“The Riches”Monday 10pm, FX The buzz for FX’s newest original series has been surprisingly quiet, especially considering how good it is. Brit actor/comedian/chameleon Eddie Izzard stars as a career grifter who, after running an upper-middle-class couple off the road and killing them during a high-speed chase, assumes their identities in an attempt to basically steal […]
“The Sopranos”Sunday 9pm, HBO Finally! It’s taken eight years, but the final eight episodes of Season 6—and the series —begin airing tonight, wrapping up the epic tale of Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, his family and his Family. Spoilers are hard to come by, but it doesn’t look good for Christopher (doing heroin and your […]
Oof. That’s the only literal translation for the look on Chris Daughtry’s face at approximately 9:27 EST on May 10, 2006, as he stood on the dreaded sigil…
Chris Daughtry might not have caught any of his successors on “Idol”’s sixth season (“I haven’t had a chance, but I’ve been dying to see it,” he told C-VILLE), but we’ve been diligently tuning in. Here’s our take on the remaining nine finalists. Melinda Doolittle Here’s what Melinda’s got working against her: She looks about […]
“America’s Next Top Model”Wednesday 8pm, CW We’re a quarter of the way into Cycle 8 and some definitive opinions on the girls have formed. The bad news: Despite some pretty faces, this is the least modelesque season yet—nearly half the girls can’t take a picture for shit. The good news: This could be the bitchiest […]
“The Whitest Kids U Know” Tuesday 11pm, Fuse Man, do we need a good sketch comedy troupe. Long gone are the heydays of Monty Python or Kids in the Hall or Broken Lizard or even Upright Citizens Brigade. Our country needs existentialism disguised as stupidity. Our country needs young men dressed up in sexually inappropriate […]
“Andy Barker, P.I.” Thursday 9:30pm, NBC Pity Andy Richter. The one-time sidekick to Conan O’Brien keeps trying to launch a successful sitcom (“Andy Richter Controls the Universe”; “Quintuplets”) but just can’t seem to find one that sticks. This go-around he re-teams with O’Brien, who co-created this show about a self-conscious accountant who, through a case […]
“House” Tuesday 9pm, Fox Hometown hero Dave Matthews has landed another acting gig (adding to a resumé that includes 2005 kid-flick Because of Winn-Dixie), this time on the small-screen medical drama “House.” Matthews plays a piano prodigy who gained his miraculous ivory-tickling skillz after being hit by a bus. The downside: The accident also left […]
“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” Tuesday 9:30pm, Fox “Survivor” and “Apprentice” mastermind Mark Burnett came up with this new quiz show. And if anybody knows how stupid adults are, it’d be him. The concept is pretty obvious: Well-meaning adults and actual fifth graders are asked questions taken directly from basic elementary curriculum. Can […]
“Aqua Teen Hunger Force” Weekdays midnight, Cartoon Network A few weeks ago Boston went into a panic when flashing devices were discovered in subway tunnels and bus shelters. Turns out, they weren’t bombs—they were promo items for this Adult Swim cartoon featuring the villainous “Mooninite” characters giving people the finger. The city fined Cartoon Network […]