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Herc’s Thursday TV Talkback!! The Returns Of SNL PRIMETIME, THE OFFICE & UP ALL NIGHT!! LOUIE Late Show III!! Errol Morris On COLBERT!! WIPEOUT & AWKWARD Finales!! Also New X FACTOR, GLEE, L WORD, CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, BIBLE CHALLENGE And More!!
Last week on “Louie,” David Lynch made a surprise appearance as Jack Dahl, a television producer who seemed to have wandered out of a David Lynch movie. Dahl was assigned by CBS to help CK get ready to take over “The Late Show With David Letterman” should Jerry Seinfeld prove too expensive. Then CK violated his confidentiality agreement and suddenly CK’s pal Chris Rock was rumored to be the frontrunner for the job. Tonight, though, the useless preparation continues.
If you’ve not heard, showrunner Greg Daniels has returned for this final season of “The Office” following a 3-year absence. NBC says of “The New Guys,” his first episode back:
Jim and Dwight are thrown off balance by the arrival of two young employees (Clark Duke and Jake Lacy) that the others dub "the new Jim" and "Dwight, Jr." Andy comes back from Outward Bound leadership training with a desire for vengeance on Nellie (Catherine Tate). Will Oscar adopt Angela's cat? Kevin saves a turtle.
9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
Also premiering tonight:
Bling It On (10pm TLC)
Parks and Recreation (9:30pm NBC)
SNL Primetime (8pm NBC)
Tamar & Vince (10pm WE)
Up All Night (8:30 NBC)
Brian Williams' "Rock Center" last Thursday hit its best number yet.
"Glee" is doing better now that it follows "X Factor" (it went as low as 2.4 earlier this year) but it was still down from the 4.0 season premiere last autumn.
MSNBC's bounce from the Democratic National Convention seems to be growing. I don't recall "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" even making cable's top 100 before last Thursday
Thursdays, July 26-Sept. 13, 2012
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
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3.1 (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) (---) (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) Glee
3.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The X Factor
2.4 (1.9) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) America’s Got Talent
2.0 (2.3) (1.9) (2.3) (2.2) (1.8) (2.0) (2.2) Big Brother
1.9 (2.0) (1.6) (2.0) (2.1) (1.4) (1.4) (2.2) Big Bang Theory
1.5 (1.8) (1.3) (1.7) (1.8) (1.2) (1.4) (2.0) 2½ Men
1.4 (---) (---) (1.1) (1.0) (---) (---) (0.8) Rock Center
1.1 (1.4) (1.1) (1.5) (1.6) (1.2) (1.4) (2.2) Wipeout
1.0 (---) (0.7) (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (0.7) (0.8) Awkward
1.0 (---) (---) (1.1) (1.0) (0.7) (0.8) (---) Person of Interest
0.9 (---) (0.8) (1.1) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) Snooki & Jwoww
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (0.7) (0.9) Sullivan & Son
0.8 (0.8) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Impractical Jokers
0.8 (0.8) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (0.7) (0.7) (---) Project Runway
0.7 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Grey’s Anatomy
0.6 (0.6) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.3) (0.5) (0.4) The First 48
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Scandal
0.5 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.6) (---) (---) (---) Counting Cars
0.5 (0.6) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (---) (0.4) House Hunters
0.5 (---) (---) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (---) (---) NTSF:SD:SUV
0.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Real Housewives Miami
0.4 (---) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) Braxton Values
0.4 (0.8) (1.8) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) College Football
0.4 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) Conan
0.4 (---) (0.8) (0.2) (0.2) (---) (---) (---) Hannity
0.4 (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) Impact Wrestling
0.4 (0.3) (0.6) (0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) O’Reilly Factor
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Texas Car Wars
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (---) (---) (0.3) (0.2) (0.4) Vampire Diaries
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) World’s Dumbest
0.3 (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (0.4) (0.3) (---) Auction Kings
0.3 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) Extreme Chef
0.3 (0.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.2) (---) The Five
0.3 (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) House Hunters Intl
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Lawrence O’Donnell
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Rachel Maddow
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Shepard Smith
0.3 (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Van Susteren
0.3 (---) (---) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.6) Wilfred
0.2 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (---) (---) (---) The Next
Readers Talkback
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Sept. 20, 2012, 6:05 p.m. CST
Louie is great we need more shows like it. I'm guess that David Lynch is doing the whole Karate Kid training on Louie.
by Cedric Ford
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Sept. 20, 2012, 6:05 p.m. CST
I don't really care much for sitcoms but Louie is fucking awesome
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
Amazing show.
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Sept. 20, 2012, 6:42 p.m. CST
cedhollywood - Lynch on Louie is some of the VERY best TV we've gotten ALL YEAR!!!!!!! brilliant stuff and Lynch is hilarious....
by Michael Lunney
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Louie is killer funny show, well done too, great balance of seriousness and humor with a little surreal type stuff
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Sept. 20, 2012, 6:51 p.m. CST
So Duke and Lacy are the replacements for Novak and Kaling?
by DougMcKenzie
I think this is going to be a looooonnnnnngggg season. I can't believe they punted Community to death slot Friday to keep that abortion called "Up All Night" on. I wonder if Poehler will have Arnett's show shitcanned quick at the network after the messy divorce.
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Sept. 20, 2012, 7:28 p.m. CST
This is the penultimate episode of Louie, isn't it?
by Truxton Spangler
Louie and Parks should make for a good night.
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Sept. 20, 2012, 7:35 p.m. CST
Awesome new episodes of The Office and Glee along with a special SNL!
by Paul
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Interesting opening to The Office, what with actual interaction with the Docu Team. Wonder if that will continue or if it will be just a Bookend device for the final season.
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Like you don't have to actually tell us "Yes, this part is symbolic. This part right here." And Oscar you naughty boy! *tsk* Annnnd fucking Creed won the episode. AGAIN. Office Circus.
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Jim and Pam are human beings again. Love the New Andy. The filmmaker speaks. Super fast-paced. Lots of stuff going on. Most encouraging.
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I got into it late in the game - sounded like a stoopid premise, so I didn't bother - but it's turned out quite funny & well acted.
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Sept. 20, 2012, 9:34 p.m. CST
I've been with you a week and you haven't made me laugh once.
by buffywrestling
David Lynch gave me the biggest laugh tonight so far.
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Carlin's Seven Words you can't say on Television.
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A nice call back to Chris Rock.
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excerpt from the avClub review last week: Many years ago, I interviewed Chris Rock, and he said that when he was preparing to tape Bring The Pain, the special that would transform him from that black guy who used to be on Saturday Night Live to America’s greatest satirist, he ran into Andrew “Dice” Clay, and the profane nursery rhyme enthusiast advised him to re-watch Rocky to get into the mindset he needed to be in to triumph in what very well could have been Rock’s final opportunity to really make it big. Rocky, Clay assured him, would get the juices flowing, would reconnect him with the hunger, drive, and focus he’d need to make the most of this crucial shot. In the end, Rock heeded Clay’s wise counsel and delivered a performance that will still be studied and revered by students of comedy fifty years from now.
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He must have right? What a great ending though. Fuck you, Letterman!
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Anytime he's not on screen has the chance/promise of being enjoyable, any time he is on screen is just wasted broadcast. He's like Carrot Top without the props.
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I've watched it from Day One, and this was one of the worst episodes ever. I laughed once, when Dwight was trying to walk the slack line. That's it. This is going to be a long year. And the two new guys suck ass. Bring "Community" back to Thursday and shit can "Up All Night". What a mediocre piece of filler.
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Sept. 21, 2012, 1:20 a.m. CST
That was an excellent office. Hope we see more of the camera crew
by Dandelion.
Feels like the end might actually have some weight!
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Brilliant stuff the say something funny thing he did that got him a week reprieve had me in tears. some great stuff right there.
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Other than Creed's comments at the end, I thought it was terrible. It's off somehow. They're trying too hard, it's just winding up all over the place. Use to love the show, hoping the season has some fun parts, but kinda glad it's ending. Parks was fun, after starting slow it got pretty good. Hope it doesn't turn into another office and go for way longer than it should. Louis was, of course, brilliant. Weird they used Letterman that way though, maybe there's some behind the scenes we're missing. You'd think it would have been Leno, given what he's done, but Louis still does the Tonight Show, so it could have just been process of elimination. Hung into Glee for awhile for some reason, but I'm done now.
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They are definitely shaking it up. You can already see the writing on the wall for Jim and Pam, although I'm sure by the end they will still be together. Disappointed in the F you they gave to the Dwight and Angela baby storyline, but you knew that was coming too with all the Info about Dwights new show. Angela and Oscar look to be a big storyline this year. They also outright mentioned Micheal which they didn't do all last season. Should be a nice send off to a great show
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Like Batman, for instance?
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The bit with Kevin and the turtle.
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I'm sorry. The episode was disappointing. It reminded me of Seinfeld's final season where the humor was gone and the cast was angry, rude and bitter all the time.
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festivus? the one with puddy selling jerry a car? the merv griffin show? kramer shaving with butter? the whole play now storyline? so many great moments
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And then brought him back as a rewritten character. I hope this season focuses more on Jim, Pam, and Darryl, their the only characters worth giving a shit about and it seems like they actually have an idea for Jim and Pam this season. Last season actually made me angry with their attempts to try and make Andy Michael-Scott lite and the humiliating pandering attempt to make Andy-Erin the new Jim-Pam. Keep the idiot characters as the side characters for a few laughs, write some actual stories, and maybe end the series on a decent note.
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Sept. 21, 2012, 10:40 p.m. CST
And then brought him back as a rewritten character....AGAIN
by Bass Ackwards
is what I meant to say...
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He and Pam are in their early thirties. Neither has what could be described as a "career." They're both sales people at a failing paper company in a dying town. Their kids haven't yet started school. That's exactly the time when people are typically able to move and advance themselves.
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The new/old Andy was a welcome return to the character back when he and Jim were CT. Very preferable to the Michael lite that was foisted on us the past few years. Dwight's humiliation at the hands of Dwight Jr pre-bicycle stunt was akin the black comedy of the early seasons. Kevin was hilarious but not as much so as Creed.
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which shocked me. I haven't laughed at the office since Robert California's mansion tour ... but there was something to the first episode. I loved a glimpse at the old "anger management issues" Andy - he was always a funnier character when he had the chance at going nuts at any minute. I'll keep an open mind - I'd like to see the show go out on a high note.
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Sept. 22, 2012, 1:38 p.m. CST
re: "Wait. WHY couldn't Jim take that job in Philly?" by outsidechance
by jim
I think it is that things are going well for them, they have a routine that works. Kind of like being in a rut, but for them a good kind of rut, a safe rut. Perhaps too, his focus has been so much on their kids and Pam, Jim has been putting himself second. I think the idea of moving pretty much made their involvement in the new opportunity a non-starter. It is an opportunity, not a certainty. If he didn't need to move to Philly he could probably, at least in the beginning, still work at his old job. And Pam could keep her job. Moving requires both to quit their jobs. It may not be a glorious career, but it is a reliable income.
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Sept. 25, 2012, 1:08 p.m. CST
Again no love for Wilfred, it and Louie were AWESOME.
by iamnicksaicnsn
One a total mind-fuck, the other a perfect recreation of the Rocky-myth as set to comedians. But has Louie ever really been banned from the Late Show? Is that a real thing?
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