sure it's going to suck, but it has Jared Padalecki (see pic), from the awesome show Supernatural!  He's great and I love Supernatural, so it can't be too bad! LOL.

While I was surfing the net (supposed to be paying my bills), I came across these facts on yahoo.  Check them out...they make you think....

Here are 13 more facts about the infamous day, courtesy of Thomas Fernsler, a math specialist at the University of Delaware who has studied the number 13 for more than 20 years, and some of our own (yahoo) research:

1. The British Navy built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th, and was never heard from again.

2. The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on Apr. 11, 1970. The sum of the date's digits (4-11-70) is 13 (as in 4+1+1+7+0 = 13). And the explosion that crippled the spacecraft occurred on April 13 (not a Friday). The crew did make it back to Earth safely, however.

3. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor.

4. Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.

5. Quarterback Dan Marino wore No. 13 throughout his career with the Miami Dolphins. Despite being a superb quarterback (some call him one of the best ever), he got to the Super Bowl just once, in 1985, and was trounced 38-16 by the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana (who wore No. 16 and won all four Super Bowls he played in).

6. Butch Cassidy, notorious American train and bank robber, was born on Friday, April 13, 1866.

7. Fidel Castro was born on Friday, Aug. 13, 1926.

8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.

9. Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.

10. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12."

11. Woodrow Wilson considered 13 his lucky number, though his experience didn't support such faith. He arrived in Normandy, France on Friday, Dec. 13, 1918, for peace talks, only to return with a treaty he couldn't get Congress to sign. (The ship's crew wanted to dock the next day due to superstitions, Fernsler said.) He toured the United States to rally support for the treaty, and while traveling, suffered a near-fatal stroke.

12. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.

13. The seals on the back of a dollar bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head, 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leaves on the olive branch. So far there's been no evidence tying these long-ago design decisions to the present economic situation.

BE CAREFUL TODAY AND HAVE A FUN AND FREAKY FRIDAY!