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By Genevieve Burgess | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (22)

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Last night I used the lovely and talented Dana Scully as a header picture leading many of you to profess your own adoration for the woman I consider my first role model and the standard by which I judge all skeptically raised eyebrows. Good news! Well, sort of good news; for those of you who have Netflix instant all the seasons of “The X-Files” (including the fifth season featuring the episode that contributed yesterday’s picture, “Bad Blood”) are available on Instant Play. I’m sure most of you who have Netflix and are “X-Files” fans are already aware of this but I’m doing my best to spread a little joy. Here’s your Wednesday night TV:

8:00pm: “American Idol” on Fox

“America’s Next Top Model” on The CW

“Minute to Win It” on NBC

“Survivor” on CBS

8:30pm: “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” on Food Network

9:00pm: “Are We There Yet” on TBS

“Criminal Minds” on CBS

“Dog the Bounty Hunter” on A&E

“Ghost Hunters” on SyFy

“Secret Access: The Vatican” on History

“Nova: Japan’s Killer Quake” on PBS. I’d say that this seems a little soon but thanks to the 24 hour news networks, the internet, and probably high fructose corn syrup the American attention span is now so drastically shortened that “Japanese Earthquake” has been shuffled right off the list of stories people care about. So I kind of applaud PBS for doing their best to remind us that an enormous natural disaster did actually just happen a few weeks ago and it’s far more important than Rebecca Black, who really shouldn’t rate any attention higher than “mild annoyance.”

“Operation Repo” on TruTV

“Shedding for the Wedding” on The CW

“Sons of Guns” on Discovery

“The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos” on Spike TV

9:30pm: “Are We There Yet” on TBS

“Dog the Bounty Hunter” on A&E

“Mr.Sunshine” on ABC

10:00pm: “Coal” on Spike TV. Series premiere.

“Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior” on CBS

“True Hollywood Story: Holly Madison” on E.

“Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files” on SyFy

“Hoarding: Buried Alive” on TLC

“Justified” on FX

“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” on NBC. I worry that this show is having a negative effect on the lovely faces of Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni for making them frown so frequently. Because I’m shallow.

“Off the Map” on ABC

“Journey to Planet Earth: Plan B” on PBS

“The Real World” on MTV

“South Beach Classics” on Discovery. Series premiere. Oh, good, another reality show set in Miami. Now I have to find out where this dealership is so I can make sure I never ever EVER end up near it and its inevitable cloud of picture taking fans. To be fair, I hate almost all reality shows and I’m generally in favor of people coming to visit Miami. (Seriously! Ask me where to get good Cuban! Don’t be shocked when your waiter doesn’t speak a damn bit of English and is annoyed that you don’t speak a damn bit of Spanish. That’s how we roll here.) I’m just not in favor of people coming to visit Miami when they get in my way. That’s all.

“Top Chef” on Bravo. Eighth season finale.

“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” on TBS. Seventh season premiere.

Late Night Listings

“The Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS featuring Norm MacDonald, C.C. Sabathia, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, and Wynton Marsalis

“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on NBC featuring Helen Hunt, Gary Busey, and Good Charlotte

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC featuring Danny McBride, Sara Ramirez, and Duran Duran

“The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on CBS featuring Jerry O’Connell

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on NBC featuring Russell Brand, Gayle King, and the Strokes

“Last Call with Carson Daly” on NBC featuring Liana Liberato, Alex Prager, Goldheart Assembly

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Comedy Central featuring Jake Gyllenhaal

“The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central featuring Tim Shriver

“Chelsea Lately” on E featuring Jerry Weintraub, Arden Myrin, Joe Matarese, and John Caparulo

“Conan” on TBS featuring Greg Kinnear, Steve Schirripa, and Mo Mandel

Intern Rusty is a Masters student at the University of Miami. You can learn more about her at Rusty’s Ventures.









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Comments

Top Chef!

They've narrowed it down to Douche vs. Douche!

Greasy Douche vs. Bitter Douche
Douche 2: The Douchening!
Douche 2: Electric Douchealoo

Posted by: meh at March 30, 2011 6:04 PM

My left brow is often set to "Skeptical Scully" mode.

Posted by: Lauren at March 30, 2011 6:05 PM

Is that American Gillian Anderson or that quite awful creatchah with the fake British accent? Do tell. Quite right. Indeed. Do tell.

Posted by: sars at March 30, 2011 6:19 PM

Really meh? Richard Blaise is one of the least-douchiest people ever on Top Chef. He's probably the second-best chef that's ever been on there, and knows it. He's getting a little more serious near the end of the season, I'll give you that, but I still think he's one of the more mature chefs ever on the show (what is it about these chefs anyway? They're all like children.)

I also don't see any bitterness in him. If he was bitter, he'd be blaming the show or the judges, or anything besides himself, but he doesn't. He knows it was his own fault, and knows it's all on him to win it this time again.

Now, if only I were in the US where I could actually see this as it's aired.

Posted by: JohnnyBee at March 30, 2011 6:25 PM

X-Files on Netflix? I WAS excited till I found out it is not available in Canada :(

Posted by: Neil at March 30, 2011 6:26 PM

Jose Chung's From Outer Space!

That is all.

Posted by: Lipton at March 30, 2011 6:30 PM

JohnnyBee, I was totally rooting for Blaise (and Carla) going into the season, as I think he's one of the most talented chefs on there plus a lot of the techniques he uses really do seem to complement the food rather than just be for show (coughMARCELcough).

BUt the constant angry faces and whining when he doesn't win, when moments before he was beating himself up verbally about how his dishes were terrible...well to me that just somebody fishing for compliments. Or something. Just unappealing. Self deprecation as a defense mechanism is unappealing.

That said, I will gladly vote for talented douche over greasy douche.

Posted by: meh at March 30, 2011 6:34 PM

More Dana Scully is never a bad thing!

Great work Rusty, yer doin' a fine job.

Posted by: MurderBot at March 30, 2011 6:36 PM

"One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasn't pulling it off. Like, her hair was red... but it was a little too red, you know."

Posted by: Todd at March 30, 2011 6:48 PM

I used to like Blais, but he has been a douche this season. Especially in his little talking head moments to the camera. I'm rooting for him because he's the better chef, and because he's that much less douchey than Mike.

Posted by: Julie at March 30, 2011 8:00 PM

Well, I know what I'm watching tonight. I wonder if directing people to the X-Files is counterproductive to your column, though?

Posted by: RobP at March 30, 2011 8:11 PM

Someone said that yesterday's still came from the greatest X-Files episode. Not true, but it is true of today's.

LORD KINBOTE: "Roky! Roky! Be thou not afraid! No harm will come unto thee."

I really need a Lord Kinbote action figure. Or maybe a plush?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 30, 2011 9:43 PM

X-files season 5 episode 12 - "Bad Blood"
Best episode ever :)

Posted by: Sarah J-Town at March 31, 2011 2:53 AM

You can't pick a best ep ever! But How the Ghosts Stole Christmas is a pretty good time, I will say. And Triangle. Oh, and Dreamland, when Mulder switches bodies. Ooh, and The Unnatural.
Pretty much any episode that had little to do with aliens, babies, alien babies, Mulder's father, Mulder's sister, Scully's sister, Scully's daughter, black oil, cancer, or government conspiracies and more to do with letting Mulder and Scully and the audience have some fun. Now why can't they do that with a movie? Why does it have to be all serious all the time? Nobody wants to see Mulder and Scully wallow in misery for two hours.
And yes, Scully is one kick-ass lady scientist. I want to be her when I grow up. Except without all the autopsies.

Posted by: BiblioGeek at March 31, 2011 6:23 AM

"I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage."

Posted by: Scully at March 31, 2011 7:23 AM

Hmmm, I still don't see it. Agree to disagree. For me, one or two moments do not a douche make.

Posted by: JohnnyBee at March 31, 2011 7:28 AM

I really liked the way Blais checked with Antonia and showed concern for her feelings when she was selected for his team. He knew that had to hurt, and it sounded very sincere. Yeah, he had a few moments where he sounded a little po'd this season, but he more than made up for it. I think he knows he could very easily cross the douchebag line, because he is talented and when people praise you and praise you and praise you, it's easy to get a big head. But it seems like he works hard to stay grounded.

Posted by: Wednesday at March 31, 2011 9:10 AM

Okay, I agree Bad Blood was an awesome episode, especially the he said, she said Luke Wilson stuff (when he had horse teeth in Mulder's description), that was hilarious. But the best of all time was the 4th season "Home". Come on... admit it, every time you hear Johnny Mathis singing Wonderful! Wonderful! you get freaked out and you can't remember why...

Posted by: MRod at March 31, 2011 9:47 AM

I watched Jose Chung last night, and it holds up better than so many episodes. I won't say it's THE BEST EVER, but it's probably my favorite. Still.

Second would be Home or Post-Modern Prometheus.

@Scully: That is, indeed, the best line of the entire episode. And there are so, so many good ones. "In short... Money!"

Posted by: RobP at March 31, 2011 11:13 AM

chimp screaming in bad film clip. chimp screaming.

Posted by: idleprimate at March 31, 2011 6:36 PM

MRod totally. That's always going to be my favorite episode. Well that one and Humbug. And Squeeze.

Posted by: MG at March 31, 2011 9:01 PM

So: the boyfriend and I started watching The X-Files from the beginning over the summer, and we're just now coming to the end of season 3. After watching an episode last night ("Pusher"), we were discussing when exactly David Duchovny left the show, and the boyfriend pulled up season 8 so that we could look at the episode list. And that's when I noticed the little box at the bottom of the screen:

Expires on 4/1/11.

All nine seasons are gone as of this morning. I understand that contracts expire, and that it's quite possible that Netflix will reach an agreement with Fox sometime soon and the show will go back up on Instant, but...they're GONE. Just like that, with no notice, and just when we were really starting to get into it.

This is the worst April Fools' prank of all time.

Posted by: burpany at April 1, 2011 8:57 AM