Chuck: Chuck vs. the Crown Vic (Fall Finale)

Heroes: Powerless (Fall Finale)

Samantha Who?: The Car

Notes from the Underbelly: The Blackout

Iron Chef America: All Star Holiday Battle

Contestants: Tyler Florence & Robert Irvine vs. Paula Dean & Iron Chef Cat Cora
Secret Ingredient: Sugar
Judges: Katie Lee Joel, Ted Allen, Tina Fey (woo!)
Winners: Iron Chef Cora and Paula Dean

Chuck: Chuck vs the Nemesis

Heroes: Truth & Consequences

How I Met Your Mother: The Yips

Samantha Who?:  The Hockey Date

Desperate Housewives: A Distant Past

Family Guy: Padre de Familia

Chuck: Chuck vs. the Imported Hard Salami

Heroes: Cautionary Tales

How I Met Your Mother: Slapsgiving

Samantha Who?: The Hypnotherapist

Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Minimum Wage

Aliens in America: My Musky, Myself

The Next Iron Chef: Part 6: Attain Greatness

Secret Ingredient: Swordfish
Judges: Michael Ruhlman, Donatella Arpaia, Andrew Knowlton and Iron Chefs Cat Cora, Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto
Winner and Next Iron Chef: Chef Michael Symon

Chuck: Chuck Versus the Truth

Heroes: Four Months Ago

How I Met Your Mother: Spoiler Alert

The Big Bang Theory:  The Grasshopper Experiment

Samantha Who?: The Restraining Order

The Simpsons: Little Orphan Millie

Top Gear: S10E04

Chuck: Chuck vs. the Alma Mater

Heroes: Out of Time

How I Met Your Mother: Dowisetrepla

The Big Bang Theory: The Dumpling Paradox

Numb3rs: Velocity (or 2L82BFurious)

Chuck: Chuck vs. the Sandworm

Heroes: The Line

How I Met Your Mother: I’m Not That Guy

The Big Bang Theory: The Middle Earth Paradigm

Samantha Who?: The Wedding

Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Bachelor Pad

Aliens In America: Help Wanted

Carpoolers: Who Would You Do?

Chuck: Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp

Heroes: Fight or Flight

How I Met Your Mother: How I Met Everyone Else

The Big Bang Theory: The Hamburger Postulate

Samantha Who?: The Job

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: Route 66

Grey’s Anatomy: Let the Truth Sting

Chuck: Chuck Versus the Wookie

Heroes: The Kindness of Strangers

How I Met Your Mother: Little Boys

Samantha Who?: Pilot (Series Premiere)

Charming, funny, Christina Applegate is great. The supporting cast is good though Jennifer Esposito’s character could use a bit of toning down perhaps. Probably the best new 1/2 hour comedy this season.

Grade: A-

The Big Bang Theory: The Luminous Fish Effect

Men In Trees: A Tree Goes in Elmo (Season Premiere)

Good Eats: Peanut Gallery

American Dad: Dope and Faith

Ugly Betty: Family/Affair

Heroes: Kindred

How I Met Your Mother: The Third Wheel

Chuck: Chuck and the Tango

Damages: Blame the Victim

Chuck: Chuck Versus the Helicopter

Heroes: Lizards

Journeyman: Friendly Skies

How I Met Your Mother: We’re Not From Here

The Big Bang Theory: The Big Bran Hypothesis

Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates the Guidance Counselor (Season Premiere)

Aliens In America: Pilot (Series Premiere)

While it had some funny moments, the premise of “the fish out of water” has been done many times before, and this did little to differentiate itself from those others. I may have just been a bit tired while watching it, so I won’t be too hard on it, but I’m not certain how long I’ll continue to check this out, with Monday being such a packed night of TV.

Grade: C

Iron Chef: Giant Mushroom (Jumbo Mushroom Battle)

Challenger: Shoji Yamaoka
Iron Chef: Masahiko Kobe
Judges: Sae Isshiki, Kazuhiko Katoh, Tenmei Kanoh, Asako Kishi
Winner: Iron Chef Kobe

Weeds: He Taught Me How to Drive By

Heroes: Four Months Later (Season Premiere)

Well that was one hell of a premiere. Awesome.

Bones: The Widow’s Son in the Windshield (Season Premiere)

Well, here’s my take on what the upfronts mean to me. What shows I’m excited about, what shows I’m sorry to see leave, and which I’m glad are gone.

See the list of what’s canceled, staying, new and what’s moving after the break.

BTW, Many thanks to the bloggers at TVSquad for their compilation of these lists.  Read the rest of this entry »

Family Guy: Meet the Quagmires (Season Finale)

American Dad: Joint Custody (Season Finale)

Heroes: How to Stop an Exploding Man (Season Finale)

24: Day 6: 3:00AM - 4:00AM

Iron Chef America: Morimoto vs. Love

Secret Ingredient: Chiles
Judges:  Akiko Katayama, Cady Huffman, Jeffrey Steingarten
Winner: Challenger Tim Love

American Dad: Magnificent Steven

Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One

Lost: The Man Behind the Curtain (rewatch)

How I Met Your Mother: Something Blue (Season Finale)

Heroes: Landslide