Midseason Preview: Being Human

From SyFy:

Meet vampire "Aidan" (Sam Witwer), werewolf "Josh" (Sam Huntington) and ghost "Sally" (Meaghan Rath), three paranormal, 20-something roommates living in Boston and struggling with living double lives as they try to be human.

Being Human debuts on Syfy Monday, Jan. 17, at 9/8C.

This is quickly becoming my most anticipated January premiere! It's got everything I love (vampires, werewolves, 20-something drama, alter egos/double lives!) all in one place. Will you guys be tuning in?

James Marsden on Modern Family

Modern Family returns on Jan. 5! The first episode features a great guest spot from James Marsden ("X-Men") as Cam and Mitchell's new neighbor Barry. While he's a sketchy neighbor, his ability to look good in a swimsuit more than makes up for him stealing time in their hot tub.



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Happy New Year!!

Happy 2011!!

In case you celebrated too much and fell asleep before the big moment, here's a compilation of a bunch of NYE festivities from around the world.

A few 2011 resolutions for this blog:
Write more TV posts.
Write more commentary on the random viral videos I post.
More reader/social media interaction! (You can follow me on twitter!)
Let me know if there's something you want to see more of here, too!

Thanks for reading throughout 2010, and I hope you keep coming back in 2011 :)

Netflix Watch Instant: IMDB's Top 250 Movies

The website 100 Things I Learned has compiled a list of IMDB's Top 250 films available on Netflix. Here are the great films that are available on Netflix Watch Instantly:

#1 The Shawshank Redemption
#9 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
#13 Seven Samurai
#19 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
#33 Forrest Gump
#37 Apocalypse Now
#42 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
#45 Amelie
#50 The Shining
#54 The Pianist
#59 M
#61 Aliens
#62 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
#65 The Third Man
#81 Rashomon
#82 All About Eve
#83 Amadeus
#86 Full Metal Jacket
#89 Bicycle Thieves
#93 Up
#98 The Sting
#101 The Elephant Man
#104 Oldboy
#105 On the Waterfront
#109 Die Hard
#114 Jaws
#120 The General
#121 Heat
#125 Yojimbo
#128 Wild Strawberries
#130 The Sixth Sense
#131 District 9
#134 Donnie Darko
#136 Cool Hand Luke
#139 The Big Lebowski
#140 It Happened One Night
#151 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
#161 The Big Sleep
#162 Groundhog Day
#172 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
#175 Ikiru
#176 Casino
#179 The Wages of Fear
#183 Diabolique
#185 Star Trek
#186 8 ½
#193 The Killing
#194 Good Will Hunting
#195 La Strada
#197 The 400 Blows
#200 A Streetcar Named Desire
#201 The Battle of Algiers
#204 The Exorcist
#205 Persona
#206 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
#208 The Passion of Joan of Arc
#212 Fanny and Alexander
#213 Let the Right One In
#215 Rocky
#218 Mary and Max
#219 Manhattan
#221 Barry Lyndon
#224 Rosemary's Baby
#227 Duck Soup
#229 His Girl Friday
#234 In the Mood for Love
#238 Harvey

There are quite a few on this list that I still need to see! Maybe I'll start going through this list in order? Next movie night: The Shining.

[Thanks for the tip KT!]

MIdseason Preview: Mr. Sunshine

Here's the official plot synopsis from ABC:

Matthew Perry stars as Ben Donovan, the self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal—attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice—the cute, tomboyish marketing director and Ben's friend with benefits; Alonzo—a former basketball player, handsome and unbelievably happy; Ben's assistant, Heather—pretty, sweet, but terrifying because she once lit a boyfriend on fire; Crystal's son, Roman—sweet-faced, clueless and Ben's newest employee; and a hapless operations crew whom Ben refers to collectively as the "Steves."

I'm hoping that this show will end up better than Matthew Perry's last show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I'm also glad to see Allison Janney (The West Wing) and James Lesure (Las Vegas) back on TV!

Mr. Sunshine premieres on ABC Wednesday, February 9 at 9:30pm, after Modern Family. It's bumping Cougar Town off the schedule, but it will be back on April 13.