Labor Day TV Marathons - Buffy, Wilfred, and more!

Not sure what to do with your extra day off? Well, thankfully the TV programming gods have prescribed just the thing! With so many marathons on this Monday, there's really no reason to leave your couch. Here are the Top 5 that I recommend. Happy Labor Day!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Chiller, 12 am – 8 pm) | At this point in my blog, do I even need to explain why you should watch this? 

My So-Called Life (Sundance, 11 am – 7 pm) | The teen drama that kind of started it all.


How I Met Your Mother (FX, noon – midnight) | To kick off HIMYM's run on FX, they've got an all day marathon featuring some great episodes like "Subway Wars" and "Bad News." 


Wilfred (IFC, 1 – 4 pm) | I've really been enjoying this show on FX, so if you've missed it there you can catch up on Monday on IFC. This absurd comedy about a man and his dog truly is something different from what else is out there in TVland. 


Friends (Nickelodeon, 8 pm – Tuesday, 5:30 am) | A classic! It's always a good idea to watch. 


Don't see anything of interest? Visit TVLine for the full list of marathons.

The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 1 (The Pilot)

All TV, all the time! This 45 minute(ish) podcast goes through what we're watching, what we're looking forward to, and any other general TV happenings.

Who are we? Kristal Bailey, pop culture blogger at TooInterestingForTwitter.Blogspot.com and GeekTyrant.com, and Marcos Canales from Poppas2Cents.com and TheTelevixen.com. We watch way too much TV and just have to talk about it!

For more, follow us on Twitter:
Kristal: @kristal_bailey
Marcos: @poppas2cents


Download Episode 1

Here's the episode breakdown for Episode 1 (Pilot):

Introductions: Start - 2:20

What We've Been Watching: 2:20 - 12:25

• Leverage 2:20 - 4:25
• True Blood 4:25 - 7:25
• The X-Files 7:25 - 10:46
• 90's Are All That: 10:46 - 12:25

Fall TV's Most Anticipated Return Shows: 12:45 - 49:55

• Glee - 12:45 - 22:22
• Castle - 22:15 - 27:57
• Nikita - 27:58 - 34:17
• Vampire Diaries - 34:30 - 40:25
• How I Met Your Mother - 40:26 - 46:05
• Chuck - 46:05 - 49:55

Closing: 49:55 - 50:55

Let me know what you think in the comments! If you have any questions or feedback, we'd love to hear it so we can address it on the next episode.

Thanks for listening!

Nikita Season 1 on DVD/Blu-Ray soon

*Disclaimer: I have been hired by Warner Bros. WBWord division to promote Nikita Season 1 on DVD. 


“The Division” recruits troubled youth, erase their background and shapes them into spies and assassins. If given the chance, would you neglect your current life for one of globe trotting spy work if it meant you would have to cut all ties with everyone in your life?

Personally, I love to travel and see the world but I want to do it with my friends and family, not as a secret agent with a double life. I can't imagine having to constantly lie and pretend to be someone else. I can see why Nikita tried to get out for love, you can't hold on to your true self when you're constantly lying!

What do you think? Would you trade your life in for that of a jetsetting spy? Let me know in the comments!

Buy Nikita here: http://bit.ly/qLjOxO

Music Monday: Dedication to My Ex by Lloyd

I am loving this resurgence in motown and that older style of music in today's new hits. What started with Cee-Lo Green, Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monae is now expanding and Lloyd seems to have come out of nowhere with his fast climbing track, Dedication to My Ex. Check out the track after the break. Be warned, it's a lyric video with some pretty explicit lyrics, so maybe save this one for just headphones or after you leave the office. But anyways, enjoy!

Fall TV: The Complete 2011 Premiere Schedule

This season, the premieres are spread out over the entire month of September and even in to October and November. I feel like the networks learned from the mistakes of last year, where all the shows seemed to premiere within a two week window. With such a short window, it set up a lot of the shows for failure. Viewers had to make their television choices early and if they picked wrong, they had already missed an episode or two of the other new shows and didn't both to catch up.

Check out the full Fall TV premiere schedule after the break, as well as the few new shows I plan on checking out.