What I'm watching
Here's my television viewing schedule, as of spring 2012:
>>Sunday
-11:00 a.m., Disney XD: Ultimate Spider-Man (animated superhero; new) ***
-11:30 a.m., Disney XD: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (animated superheroes) ***
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Coming soon: Tron Uprising (computer-animated cyberpunk)
-8:00 to 11:00 p.m.: Josh C.'s "
Spelljammer:
the Show Must Go On" (space fantasy miniseries, using FATE 3e
Legends of Anglerre) and the "
Vanished Lands" (homebrew telecom fantasy campaign)
-9:00 p.m., PBS: Masterpiece: Mystery/Sherlock (Holmes) ***
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Dropped: Once Upon a Time (supernatural drama, **), The Borgias (historical melodrama, **)
>>Monday
-6:00 to 10:30 p.m.: FATE 3e "
Vortex" (space opera campaign) and Jason E.R.'s "
Glassworks" (superhero miniseries, using
Cortex: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying)
-9:00 p.m., SyFy: Warehouse 13 (supernatural conspiracy) **
-10:00 p.m., SyFy: Alphas/Lost Girl (metahuman/supernatural procedurals) **
-10:00 p.m.: ABC: Castle (comedic mystery) ***
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Canceled/dropped: Heroes, The Cape (metahuman melodramas, **), Terra Nova (time travel, **)
>>Tuesday
-8:00 p.m., Cartoon: The Looney Tunes Show (animated comedy) ***
-9:00 p.m., USA: White Collar (sleuth/caper) ***
-10:00 p.m., History: Top Shot (marksmanship) **
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Canceled/dropped: No Ordinary Family (metahuman melodrama, **), V (alien conspiracy reboot, **), Memphis Beat (sleuth, ***), Homeland (thriller, ***), Kung-Fu Panda: the Series (animated martial arts comedy, ***)
>>Wednesday
-9:00 p.m., TNT: Leverage (do-gooder capers) ***
-10:00 p.m., USA: Psych (comedic sleuths) ***
-10:00 p.m., Science Channel: Ridley Scott's Prophets of Science Fiction (genre biographies) ***
-10:00 p.m., Food: Man vs. Food Nation **, Cooking: Bitchin' Kitchen ***
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Canceled/dropped: Reaper (supernatural slacker comedy, **), Eastwick (supernatural soap, **), Flash Forward (conspiracy drama, **), Undercovers (espionage/action; **), Human Target (action; ****), American Horror Story (horror, **), Transformers: Prime/G.I. Joe: Renegades (animated action, **)
>>Thursday
-9:00 p.m., CBS: Person of Interest (technothriller) ***
-10:00 p.m., NBC: Awake (parapsychology drama; new)
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Dropped/canceled: Nikita, Charlie's Angels (espionage/action) **
>>Friday
-8:00 p.m., Cartoon: Star Wars: Clone Wars (computer-animated space opera) ****
-9:00 p.m., Fox: Fringe (speculative conspiracy) ****
-9:00 p.m., NBC: Grimm (supernatural procedural) ***
-10:00 p.m., SyFy: Sanctuary (cryptozoology drama) **
-10:00 p.m., Starz:, Spartacus: Vengeance (sword-and-sandals) ***, Magic City (noir, new)
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Canceled/dropped: Chuck (espionage comedy ***), Batman and the Brave and the Bold (***), Fantastic Four, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Iron Man: Armored Adventures (animated superheroes, *), Stargate Universe (space opera, **), Merlin/Camelot (Arthurian, **), Smallville (metahuman melodrama; ***), Pillars of the Earth (miniseries; ***), Sym-Bionic Titan (animated kaiju; ***), Torchwood (speculative conspiracy **), Gifted Man (supernatural drama, new)
>>Saturday
-9:30 a.m., Cartoon: Thundercats (animated; new time) ****
-10:00 a.m., Cartoon: Green Lantern (animated superhero) **
-10:30 a.m., Cartoon: Young Justice (animated superheroes) ***
-10:30 a.m., CW: Phantom Gourmet/NECN: TV Diner (local food) ***
-11:00 a.m., Nickelodeon: Avatar: the Legend of Korra (animated fantasy; new)
-7:30 p.m., Cartoon: The Super Hero Squad Show (Marvel heroes) **
-9:00 p.m., BBC America: Doctor Who (time travel) ****
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Canceled/dropped: Legend of the Seeker (syndicated fantasy, **), Robin Hood (historical action, **), Being Human (BBC/NBC supernatural melodrama ***)
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Coming soon: Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, How to Train Your Dragon: the Series