Parks & Rec and Girlfriends' Guide wrap ups

So...Parks & Recreation ended forever this week & I am so sad to see it go!  I thought the finale was so well done with the team finishing one last ride.  Getting to see the whole office back together to get a swing at a park fixed was like a warm hug especially since the show had moved away from that over the last season.  Granted, this last season took place 3 years in the future so it would only make sense that things weren't the same.  My favorite part was getting to see how they wrapped up each individual character showing them all in various stages of future...most in the future was Gerry/Gary/Larry/Terry who was 100 when he died.  Now, was it everyone's impression that Leslie was POTUS at the funeral?  With all of the bouncing around I couldn't keep things straight.

I was happy to see Anne & Chris return, they had definitely been missed over the last year but most of all I was happy to see both Tom & Donna treat themselves to very happy futures full of love.  Seeing Andy & April with a kid was quite hilarious because come on, Andy as a dad?  Please, poor April already had a kid before she had the baby!  

My favorite happy ending was Ron...he's always been my favorite character on the show, I want to be him when I grow up even though I don't like the outdoors as much as he does.  As for Leslie & Ben, well we all kind of knew they would end up on the political route, but seeing them as besties with April & Andy was kind of funny.  The best was that in the end so many people were moving back to the area to be back together as one big happy family again...all in all the season/series/episode was wrapped up with a nice bow & I feel satisfied.

So...Girlfriends' Guide...I wish I had a better review to offer but honestly, the finale pissed me off.  I loved the first half of this season when Janeane Garofalo was still on it...not that I have anything against Alanna Ubach (I'm a fan of hers as well) but I love Janeane & the show was more cutting edge during the first half.  The show is called Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce & in the end she went back to the husband...are you kidding me?  I was slightly disgusted with Abby when she left her divorce party to go back & meet up with Jake. Actually, I was disappointed in all of the ladies in the final episode.  

Phoebe...she's such a mess I can't even stand it & her big upset with the photographer was built up to be some big scandal yet like everything else it truly ended up that she is pissed at herself for allowing someone to take advantage of her.  Of course, like always she's going to blame everyone else for her problems...from her home the size of an effing hotel!  At 14 she was taken in by a photographer who took her to parties & offered her pills & booze that SHE accepted & then awful photos were taken...duh, what would you expect?  Here I thought the woman had sold her into sex slavery for a couple years!  Oh and, her new boyfriend Marco...yeah, he'd never date her, not in a million years, she's way too superficial for a guy like him.

Delia...she plays this super power woman who isn't going to take shit from anyone & some tool box rolls in & just changes all of that.  Seriously?  Every time I see him all I can think of is The Wedding Singer so perhaps that's why I just can't take her being with him very seriously.  I was really happy to see her get partner under her own conditions but the relationship wrap up left a bad taste in my mouth.

Jo...she is the one who needs therapy more than her daughter, she treats her child like a parent & is so codependent it's ridiculous.  Thankfully she's freaking hilarious because not many other people on the show are and speaking of others on the show can I just say that Abby's brother & his story line became completely pointless through the 2nd half of the season.  Oh and Charlie...if I behaved that way & spoke to people like that when I was that age I'd have been back handed.  What a little dick that kid is & nobody ever does anything about it because he's fragile with the divorce, I can't stand it, it's not cute or funny & ignoring the behavior isn't going to help anyone in the long run!!

So back to Abby, I can't believe she was so awful to poor Will, I'm livid that she got back with Jake & when Becca showed up at his house I said "well, you know she's going to be pregnant" and then she said she was & I threw my hands up in the air.  This show went from cutting edge girl power with divorced women taking their lives back & being OK with it & then poof...it's all gone.  This is now just another show about a bunch of sex crazed women who have no identity without men in their lives & who will spread for any kind of compliment.  Now that Jake has a job Abby thinks things will work out this time around?  Seriously, if the writing doesn't get better & these women don't get more respectable I won't continue watching this one! 

Parks and Recreation series finale airs tonight

Tonight at 8:00 on CW it's TV's Hottest Commercials Countdown, FOX has the 3rd season finale of Masterchef Jr. and on NBC it's the time slot premiere of The Voice.

Up at 9:00 on NGC it's the 2nd season premiere of Building Wild and History has the 5th season premiere of Counting Cars then at 9:30 on BET it's the series premiere of Keyshia Cole: All In.

On NGC at 10:00 it's the series premiere of Cabin Fever, Lifetime has the 1st season finale of Child Genius, History has the series premiere of Gangland Undercover, Bravo has the 1st season finale of Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, WGN has the series premiere of Outlaw Country and on NBC it's the series finale of Parks & Recreation.

Who's on who Tuesday, February 24

Tuesday's talk show guests are...

Kelly and Michael - Martin Short, Anthony Anderson (N)
The View - Co-hosts Stacy London & Samantha Ponder, Mark Duplass, Kate Walsh, Thomas Sanders (N)
The Chew -No guests announced (N)
The Talk - Tony Goldwyn (N)
Wendy - Tony Danza (N)
The Real - Big Sean (N)
Rachael - Elisabeth Hasselbeck (N)
Ellen - Will Smith, Little Big Town (N)
Meredith Vieira - Marc Anthony, David Duchovny (N)
Queen Latifah - Rosario Dawson (N)

Letterman - Matthew Broderick, Ellie Kemper, JD McPherson (N)
Fallon - Josh Duhamel, Gabrielle Union, Charlie Wilson (N)
Meyers - Cast of Parks & Recreation (N)
Kimmel - Tune in to see
Late Late - Guest host Billy Gardell, guests Jeff Probst, Yvette Nicole Brown, Greg Warren (N)
Watch What Happens Live - Lisa Rinna, Dakota Fanning (N)
Daily Show - Lynsey Addario (N)
Conan - Artie Lange, Victoria Justice, Daniel Sloss (N)

Parks & Recreation is back tonight

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Tonight at 8:00 on PBS it's the 2nd season premiere of Genealogy Roadshow, NBC has the 7th (and final) season premiere of Parks & Recreation and on ABC it's a special Shark Tank.

On History at 9:00 it's the 2nd season finale of The Curse of Oak Island, SyFy has the 8th season premiere of Face Off, Travel has the 5th season finale of Hotel Impossible, TLC has the 3rd season premiere of Kate Plus 8 and on FYI it's the series premiere of Married at First Sight.

Up at 10:00 on Discovery it's the series premiere of Big Giant Swords, Travel has the series premiere of Hotel Showdown, FYI has the series premiere of Mikie Saves the Date, TLC has the series premiere of My Big Fat Fabulous Life, CNBC has the 2nd season premiere of Restaurant Startup, SyFy has a special Troy and on WGN it's the series premiere of Wrestling with Death.  At 10:30 on Comedy it's the 3rd season premiere of Kroll Show.

Bad Teacher premieres tonight

Tonight at 8:00 on NBC it's the one hour 6th season finale of Parks & Recreation then at 9:00 on NBC it's the special SNL Shorts and on CBS at 9:31 it's the series premiere of Bad Teacher.

On A&E at 10:00 it's the 6th season finale of Beyond Scared Straight, ABC has the series premiere of Black Box and on CNN it's the 1st season finale of Chicagoland.  On HGTV at 11:00 it's the series premiere of Fixer Upper then at 11:59 on Adult Swim it's the special Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends.

Ground Floor premieres on TBS tonight

Tonight at 8:00 on TruTV it's the 1st season fall premiere of Guinness World Records Unleashed and at 8:31 on NBC we get a bonus episode of Parks & Recreation.

On We at 9:00 it's the 3rd season fall premiere of Braxton Family Values and Bravo has The Real Housewives of Miami reunion, part 2.  Then at 10:00 on TBS it's the series premiere of Ground Floor and on Lifetime it's the 1st season finale of Million Dollar Shoppers.

The 3rd season premiere of Eagleheart is on Adult Swim at 11:59 & at 12:01 on Amazon it's the premiere of Alpha House.

The Crazy Ones premieres tonight

Tonight at 7:00 on Bravo it's the 1st season finale of Eat, Drink, Love.  At 8:00 on Discovery it's the special Airplane Repo, CBS has the 7th season premiere of The Big Bang Theory and on NBC it's the one hour 6th season premiere of Parks & Recreation.  On CBS at 8:31 it's a special The Big Bang Theory.

Up at 9:00 on FOX it's the 5th season premiere of Glee which I will not be watching this season & I'm OK with...obviously I'll watch the episode where Finn dies but the rest of the series can go on without me.  On ABC it's the two hour 10th season premiere of Grey's Anatomy which I stopped watching like 4 seasons ago & don't miss one damn bit!!  9:01 brings two new sitcoms, on CBS it's Robin Williams in The Crazy Ones and on NBC it's The Michael J. Fox Show.  At 9:30 on Showtime it's the special Flying Blind & 9:31 has the time slot premiere of The Michael J. Fox Show while on CBS it's the 11th season premiere of Two & a Half Men which welcomes Amber Tamblin to the cast as Charlie's daughter.

On Discovery at 10:00 it's the 1st season finale of Airplane Repo, 10:01 on CBS it's the 2nd season premiere of Elementary, NBC has the 5th season premiere of Parenthood & at 10:30 on Lifetime it's the 1st season finale of Supermarket Superstar.

The Parks & Recreation season finale is tonight

At 8:00 on Nick it's the 4th season premiere of Big Time Rush and at 8:30 on NBC it's a special one hour episode of The Office and on Nick, Wendell & Vinnie moves to a new time slot.

On Lifetime at 9:00 it's the Project Runway Season 11 reunion special and on Weather it's the special Deadliest Space Weather.  At 9:31 on NBC it's the 5th season finale of Parks & Recreation.

Up at 10:00 on E! it's the special Blinging up Baby, ID has the series premiere of Karma's a Bitch and on MTV it's the series premiere of The Show With Vinny.  10:30 on MTV brings the series premiere of Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous and then at 11:00 on FX it's the 2nd season finale of Brand X.

Gigolos is back tonight

On HBO at 8:00 it's the special Which Way is the Front Line From Here?, at 9:00 on Weather it's the 1st season finale of Forecasting the End, NBC has a special episode of Park & Recreation, and on Lifetime it's a new two hour episode of Project Runway, at 9:31 it's another episode of Parks & Recreation.

Up at 10:00 on Comedy it's the 1st season finale of The Ben Show and on ID it's a special ID Films.  At 10:30 on Comedy it's the 1st season finale of Nathan For You, at 11:00 it's the 4th season premiere of Gigolos (and it looks like Steven has been replaced with another new guy) and at 11:59 it's the series premiere of Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.

The Suits season finale airs tonight

Tonight at 8:00 on Animal Planet it's the 2 hour special Glory Hounds and then at 8:30 on NBC it's back to back new episodes of Parks & Recreation.  On Discovery at 9:00 it's the 4th season premiere of Auction Kings.

Up at 10:00 on CNBC it's the 7th season premiere of American Greed, on VH1C it's the series premiere of For What it's Worth, on TruTV it's the 2nd season finale of Impractical Jokers, on Animal Planet, North Woods Law moves to a new time slot and on USA it's the 2nd season finale of Suits.

On TruTV at 10:30 it's the series premiere of Upload with Shaquille O'Neal and at 11:00 on FX it's the 2nd season winter finale of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.

Anger Management is back!

Tonight at 8:00 on Fox the American Idol auditions continue and on CW it's the 4th season winter premiere of The Vampire Diaries.  Then at 8:30 on NBC it's the 5th season winter premiere of Parks & Recreation in its new time slot.

Up at 9:00 on FX it's the 2nd season premiere of Anger Management, on A&E it's the 2nd season winter premiere of The First 48, on SyFy it's the 3rd season finale of Haven, on OWN it's the 90 minute Oprah interview with Lance Armstrong, part one and on Lifetime it's the 2nd season finale of Project Runway All Stars.  At 9:30 on FX Anger Management continues with a second episode in its usual time slot.

On FX at 10:00 it's the 4th season premiere of Archer, on Spike it's the series premiere of Bellator MMA Live, on TBS King of the Nerds has its series premiere and on USA it's the 2nd season winter premiere of Suits.

At 10:30 on FX it's the series premiere of Legit, at 11:00 it's the 2nd season premiere of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and then at 11:59 on Adult Swim it's the series premiere of Newsreaders.

It's NBC fall finale night & Mary Mary is back on We

30 Rock has its 7th season fall finale on NBC at 8:00 and then at 9:00 it's the 9th season fall finale of The Office while on We it's the 1st season finale of Tamar & Vince.  Then at 9:31 on NBC it's the 5th season fall finale of Parks & Recreation.

Up at 10:00 on We it's the 2nd season premiere of Mary Mary and at 11:30 on Spike check out the 1st season finale of Nissan GT Academy and on FX it's the 1st season winter premiere of Unsupervised.

Parks & Recreation is back tonight!

Premieres kick off tonight at 8:00 with the 5th season finale of Wipeout on ABC.  At 8:30 NBC kicks off it's night of premieres with the 2nd season premiere of Up All Night and then at 9:00 it's time for the 9th & final season premiere of The Office.  

Also at 9:00 on We it's the 2nd season finale of Braxton Family Values and at 9:30 it's the 5th season premiere of Parks & Recreation.  

Up at 10:00 it's the series premiere of Bling it On, Health has the 1st season finale of Tamar & Vince, FX has the 2nd season finale of Wilfred.  Then at 10:30 it's the 2nd season finale of Awkward on MTV & Lifetime has the series premiere of Prom Queens.  The 1st season finale of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell airs on FX at 11:00.

Older sitcoms vs. newer sitcoms...

So as I've mentioned before I'm currently unemployed and looking for work hint hint, so if you want to buy my blog or hire me to write for your site hit the "contact me" tab at the top.  Anyway, since I'm not working I've got plenty of time to watch Netflix, TV, Movies, DVD's and the like so I've been watching some of the shows I used to watch when I was a kid like Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Designing Women, Doogie Howser and longing for others like Mr. Belvedere and Silver Spoons, and I've been thinking about how those shows differ from those of today.

There aren't that many sitcoms on the air now that I watch but I do enjoy Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Parks and Rec, Raising Hope & a few others.  Since reality TV has taken over I'm not surprised that half of the sitcoms on the air now are made to appear like reality shows such as Modern Family and The Office. The sitcoms of my youth were usually a glimpse at a work or family environment that MIGHT appear in reality & some had a twist like Who's the Boss.  A show about a housekeeper with a kid & a family is a good idea but make it a male housekeeper & a single mom & you've got a hit on your hands!!

I guess the biggest difference I've noticed is that sitcoms now don't necessarily have lessons where the old ones almost always did.  I can't remember the last time I saw a good old sitcom episode about a kid getting busted smoking or drinking or stealing although I have enjoyed a couple awkward moments of parents finding out about their kids intimate encounters.  Speaking of kids I need to make a side note...there are so many shows that have kids when they appear in like 1 out of 10 episodes, like Everybody Loves Raymond so I'm always thinking "why are there kids on this show?" and then there are shows that ruin themselves by adding kids like Mad About You.  I just needed to point out that if there are kids they need to be more of a focus & add value to the show like Raising Hope.

Back to the lessons, one of my favorite episodes of Roseanne is when Becky gets her & her friend drunk at the house while her parents are out...it's called "One for the Road" and it's hilarious but clearly provides lessons.  Lesson 1 is don't have a liquor cabinet without a lock if you have kids, lesson 2 is that getting drunk will make you feel like shit the next day, and lesson 3 is that even if you cover up what you did you won't get away with it in the end.  Occasionally a sitcom now will have a lesson or two like the Halloween episode of Modern Family which taught us to change into our Halloween costumes at work rather than arriving already dressed in them!

Clearly, sitcoms have changed over the years because I've watched many an episode of I Love Lucy and the like and comparing those shows to those on the air now would be hilarious.  So much has changed since then, on Dick Van Dyke & Lucy they slept in twin beds & now gay people kiss...could you imagine Laverne & Shirley accidentally hooking up one night?  Anyway, I welcome new shows but I want more of them rather than more reality competition shows & I miss a lot of the aspects of the older sitcoms and would like to see more of that in the new shows.  Most importantly I want to laugh out loud during every episode & not feel like I just lost a half hour of my life...that's why I gave up The Office & 30 Rock!  I cannot wait for this fall season to kick in & see what the networks have in store because the previews don' mean anything.

Parks & Recreation

Dudes I nearly peed my pants when those penguins started going at it!  This was the funniest episode this show has had yet & I really hope this season continues on in the same fashion.  The ep opened with Ron coming in to talk to Leslie who busted into a verse from "Parents Just Don't Understand" then said to him "what's up" and he told her that someone was on fire at one of her parks, lol.  Leslie later married 2 male penguins at the zoo who started going at it as soon as the i do's were done which was hysterical but there were some people who didn't appreciate this & wanted her to annul the union & resign from her position.  Of course the gays thought she was a freaking genius & threw a party in her honor at The Bulge gay bar and the story just got more & more funny from there.  The writers seem like they are finally in a groove which I hope sticks it's kind of hard to not be funny with Amy Poehler playing the lead role but you still need the jokes to pull it off.  

If you missed this or any of the other NBC shows I talked about check out nbc.com to watch full episodes.

This Weeks Premieres

Please keep in mind that I will only be posting this information for shows that I watch, not for shows that most people watch & I could care less about.  Let's get to it then!!

Monday: Gossip Girl (CW)

Tuesday: Nothing

Wednesday: Nothing

Thursday: The Office, Parks & Recreation & the new (and highly anticipated by me) Community! (NBC)

Sunday:  Bored To Death (HBO) - I'm super excited for this one given the insane cast including Jason Schwatrzman, Ted Danson, and Zach Galifianakis!!