Category: TV

For a few years now there has been a show called American Ninja Warrior it is based off the Japanese show Sasuke.  The whole concept is that prime athletes complete a series of obstacle courses with each one being more difficult than the last, and in the end they get to climb the obstacle course Mount Midoriyama.

The things they have to do on this show are amazing, and you almost cannot believe that humans can complete the tasks the game show creators come up with, and most of the time they cannot.  Because on this show if no one is good enough to complete the challenges then no one wins, and they all just try again next year.

It is great to see a game show that is purely based on physical skill and fitness, and to watch the competitors root for each other because they want to see someone win, instead trying to stab each other in the back, and technically all the contestants that qualify to Mount Midoriyama could win, so there is no reason not wish the best for your fellow competitor.

The show is on Monday nights on NBC at 8PM Pacific Time, and it is a lot of fun.  You should tune in.

This show has been on TV for ages, but if you are not watching it you are really missing out.  The show is just a bunch of clips from current TV and jokes to go with them, but the host Joel McHale is hilarious, and the clips they find truly make you weep for the state of the majority of the crap on TV.  What is also a bonus is that it keeps you up to date with all the reality shows people are watching without having to watch them yourself.

Watch this show it is great, and unlike the shows it makes fun of it is not a waste of time.

I got back to watching the show Archer, and for those of you that don’t know it is a show about an agent named Sterling Archer who likes to think of himself as the world’s greatest spy.  His spy agency is named ISIS, and is run by his emotionally crippling mother Malory Archer played by Jessica Walter, who is playing pretty much the same role as in Arrested Development, but that is fine because she is great at it.

The show is very funny and pretty much just makes funny of sixties spy tropes and the craziness of the characters that they put together.  The humor can be crass at times, so it is not a show for kids, but for those of us that are young at heart it is perfect.

A good over the top comedy is a good thing to watch sometimes, and it helps us forget our worries and cares.

So my wife was playing with the Xfinity app on my Xbox, and she found a cool little show on BBC America called The Nerdist.  The host is Chris Hardwick of Attack of the Show fame, and his cohosts are Jonah Ray and Matt Mira.

It is fitting that Chris Hardwick used to be on Attack of the Show because The Nerdist is very similar, except they took all the lame stuff out like relationship advice, and it is just about geeky topics and culture.

Hardwick and his gang are very funny, and it is good to have at least one good geeky talk show left on TV.  If you have access to it you should watch it, or you can listen to their podcast.

Continuum is a Canadian show that started airing in 2012.  It stars the Green Girl from the 2009 Star Trek reboot (Rachel Nichols), and it is about time travel.

The show is about a cop from 2077 trying to stop a group of terrorists from the same time as they try and take down companies in 2012 that overthrow the government in our future and their past.  Pretty much she is from the future, so compared to us she has supper powers.

The show has an interesting premise and good actors, and I am always up for a good Sci-fi show on TV.  It can dip in to standard Police Procedural mode at times, but for the most part its Sci-Fi roots save it from that.

If you are looking for something to watch during the long summer evenings it is on Netflix streaming, so you should give it a try.