CityBeat - Television http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/articles.sec-235-1-television.html <![CDATA[Netflix Saved Our Bluths - ]]> The Arrested Development story is a TV nerd’s dream come true. A smart, quirky, new kind of comedy struggles to attract an audience. Despite being critically acclaimed, the series fails to draw in enough viewers (and playfully mocks its own demise) and gets canned after the third season. Enter the Netflix era.]]> <![CDATA[Tom+Chee Founders to Swim with the Sharks - ]]> Tom+Chee, the local gourmet grilled cheese and tomato soup restaurant, will be featured on this week’s episode of Shark Tank. Founders Trew Quackenbush and Corey Ward will pitch their business proposition to a panel of entrepreneur-investors (“The Sharks”) in hope of striking a deal and expanding the franchise. ]]> <![CDATA[The Return of AMC's 'Not Suitable For Work'-place Series - ]]> I was tricked into watching Small Town Security (10 p.m. Thursdays, AMC) during its premiere last summer. The reality workplace comedy following a Georgia private security company immediately followed each episode of the first half of Breaking Bad’s final season.]]> <![CDATA[How to Get to Abigail Street - ]]> America’s Best Bites (4:30 p.m. Saturday, The Cooking Channel), hosted by Natalie Forte, is in its first season, and Abigail Street’s Chef Dan Wright and his wife Lana will be featured on the third episode.]]> <![CDATA[It’s Hard Out Here for a Veep - ]]> It’s often said that the vice president of the United States is “one heartbeat away” from the role of commander in chief. But if Veep (10 p.m., Sundays, HBO) is any indication, sometimes second-in-command is actually much further down the totem pole.]]> <![CDATA[Please Pay Attention to Nathan Fielder - ]]> Nathan Fielder goes beyond poking fun at these “expert takeover” series to reveal these little cultural phenomena, like what it takes to become a viral sensation or what some people are willing to do in order to be on television.]]> <![CDATA[Logo Highlights What's New, Now, Next - ]]> Did you think awards season was over? If you like your awards shows with little more camp, tune in to the over-the-top tribute to the year in pop culture, the NewNowNext Awards (10 p.m. Monday, Logo).]]> <![CDATA[It's a Very, Very Mad World - ]]> With this sixth and penultimate season of Mad Men comes a new work space, an updated group of partners and a fresh start for SCDP, the people who work there, and, likely, the other “mad” characters that make this show so captivating.]]> <![CDATA[The Calm Before the Storm (of Swords) - ]]> After a season of wildfire and wildlings, black magic and back-stabbing, Game of Thrones (9 p.m. Sundays, HBO) returns and the quest for the Iron Throne continues.]]> <![CDATA['Bates Motel': Check in with Caution - ]]> When A&E first announced its newest scripted drama, a Psycho prequel set in modern day (Bates Motel, 10 p.m. Mondays), I was intrigued. But for a couple of characters audiences already know turn out to be incredibly messed up, this Norma/Norman duo falls flat.]]> <![CDATA[Spring TV Preview - ]]> The snow is melting, crocuses are popping up; it can only mean one thing — a fresh crop of spring shows! Here’s what to look forward to in the coming months.]]> <![CDATA[Bid Frrt-well to "Jon" - ]]> It’s time to say goodbye to America’s ski-masked sweetheart, a man only known by his alias, “Jon.” Delocated will end with a single, Bourne Identity-esque 30-minute special (12:30 a.m. Friday, Adult Swim).]]> <![CDATA[Another Week, Another Batch of New Comedies - ]]> In an unaired episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the queen of all media shocked comedians from across the country and world as she awarded each of them with their own television series. “You get a show, and you get a show — everybody gets a show!”]]> <![CDATA[The State Alumnus Now a Hunk of 'Burning Love' - ]]> Some comic actors are better identified by their characters they portray, like Ken Marino: You may know him as Auggie’s slacker step-dad; a Jewish summer camp counselor/unlikely virgin; or a Los Angeles caterer and future Soup R’ Crackers franchise owner.]]> <![CDATA[Matt Bischoff: He's a Survivor, He's Not Gon' Give Up - ]]> Survivor starts its 26th(!) season this week and the Queen City will see one of its own on the show as local BMX rider, entrepreneur and musician Matt Bischoff joins the “Fans vs. Favorites” showdown.]]> <![CDATA[Living and Undead Present Equal Threat Post-Apocalypse - ]]> Sure, everyone loves a good walker-bashing scene, but it’s the human element of the series that elevates The Walking Dead as a critically acclaimed and commercially successful drama.]]> <![CDATA[Lemon Out! - ]]> After seven seasons of night cheese, epic eye-rolls and general hilarity, Liz Lemon and the TGS crew head to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for one last show. 30 Rock comes to an end this week with a one-hour finale (8 p.m. Thursday, NBC).]]> <![CDATA[Local Drag Queen Penny Tration Is Off to the Races - ]]> This week, Cincinnati will see one of our own competing in one of the most fun, outrageous reality competitions on television: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season Premiere, 9 p.m. Monday, Logo).]]> <![CDATA[Girl Talk - ]]> People sure are concerned with Girls for a time when television is full of objectionable content — terrorists, gigolos, Bill O’Reilly, etc. For better or worse, Lena Dunham’s comedy has garnered a ton of attention since its premiere in April 2012.]]> <![CDATA[Girls Run The Globes - ]]> Step aside, Ricky Gervais. There’s a new pair of Globe hosts in town as comedy queens Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take the reins during this year’s Golden Globes (8 p.m. Sunday, NBC).]]>