Fall is great time to relax and watch
television because of all the season and series premieres. Tonight
NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Good Wife and the forgotten have their
premieres. The Biggest Loser had its premiere last week so it's not
too late to get started watching it as well.
The Biggest Loser: Season 8 - NBC's
hit series "The Biggest Loser" returns for season eight
with a special theme of "second chances." Alison Sweeney
hosts the popular series, and trainers Bob Harper and Jillian
Michaels return to train 16 contestants eager to get their second
chances at a new lease on life. NBC, 8/7 c
NCIS: Season 7, Episode - Truth or
Consequences (Season Premiere) - DiNozzo and McGee begin the search
for Ziva's replacement. CBS, 8/7 c
NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 1, Episode
1 - Identity (Series Premiere) - Callen returns to the Office of
Special Projects, joining a team on a kidnapping case. CBS, 9/8 c
the forgotten: Season 1, Episode 1-
Pilot (Series Premiere) - Alex and the network try to identify
'Highway Jane.' ABC, 10/9 c
The Good Wife: Season 1, Episode 1 -
Pilot (Series Premiere) - Humiliated by her husband, Alicia returns
to work as an attorney. CBS, 10/9 c
If you are looking for something to
watch on television tonight, you have lots of series and season
premieres from which to chose. Below is a brief description of the
shows with premieres tonight, September 21, 2009.
Accidentally on Purpose: Season 1,
Pilot (Series Premiere) - After a flint with a younger man,
Billie finds herself pregnant and decides to keep the baby. CBS,
8:30/7:30 c
Castle: Season 2, Episode 1 - Deep in
Death (Season Premiere) - Castle and Beckett must investigate a
dead man tangled in tree limbs. ABC, 10/9 c
Dancing with the Stars: Season 9,
Episode 1 (Season Premiere) - Celebrities and their professional
dance partners begin the competition. The celebrity contestants are
Macy Gray (singer), Kathy Ireland (former supermodel), Louie Vito
(professional snowboarder), Melissa Joan Hart (actress), Debi Mazar
(actress), Donny Osmond (entertainer), Ashley Hamilton
(actor/singer), Natalie Coughlin (Olympic gold medalist swimmer), Tom
DeLay (indicted former House Majority Leader), Joanna Krupa
(actress), Chuck Liddell (UFC mixed martial arts fighter), Aaron
Carter (singer), Mya (singer/actress), Mark Dacascos (Food Network
host), Kelly Osbourne (reality star), Michael Irvin (retirned NFL
star). ABC, 8/7 c
Heroes: Season 4, Episode 1 -
Chapter One 'Orientation' (Season Premiere) -
A mysterious death purhses Claire into
the spotlight, H.R.G. and Tracy join forces. NBC, 8/7 c
House: Season 6, Episode 1 - Broken
(Season Premiere) - House goes through detox, hoping to
stop the hallucinations that tormented him. FOX, 8/7
How I Met Your Mother: Season 5,
Episode 1 - Definitions (Season Premiere) - Lily forces Barney and Robin to face
their fears about defining their relationship. CBS, 8/7 c
The Big Bang Theory: Season 3, Episode
1 - The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation (Season Premiere) - A betrayal threatens the groups'
relationship with Sheldon as well as Leonard's chances with Penny.
After returning from the North Pole, a conflict among the guys sends
Sheldon back to Texas and interferes with Leonard's reunion with
Penny. CBS, 9:30/8:30 c
Two and a Half Men: Season 7, Episode
1 (Season Premiere) - Charlie must decide between his
fiancee, Chelsea, and his former girlfriend, Mia. CBS, 9/8 c
Synopsis: "When newlyweds Cliff and Cydney Anderson (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) arrive on the lush island of Kauai for an adventurous Hawaiian honeymoon, their timing coincides with the headline-making news that a pair of serial killers are on the loose, brutally hacking up the tourists. Cliff, a nearsighted screenwriter with nerdy spectacles and few outdoor skills, is no Indiana Jones, but he's promised his wife an 11-mile hike up the Kalalau Trail to a spectacular beach with a hidden waterfall, so against all odds and the creepy feeling they're being stalked, it's a-hiking they go. The farther they get from the overcrowded part of the map and the deeper they plunge into the jungle, the stranger they feel. On the trail, they bond with another couple--Nick (Timothy Olyphant), a rugged hunter with ripped abs and a metal plate in his head from combat duty in Iraq, and his perky girlfriend, Gina (Kiele Sanchez), who has a thick Southern drawl and special skills with a machete. Cliff and Cydney feel safer with their new friends in tow. Nick is a warrior type who can survive the wilderness building shelter and catching his own food with a bow and arrow, and Gina is a whiz at gutting animals for food. Then a third couple encroaches--a pair of hostile, tattooed and potentially dangerous hippies who give Cliff the willies. Just when things get hairy, they are arrested and taken away by police helicopters. Case closed. Or is it? Suddenly the movie shifts gears, tables turn and roles reverse, plunging everyone into a fatal series of screaming terrors replete with red herrings, character reversals, screenplay twists and a violent, blood-drenched finale guaranteed to sizzle your nerves. The whole thing leads to the unraveling of the identity of the psychopathic maniacs." NY Observer
MPAA Rating: R for graphic violence,
language including sexual references and some drug use
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure,
Thriller
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Milla
Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth, Marley Shelton, Steve Zahn
Director: David Twohy
Screenwriter:
David Twohy
Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh, Mark Canton, Tucker Tooley,
Robbie Brener
Music: Boris Elkis
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Wondering what the title of the movie means since obviously there aren't 500 days in summer? In this offbeat romantic comedy, Summer refers not to the season but to Summer (Zooey Deschanel), the smart, independent woman who is the product of divorce and doesn't believe in love. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the exact opposite of Summer. He truly believes that he is going to meet his soulmate and that they will live happily ever after. But this story is an anti-fairytale and the narrator tells us up front that this is not a love story. The movie jumps back and forth in the 500 days of the relationship between Summer and Tom and showcases a clever structure which tells the story by events rather than in a linear, chronological way.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language
Run time: 95 minutes
Official website: (500) Days of Summer
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom), Zooey Deschanel (Summer), Geoffrey Arend (McKenzie), Chloë Grace Moretz (Rachel), Matthew Gray Gubler (Paul), Clark Gregg (Vance), Rachel Boston (Alison) and Minka Kelly (Girl at Interview)
Directed by Marc Webb; written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber; director of photography, Eric Steelberg; edited by Alan Edward Bell; music by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen; production designer, Laura Fox; produced by Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters and Mason Novick; released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
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