Appealing TV: Supergirl, The World Series (Who Cares The Giants Aren’t In It), And Ash Vs. Evil Dead
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Appealing TV: Supergirl, The World Series (Who Cares The Giants Aren’t In It), And Ash Vs. Evil Dead

So, what else is on? Monday, October 26 Supergirl (8:30pm, CBS, series premiere) Supergirl is Superman’s cousin, but best believe we’re not going to be…

Appealing TV: The CW’s Season Starts, American Horror Story: Hotel, And The Walking Dead
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Appealing TV: The CW’s Season Starts, American Horror Story: Hotel, And The Walking Dead

So, what else is on? Monday, October 5 Halloween Baking Championships (9pm, Food Network) Halloween is really just Nightmare Before Christmas hoodie season for disaffected…

Appealing TV: Peak TV Is Here To Stay 2K15 To Infinity
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Appealing TV: Peak TV Is Here To Stay 2K15 To Infinity

So, what else is on? Monday, September 28 San Francisco 2.0 (9pm, HBO) Alexandra Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi’s daughter) helms this documentary about the terraforming San…

Appealing TV: It’s The 2015 Fall TV Season Spectacular!
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Appealing TV: It’s The 2015 Fall TV Season Spectacular!

Run for your fucking lives, it’s the 2015 Fall TV season! So, what else is on? Monday, September 21 New Series Premieres Life in Pieces…

Appealing TV: Doctor Who, The Mindy Project, And The Emmys
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Appealing TV: Doctor Who, The Mindy Project, And The Emmys

So, what else is on? Monday, September 14 Monday Night Football (4pm, ESPN, season premiere) Nobody is ever ready for football, especially people who tweet…

Appealing TV: You’re The Worst, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, And Ferrell Takes The Field
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Appealing TV: You’re The Worst, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, And Ferrell Takes The Field

So, what else is on? Tuesday, September 8 The Awesomes (Hulu, season premiere) Seth Meyers’ animated superhero satire puts back on the tights for another…

Appealing TV: Awkward, Hand Of God, The Great British Baking Show
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Appealing TV: Awkward, Hand Of God, The Great British Baking Show

So, what else is on? Monday, August 31 Big Blue Live (8pm, PBS, series premiere) If you wanted to see a convergence of scientists, filmmakers,…

Appealing TV: Narcos, Mr. Robot, and Hannibal
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Appealing TV: Narcos, Mr. Robot, and Hannibal

So, what else is on? Monday, August 24 Murder in the First San Francisco-set murder police show Murder in the First wraps up its second…

Appealing TV: Fear The Walking Dead, Blunt Talk, and Documentary Now!
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Appealing TV: Fear The Walking Dead, Blunt Talk, and Documentary Now!

So, what else is on? Monday, August 17 Rachel Ray’s Kids Cook-Off (8pm, Food Network, series premiere) Only by pitting our future (according to Whitney…

Appealing TV: Show Me a Hero, Rectify, and Startup U
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Appealing TV: Show Me a Hero, Rectify, and Startup U

We still miss you, Robin Williams. Tuesday, August 11 Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Houston Texans (10pm, HBO, season premiere) Come see how football…

Appealing TV: Playing House, The Daily Show, and Oh, Goddammit True Detective
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Appealing TV: Playing House, The Daily Show, and Oh, Goddammit True Detective

So, what else is on? Monday, August 3 Significant Mother (9:30pm, CW, series premiere) I couldn’t tell if the premise of Significant Mother (twenty-something finds…

Appealing TV: Review With Forrest MacNeil, Wet Hot American Summer, and We Bare Bears
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Appealing TV: Review With Forrest MacNeil, Wet Hot American Summer, and We Bare Bears

So, what else is on? Monday, July 27 We Bare Bears (6:30pm, Cartoon Network, series premiere) We Bare Bears is based on the webcomic of…

Appealing TV: Oh Hell No, Sharknado 3, I Am Cait, And White People, Amirite?
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Appealing TV: Oh Hell No, Sharknado 3, I Am Cait, And White People, Amirite?

So, what else is on? Monday, July 20 Degrassi: The Next Generation (9pm, Teen Nick, summer season premiere) The long-running teen drama makes its summer…

Appealing TV: Mr. Robot, Another Period, and are you Tough Enough?
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Appealing TV: Mr. Robot, Another Period, and are you Tough Enough?

So, what else is on? Monday, June 22 The Woodsman (9pm, History, series premiere) Reality series about a bunch of Brawny Towel looking mascots living…

Appealing TV: Jesus Is Coming, Mad Men Is Ending
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Appealing TV: Jesus Is Coming, Mad Men Is Ending

Jesus isn’t the only fictional character being brought back to life this week. So, what else is on? Monday, March 30 Monday Night RAW (8pm,…

Appealing TV: The Walking Dead, Going Clear, and Wrestlemania Comes to the Bay Area
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Appealing TV: The Walking Dead, Going Clear, and Wrestlemania Comes to the Bay Area

So, what else is on? Monday, March 23 Teen Mom (10pm, MTV, season premiere) The saga of staged sex tape entrepreneur Farrah Abraham and the…

Appealing TV: Community Gets Its Sixth Season , iZombie Eats Brains, And Bloodline
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Appealing TV: Community Gets Its Sixth Season , iZombie Eats Brains, And Bloodline

So, what else is on? Monday, March 16 Dancing with the Stars (8pm, ABC, season premiere) Where the hell do we go after Carlton won…

Appealing TV: The Returned Reboots, Powers Powers-Up, And We’ll Never Be (The) Royals
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Appealing TV: The Returned Reboots, Powers Powers-Up, And We’ll Never Be (The) Royals

So, what else is on? Monday, March 9 The Bachelor (8pm, ABC, season finale) I guess that’s a wrap on FarmersOnly.com jokes about Bachelor Chris…

Appealing TV: Wanna (CSI) Cyber? Agents Of SHIELD Returns, Kimmy Schmidt Is Unbreakable
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Appealing TV: Wanna (CSI) Cyber? Agents Of SHIELD Returns, Kimmy Schmidt Is Unbreakable

Live long and prosper, Leonard Nimoy. Monday, March 2 The Director’s Chair: Francis Ford Coppola (10pm, El Rey) Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network is a…

Appealing TV:  Last Man on Earth, House Of Cards, And Thanks For Everything, Parks And Recreation
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Appealing TV: Last Man on Earth, House Of Cards, And Thanks For Everything, Parks And Recreation

Addiction, it appears, took the life of comedian Harris Wittels last Thursday. His brilliance left the world way too soon. Monday, February 23 The Voice…

Appealing TV: CBS Makes It Odd, Vikings (The Show, Not The Eventual Eye-Rolling Diet Fad), And White Men Who Make Movies Getting Awards
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Appealing TV: CBS Makes It Odd, Vikings (The Show, Not The Eventual Eye-Rolling Diet Fad), And White Men Who Make Movies Getting Awards

So, what else is on? Monday, February 16 The Book of Negroes (8pm, BET, miniseries premiere) The six part, three night miniseries The Book of…

Appealing TV: NBC Gets Slapped, Going Up Schitt’s Creek, And Forty Years of Saturday Night Live
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Appealing TV: NBC Gets Slapped, Going Up Schitt’s Creek, And Forty Years of Saturday Night Live

If you’re hoping to wow your valentine on Valentine’s Day with TV, you’re not going to get very far. So, what else is on? Monday,…

Appealing TV: Asians? On My TV? NBC’s Attempt at The Americans, and You Better Call Saul!
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Appealing TV: Asians? On My TV? NBC’s Attempt at The Americans, and You Better Call Saul!

Real talk, I am still beguiled like hell from last night’s Katy Perry/Missy Elliot/Lenny Kravitz performance at the Super Bowl. Oh, what’s that? You weren’t…

Appealing TV: The Americans, Fortitude, And Bowl Watch 2015!
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Appealing TV: The Americans, Fortitude, And Bowl Watch 2015!

So, what else is on? Monday, January 26 Mud, Sweat, and Gears (10pm, BBC America, series premiere) Now that AMC owns a majority stake in…

Appealing TV: Justified’s Final Season, The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, The Sons Of Anarchy, I Mean Liberty, And The State of The Union
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Appealing TV: Justified’s Final Season, The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, The Sons Of Anarchy, I Mean Liberty, And The State of The Union

So, what else is on? Monday, January 19 Jane the Virgin (9pm, CW, winter season premiere) That’s Golden Globe winning Jane the Virgin to you….

Appealing TV: Parks and Recreation’s Final Season, Broad City Returns, And Oh Dear God That Whitney Houston Biopic
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Appealing TV: Parks and Recreation’s Final Season, Broad City Returns, And Oh Dear God That Whitney Houston Biopic

Well, The Golden Globes happened last night and The Winter TCAs (what your favorite TV critics has been tweeting about the past week) have been…

Appealing TV: The Great Winter TV Comeback
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Appealing TV: The Great Winter TV Comeback

Good Lord, this week in TV. Too early to cue up The Mountain Goats’ “This Year?” as a rallying cry? Hope your DVRs are ready….

Appealing TV: Appealing TV: Say Goodbye to 2014 With The Help Of Marathons Of Shows From the Past
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Appealing TV: Appealing TV: Say Goodbye to 2014 With The Help Of Marathons Of Shows From the Past

Happy new year! That means: Hangovers! Pretending for a precious few hours that the upcoming year is going to be any different than the past…

Appealing TV: Christmas Specials! Doctor Who! Black Mirror! Mozart In The Jungle!
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Appealing TV: Christmas Specials! Doctor Who! Black Mirror! Mozart In The Jungle!

War on Christmas is over (if you* want it) *Bill O’Reilly Bill O’Reilly declared The War on Christmas is over! And Christmas (a FOX subsidiary)…

Appealing TV: Ascension, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, and The 100
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Appealing TV: Ascension, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, and The 100

So what if your favorite show didn’t get nominated for the Golden Globes? The Golden Globes is like being a kid at a family function…

Appealing TV: Shows Going Away For The Winter, Marco Polo, and Interesting People
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Appealing TV: Shows Going Away For The Winter, Marco Polo, and Interesting People

We live in a world where the fall season finale is a thing. Like bears going into hibernation in the winter, our favorite shows will…

Appealing TV: Christmas Specials As Far as the DVR Can See, Bible Movies on Lifetime, and Peter Pan Live!
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Appealing TV: Christmas Specials As Far as the DVR Can See, Bible Movies on Lifetime, and Peter Pan Live!

We made it through Thanksgiving! And after marinating in premature Christmas advertising for the past month, our holiday timelines finally match up, and now we’re…

Appealing TV: Thanksgiving Day Parades, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas, and Young Nuns
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Appealing TV: Thanksgiving Day Parades, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas, and Young Nuns

Whether you celebrate with your nuclear family or friends (which, according to Spaced, is the family of the 21st century) or if you’re just listening…

Appealing TV: State of Affairs, Lilyhammer, and An En Vogue Christmas
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Appealing TV: State of Affairs, Lilyhammer, and An En Vogue Christmas

In the wake of cancellation news this week (good night sweet princes Franklin and Bash, network TV isn’t ready for an Asian male romantic lead,…

Appealing TV: Storage Wars, Untold Stories of the ER, and Dogs of War
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Appealing TV: Storage Wars, Untold Stories of the ER, and Dogs of War

So, what else is on? Monday, November 10 Growing Up Gotti: 10 Years Later (9pm, A&E) Has it really been ten years since Growing Up…

Appealing TV: The Newsroom, The Game, The Comeback
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Appealing TV: The Newsroom, The Game, The Comeback

November is great because I get to say I have a bounty of television listings for you because get it Thanksgiving. Also, Tuesday is Election…

Appealing TV: Mike Tyson Mysteries, Benched, and The McCarthys
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Appealing TV: Mike Tyson Mysteries, Benched, and The McCarthys

Halloween to me means 24 Hours of Werewolf Bar Mitzvah and hoping nobody notices the glow from the television in my living room and knocks…

Appealing TV: The World Series, The Millers, and Constantine
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Appealing TV: The World Series, The Millers, and Constantine

Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for making it to the World Series (more on that in a bit). But if you’re the type that…

Appealing TV: Jane the Virgin, Marry Me, and Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
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Appealing TV: Jane the Virgin, Marry Me, and Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

So, what else is on? Monday, October 13 Jane the Virgin (9pm, The CW, series premiere) Despite the batshit crazy premise of a virgin accidentally…

Appealing TV: The Flash, The Affair and The Walking Dead
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Appealing TV: The Flash, The Affair and The Walking Dead

This week I’m bringing you up to speed on the the tail end of the deluge of premieres for this TV season! So, what else…