“The Real Housewives of D.C.,” “Rubicon,” “Bachelor Pad”
Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise has already embarrassed the women of Southern California, New York City, Atlanta and New Jersey
“MasterChef,” “Jersey Shore,” “On the Road with Austin & Santino”
MasterChef Tuesday 9pm, Fox Between “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Kitchen Nightmares,” and this new show, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has become the ruddy, heavily creased face of the Fox Network. Logic dictates that we should be sick of him, and yet he’s undeniably charming when not screaming at incompetents and calling them “donkey.” His latest reality endeavor […]
“The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” “Mad Men,” “Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County”
“The Fabulous Beekman Boys” Wednesday 9pm, Planet Green This charming documentary series follows two big-city homos (I’m a homo; I can say that) as they embark on turning their upstate New York farm into a down-home enterprise fit for Martha Stewart. The domestic goddess reference is quite intentional, as one of the guys—high-strung Brent—used to […]
“Covert Affairs,” “The Glades,” “RuPaul’s Drag U”
“Covert Affairs” Tuesday 10pm, USA This unimaginatively titled new drama addition to USA’s summer procedural slate has been dismissed as “Alias Lite.” As a huge fan of the spy series that made J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper household names, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. “Covert” stars the very pretty Piper Perabo […]
“Jeopardy,” “The Choir,” “Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated”
“Jeopardy” Wednesday 7:30pm, NBC29 I love Kids Week on “Jeopardy”; it’s the one time I can actually beat the contestants as I play along at home. I joke—those little buggers still beat me. The venerable quiz show will be dominated by the preteen set this week, as contestants aged 10 to 12 show off their […]
“Top Chef: DC,” “Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular,” “No One Dies in Lily Dale”
“Top Chef: D.C.” Wednesday 9pm, Bravo The new season of Bravo’s popular cooking competition snuck up on me. But now that we’re a couple episodes in, two things are clear. First, there’s a lot of talent in this crop of chefs. Second, the show has the exact same problem it had last time around, specifically […]
“Downfall,” “Memphis Beat,” “Futurama”
“Downfall” Tuesday 9pm, ABC Let me see if I can explain this one adequately: “Downfall” is a new game show in which contestants stand on the “largest conveyor belt ever seen on TV” (oh my land, doesn’t that sound fancy?) on top of a skyscraper in downtown L.A. On the end of the belt are […]
“Hot in Cleveland,” “The Gates,” “The Real L Word”
“Hot in Cleveland” Wednesday 10pm, TV Land We are truly experiencing the Renaissance of Betty White. Although we just lost our beloved Rue McClanahan, the last Golden Girl standing is back—again—in a new sitcom featuring some other familiar faces from sitcoms past. “Hot in Cleveland” stars Jane Leeves (“Frasier”), Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me”), and […]
“You’re Cut Off,” “Work of Art,” “True Blood”
“You’re Cut Off” Wednesday 9pm, VH1 Are you appalled by the behavior of the spoiled, entitled princesses that populate trashy TV shows like “My Super Sweet 16” or the “Real Housewives” franchises? Then grab your schadenfreude spoon and slurp up every second of this show as if it were sweet nectar for the soul. “You’re […]
“The Hard Times of RJ Berger,” “Persons Unknown,” “Dance Your Ass Off”
“The Hard Times of RJ Berger” Sunday 11pm, MTV TV has seen countless series that explore the lovable geek’s journey through the hells of high school. But this show has a small—or not-so-small—twist: the loser in question has a gigantic dong, and the whole school finds out about it in one supremely embarrassing, yet empowering, […]