Zabelieth's Fall TV Guide

Hello, lovely readers!  Sorry for being MIA for a bit there - new school year for both Zab and me, and for me it also means a new country to call home.  I'm settled in here in Sweden now, and feeling a little homesick I've decided to create a cheatsheet for this fall's must-see American shows.  For myself as well as for you guys. ;)

So first of all, was the return of Jon Stewart to The Daily Show not the best thing ever?  I really missed him while he was off filming Rosewater (2014) in the Middle East.  John Oliver did a great job subbing for Stewart, but nobody can replace the show's main man.

This week was the start of Season 3 of New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel.  The first episode was absolutely hilarious.  I don't want to give any spoilers, but... I think it's time for Winston to do a puzzle.  In Season 3 we'll see how Jess and Nick fare as a new couple, and we'll find out whether Schmidt chooses Cece or Elizabeth.  New episodes show every Tuesday at 9pm EST on FOX.

My favorite show of the moment, Chicago Fire, is coming back for a second season!  The first episode will air on Tuesday, September 24 at 10pm EST on NBC.  The finale of the first season showed dashing candidate Peter Mills submitting an application to join the Chicago Police Department instead, and I'm seriously hoping this was a fluke.  If you're unfamiliar with the show, here's a random fun fact: Taylor Kinney, who plays lead rescue squad firefighter Severide, is Lady Gaga's boyfriend.  He's quite a hunk, as is Australian actor Jesse Spencer, who plays the other lead firefighter, Casey.

Joss Wheadon has a new show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which starts September 24 at 8pm EST on ABC.  The show features the return of Agent Coulson, who we all saw die in the Avengers movie, but whom Wheadon felt the need to bring back in order to lead the show's team.  You can't have S.H.I.E.L.D. without Coulson.  I'm excited to see the show, I think we've been starved for Joss Wheadon television for a couple years now, since Dollhouse stopped.  Check out the badass website for the new show, agentsofshield.com.

Finally, let's not forget that the last season of How I Met Your Mother is set to air this coming Monday, September 23 at 8pm EST on CBS.  I haven't been watching this show religiously, but word is the show finally revealed the mother in the last episode of the last season - which is great, seeing as we've been waiting years for Ted to get to the point.  I'm excited, this is a wonderful show and I'm sure they're going to go out with a bang.  It will definitely be hard for fans to say goodbye to these characters, though - HIMYM has a similar loyal fanbase to Friends.

victoria's secret fashion show - it's almost here!

Who else is uncontrollably excited for the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? This has got to be one of my favourite days of the year. I think it should be a national holiday and everyone should just get the day off. However, since our government doesn't seem to sympathize, I hope I can still find a way to get the night off work and throw some kind of lingerie/Pink party and drink champagne.

This year, VSFS is scheduled to broadcast on Tuesday, December 4 at 10 ET. It'll be shown on CBS. Unfortunately for us mortals, the show already took place on November 7 to a select live audience, but we won't be allowed to watch the entire show until December 4. Rihanna and Justin Bieber headlined. Miranda, Adriana, Candice, Alessandra, and dozens of other out-of-this-world models strode down the runway mostly nude for millions to see. Even though I wouldn't classify the Victoria's Secret show as a real fashion show, it is one of the most glamorous, fun, and sexy nights on television - and made much more special because it only happens once a year!

The show is always divided into different segments with individual themes. My favourite last year was 'I Put a Spell on You', in which the models wore boudoir-noir, classically inspired balconette bras, corsets, long gloves, and bows. The fun bit of the VSFS - aside from the truly perfect models and celebrity musical highlights - is the variety that encompasses all the themes and outfits. There is lingerie that is drop-dead sexy, playful, girly, tough, delicate, and wicked. Every outfit is marvelous and novel, even though some (most?) are a little bizarre.

I hope to have time to watch the shows from past years that I missed (which I found links to here, though you can also find broken-up versions on youtube) before this year's show. Comment with recommendations! I've only seen those from the past couple of years. I can't wait to get into the shows from the 90's - that sounds like too much fun.

Make sure you check back here to keep updated: we have a countdown to the VSFS air date at the very bottom of this blog, and we will DEFINITELY be posting the night of. See you then!!