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Monday is Catch-Up Day: Madam Secretary, The Good Wife and Getting On.

Posted on the 25 November 2014 by Kristy47 @watchingwaytoomuch

Monday is Catch-Up Day: Madam Secretary, The Good Wife and Getting On. THE ANSWER TO MONDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
Jane, Alex, Dave, Max, Brad and Penny are the characters from the show Happy Endings

FIRST FIVE: Denise Verzi, Chuck Chiocco, Mike O'Dea, Mitch Klein & Karen Feldman HONORABLE MENTION: Lillian Doremus

THE NUMBERS   Friday's Cable Top 5

Gold Rush-Discovery 1.2/3.7
WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy .9/2.8
American Dad-Adult Swim .9/1.9
NBA-ESPN .9/1.8
Big Bang Theory-TBS .6/1.8

Sunday's Broadcast Top 5 Sunday Night Football-NBC 7.1/19.7

Football Night in America-NBC 5.2/15.6
60 Minutes-CBS 3.9/18.4
American Music Awards-ABC 3.8/11.5
Madam Secretary-CBS 1.8/12.5
Sunday's Cable Top 5 NA
Sunday's Top 5 Nielsen Twitter Ratings American Music Awards-ABC 5,651,000 Tweets
WWE Survivor Series-PPV 360,000 Tweets
The Walking Dead-AMC 199,000 Tweets
Real Housewives of Atlanta-Bravo 85,000 Tweets
Homeland-Showtime 14,000 Tweets

THE SHOWS Madam Secretary

This week, Elizabeth had her hands full and they were in long regular, plain old sleeves. Ahhhh all is right in my world. Not in hers though. A young emotionally damaged soldier was outside the State Department with a gun and everyone was on lock down. Matt and Daisy's fiance were locked in one room. That was a disaster. They chewed pot gum and Matt spilled his guts about Daisy and him. Engagement OVER. Nadine gave a single older woman her transfer orders to Angola. She wasn't happy and let Nadine have it. Nadine went to leave just as the lock down went into affect. AWKWARD. Things ended better for them though. Nadine changed her mind and changed the transfer to Portugal instead. Stevie, the Secretary's daughter was in the building and got locked down with Blake who only had good things to say to her. It was her Mom who shocked her with information about her past life torturing war criminals. I guess we were all surprised by that one. The lock down was over the damage was done but before everyone left, Elizabeth seemed to make some headway with the Iraqi's. If only it was all that simple. 

The Good Wife

Where's the rabbit and the hat part? There is no way Cary's guilty and there's no way Cary's going to jail. What is going on over there at The Good Wife? The writers had me a bit distracted before they dropped that bomb. First the judge needing the Neil Diamond tickets for his anniversary, then Diane's giant chunky necklace, then the ASA's affair with Gary Prima, then Alicia's threatening letter to Graces teacher. It was a JOKE people! I assumed that Kalinda would save Cary's day. That's what she does, she saves the day. She came close, but when you threaten Lemond Bishop, you never know what can happen. Of course he didn't like it and he put the nail in Cary's coffin. Nice guy. 
Getting On
Is anyone other than me watching this show? I don't think I even like it but the acting is so good and the characters are so odd that I keep TiVOing it and I keep watching it and as I'm watching it I think "delete" I don't. The actress that plays Dawn is just incredible and Laurie Metcalf is hilarious and bizarre and mesmerizing .



THE OTHER STUFF

-NBC cancelled Constantine. 13 eps will run, that's it. I don't wanna be one of those I told ya so kinda bloggers, but
-For anyone who isn't cooking, or traveling, or marching in the parade here's a great list of Thanksgiving programming, sports and marathons for your convenience. You're welcome. 
TUESDAY Thanksgiving-themed episodes/Specials/Movies:
Mad About You "The Thanksgiving Show" (8 a.m., FXX)
Regular Show "The Thanksgiving Special" (7:30 p.m., Cartoon Network) New Girl "Thanksgiving IV" (9 p.m., Fox) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (8 p.m., The CW)

WEDNESDAY
Thanksgiving-themed episodes/Specials/Movies:Friends "The One with the Thanksgiving Flashbacks" (12:30 a.m., TV Land) That '70s Show "Thanksgiving" (5 a.m., TV Land) That '70s Show "Thanksgiving" (7:30 a.m., ABC Family) The Beverly Hillbillies "Turkey Day" (9 a.m., TV Land) The Beverly Hillbillies "Thanksgiving Spirit"(9:35 a.m., TV Land) Reba "Thanksgiving" (12:30 p.m., CMT) Reba "Thanksgiving" (3:00 p.m., ABC Family) Two and a Half Men "Merry Thanksgiving" (5:30 p.m., FX) Mike & Molly "Thanksgiving Is Canceled" (7 p.m., FX) Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (8 p.m., ABC) The Cleveland Show "A Brown Thanksgiving" (9 p.m., Cartoon Network) Saturday Night Live "Thanksgiving" (9 p.m., NBC) The Cleveland Show "Another Bad Thanksgiving" (9:30 p.m., Cartoon Network) When Turkeys Attack (10 p.m., Destination America) South Park "A History Channel Thanksgiving" (10:30 p.m., Comedy Central) THURSDAY Parades:
Thanksgiving Day Parade (9 a.m.-noon, CBS)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (9 a.m.-noon, NBC) Football: Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions (12:30 p.m., CBS) Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m., Fox) Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers (8:30 p.m., NBC) Thanksgiving-themed episodes/Specials/Movies:
Dora the Explorer "Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade" (8 a.m., Nickelodeon)
Roseanne "Thanksgiving" (Noon, We) Good Luck Charlie "It's a Charlie Duncan Thanksgiving" (Noon, Disney) Thank You, America! With Robin Roberts (8 p.m., ABC) Fox's Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular (8 p.m., Fox) The Big Bang Theory "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" (8 p.m., CBS) The Simpsons "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" (8 p.m., FXX) A Very Bonnaroo Thanksgiving (9 p.m., VH1) The Cleveland Show "A General Thanksgiving Episode" (9 p.m., Cartoon Network) The Cleveland Show "Turkey Pot Day" (9 p.m., Cartoon Network) The McCarthys "Thanks a Lot, Ronny" (9:30 p.m., CBS) Marathons: Cops (6-6 a.m. Friday, Cloo) The Middle (7-9:30 a.m., ABC Family) Swamp People (7 a.m.-4 p.m., History)
Adventure Time (9 a.m.-2 p.m., Cartoon Network)
Food Paradise (9 a.m.-6 p.m., Travel Channel)
North America (9 a.m.-2 p.m., Animal Planet)
Portlandia (9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., IFC)
Jurassic Park (10-2 a.m. Friday, AMC)
Friends
 (10 a.m.-5 p.m., TBS)Modern Family (10 a.m.-midnight, USA)
Transporter the Series (11 a.m.-11:03 p.m., TNT) Alaska: The Last Frontier (Noon-3 a.m. Friday, Discovery Channel) The Andy Griffith Show (Noon-3 p.m., TV Land) My Dirty Little Secret (Noon-8 p.m., Investigation Discovery) Nature's Weirdest (Noon-midnight, BBC America) Raising Hope (Noon-8 p.m., CMT) River Monsters: Unhooked (2-8 p.m., Animal Planet) The Amazing World of Gumball (2:30-5 p.m., Cartoon) The Millionaire Matchmaker (3-10:30 p.m., Bravo) Tamar & Vince (4-10 p.m., WETV) The Brady Bunch (5:30-9 p.m., TV Land) FRIDAY Specials/Movies:Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (8 p.m., The CW) Frosty the Snowman (9 p.m., CBS) Kung Fu Panda Holiday (9 p.m., The CW) Merry Madagascar (9:30 p.m., The CW) Yes, Virginia (9:30 p.m., CBS) Marathons: Deadly Women (6 a.m.-9 p.m., Investigation Discovery) Helix (6 a.m.-8 p.m., Syfy) Pawn Stars (8-11 a.m., History) Edge of Alaska (10 a.m.-3 p.m., Discovery Channel) Judge Hatchett (10 a.m.-4 p.m., WeTV) First Blood, Rambo II, Rambo II (11 a.m.-midnight, AMC) NCIS: Los Angeles (Noon-6 p.m., Cloo) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Noon-6 a.m. Saturday, BBC America) American Pickers (1-11 p.m., History) Tanked (2-9 p.m., Animal Planet) Gold Rush (3-10 p.m., Discovery Channel) Mysteries (3 p.m.-4 a.m. Saturday, Travel Channel) SATURDAY Specials/Movies: Christmas Under Wraps (8 p.m., Hallmark) The Flight Before Christmas (8 p.m., CBS)
National Dog Show
 (8 p.m., NBC)
Punkin Chunkin: SuperChunk! (8 p.m., Discovery)
Santa Buddies (8 p.m., Disney) The Story of Santa Claus (9 p.m., CBS) Marathons:House  (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Sunday, Cloo) Manzo'd with Children (6-10 a.m., Bravo) Scorned: Love Kills (6 a.m.-2 p.m., Investigation Discovery) The Rifleman (7-11 a.m., AMC) Pit Bulls & Parolees (9 a.m.-11 p.m., Animal Planet) NCIS (11 a.m.-midnight, USA) Fatal Vows (2-10 p.m., Investigation Discovery) Vikings (3 p.m.-4 a.m. Sunday, History)Fast N' Loud (3-8 p.m., Discovery Channel)Sleepless in Seattle (3:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunday, WeTV) Homeland (2pm Showtime)
SUNDAY Specials/Movies: One Christmas Eve (8 p.m., ABC Family) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (10 p.m., ABC Family) Marathons:NCIS (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Monday, Cloo) Ax Men (7 a.m.-1 p.m., History) Law & order: SVU (9 a.m.-11 p.m., USA) Roseanne (10 a.m.-4 p.m., weTV) Homicide Hunter (2-8 p.m., Investigation Discovery) Man v. Food Nation (2-8 p.m., Travel Channel) The Walking Dead (2-10 p.m., AMC) The Real Housewives of Atlanta (3-11:30 p.m., Bravo) Alaska: The Last Frontier (5-10-p.m., Discovery Channel) The Affair (4pm Showtime)
Tuesday's Trivia Question: Name the holiday special where Charlie, Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock had to cook. Who invited herself (and some other friends) to dinner? WWTM-Kristy Like me on Facebook at Watching Way Too Much

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