Fall 2012 TV Shows You Are Looking Forward To

[Dino Velvet]

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[danthepoetman]

I followed the first season of Boardwalk Empire but promised myself not to watch the second. It was pretty good, intriguing, well made, and the sub-plot in which appears the great future gang members of Chicago and New York was nice. But I felt there was a little bit too much drama and not quite enough action… Some of these episodes were long! But I might just get caught up again.
There’s some good fights coming on HBO in the next few months, and there’s still that Real Time With Bill Maher show, that I watch pretty regularly.

[James Scott]

Cosign Sons of Anarchy. The Walking Dead and Burn Notice as well.

[JenniferParisHusband]

Walking Dead & Doctor Who is probably about it.

Wasn't impressed by Boardwalk Empire, and Sons of Anarchy I'm not even close to it's target audience. Couldn't stand it when I did see it. Nothing on network TV interests me anymore.

[Dino Velvet]

Cosign Sons of Anarchy. The Walking Dead and Burn Notice as well.

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[ALYSINCLAIRxxx]

You have to watch Hell on Wheels, which is on now. One of the best going! :D Though Sons of Anarchy, I do look forward to!

Anyway, you have to love:

Fringe
Dexter
New J.J. Abrams show Revolution - Revolution - Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfCRAtkYEI)

[kukm4]

Sept. is a big month for shows on my list.

Sons of Anarchy

Haven

Boardwalk Empire

Person of Interest

Fringe

Dexter

Homeland

Some that have already started.

Boss
Hell on Wheels
Copper (Dino, give this one a try if you have not seen it)

[eccentricBlue]

Real Sex #562 - The Alternative Ep

[Angel/Faced]

vegas looks good and so does the mob doctor. also cant wait for homeland and supernatural !!!!! :D

[JenniferParisHusband]

...New J.J. Abrams show Revolution

Aly, the first episode of Revolution is online right now! I think it's up until September 17th. Enjoy!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/58093

[Dino Velvet]

You have to watch Hell on Wheels, which is on now. One of the best going! :D Though Sons of Anarchy, I do look forward to!

Anyway, you have to love:

Fringe
Dexter
New J.J. Abrams show Revolution - Revolution - Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfCRAtkYEI)

Hey there, Aly. I'll be looking forward to Dexter too.:cheers:

More Premiere Dates http://www.imdb.com/list/omva9jh0uJk/

[theone1982]

The Walking Dead. No question.

[Rivz]

Whats this show called Hit &Miss on British TV. Something about a TG girl??

[JenniferParisHusband]

Whats this show called Hit &Miss on British TV. Something about a TG girl??

Yeah I'd love to know too. Is it a reality show, or something else? Also did they get brave and cast an actual T-girl? If so, the BBC has got balls! :)

[Baileyluv]

Alphas

[Dino Velvet]

Don't forget tonight.

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[JenniferParisHusband]

Don't forget tonight.

Nah, liked it better when it was called "The Sopranos."

[Dino Velvet]

Little late for a reminder but if you missed the Season Premiere of Boardwalk Empire it'll be repeated all this week on HBO.

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[qwerty94]

It's Always Sunny!!!!! <3 Makes me miss Philly

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[JenniferParisHusband]

For anyone interested, the ABC show "Last Resort" about the submarine, has it's first episode online right now.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/58370

[Prospero]

Homeland - and whatever good surprises the BBC and HBO have in store. Madmen if it returns this season.

[youngblood61]

Dexter, Homeland,SOA, BWE. All favorites and looking forward to seeing them. Shout out to the new show on BBC, Copper. So far been very good check it out!:)

[Prospero]

If you've not yet had it in the US, Parades End is excellent.

[danthepoetman]

Don't forget tonight.

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Just by seeing this image, I know I've seen too much of this one "live"...

[flabbybody]

Person of Interest

not just another police show.
Detective Carter, played by Taraji Henson

[Prospero]

The Killing season Three (the original Danish programme) which it is said, will be the final series.

[JenniferParisHusband]

I wasn't excited about any of the shows, but I've started to get excited over Elementary. It stars one of my other great loves, Lucy Liu.


Ah, lucy. :Bowdown:

[Prospero]

Elementary... is that related to Sherlock Holmes in anyway?

[danthepoetman]

I wasn't excited about any of the shows, but I've started to get excited over Elementary. It stars one of my other great loves, Lucy Liu.


Ah, lucy. :Bowdown:
Although I’m not too much into series, I might try this one too, just to see what they’ve done with the original characters. I find they haven’t had too much success lately with the old Sherlock. The movie with Robert Downey was quite bad, a British series with a modernized version of the duo was anything but convincing, a well intentioned Canadian version obviously lacked budget; all in all, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen any solid adaptation of Conan Doyle’s novels. A lovely woman as Watson could bring some happiness to the dynamic. I’ll surely watch the first couple of episodes myself, JPH.

[danthepoetman]

Elementary... is that related to Sherlock Holmes in anyway?
Yes, Prospero. It's a new formula. Lucy Liu as Watson. Might be interresting, doesn't it?

[Willie Escalade]

With me working at night and with other forms of entertainment, I'm out of the loop when it comes to television. Most of my entertainment comes from the web...and soon Apple TV.

[danthepoetman]

What’s that, Willie? Internet tv?

[Willie Escalade]

What’s that, Willie? Internet tv?

Kinda...

Apple TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV)

[danthepoetman]

Wow! All those new technologies are way over my head! I just can't cope...

[Prospero]

But I am sure you're more adept than most of us at old technologies Dan? I can't for the life of me master the Quill... nor the abacus

[Dino Velvet]

I wasn't excited about any of the shows, but I've started to get excited over Elementary. It stars one of my other great loves, Lucy Liu.


Ah, lucy. :Bowdown:
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Don't have to twist my arm about Lucy Liu. She was hot on Southland too and played a fairly badass cop for such a tiny girl. She can do no wrong with me.

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[JenniferParisHusband]

Don't have to twist my arm about Lucy Liu. She was hot on Southland too and played a fairly badass cop for such a tiny girl. She can do no wrong with me.

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I've watched her in just about everything she's ever done, including Ally McBeal. When I saw the preview for this, I set the Tivo season pass and moved it to the top priority immediately!

[Dino Velvet]

I've watched her in just about everything she's ever done, including Ally McBeal. When I saw the preview for this, I set the Tivo season pass and moved it to the top priority immediately!

Does she even need to shave down there? That's one smooth pussy.

[youngblood61]

Lucy Liu is so pretty.:)

[Baileyluv]

Lucy Liu is so pretty.:)

She wuz SOOO sxe in CYPHER, not a bad flik either

[Dino Velvet]

Fever's contagious fellas. Watch out as it can be terminal. I never got hooked on anything I wasn't already apeshit over.

[danthepoetman]

But I am sure you're more adept than most of us at old technologies Dan? I can't for the life of me master the Quill... nor the abacus
It’s not without some pain that I adapted to Microsoft Word, Prospero. But the abacus has some merits. You know, I used an oven percolator up to the last 7 or 8 years. I hate cars. I don’t own a cell phone. I still have an old analog tv and I have kept my vinyl jazz records and stereo… I sometimes fear being discovered by some archaeologist and placed in a museum. I guess that would be fitting, somehow… ;)

[JenniferParisHusband]

Fever's contagious fellas. Watch out as it can be terminal. I never got hooked on anything I wasn't already apeshit over.

Oooh, Hiromi Oishima. Nice. Dino, if you haven't already heard of her, there's a French Porn Star named Sharon Lee that's definitely worth checking out. She's been essential summer viewing for me.

[Dino Velvet]

I'm going to The Philippines and throwing a sack over this gal.

[JenniferParisHusband]

I'm going to The Philippines and throwing a sack over this gal.

I'd rather just throw the sack on myself and let her have her way with me. But you know, whatever turns ya on.

[flabbybody]

DVR'd 666 Park Ave. I started watching after Giants-Eagles game late at night. had to turned it off. it was too scary

[Prospero]

Homeland. Started in the US already and hits UK screens this week.

[Dino Velvet]

I'd rather just throw the sack on myself and let her have her way with me. But you know, whatever turns ya on.

Throwing a sack over her and dragging her off is a traditional marriage proposal. I'll use a nice sack.

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[youngblood61]

Dexter was really good last night. I think Deb kills Dexter in the end.:)

[GoddessAthena85]

666 Park Avenue, last night was good

[TS Evelyn Summers]

Goddamn it...Bring back Pan Am!!!!!!

[Dino Velvet]

Dexter was really good last night. I think Deb kills Dexter in the end.:)

I have no idea how that will turn out. Pick your career or brother. Great episode regardless.

Boardwalk Empire and Sons Of Anarchy have been good too. I missed last week's Sons getting a new HDDVR box but will watch the 2 episodes tomorrow.

[youngblood61]

I have no idea how that will turn out. Pick your career or brother. Great episode regardless.

Boardwalk Empire and Sons Of Anarchy have been good too. I missed last week's Sons getting a new HDDVR box but will watch the 2 episodes tomorrow.SOA and BWE are both great shows.:)

[miner]

Dallas with old JR. Be great if Steve Forrest could appear as well.

[kukm4]

Just a Heads up, This Sunday is 1st episode of The Walking Dead.
Then on Wed. is that new season of American Horror Story.

[Chaos]

I have the only room without cable...I don't watch tv...

[GoddessAthena85]

I have the only room without cable...I don't watch tv...

umm you have a computer. most shows let you watch them on the channels web page after they air, or there are websites, like Project free t.v.

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[youngblood61]

American Horror Story is something I will checkout this year.:)

[Chaos]

umm you have a computer. most shows let you watch them on the channels web page after they air, or there are websites, like Project free t.v.


My laptop over heats if I watch video or try to play games on it. Once it's fixed I'll go back to Hulu,Crackle,and Netflix. Probably...

[Prospero]

I'm enjoying Homeland but here is a provocative and thoughtful article from today's Sunday Observer by a leading foreign correspondent.

Homeland is brilliant drama. But does it present a crude image of Muslims?
The slick US drama, now into its second series on Channel 4, draws praise from critics and viewers, but its ridiculous view of Arabs and Islam is a distortion of Middle Eastern realities

Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor
The Observer, Saturday 13 October 2012 12.19 BST

Damian Lewis, left, plays Nicholas Brody, a convert to Islam, and Jamey Sheridan as the US vice-president in the second series of Homeland. Photograph: Kent Smith/Showtime
Before I begin: a caveat. I know television drama is often fanciful and ridiculous. The West Country of Midsomer Murders would be the murder capital of Europe if you took it at face value; the London of Spooks a place of endless shootings, conspiracies and car chases.

But fictional drama tells us truths about ourselves in ways that can be as uncomfortable as they are unintended. The Emmy-winning Homeland on Channel 4 is a case in point. Its plotting is as ridiculous as it is exciting. But what makes it difficult to watch is its treatment of Muslims.

In the first episode of the new season we were confronted with a new character, a glamorous correspondent with a cutglass English accent, a Palestinian family and access to both the CIA and the US Congress. Like the Saudi prince from the last series and the academic, behind the scenes these high-profile Muslims living in the US share a secret: both willingly or otherwise they are covert helpers of Abu Nasir, the al-Qaida terrorist leader.

In other words, it does not matter whether they are rich, smart, discreetly enjoying a western lifestyle or attractive: all are to be suspected.

I admit I have no idea how the story arcs in Homeland will develop and what surprises are in store. What I do know is how both Arabs and Islamists have been portrayed thus far as violent fanatics, some of whom are powerful and influential infiltrators.

As someone who has spent much time in the Middle East, I find the depictions not only crude and childish but offensive. There is more to it than the portrayal of individuals. For Homeland presents an odd and unbelievable image of relationships between countries and identities in the region, where Palestinians, Iraqis, Saudis all share an agenda regardless of background, culture and history.

Should any of this matter in a fictional series? The answer is yes.

It has not only been Damian Lewis, the British actor who plays the character Brody, who has insisted that its appeal is that its "action is grounded in a political reality". Reviewers have also praised the "credibility" of a programme whose fans include the president of the United States.

The reality is that what Homeland portrays is a peculiar view of the Islamic world, one rooted, perhaps, in its genesis as an Israeli drama, where the view of the surrounding neighbourhood is more paranoid and defensive. It matters for this reason. Popular culture both informs and echoes our prejudices.

How we portray the "other" – those whom we fear or are suspicious of – reinforces cultures of conflict. In some respects it has always been thus. The author and journalist Robert Winder detailed in his book Bloody Foreigners how Charles Dickens, in creating the character of Fagin for Oliver Twist, refashioned a real social problem. The boys' "rookeries" were run by Italian gangmasters in Clerkenwell's Little Italy, but in keeping with contemporary suspicion and hostility to Jews Dickens made Fagin Jewish – something he later regretted.

Indeed, popular literature, plays, films and television have often been crude in their representation of perceived enemies – Jews, Germans, communists, Irish "terrorists" and now Muslims, amplifying concerns that may be based in some reality like the phenomenon of al-Qaida terrorism to represent it as some vague, universal truth.

In some respects the negative portrayal of Arabs in US film and TV dramas is not a new phenomenon, as documented by academic Jack Shaheen in his studies The TV Arab and Reel Bad Arabs where he has argued that historically Arabs in US dramas have, since the 1920s, been depicted as being one of the "three Bs… bombers, belly dancers or billionaires".

The impact of television portrayals on perceptions of minorities is not a new issue. In the 1970s – in the aftermath of the US civil rights movement – there was sufficient concern for a presidentially appointed commission to study it. The subsequent report suggested strongly, as suspected, that both the "invisibility" of minority presentations on television as well as how minorities were portrayed when they did appear – for example, as criminal or lazy – did influence the way both whites and non-whites see minorities.

Research conducted by social scientists in the 1990s in the US examined how exposure to fictional portrayals of both stereotypes and counter-stereotypes influenced how credibly a study group of 400 students believed real and high-profile cases then in the news.

"[Exposure] to a stereotypic portrayal of a female," wrote researcher Sheila Murphy in The Impact of Factual Versus Fictional Media Portrayals on Cultural Stereotypes, "led individuals to doubt the credibility of Anita Hill (the woman who accused supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment) and Patricia Bowman (the woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape), whereas exposure to a counter-stereotypical portrayal increased the perceived credibility of these women".

While many have pointed to the extraordinary success of The Cosby Show as a turning point in TV depiction of minorities, a study by Dana Mastro and Bradley Greenberg in 2000 into racial stereotyping on TV discovered that inherent biases continued, with only 3% of characters being black, and that of the three groups examined – Caucasian, Latino and African American – African Americans continued to be the most negatively stereotyped – representation and attitudes that barely changed almost a decade later when the exercise was repeated.

Indeed, when there are inherent biases in the way that TV portrays groups and individuals – as in Homeland – they seem to reflect widespread and widely held attitudes.

Stuart Hall, the cultural theorist who has examined the phenomenon of "reception theory" as applied to televisual media – building on the work of Hans Robert Jauss in the late 1960s – has argued, indeed, that the messages in television drama "intersect with the deep semantic codes of a culture and take on additional, more active ideological dimensions".

In other words, television drama such as Homeland not only reflects cultural and social anxieties at any given time, it reflects back those anxieties, reinforcing and shaping them. Crucially there is strong evidence that counter-stereotypical fictional depictions in popular culture may have a positive impact, with some arguing that it can help turn around prejudicial attitudes.

What is intriguing is that Homeland seems out of step with trends in characterisation post-9/11, in US TV and film at least. After a period when – as even Howard Gordon, the executive producer of 24, admitted in 2009 – the trend for depicting Muslims as terrorists seemed to be in decline, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Then, Howard described the reason for that change at least in terms of his own show's development, not least as public attitudes began to alter in the wake of the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal in Iraq. "We began to realise," he said in remarks to Souheila al-Jadda, co-producer of the American TV series Who Speaks for Islam?, "that by portraying Muslims strictly as terrorists on the show we were... unwittingly exploiting some of the fears of our audience members." He added: "I think that the impact of our content or creative content is one of our greatest exports. It becomes a very powerful instrument for understanding each other in this terrible... divide we find ourselves in with the Muslim world."

That coincided, too, with emerging criticism from both Muslim advocacy groups in the US over depiction of Muslims in drama as well as the refusal by actors to play "sinister" Arabs.

Perhaps, in the end, Homeland will surprise and conclude with a more challenging and nuanced picture of Islam and the Arab world that goes beyond the stereotypes.

I am not holding my breath.

[Dino Velvet]

Just a Heads up, This Sunday is 1st episode of The Walking Dead.
Then on Wed. is that new season of American Horror Story.

Thanks for the reminder on those.


I'm enjoying Homeland but here is a provocative and thoughtful article from today's Sunday Observer by a leading foreign correspondent.

Homeland is brilliant drama. But does it present a crude image of Muslims?
The slick US drama, now into its second series on Channel 4, draws praise from critics and viewers, but its ridiculous view of Arabs and Islam is a distortion of Middle Eastern realities

Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor
The Observer, Saturday 13 October 2012 12.19 BST

Damian Lewis, left, plays Nicholas Brody, a convert to Islam, and Jamey Sheridan as the US vice-president in the second series of Homeland. Photograph: Kent Smith/Showtime
Before I begin: a caveat. I know television drama is often fanciful and ridiculous. The West Country of Midsomer Murders would be the murder capital of Europe if you took it at face value; the London of Spooks a place of endless shootings, conspiracies and car chases.

But fictional drama tells us truths about ourselves in ways that can be as uncomfortable as they are unintended. The Emmy-winning Homeland on Channel 4 is a case in point. Its plotting is as ridiculous as it is exciting. But what makes it difficult to watch is its treatment of Muslims.

In the first episode of the new season we were confronted with a new character, a glamorous correspondent with a cutglass English accent, a Palestinian family and access to both the CIA and the US Congress. Like the Saudi prince from the last series and the academic, behind the scenes these high-profile Muslims living in the US share a secret: both willingly or otherwise they are covert helpers of Abu Nasir, the al-Qaida terrorist leader.

In other words, it does not matter whether they are rich, smart, discreetly enjoying a western lifestyle or attractive: all are to be suspected.

I admit I have no idea how the story arcs in Homeland will develop and what surprises are in store. What I do know is how both Arabs and Islamists have been portrayed thus far as violent fanatics, some of whom are powerful and influential infiltrators.

As someone who has spent much time in the Middle East, I find the depictions not only crude and childish but offensive. There is more to it than the portrayal of individuals. For Homeland presents an odd and unbelievable image of relationships between countries and identities in the region, where Palestinians, Iraqis, Saudis all share an agenda regardless of background, culture and history.

Should any of this matter in a fictional series? The answer is yes.

It has not only been Damian Lewis, the British actor who plays the character Brody, who has insisted that its appeal is that its "action is grounded in a political reality". Reviewers have also praised the "credibility" of a programme whose fans include the president of the United States.

The reality is that what Homeland portrays is a peculiar view of the Islamic world, one rooted, perhaps, in its genesis as an Israeli drama, where the view of the surrounding neighbourhood is more paranoid and defensive. It matters for this reason. Popular culture both informs and echoes our prejudices.

How we portray the "other" – those whom we fear or are suspicious of – reinforces cultures of conflict. In some respects it has always been thus. The author and journalist Robert Winder detailed in his book Bloody Foreigners how Charles Dickens, in creating the character of Fagin for Oliver Twist, refashioned a real social problem. The boys' "rookeries" were run by Italian gangmasters in Clerkenwell's Little Italy, but in keeping with contemporary suspicion and hostility to Jews Dickens made Fagin Jewish – something he later regretted.

Indeed, popular literature, plays, films and television have often been crude in their representation of perceived enemies – Jews, Germans, communists, Irish "terrorists" and now Muslims, amplifying concerns that may be based in some reality like the phenomenon of al-Qaida terrorism to represent it as some vague, universal truth.

In some respects the negative portrayal of Arabs in US film and TV dramas is not a new phenomenon, as documented by academic Jack Shaheen in his studies The TV Arab and Reel Bad Arabs where he has argued that historically Arabs in US dramas have, since the 1920s, been depicted as being one of the "three Bs… bombers, belly dancers or billionaires".

The impact of television portrayals on perceptions of minorities is not a new issue. In the 1970s – in the aftermath of the US civil rights movement – there was sufficient concern for a presidentially appointed commission to study it. The subsequent report suggested strongly, as suspected, that both the "invisibility" of minority presentations on television as well as how minorities were portrayed when they did appear – for example, as criminal or lazy – did influence the way both whites and non-whites see minorities.

Research conducted by social scientists in the 1990s in the US examined how exposure to fictional portrayals of both stereotypes and counter-stereotypes influenced how credibly a study group of 400 students believed real and high-profile cases then in the news.

"[Exposure] to a stereotypic portrayal of a female," wrote researcher Sheila Murphy in The Impact of Factual Versus Fictional Media Portrayals on Cultural Stereotypes, "led individuals to doubt the credibility of Anita Hill (the woman who accused supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment) and Patricia Bowman (the woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape), whereas exposure to a counter-stereotypical portrayal increased the perceived credibility of these women".

While many have pointed to the extraordinary success of The Cosby Show as a turning point in TV depiction of minorities, a study by Dana Mastro and Bradley Greenberg in 2000 into racial stereotyping on TV discovered that inherent biases continued, with only 3% of characters being black, and that of the three groups examined – Caucasian, Latino and African American – African Americans continued to be the most negatively stereotyped – representation and attitudes that barely changed almost a decade later when the exercise was repeated.

Indeed, when there are inherent biases in the way that TV portrays groups and individuals – as in Homeland – they seem to reflect widespread and widely held attitudes.

Stuart Hall, the cultural theorist who has examined the phenomenon of "reception theory" as applied to televisual media – building on the work of Hans Robert Jauss in the late 1960s – has argued, indeed, that the messages in television drama "intersect with the deep semantic codes of a culture and take on additional, more active ideological dimensions".

In other words, television drama such as Homeland not only reflects cultural and social anxieties at any given time, it reflects back those anxieties, reinforcing and shaping them. Crucially there is strong evidence that counter-stereotypical fictional depictions in popular culture may have a positive impact, with some arguing that it can help turn around prejudicial attitudes.

What is intriguing is that Homeland seems out of step with trends in characterisation post-9/11, in US TV and film at least. After a period when – as even Howard Gordon, the executive producer of 24, admitted in 2009 – the trend for depicting Muslims as terrorists seemed to be in decline, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Then, Howard described the reason for that change at least in terms of his own show's development, not least as public attitudes began to alter in the wake of the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal in Iraq. "We began to realise," he said in remarks to Souheila al-Jadda, co-producer of the American TV series Who Speaks for Islam?, "that by portraying Muslims strictly as terrorists on the show we were... unwittingly exploiting some of the fears of our audience members." He added: "I think that the impact of our content or creative content is one of our greatest exports. It becomes a very powerful instrument for understanding each other in this terrible... divide we find ourselves in with the Muslim world."

That coincided, too, with emerging criticism from both Muslim advocacy groups in the US over depiction of Muslims in drama as well as the refusal by actors to play "sinister" Arabs.

Perhaps, in the end, Homeland will surprise and conclude with a more challenging and nuanced picture of Islam and the Arab world that goes beyond the stereotypes.

I am not holding my breath.

Just picked up Season 1. Will watch from the beginning.

[Steve-Oh]

Nadia G.'s Bitchin Kitchen on Cooking channel.
She's funny and a bit crazy and sings in a band.
She has these sidekicks that help explain things about food in breakaway shots but most peculiar: Christian xxx has a day job covering health & fitness on this show?