John Schneider (Bo Duke) showing up all over TV

Gone from the public eye for quite some time (well, at least that I’ve twentysixmilesseen), our 80′s favorite character Bo Duke (of “The Dukes of Hazzard” for those of you not old enough to remember),  John Schneider is now the lead character of the TV series Twentysixmiles on the USA Network.  He’s a dad who decides to cast aside the world of corporate acquisitions and mergers for being in a band and living on Catalina Island, where he wife moved to escape him with his children. 

It’s a pretty good show, and you can watch twentysixmiles on Hulu as well.  Tonight, however I was watching the latest episode of Leverage and suddenly it was if Jack Kincaid (the Twentysixmiles character) was in the show.  Yep, TNT has him making a guest star appearance on Leverage, and it just confused the heck outta me.

leverage There have been several times in the past when shows had characters “visit” from another show, and they were always cool when they cross-interacted like that.  I mean without Happy Days, there wouldn’t have been a Laverne & Shirley.  Alice and Flo, All in the Family and Maude, as well as The Jeffersons — the list goes on and on.

This appearance confused me.  Maybe I watch too much TV, but really John, do you need to work that much?  Check out a preview of this weeks episode of Leverage after the break, or check it out on TNT.tv.  I also threw in the 1st episode for kicks.  Enjoy!

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Peep Show just a Great Laugh

Peep Show is a british show which I had watched a few episodes on Hulu a while back.  Last week, they released additional seasons of the show, which truly are just freaking hilarious.

Spin War details the lead characters post-wedding cancellation while working in the same office, two friends are influenced by a younger extended family member, and sexual tension, innuendos, and downright insane propositions fly about shamelessly.

Check out this crazy episode of Peep Show, then watch all 5 seasons!

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Persons Unknown – Great new show!

Persons Unknown is a new TV show I stumbled across on Hulu just over a month ago, Persons_Unknownand each week cannot wait until the next for the continued story. 

Here’s the show in a nutshell:  A bunch of people are kidnapped from a variety of places, including mental hospitals, from parks, homes, nightclubs and even death row, and wake up in a hotel.  Everyone is locked in their rooms and eventually they all get out — and wonder why each of them is there.  Or when they can leave.

Set in a town full of stores and other buildings, it’s surrounded by an invisible force which keeps them inside.  Sometimes there will be visits and others leave without a problem, yet the kidnapped can’t seem to find their way out.  They make several attempts, all foiled by one thing or another.  There is definitely a lot of mind games going on behind the scenes, and someone is always watching, seemingly from the multitude  of cameras throughout the town.

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Archer – Comedy for the Modern Day Man

Like your entertainment a touch of super hero, intrigue, family drama and a bit of campiness to bring it all together? Archer, a new animated series on FX, is my latest find on Hulu – and it’s freaking awesome. The witty production will keep you laughing non-stop, and I’m not one for animated anything to watch, even though Hulu is filling up with them.

This show simply rocks – and the main character’s off-handed comments he mumbles to himself are ridiculous. In the scene where he walks in on his mother pleasuring herself under the desk while on the phone, when she raises her hand to her face she exclaims her son smells like a Russian Whore House, to which he replies… no spoilers here, sorry folks…

Enjoy Archer, the all-new funny series from FX, courtesy of Hulu:

Jimmy Fallon does good with Late Night

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is a success. Success if you are looking for a younger demographic, a more hip, Internet savvy audience – and that is the group that is taking hold in this country. While many may still wish to cater to various older demographics which are becoming a larger percentage of the population, there are a ton of these Gen Xers, savvy as can be – and want entertained.

With Lorne Michaels as the producer of the show, you can be assured that there are many SNL similarities. There are sketches, segments and they seem to be trying out a number of things in the first few days. Having great guests doesn’t hurt at all – his debut show included Robert DeNiro, Van Morrison and his second episode didn’t fail either – with Tina Fey and Jon BonJovi.

It’s amazing to realize that this was the Letterman show – before he bailed and went to CBS. As Letterman continues and age – and provides a strong source of competition for any of the late night shows – it’s great to see the “new” generation taking hold of the airwaves.

Jimmy Fallon still looks 22 – and an opening monologue may not be his strong point – but who cares – let’s get to the fun. Having a different musical guest each night doesn’t appeal to me – while interesting – I don’t think it’s necessary, but it’s cool.

Jimmy -keep it up! Watch Jimmy on Hulu.

A&E Television Network and TV Shows

I really wanted to tell people about the hot movie on tonight on A&E of all channels, The Andromeda Strain. Great movie about a terrible illness which threatens to end humanity. Good stuff. 9PM EST – A&E TV.

Well, from a marketer in the 21st century in this online era, I found it frustrating that I was not able to embed one single video clip to help them in their promotion by placing it right here in this article, but instead they had endless online content without any facility to embed, blog, link to or otherwise. Just a big fancy flash site. Continue reading