5/4 Friday What You Should Watch

Fringe has two episodes left this season, that news is easier to swallow now that I know they have renewed it for a 5th season. Granted it’s only 13 episodes and it is the final. But at least they have an opportunity to give the show and the fans a proper ending.

Also new tonight Supernatural, I stopped watching for a season or two when they did that whole Dean/Satan storyline, but the last few weeks with Dick Roman and Bobby’s ghost have been really good.  The announced a new EP for next season, so even though they haven’t officially announced it has been renewed I can’t imagine they would cancel it now. 

Nkita, Blue Bloods, Grimm and The Finder.

Fringe

Episode: Brave New World, Part 1 of 2

Walter is forced to revisit his painful past when a fringe event causes people to spontaneously combust; the team faces off with David Robert Jones.

 

Supernatural

Episode: Reading Is Fundamental

Meg contacts Dean and Sam with news that Castiel is conscious and talking; a teenager becomes a reluctant prophet after being struck by lightning

Blue Bloods

Episode: Collateral Damage

Jackie and Danny look into the suspicious death of an investor; when the Sanfinos order a hit on Jimmy Riordan, Frank puts Jamie under house arrest.

Grimm

Episode: Happily Ever Aftermath

After a wealthy matriarch mysteriously dies and her stepdaughter loses everything in a Ponzi scheme, Hank and Nick investigate; Juliette tries to help Nick find closure.

Nikita

Episode: Dead Drop

Ryan wants to go to the CIA director for help when Percy’s nuclear weapon plan appears to be getting out of control; Alex is shaken when Sean is shot.

Friday 4/27 What You Should Watch

Fringe is wrapping up season 4, tonight is the first of the final three episodes.

Blue Bloods is new tonight, thank goodness, because I need a Reagan family dinner.

We also have new Grimm, Supernatural and Nikita.

Fringe

Episode: Worlds Apart

Both teams fight for the same cause; shocking developments related to the Cortexiphan children arise.

Blue Bloods

Episode: Working Girls

When an attempt is made on the life of a witness in Danny and Jackie’s care, they realize the task force has a leak; Erin receives a job offer that would have her working with her father.

Grimm

Episode: Leave It to Beavers

An investigation into a construction worker’s death leads Nick into a conflict in the creature world; Juliette makes Nick invite Monroe to dinner.

Supernatural

Episode: The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

Dick Roman (James Patrick Stuart) acquires a hard drive that contains sensitive information about Dean and Sam; Bobby tries to help the brothers retrieve the hard drive, but his anger toward Dick gets in the way.

Nikita

Episode: Shadow Walker

Nikita talks Birkhoff into using $20 million of his own money to lure Percy into a trap; Birkhoff is arrested.

Friday 3/30 What You Should Watch

Fringe is all new tonight, and after last weeks Peter and Olivia reunion I can’t wait to see what the show has in store for us the rest of the season. Tonight’s episode looks like it is more about the creature of the week than P&O.

Blue Bloods is back tonight, when are they going to get back to Jamie’s undercover gig, that is the storyline I am most interested in.

Also new tonight, Grimm, Supernatural and Nikita.

Fringe

Episode: Nothing as It Seems

The team investigates a case that Peter recognizes from his world.

Blue Bloods

Episode: No Questions Asked

When a weapon linked to a crime is brought into the NYPD’s gun buyback program, Danny must decide whether to arrest the suspect or follow the “no questions asked” policy.

Grimm

Episode: Island of Dreams

Nick and Monroe investigate when a shop owner becomes the victim of a grisly murder; Nick thinks he has found an ally; Sgt. Wu becomes entangled in Adalind’s plan

Supernatural

Episode: Party On, Garth

A hunter surprises the brothers with a request for help; Sam and Dean battle a Japanese creature that can be seen only by drunken people.

3/23 Friday What You Should Watch

Happy Happy Joy Joy Fringe is back!!!

The NCAA tournament continues.

ABC has shark tank, The CW has Nikita and Supernatural and Grimm is a repeat.

Did you hear Grimm has been renewed for season 2, no surprise there, it was one of the few succesful shows NBC has this season.

Top Spot: Fringe

After the heartbreaking cliff hanger of the winter finale I’m not sure I want to watch, but I must. Will Peter get home, will Olivia’s memories continue to fade and what new pearls of wisdom will Walter share.

Fringe

Episode: A Short Story About Love

After recent emotional events and shocking revelations, Peter considers his options; a killer targets love

 

Supernatural

Episode: The Born-Again Identity

Driven to the breaking point by Lucifer, Sam ends up in a mental hospital; Dean’s plea for help leads him to a healer with the face of an old friend.

 

 

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Friday 2/17 What You Should Watch

A Gifted Man moves to 9pm tonight, it will remain in this time slot thru March when it completes it’s first season. Odds are it won’t be renewed, if it is, look for a big changes.  I guess the season ending cliffhanger will have something to do with Kate leaving her husband and ending up on Michael’s doorstep.

Last week on Fringe they dropped a bombshell, amber Olivia has the memories of Peter’s Olivia. I suspect they were injected by the mystery men we saw a few episodes back.  The plot of last week’s episode centered around blending alt-universes together. Are we headed that way this season, if we are will Walter find the safe zone to prevent total destruction?  The observer told Olivia she was going to die, last years season finale had Alt-Olivia dying, this year I think this Olivia has to die so Peter can get home. Now that AMber Olivia has other Olivia’s memories she and Peter will grow close, and her death will be bitter-sweet as Peter goes home with the memories of the Amberverse. But will Olivia be alive when he gets there?

Blue Bloods and Supernatural are also new tonight.

Fringe

Episode: A Better Human Being

As the team investigates a mentally ill patient who seems to be connected to a series of murders, frightening clues and connections lead Olivia to a shocking conclusion.

A Gifted Man

Episode: In Case of Co-Dependents

The doctors team up to search for a common link when a spoiled pop star (Christina Milian) and a young girl both seek treatment for unusual symptoms.

 

Supernatural

Episode: Repo Man

Sam and Dean return to a small town where a demon they exorcised four years ago has returned; a psych ward patient recounts his memories of being possessed.

 

Blue Bloods

Episode: Parenthood

When a man’s family is beaten and robbed in front of him, the Regans debate how far they would go to protect the ones they love; Frank feels conflicted when a college student is arrested at a rally

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Friday 2/10 What You Should Watch

I love sweeps. Glorious Sweeps!!

Fringe is all new tonight, it promises to drop a bombshell before the episode ends.

A Gifted Man, Blue Bloods, Grimm and Supernatural are all new as well.

Fringe

Episode: Welcome to Westfield

Olivia, Peter and Walter face a terrifying Fringe event as they find themselves unable to escape a town.

A Gifted Man

Episode: In Case of Complications

A woman takes the clinic staff hostage after Michael testifies for a patient who he believed couldn’t control his urges because of a brain tumor.

Blue Bloods

Episode: Leap of Faith

After a wealthy woman dies of a heart attack, the daughter claims God told her that murder was the true cause of her parent’s demise; Frank investigates a rumor about a priest.

Supernatural

Episode: Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie

When Sam and Dean head to Kansas to investigate a case at a pizza chain that hosts children’s parties, Sam is forced to confront a childhood fear.

Friday 2/3 What You Should Watch

Sweeps Began yesterday, all new shows tonight.

Gifted Man, Blue Bloods, Grimm, Supernatural all new.

Top Spot goes to Fringe.

Fringe

Episode: Making Angels

Astrid meets her alternate; Olivia and Peter search for a killer who is using a toxin that has yet to be invented.

 

A Gifted Man

Episode: In Case of Blind Spots

Michael saves a drowning man and learns his identity is a mystery; Kate learns the girl she mentors has issues she didn’t previously notice.

 

Blue Bloods

Episode: The Job

Danny and his family have an encounter with a gunman; Frank prepares to say goodbye to a friend he worked with at ground zero.

 

Grimm

Episode: Organ Grinder

When homeless people in Portland start to go missing, Nick discovers a black market supplying the “Grimm” world with human organs.

 

Supernatural

Episode: The Slice Girls

Dean and Sam investigate gruesome attacks in which victims are branded with a strange symbol; Dean meets a woman (Sara Canning) at the town bar.

 

 

Friday Ratings

Blue Bloods droped 4 tenths from last week, but CBS still wins the night in the 18-49 demo, with an overall rating of 1.5 and a 5 share, total viewers for the night, 9.86 million.

Fringe hit s series low, 1.1 rating and a 3 share, total viewers 3 million. It seems like the more complex the show gets the less viewers it has.  Is this a symptom of the dumbing down of America.

Grimm held its own against CSI:NY, Grimm’s rating/share was 1.5/5 vs CSI‘s 1.7/5, but it had half the viewers, 5 million vs CSI’s 10 million.

A Gifted Man, held it’s own, if this keeps up it may get a stay of execution.  

What does it all mean, Fringe could get canclled, Nikita will get cancelled, this is most likely the last season for Supernatural and Grimm may just hang in there.

Full analysis and numbers can be found here TV By The Numbers

Friday – What you should watch

TGIF – I know clichéd, but I am so glad this week is over.  What a way to start the weekend, Fringe, Grimm and Blue Bloods.

 What are you watching tonight? Or are you going out, got a hot date perhaps? Lets hear all about it in the comments.

Top Spot, big surprise, Fringe, it may be on the cancellation list, but I really don’t think Fox will cancel. They are halfway thru season 4, I can’t see them not giving it a season 5.  Five seasons will fetch more in syndication, this show could run on SyFy or TNT.

Next up

Blue Bloods, I am so glad my parents turned me onto this show. It is a solid police show, with warm and fuzzy family stuff.  I am not thrilled with Jackie (Jennifer Esposito) going undercover and the trailer monkey’s making it look like she is facing certain peril, but hey I will go with it. Maybe it won’t be predictable.  Can we please get back to Jamie’s (Will Estes) deep cover gig.

Grimm, still watching, curiosity has the better of me. I really hope it doesn’t get cancelled. So far we have covered Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. I wonder what it will be this week, the description mentions a flash mob. Also,  Nick has to protect the woman who tried to kill him and his aunt.  Something tells me she is the demon he falls in love with, does Buffy and Spike sound familiar to anyone.

Supernatural, can’t give up on my Winchester boys, even after last season.

A Gifted Man, yes I know its going to be cancelled soon, lets hope Patrick Wilson has an overall deal with CBS and he lands another show. Look at Alex O’Laughlin, he went from Moonlight, to Three Rivers before he landed a hit with Hawaii 5-0.

Thanks to Zap2it for the listings

Fringe

Episode: And Those We’ve Left Behind

The team searches for a pattern in tragic time-loop anomalies; an electrical engineer (Stephen Root), his wife (Romy Rosemont), and a professor become involved with the investigation.

 

 

Blue Bloods

Episode: Lonely Hearts Club

Jackie goes under cover as a prostitute to catch a serial killer; Erin meets a man at an art gallery.

 

 

 

Grimm

Episode: Beeware

Nick and Hank investigate a flash mob that turned into a homicide; Nick and Hank must protect a character from Nick’s recent past.

 

 

 

Supernatural

Episode: Season 7, Time for a Wedding!

While on a hunt, Sam encounters someone from his past; Dean teams up with a quirky hunter named Garth.

 

 

A Gifted Man

Episode: In Case of Exposure

Michael feels conflicted when he learns that a patient (John Benjamin Hickey) with a malignant brain tumor was responsible for a terrible crime; a firefighter (Mamie Gummer) is brought in for an evaluation after appearing to be disoriented

 

If none of that is to your liking we also have

 

Nikita

Episode: London Calling

Michael tries to help Cassandra when she’s accused of stealing $2 million; Alex receives an offer from Percy that could help her eliminate Semak.

 

CSI: NY

Episode: Crushed

A house party overcrowded with high school students leads to a collapsed porch and a teen’s death; Jo is haunted by her final FBI case.

 

 

 

 

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Friday 10/21 What I am Watching

No New Fringe – Booooo!!!! Damn you World Series

New Supernatural with Buffy-Vets Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters – Yeah!!!!! 

Supernatural

Episode: Shut Up, Dr. Phil

Sam and Dean meet a witch whose anger over her husband’s
philandering has proved fatal for the townspeople

Blue Bloods

Episode: A Night on the Town

Danny tries to investigate a case while having a romantic weekend
with Linda; Jamie goes under cover to infiltrate a crime family.