Pajiba After Dark 3/16/10

Be Prepared. If It's Not Scintillating, My Interests Will Wane Rapidly.

By Genevieve Burgess | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (21)

We’ve got one premiere tonight which is probably highly anticipated within the Pajiban community, since it’s “Justified” starring Timothy Olyphant. And he’s totally playing a law enforcement type character, just like he did on “Deadwood”! And it’s on FX which also has shows like “Damages” and “Sons of Anarchy” so the possibilities for this show being good are pretty much sky high. Unless, like me, you can’t turn off Gone in 60 Seconds whenever it’s on TV and happen to remember that Mr. Olyphant was somewhat less than impressive in that movie, in which case you’re hopeful but that’s about it. Here’s your Tuesday night:

8:00 p.m.: “90210” on The CW.

“American Idol: Finalists Perform” on Fox.

“The Biggest Loser” on NBC.

“Samurai” on History. Special two hour long presentation.

“NCIS” on CBS.

9:00 p.m.: “19 Kids and Counting” on TLC.

“Lost” on ABC.

“Melrose Place” on The CW. Now that both “90210” and this are back on the air (after a fashion) I keep getting early ’90s flashbacks writing this column. Which is weird, because in the early ’90s I didn’t watch either of these shows, because it would’ve cut into valuable time I could spend watching “Might Morphing Power Rangers” or “Ren and Stimpy.” So mostly I just wish “Ren and Stimpy” and the original “Mighty Morphing Power Rangers” had come back to TV as well.

“NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS.

10:00 p.m.: “16 and Pregnant” on MTV.

“Flash Forward: What Did You See” on ABC. This is listed as a “One hour special presentation” so I’m betting it’s not a new episode but rather a recap episode to get people up to speed with the half of the first season that happened months ago before any new episodes start. I’ll help: Everyone blacked out, shit went crazy, Not-Ralph Fiennes went self righteous, blah blah blah fate blah, the cute one died.

“Food Wars” on Travel.

“The Good Wife” on CBS.

“Justified” on FX. Series premiere.

“Millionaire Matchmaker” on Bravo.

“Parenthood” on NBC.

“Southland” on TNT.

Intern Rusty is a Masters student at the University of Miami. You can learn more about her at Rusty’s Ventures. You can also follow her at twitter.com/rustyheadedgirl, but she’s bad at twitter so you probably don’t want to.

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I had a naughty, naughty dream last night featuring Mr. Olyphant, brought on by commercials for Justified. I'm looking forward to more.

Posted by: Drake at March 16, 2010 7:10 PM

HOLY SHIT RICHARD WAS BATMANUEL

Posted by: the new transported man at March 16, 2010 7:12 PM

Timothy Olyphant in Gone in Sixty Seconds? I don't remember that...in fact, I'm going to refuse to remember that.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at March 16, 2010 7:16 PM

Mr. Olyphant was certainly bringing the sexy in the many commercials I have seen, so I will be watching Justified.

Side note: Walton Goggins should totally have won an Emmy for the fifth season of The Shield.

Posted by: MM at March 16, 2010 7:19 PM

Oh yeah - even though I too have a strange fascination with Gone in 60 Seconds reruns on TV, I also completely block out that Timothy Olyphant is in it. Until you just mentioned it.

Posted by: MM at March 16, 2010 7:21 PM

My husband saw the DVDs for "Flash Forward" and was curious about watching it. I actually thought it was cancelled, because I hadn't heard anything about it in months. Was it any good? Would anyone here suggest picking it up, or no?

Posted by: teacupnosaucer at March 16, 2010 7:24 PM

Rusty, it is because of you that I've spent the last few nights cackling at The Tick.

Love love love love.

Posted by: MyySharona at March 16, 2010 7:28 PM

I hope you are sitting down because I'm about to rock your world:

The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ARE ON TV AGAIN. Saturday mornings, ABC, 11 and 11:30 am, CST.

I Tivo it, and I'm not ashamed.

Posted by: Ashlie at March 16, 2010 7:44 PM

Um, guys? I've got the poison lobster...

Posted by: the_wakeful at March 16, 2010 7:50 PM

I hated Gone in 60 Seconds. HATED. Every single thing about it. Every time I hear or see it mentioned, anywhere, it sends me into a blinding rage. It makes me want to throw a badger at someone. Or a wolverine. And then DECAPITATE THEIR FACE OFF.

Posted by: Anna von SPARKLEbeaverpuppet at March 16, 2010 8:11 PM

Wow AvB it's not even the worst NIC CAGE movie! What do you do when someone brings up Ghost Rider? Never mind, I don't want to know*

*I do, I do

Posted by: Mrcreosote at March 16, 2010 8:38 PM

Anna.... {lip quivers} ... please don't decapitate my face off...

Seriously, though, I think you're totally justified (No Pun Intended!) in feeling that way about the movie that shall not be named.

Posted by: MM at March 16, 2010 9:01 PM

Low Rider, Donnie. Donnie, Low Rider?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQe_t_z2WM

Love this scene.

Posted by: Mick J at March 16, 2010 9:12 PM

Who was he in Gone in 60 Seconds? I thought I knew every great character actor who popped up in that. Eccleston alone makes it amazing.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at March 16, 2010 10:08 PM

Ha! I actually did not see Ghost Rider due to a near-debilitating lack of interest.

And no worries, MM, I'm FAR too lazy to actually decapitate anyone's face off (which, BTW, I should've TM'd "Kayanne's brother".)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at March 16, 2010 10:47 PM

That thar Timothy Olyphant sure is good at shooting up people...

Posted by: D-Day at March 16, 2010 11:30 PM

p.s. I've got even money Swearengen plays his old con-artist drug dealing dad.

Posted by: D-Day at March 16, 2010 11:31 PM

Shit.

Posted by: S.P. Ashworth at March 17, 2010 2:04 AM

So I gave “Justified” a peek. It was very average. And dumb.

Posted by: EricD at March 17, 2010 2:30 AM

Sorry "Justified" but you're counter programed to "Southland" and much like a 16 year old hormonal boy, I never pass up a sure thing.

Posted by: Kelli at March 17, 2010 2:38 AM

Now that I've come down off my high, Justified wasn't too bad. I liked how they opened with Marshall Seth blowing away that dude (Peter Greene!) and then spun it all the way as the episode ran through.

I thought the white supremacist angle was cliche, but they certainly brought that myth down when Seth calls out Walton Goggins on it. It was nice to see "Boyd" getting under Seth's skin a bit, although who was the woman who called him "the angriest man I've ever known"? Ex-wife? I missed the commercial lead-in.

The setting was fairly believable, I read that they filmed it near Pittsburgh, so it's certainly got more of a West Virginia feel than deep, deep south, which lends more credibility to me.

It did try to be a little too bad-ass, but this is a pilot after all so they need to sell something. I'll keep checking it out to see where the series goes. The dialogue isn't on par with other FX Shows like Denis Leary Fights Fires and Pisses People Off and Ron Perlman As Hellboy on a Motorcycle vs. Wussy Looking Blonde Dude. But I'll give it another look next week.

Posted by: D-Day at March 17, 2010 9:33 AM

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