News from Ian Micklewright
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IS IT 4:20 ALREADY? MUST BE, AS THE SECOND SEASON OF WEEDS IS RELEASED. IF THAT LEAVES ENOUGH TIME, GET ON BOARD WITH THE RELEASE OF STAR TREK: CAPTAIN'S LOG FAN COLLECTIVE. TOO MANY CAPTAINS FOR YOUR LIKING? TRY GETTING SOME LEGAL ADVICE FROM A SUPERHERO-TURNED-LAWYER IN THE THIRD VOLUME OF HARVEY BIRDMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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ANDY MILLMAN IS BACK ON SET TO DELIVER SOME HOLLYWOOD-FUELED HILARITY WITH THE RELEASE OF THE SECOND SEASON OF EXTRAS. THE FIFTH SEASON OF BEWITCHED PROVIDES A MAGICALLY HUMOROUS BLAST FROM THE PAST, WHILE THE RELEASE OF SEASONS ONE AND TWO OF MY SUPER SWEET 16 ROUND OUT THIS WEEK'S OFFERINGS.
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THIS WEEK WE CAREFULLY MARK THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIFTH SEASON OF EVERYONE'S FAVORITE O.C.D. POLICE DETECTIVE, MONK. WE MOVE FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TRICKERY WITH THE FIRST SEASON OF PSYCH. AND FINALLY WE MAKE THE MOVE INTO OUTER SPACE AS CROW AND TOM SERVO SERVE UP SOME HILARIOUS, HOMEMADE DUBBING ON MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.
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THE THIRD SEASON OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HBO WESTERN, DEADWOOD, STARTS THE ROUNDUP WITH A BANG THIS WEEK. THE HITS KEEP COMING WITH THE RELEASE OF VOLUME ONE OF THE PRACTICE. WE FINISH OFF WITH A FEW CLASSIC COMEDY FAVORITES LIKE WELCOME BACK, KOTTER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW!
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THE CLOSER IS THE BIG RELEASE THIS WEEK, WITH A BLU-RAY UPGRADE FOR THE FIRST SEASON OF WEEDS. THE SUBSEQUENT RELEASES IN THIS WEEK'S ROUND-UP ARE MOSTLY A COLLECTION OF GOLDEN OLDIES LIKE F TROOP, RAWHIDE, BIG TRAIN, AND THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.
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THE SECOND SEASON OF AMERICAN DAD! IS SURE TO TURN SOME HEADS, WHILE THE RELEASE OF MASTERS OF HORROR IS SURE TO FEATURE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS A COMEDY-HEAVY WEEK WITH THE RELEASES OF FRASIER, WINGS, MARTIN, AND THE WAR AT HOME.
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SOME LONG-AWAITED CLASSICS FROM THE EARLY '90S ARE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK WITH THE RELEASES OF THE SECOND SEASONS OF BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 AND MELROSE PLACE. BROODING, ANGST-RIDDEN, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE NOT YOUR THING? JOIN MICHAEL PALIN AS HE VENTURES FORTH AND EMBRACES CULTURAL PLURALITY IN AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.
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GO TEAM VENTURE! HANK AND DEAN ARE BACK AND GOOFIER THAN EVER IN THE SECOND SEASON OF THE VENTURE BROS. LOOKING FOR A GOOD LAUGH AT THE EXPENSE OF SOME FOREIGN GAME SHOW CONTESTANTS? CHECK OUT THE SECOND SEASON OF MOST EXTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGE. A SLEW OF TV CLASSICS FILL OUT THIS WEEK'S ROUNDUP: MORK & MINDY, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, AND HAPPY DAYS.
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FINALLY! SEASON 3 OF ENTOURAGE HAS ARRIVED. IF ARI'S HILARIOUSLY MANIC, CYNICAL WITTICISMS AREN'T YOUR THING, TRY THE SURREAL CREEPINESS OF TWIN PEAKS. DIVE INTO THE MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE OF THE LOST ROOM AND LAW & ORDER. IF YOUR HUMOR TENDS TO BE ON THE ECCENTRIC SIDE, TRY THE PLACID PACE AND DEADPAN SATIRE OF TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR.
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DESPITE ENDURING REPEATED MEDIA JABS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, SHATNER'S FINALLY GETTING HIS MOST CONCERTED COME-UPPANCE TO DATE WITH THE RELEASE OF THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF WILLIAM SHATNER. TWO SEASONS OF MIAMI VICE, THE WACKY NEWSROOM ANTICS OF NEWSRADIO, AND A LITTLE OF REV RUN'S REALITY IN RUN'S HOUSE ROUND OUT THIS WEEK'S ROUNDUP.
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