Monthly Archives: December 2009

THE SURF REPORT: New DR. WHO, James Franco hosts SNL, SURVIVOR season finale Sunday

I've been out and about this week and I've got some shows to catch up on this weekend: the second episode of MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, this week's LIE TO ME, and this week's BETTER OFF TED.  After some holiday shmoozing last night, all I could ...

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THE SURF REPORT **SPECIAL**: A chat with TOUGH LOVE’s Steve Ward–12/17/09

Tonight's broadcast rundown: ABC:  Grey's Anatomy [r], Grey's Anatomy [r], Private Practice [r] CBS:  Survivor: Samoa, CSI, The Mentalist CW:  Vampire Diaries [r], Vampire Diaries [r] FOX:  Bones [r], Fringe [r] NBC:  SNL Presents:  A Very Gilly Christmas (SNL holiday sketches), Jay Leno Show MTV: 10pm: ...

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THE SURF REPORT: Lots of TV news–12/15/09

I'll be talking about the DEXTER season finale today; that graph will be JUST BEFORE the listings in today's email for those of you who haven't seen it yet and are still trying to avoid spoilers. THE SINGOFF: This is NBC's attempt to capitalize on GLEE's fan base while the ...

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THE SURF REPORT: Happy Hanukkah TV! 12/11/09

NBC COMEDIES HOLIDAY EPISODES: I've only seen last night's COMMUNITY and 30 ROCK episodes and I enjoyed both although of the two, COMMUNITY was far stronger.  I feel very odd saying that since 30 ROCK is still one of the top comedies on my list.  I loved last night's ...

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THE SURF REPORT: TOP CHEF FINALE thoughts, SUNNY & LEAGUE season finales–12/10/09

I'm in a hopelessly musical mood today after seeing NINE last night and then going home and watching GLEE so there are lots of links to music in today's report.  I wish my life were a musical with catering by the Voltaggio Brothers and Kevin Gillespie. ...

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