Recaps

The second season of Raising Hope premiered last night, bringing back with it its beloved—or shall we say crazy—characters, and the outrageous scenarios that the Chance family always seem to fall into. The show begins with a light-heartedly adorable song about Hope, performed by everyone’s favorite day-care provider–for babies, old people and pets–Shelly. In the season opener Jimmy discovers a …

I watch Glee with a fair amount of cynicism, but you know, that’s all because I’m involved with schools to know that nothing actually works like this. Of course, in the season premiere, “The Purple Piano Project” at least one of my main gripes about high school shows was answered: we at least figured out what grades half the kids …

The new CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls, premiered last night and I have to admit that I’m hooked. I didn’t want to like this because Lord knows I don’t need another show to watch. Max (Kat Dennings) is a waitress who is used to hard work and seems to actually enjoy her job. I can relate to Max easily. Working …

Vodka, a pint of triple fudge swirl ice cream and a large animal tranq dart: that is the way Kenzi rolls when preparing to deal with Bo as she comes down off her break up with Dyson; and Hale is her somewhat unwilling accomplice in this effort – what Kenzi calls “sidekick solidarity”. Surprisingly, Bo is found in red lingerie …

The Vampire Diaries returned tonight and set the stage for the new season with a surprising death, ghosts, a vampire/werewolf  hook-up, and one badass hybrid. It’s the morning of Elena’s eighteenth birthday and Elena is definitely not in the parting mood. She’s been looking for Stefan since his departure with Klaus. Any leads she has stumbled across have all been dead ends and …

Last night HBO aired the season 4 finale of True Blood. I’m still in shock over the enormity of this episode. I think if I had to rate it on a scale of one to ten, as season finales go, this on had to be 11 1/2. So much happened to wrap up the season and then again to launch …

Thank goodness we didn’t end on another cliffhanger. Rizzoli & Isles finished its summer season with tonight’s episode, “Remember Me”, and it was an adrenaline shot from start to finish. But first, did you all know there was a new episode on Labor Day? I didn’t until I pulled up the DVR, so my apologies for not recapping last week. …

In the season premiere of Lost Girl, Bo (Anna Silk) finds herself, along with Detective Hale (K.C. Collins) and Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) on the hunt of a Dark Fae monster, let loose by the assault on the Light Fae perpetuated by Bo’s biological mother Aife in the final episode of season one. The Ash, the leader of the Light Fae, …

This week’s episode of Necessary Roughness was filled with themes of letting go and moving forward.   Dr. Dani takes on a new client, Anne Marie Harmon. A Martha Stewart-esque woman of all trades, Anne Marie’s empire includes both media and homemaking. While her life seems like a dream to others, her recent out bursts of anger led her to …

Melissa & Joey – 8/7c ABC Family “Play Ball” – Mel recruits Joe for her softball team. Meanwhile, Ryder wants Lennox to feature Holly in the school blog. Damages – 10/9c DirecTV 101 “There’s a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban” Necessary Roughness – 10/9c USA “Baggage Claim” – A lifestyle media mogul’s own …