Television Premiere Dates: June

June

Monday, June 1
8:00 pm: Devious Maids (Lifetime)

9:00 pm: Unreal (Lifetime)

              The Whispers (ABC)

Tuesday, June 2
8:00 pm: Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)

9:00 pm: Chrisley Knows Best (USA)

              Stitchers (ABC Family)

10:00 pm: Royal Pains (USA)

Wednesday, June 3
8:00 pm: Melissa & Joey (ABC Family)

9:00 pm: Baby Daddy (ABC Family)

10:00 pm: Girl Code (MTV)

                The Game (BET)

Thursday, June 4
10:00 pm: Hannibal (NBC)

Monday, June 8
8:00 pm: The Fosters (ABC Family)

              Odd Mom Out (Bravo)

9:00 pm: Major Crimes (TNT)

              Becoming Us (ABC Family)
10:00 pm: Murder in the First (TNT)

Thursday, June 11
8:00 pm: Beauty and the Beast (CW)

Friday, June 12
Orange is the New Black (Netflix) 

8:00 pm: Defiance (Syfy)

10:00 pm: Dark Matter (Syfy)

Saturday, June 13
10:00 pm: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (BBC America)

Tuesday, June 16
9:00 pm: Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)
10:00 pm: Proof (TNT)

               Tyrant (FX)

Thursday, June 18
8:00 pm: Astronaut Wives Club (ABC)

9:00 pm: Complications (USA)

              Mistresses (ABC)

Friday, June 19

Catastrophe (Amazon Prime)

9:00 pm: Killjoys (Syfy)

Saturday, June 20
9:00 pm: Star Wars Rebels (Disney XD)

Sunday, June 21
8:00 pm: Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
9:00 pm: True Detective (HBO)
              The Last Ship (TNT)
              BattleBots (ABC)
10:00 pm: Ballers (HBO)
10:30 pm: The Brink (HBO)

Tuesday, June 23
10:30 pm: Another Period (Comedy Central)

Wednesday, June 24
8:00 pm: Big Brother (CBS)
9:00 pm: Suits (USA)
              Rogue (DirecTV)
10:00 pm: Mr. Robot (USA)

Thursday, June 25
8:00 pm: Boom! (Fox)
9:00 pm: Under the Dome (CBS)
10:00 pm: Graceland (USA)
               Rookie Blue (ABC)

Friday, June 26
9:00 pm: Love Thy Neighbor (OWN)

Sunday, June 28
9:00 pm: Humans (AMC)
10:00 pm: Falling Skies (TNT)

Monday, June 29
10:00 pm: Teen Wolf (MTV)

Tuesday, June 30
9:00 pm: Zoo (CBS)
              The Haves and Have Nots (OWN)
10:00 pm: Scream (MTV)
12:30 am: The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (Comedy Central)

Televison Premiere Dates: April

APRIL
Friday April 3

10:30 pm: The Grace Helbig Show (E!)

Sunday, April 5

9:00 pm: A.D. The Bible Continues (NBC)

10:00 pm: Mad Men (AMC)

                 Odyssey (NBC)

Thursday, April 9

10:00 pm: The Comedians (FX)

10:30 pm: Louie (FX)

Friday, April 10

12:01 am: Daredevil (Netflix)

8:30 pm: Whose Line is it Anyway? (CW)

9:00 pm: The Messengers (CW)

Sunday, April 12

9:00 pm: Game of Thrones (HBO)

               Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

10:00 pm: Veep (HBO)

10:30 pm: Silicon Valley (HBO)

Monday, April 13

9:00 pm: Turn (AMC)

Friday, April 17

8:00 pm: Bitten (Syfy)

9:00 pm: Lost Girl (Syfy)

Saturday, April 18

10:00 pm: Orphan Black (BBC America)

Monday, April 20

11:00 pm: Neil Degrasse Tyson's Startalk (Nat Geo)

Sunday, April 26

9:30 pm: Happyish (Showtime)

Wednesday, April 29

8:00 pm: The Casual Vacancy (HBO)

10:00 pm: Ripper Street (BBC America)

Coming to Netflix April 2015

April 1:

And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen…
Bandolero
Barnyard
The Beautician and the Beast
Bob’s Burgers: Season 4
Bound
Buffalo Soldiers
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Down to Earth
Leprechaun 3
Leprechaun 4: In Space
Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood
M*A*S*H: Season 6
Suicide Kings
Sunset Strip
Underworld
Whiteboyz
Wrong Turn at Tahoe

April 2:

Life Partners
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage

April 3:

All Hail King Julien (Season 1)
Derek: Special
Starry Eyes
The Quiet Ones

April 4:

Delta Farce

April 7:

Preservation
Wilfred (Season 4)

April 9:

Crank
Pioneer

April 10:

The Awakening
Broken
Burning Bridges
Confusion Na Wa
Finding Mercy
Finding Mercy 2
Flower Girl
Forgetting June
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Lagos Cougars
Lies Men Tell
Mad Couple
Mad Couple 2
Matters Arising
October 1
Onye Ozi
Ties That Bind

April 12:

The Identical

April 13:

Video Game High School (Season 3)

April 14:

Goodbye to Language
Kink

April 16:

Hot Fuzz

Baby Daddy (Season 4)
Chris D’Elia: Incorrigible
They Came Together

April 18:

Noah

April 21:

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

April 25:

Sons of Anarchy (Season 7)

April 27:

National Treasure

#gleetome

I started watching “Glee” when Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel made their first appearances on the show.  When my dad first explained the concept of “Glee” to me, I said, “That sounds stupid.” But of course I watched it for my two favorite witches.  

          

Now, I have eaten my own words.  I fell in love with the show, the characters, and the music.  

Say what you will about “Glee.”  As an English major, sometimes the story-lines, characterization, and writing make me cringe.  As a teacher and future parent, the way they handled certain topics was inappropriate and made me shake my head. 

But as a fan, the show changed me.

Whether you watched the show or not, whether you liked the show or not, the show was important in the history of television.  For the first time, a primetime TV show combined the drama of high schoolers with music in every episode.  Artists from all genres allowed their music to be covered by a glorified “Kidz Bop” show.  

No one can deny that the talent on the show is out of this world.  Especially since the show was laid on the shoulders of a bunch of unknowns.  Who knew any of them before “Glee”? I sure didn’t (Well, except for the people who were on Broadway).  

No one can deny that this show battled serious and important topics.  They may have made some poor decisions about how to tackle these issues, choosing to joke about them rather than discuss them seriously.  However, they brought attention to so many issues and made a somewhat positive impact on our world (maybe making some people angry in the process).

No one can deny that the the show used music to bring the generations together.  The younger viewers are listening to music that is probably twice their age, while the older viewers are jamming to Katy and Gaga and Bieber.  In a unique way, the music from the past five decades has been brought together by this one band of misfits.  

         

And finally, no one can deny that the future generations will hear about this show and they will say, “That sounds cool!” or “That sounds stupid!” And the one thing everyone can agree on is that the New Directions reminded us all – “Don’t stop believing!”