01 The Economic Crisis (The Fall of America
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Monday, March 3, 2014
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Jobless claims fall, weather clouds factory picture
Job seekers listen to a presentation at the Colorado Hospital Association health care career fair in Denver April 9, 2013.
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Jobless claims fall, weather clouds factory picture
Thursday, January 30, 2014
VIDEO: Asian Markets Fall Sharply After Fed Decision
Asian markets declined after the Fed announced a pullback on its bond-buying program, the second time in six weeks. The WSJ’s Deborah Kan speaks with Jake Lee about the ripple effect it has had on global markets.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
IBM revenue falls short of expectations, shares fall
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IBM revenue falls short of expectations, shares fall
Thursday, January 9, 2014
100,000 Bats Fall from the Sky in Australia Due to Extreme Heat Wave
In a scene that could come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock"s imagination, about 100,000 bats were found littering the ground after a major heatwave hit Australia this week, causing the bats to fall from the sky and die upon impact. In addition to the bats, the heatwave—which struck the north-east state of Queensland earlier this week and hit temperatures as high as 135 degrees fahrenheit—meant mass deaths for the country’s flying foxes across an estimated 25 colonies.
“Anything over 43 degrees [celsius/ 109F] and they just fall,” Louise Saunders, a conservation worker, told The Courier Mail in Australia. “We’re just picking up those that are just not coping and are humanely euthanizing what we can…it’s a horrible, cruel way to die.”
Considering the number of fallen bats, and the vast space across which they’re scattered, health experts are doing their best to warn all residents not to touch the presumably dead creatures. Not all the bats died on impact and some residents have been treated for viruses transmitted through bites or scratches from the disabled bats. Already, at least 16 people have been receiving antiviral treatment after coming into contact with a bat that has seemed, initially, to be dead.
“Some bats may appear dead by they are not, and when people have attempted to remove them, they have been bitten or scratched,” Queensland’s chief health officer, Dr. Jeannette Young told APN. “If you find a bat, it is very important not to touch it because of the risk of infection with Australian bat lyssavirus.”
A secondary problem that has risen in the days since the heat wave first hit is the rancid smell from the rotting, uncollected carcasses. Residents have begun to complain about the smell, and authorities have dispatched additional garbage collectors to pick up the thousands of bodies that remain.
The news comes in the same week as a historic chill—dubbed a “polar vortex”—hit the midwest and eastern United States, making for the lowest temperatures on average in nearly 40 years. While climate change deniers used the big chill as fodder for thier unscientific views, taken together, the polar vortex and Australian heatwave signal an undeniable shift in the planet"s temperature patterns, climate scientists agree.
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100,000 Bats Fall from the Sky in Australia Due to Extreme Heat Wave
100,000 Bats Fall from the Sky in Australia Due to Extreme Heat Wave
In a scene that could come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock"s imagination, about 100,000 bats were found littering the ground after a major heatwave hit Australia this week, causing the bats to fall from the sky and die upon impact. In addition to the bats, the heatwave—which struck the north-east state of Queensland earlier this week and hit temperatures as high as 135 degrees fahrenheit—meant mass deaths for the country’s flying foxes across an estimated 25 colonies.
“Anything over 43 degrees [celsius/ 109F] and they just fall,” Louise Saunders, a conservation worker, told The Courier Mail in Australia. “We’re just picking up those that are just not coping and are humanely euthanizing what we can…it’s a horrible, cruel way to die.”
Considering the number of fallen bats, and the vast space across which they’re scattered, health experts are doing their best to warn all residents not to touch the presumably dead creatures. Not all the bats died on impact and some residents have been treated for viruses transmitted through bites or scratches from the disabled bats. Already, at least 16 people have been receiving antiviral treatment after coming into contact with a bat that has seemed, initially, to be dead.
“Some bats may appear dead by they are not, and when people have attempted to remove them, they have been bitten or scratched,” Queensland’s chief health officer, Dr. Jeannette Young told APN. “If you find a bat, it is very important not to touch it because of the risk of infection with Australian bat lyssavirus.”
A secondary problem that has risen in the days since the heat wave first hit is the rancid smell from the rotting, uncollected carcasses. Residents have begun to complain about the smell, and authorities have dispatched additional garbage collectors to pick up the thousands of bodies that remain.
The news comes in the same week as a historic chill—dubbed a “polar vortex”—hit the midwest and eastern United States, making for the lowest temperatures on average in nearly 40 years. While climate change deniers used the big chill as fodder for thier unscientific views, taken together, the polar vortex and Australian heatwave signal an undeniable shift in the planet"s temperature patterns, climate scientists agree.
Related Stories
- The "Polar Vortex" Has Already Left More than 20 Dead
- Will Fear for Our Imperiled Planet Be Enough to Make Me Turn Vegetarian?
- Japan whalers driven from hunting ground: Sea Shepherd
100,000 Bats Fall from the Sky in Australia Due to Extreme Heat Wave
Friday, November 29, 2013
The Prophetic Fall Of America & Babylon 2013 [FULL] - Nathan Leal
The Prophetic Fall Of America & Babylon 2013 [FULL] - Nathan Leal
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Fall of America - US Debt $70 Trillion Explained, Not The $16.9 Trillion The US Government Claims
Fall of America - US Debt $70 Trillion Explained, Not The $16.9 Trillion The US Government Claims
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Penn State Student Dead in Fall From Balcony
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Portuguese yields fall after Moody"s raises ratings outlook
Portuguese yields fall after Moody"s raises ratings outlook
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* Moody’s changes Portuguese rating outlook to stable
* Portuguese debt outperforms broader euro zone debt rebound
* Bunds rise after biggest one-day loss since September
By Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Ana Nicolaci da Costa
LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Portuguese bond yields fell near five-month lows on Monday, outperforming other euro zone debt after Moody’s raised its outlook on the country’s ratings to stable from negative.
The agency’s move after European markets closed on Friday was the latest in a series of news that has helped improve the market’s view on Lisbon since a government crisis sent 10-year yields back above an unsustainable 8 percent in July.
Portuguese 10-year government bond yields fell as much as 14 basis points to 5.86 percent, near troughs seen in early June. The yield gap between 10-year and two-year Portuguese bonds is near its widest since July – reflecting reduced concerns about the possibility of a debt restructuring.
“The Moody’s move on Friday evening does build on a fair degree of other positive moves that the Portuguese market has enjoyed over recent weeks … and the other thing helping has been positive newsflow on growth,” said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec.
Other lower-rated debt also rose, with Spanish and Italian 10-year yields falling 2 basis points to 4.11 percent and 4.13 percent respectively.
Portugal has started to recover from its worst recession since the 1970s and the International Monetary Fund said on Friday it was on track with its bailout and gave the indebted euro zone country another 1.9 billion euros.
“We live in a world where there’s a lot of hunger for yield and consequently against the backdrop of falling volatility and quiet newsflow it’s no surprise to us to see Portuguese bond spreads moving tighter,” said Mark Dowding, co-head of investment grade team at Bluebay Asset Management.
“That’s clearly been benefiting our investment performance where we have adopted an overweight stance,” said Dowding, whose team has $ 24.5 of assets under management and is overweight Portugal in its government bond portfolio. Bluebay is also overweight on Italy and Spain.
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Euro zone bonds mostly rallied after a sell-off on Friday when higher-than-expected U.S. jobs numbers brought forward bets of a cut in U.S. monetary stimulus.
Last week’s shock move by the European Central Bank to cut interest rates – and the stronger commitment to stimulate the economy that implies – is still supporting European debt markets. Most traders expect the ECB to pump more cheap long-term money into markets, according to a Reuters poll on Monday.
But investors are also returning to bets on the Federal Reserve scaling back its programme of bond-buying before March, after U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in October. A Reuters poll after Friday’s numbers showed more primary dealers were leaning toward an earlier cut in stimulus.
That is broadly bad news for top-rated government bonds. German Bund futures settled 1 tick lower on Monday at 141.01, having seen their biggest one-day loss since September on Friday. German 10-year yields were steady at 1.76 percent .
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
Texas governor: Don"t fall for Iran"s charm offensive
Texas Governor Rick Perry was excited to visit Israel this week, just like he was in the past. Perry, 63, who has been governor for the past 13 years, has recently had another granddaughter join his family. Perry’s son named her Ella, after the extended family had visited the Ella Valley in the Judean Hills several years ago. “I had no idea how much of an impact the place would have on him,” the 63-year-old governor told me during an interview this week in Tel Aviv.
Governor, I suppose this is not the first time you’ve come to visit us here in Israel. How do you find the country?
“First time I was [here] in ’92. The food is a-lot better.”
When you came here in 1992, we had the same security problems. It seems that we can’t overcome this Iranian issue. And on the other hand, not only in America but also in Europe, people are fascinated by a smiling Iranian president. Do you share this fascination from a smiling Hasan Rouhani?
“You know, smiling is good; but I don’t get confused… The issue is not [about] personality. The issue is the subject of whether or not Iran will become, will be allowed to become actually, a nuclear power, and the answer is no, under any circumstance… The answer for the world has to be no. My recommendation to the American leadership — not just continue the sanctions but actually tighten the sanctions up, elevate the sanctions so that Iran and the Iranian people know that we are serious about this; that you can change leadership, but until you remove the centrifuges, until you remove… Why do you need enriched uranium for your energy industry. Other countries don’t need that.”
Would you say that Israel and the U.S. have a historical pact? Are relations as strong as ever?
“I don’t think there has been a change in the relations between the American people and the Israeli people. I think there is still strong respect and support. I think there is concern that the current administration has an incoherent, muddling foreign policy. When you look at what occurred in Libya, Egypt, in Syria, I think there is appropriate concern by the Israeli people.”
People think that some countries are eroding the U.S.’ role as the only superpower. Do you think Israel’s number one ally is in decline?
“I am not sure we can take a snapshot of just even the last five years, and say, ‘Here is the direction the world is going’ … just four years ago we all looked at a rising China and now [not so much]… I think the United States is still a global superpower. So I think the U.S. is still a global superpower; how we project that and how we engage in the world is the real question. Again, I go back, this administration does not seem to have engaged in the historic way; they have not led from the front, to say the least. I think there is concern from our friends around the world, where they are not seeing consistent strong support from the United States and that is problematic.”
Last time we met it was just one year before the U.S. presidential election; it was during the Republican primaries. Did the president win the election because he was the best choice or because the Republicans made a lot of mistakes?
“We live an interesting world, I would say. That is, one where it’s very sharp sound bytes; little glimpses into this, into that; it’s social media; it’s show business to some degree; and I am not sure the current way we gather our information allows for an in-depth [view] of the accomplishments of individuals. The president is a very charismatic, photogenic, bright and polished orator. I think his policies, because he does not have a great deal of experience in executive management… He came to the job with none, and maybe there is concern about his on-the-job training. But listen, the American people engaged, they paid attention, they made a decision. I respect voters like I respect juries.”
Everyone followed what happened with the shutdown and the debt issue and the fighting. People think America wants to commit suicide. Do you have any opinion about that?
“A number of things. There have been government shutdowns before. I am always intrigued that the media and the general public — probably through the media — point the finger at the Republican party and say, ‘You are the reason the government is shut down.’ The president of the U.S. stood up before this process started with [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid as I recall and proclaimed, ‘I will not negotiate.’ I am an executive. Have been for almost 13 years. I would never stand up in public… I can’t think of any time I have even done it in private… and say,’I will not negotiate with you.’ That is not being a leader. That is being a political animal interested in making a political point instead of governing the most powerful country in the world.”
I understand you have come here to further Israel’s relations with Texas. Is there anything new, any new contract or new agreement between Texas and Israel?
“What brought me here the first time in 1992 was the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Texas and the State of Israel on semi-arid land studies, [and cooperation through] professors, technologies, companies like Netafim — which interestingly have offices in Houston now… There is an understanding that Israel and Texas are a-lot alike, like in climate, geography etc. Tomorrow we sign an agreement with the state of Israel and Texas A&M University (which will invest some 70 million dollars to build a campus in Nazareth).”
I think Israelis would like to know whether you plan to run for president again in two years.
“I will let them know around January, February 2015… It’s possible.”
Nevada’s Republican governor, 50-year-old Brian Sandoval, is also excited to be in Israel. It’s his first time here. Because he considers Israel and Nevada to be very much alike, it is likely that cooperation will increase over the coming years.
Governor, how would you sum up this trip?
“This is my first visit to Israel; it’s something that I have looked forward to for a long time. It’s part of my effort to diversify our economy, and part of that is having a global presence for our state. When we identified the things that we could be good at, we found Israel as a natural partner — we have similar climates and we have similar topography. One of the reasons we are here this week is the water conference (called Watec) and the opportunity… Water is very important in Nevada and we felt that we would have an opportunity to partner with Israeli companies. “
The governor adds that education and the economy are his two biggest challenges.
“We still lead the country in unemployment — so it’s my goal to get Nevada working again. We are the second fastest improving state in the country with regard to unemployment… We are outperforming 34 other states in the amount of jobs that have been created in the private sector. We are spending an additional 500 million dollars on K-12 education; I am the first governor in the history of our state to invest $ 50 million on English language learners. The dynamics in the state are changing — 48% of the students in Clark Country, which is Las Vegas, are Hispanic. So it is very important that we invest in early education so that they get a good start… I have to recognize that the demographics in our state are changing. And I have to look at the Nevada of now and at the Nevada of 20 years from now. That is why I am making an investment in those kids’ early education so that when they graduate 12 years from now they will have jobs to step into. I think I am fortunate because I just finished a legislative session. I am a Republican. The legislature is controlled by the Democratic party. I am a fiscal conservative, we didn’t agree on everything but we were able to work things out.”
Can Israel still trust the friendship of the American people for its security and for its future.
“I think Israel can trust the American people… I know I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.”
Can you guarantee that Vegas will stay Vegas 20 years from now?
“[Laughing] Vegas will always be great. That is the beauty of Vegas. It continues to reinvent itself… So I am confident that 20 years from now when you come to Las Vegas you will still have the opportunity to have the best entertainment, the best hotels, the best food, the best shows, all of it.”
When you say I am the governor of Nevada, immediately Vegas comes to people’s minds, right?
“It does… In my speech today I asked everyone ‘How many of you have been to Las Vegas?’ and three quarters of the room raised their hands.”
When are we going to have direct flights from Tel Aviv to Vegas?
“I hope soon.”
When I remind the Sandoval that some governors went on to become president, he smiles and says, “My only goal right now is to get re-elected next year… I love my job.”
Texas governor: Don"t fall for Iran"s charm offensive
Monday, September 16, 2013
Obama to tout economy while marking Lehman fall
In this image from video pretaped at the White House in Washington Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, for Sunday morning’s ABC’s “This Week” President Barack Obama answers questions about Syria, and other pressing national and international issues during an interview with George Stephanopoulos. Trying to lay claim to an economic turnaround, Obama acknowledged that despite progress, middle and low-income Americans have not benefited as much as the top 1 percent in the country. “We came in, stabilized the situation,” citing 42 months in a row of growth, 7 1/2 million jobs created and a revitalized auto industry. He said that when it comes to a crucial deadline to raise the nation’s borrowing limit next month, he would not negotiate with Republicans. (AP Photo/ABC News)
In this image from video pretaped at the White House in Washington Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, for Sunday morning’s ABC’s “This Week” President Barack Obama answers questions about Syria, and other pressing national and international issues during an interview with George Stephanopoulos. Trying to lay claim to an economic turnaround, Obama acknowledged that despite progress, middle and low-income Americans have not benefited as much as the top 1 percent in the country. “We came in, stabilized the situation,” citing 42 months in a row of growth, 7 1/2 million jobs created and a revitalized auto industry. He said that when it comes to a crucial deadline to raise the nation’s borrowing limit next month, he would not negotiate with Republicans. (AP Photo/ABC News)
FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, Lehman Brothers world headquarters is shown in New York, the day the 158-year-old investment bank, choked by the credit crisis and falling real estate values, filed for bankruptcy. After weeks of intense focus on the crisis in Syria, the White House is set to use the five-year anniversary of the Lehman Bros. collapse next week to lay claim to an economic turnaround and to press congressional Republicans to not use the threat of a shutdown or a unprecedented debt default to extract a delay of President Barack Obama’s signature health care. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
FILE – In the Sept. 14, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks about the financial crisis on the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York. After weeks of intense focus on the crisis in Syria, the White House is set to use the five-year anniversary of the Lehman Bros. Sept. 15, 2008, bankruptcy filing next week to lay claim to an economic turnaround and to press congressional Republicans to not use the threat of a shutdown or a unprecedented debt default to extract a delay of President Barack Obama’s signature health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2008, file photo tourists take pictures in New York’s Times Square as the days financial news about the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers is displayed on the ABC news ticker. After weeks of intense focus on the crisis in Syria, the White House is set to use the five-year anniversary of the Lehman Bros. collapse next week to lay claim to an economic turnaround and to press congressional Republicans to not use the threat of a shutdown or a unprecedented debt default to extract a delay of President Barack Obama’s signature health care. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is seeking credit for an economic turnaround, using the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank to highlight signs of recovery and to warn against potentially market-rattling fights over the federal budget and the nation’s debt ceiling.
Obama was scheduled to address the state of the economy Monday in a Rose Garden speech, accompanied by a selection of Americans who the White House says have benefited from the administration’s policies. The event marks the start of a week-long focus on the economy after a month of preoccupation with the crisis in Syria.
For Obama, the anniversary of Lehman’s bankruptcy in 2008, which marked the beginning of the global financial crisis and played havoc with an economy already in recession, is an opportunity to confront public skepticism about his stewardship of the economy and to put down his marker for budget clashes with Congress in the weeks ahead.
The White House’s National Economic Council on Sunday issued a report detailing economic policies that it says have helped shore up the financial system and put the economy on a path toward growth. Those steps range from the unpopular Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, that shored up the financial industry and bailed out auto giants General Motors and Chrysler, to an $ 800 billion stimulus bill to sweeping new bank regulations.
Gene Sperling, a top Obama adviser and director of the National Economic Council, said Obama’s policies “have performed better than virtually anyone at the time predicted.”
“We came in, stabilized the situation,” Obama told ABC’s “This Week” in an interview broadcast Sunday. He cited 42 months in a row of growth, 7½ million jobs created and a revitalized auto industry.
“The banking system works. It is giving loans to companies who can get credit. And so we have seen, I think undoubtedly, progress across the board,” he said.
But the public is not convinced that the economy is on the mend. Only one-third say the economic system is more secure now than in 2008, and 52 percent say they disapprove of Obama’s handling of the economy, according to a Pew Research Center poll. There is still plenty of pain to justify their pessimism.
Despite job growth, the unemployment rate remains high at 7.3 percent. Though the rate has fallen, one of the reasons is because some people have dropped out of the labor force and no longer are counted as job seekers. The share of unemployed workers who have been unemployed for more than six months is more than double what it was in 2007 before the recession began. And the income gap between the very rich and the rest of the population is the biggest since 1928.
What’s more, some banks that received government aid because they were deemed “too big to fail” are now bigger than they were in 2008, although they are smaller as a share of the economy than the largest banks in other big economies. Three years after Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules, execution of the law is behind schedule.
Eager to counter public sentiment, Obama intends to draw attention to signs of progress with daily events, including a speech Wednesday to the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs from the top U.S. companies, and a trip Friday to Kansas City to visit a Ford plant, where he will promote the strength of the auto industry.
Obama wants to reverse automatic spending cuts that kicked in in March, but at the same time has said he would not negotiate with Republicans over the nation’s debt ceiling. He said using the threat of default to make policy demands on the president “changes the constitutional structure of this government entirely.”
Obama’s remarks hinted at a potential constitutional confrontation with Republicans. Section 4 of the 14th Amendment says that “the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.”
Some conservative Republicans say they will only extend current spending levels or increase the debt ceiling if Obama delays putting in place his health care law, a condition Obama has flatly rejected. Others say the scheduled spending cuts should stay in place to reduce the deficit.
“We need to start by keeping the cuts we’ve already agreed to,” Sen. Mitch McConnell said in a statement Sunday. “It’s time to get serious about the challenges we face and reposition America for growth and prosperity in the 21st century.”
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Obama to tout economy while marking Lehman fall
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Fall TV Preview: 18 Shows to Check Out
After a summer of binge-watching Netflix originals, tuning in once a week for one episode at a time has never felt more old fashioned. But fall television has plenty to lure you from your laptop: Michael J. Fox makes a comeback, ensemble favorites (Andy Samberg, Rebel Wilson) get their own shows, controversial standbys return to redeem themselves (Homeland), and old favorites make their final runs (How I Met Your Mother). The options can overwhelm, but here’s what we’ll be watching; consider your fall TV quandaries—to borrow the catchphrase of Scandal‘s Olivia Pope—handled.
Netflix
Derek
Available on Netflix
Premieres September 12
Ricky Gervais is part of a television show again, and if there’s anything to be learned from the past decade or so of TV, it’s to pay attention when Ricky Gervais is part of a television show (see: The Office, Extras).
Shot documentary-style a la The Office, Derek follows its middle-aged yet childish title character through his days at work in an assisted-living facility. Gervais, who created and stars in the show, once again wrote from his real-life experience: “Half my family are care workers,” he told the Huffington Post. But his approach may be more compassionate than in the past; Gervais said that if there’s a theme to Derek, “it’s kindness. Kindness trumps everything.”
Early reviews, however, suggest that Derek might be more controversial than Gervais intended. While Derek is “often quite touching,” the “possibly autistic” Derek is “a horribly stereotypical character,” writes the New York Post’s Michael Starr. But critics say his co-stars shine—particularly “Karl Pilkington as angry handyman Dougie and Kerry Godliman as the empathetic facility manager, Hannah.
Watch a promo here.
Fox
The Mindy Project
Tuesdays on Fox
Premieres September 17
The romantically inept Dr. Mindy Lahiri returns to work with a new ‘do and a new attitude on life following her service trip to Haiti with her pastor boyfriend (Workaholics’ Anders Holm). Or maybe the new attitude just comes from creator and star Mindy Kaling, who recently admitted she felt pressure to make her oft-obnoxious character a bit more likeable and a little less nuanced. Either way, expect more guest appearances from famous friends: Adam Pally and James Franco are slated for guest roles, and Justified’s Timothy Olyphant is set to play a new love interest. Looks like Mindy’s Haiti trip wasn’t the romantic getaway it seemed.
Watch a quick preview here.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tuesdays on Fox
Premieres September 17
The latest item on Andy Samberg’s hit-or-miss roster of post-SNL projects: a cop comedy in which he plays goony but gifted detective Jake Peralta, who’s a little late for his date with adulthood. Things change for the ever-coasting Jake, though, when the strict new police captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) takes over as the leader of Brooklyn’s 99th precinct.
Co-creator Michael Schur, Samberg told Vulture, thought of Samberg for the role of Jake after seeing his performance in last year’s Celeste and Jesse Forever. “He felt that I pulled off some emotional scenes there well,” Samberg said. Schur built a solid reputation for himself with his work on The Office and Parks and Recreation, two comedies that managed to combine gut-laughter comedy with surprisingly genuine sweetness and depth—so the fact that he recruited the very funny Samberg on the strength of his more serious work bodes well.
Watch a promo here.
Fox
New Girl
Tuesdays on Fox
Premieres September 17
When we last saw TV’s best roommates since Friends, it seemed everyone was getting what they wanted—almost. Jess and Nick are vaguely a couple, but New Girl creator Liz Meriwether says it’s not Facebook official just yet. Lovable d-bag Schmidt got another chance with Cece after Taylor Swift put an end her to arranged marriage, but he caved under pressure and fled. Winston finally indulged his love of over-the-top pranks, but he still gets the short end of the character-development stick. Will-they-or-won’t-they storylines may continue to dominate the third season, but at least the loft is getting new energy from returning roommate Coach (Damon Wayans Jr., now free from Happy Endings), whom we haven’t seen since the pilot.
Watch the trailer here.
CBS
How I Met Your Mother
Mondays on CBS
Premieres September 23
After eight just-tell-us-who-the-mom-is-already seasons, fed-up fans can start tuning in earnestly again: How I Met Your Mother is finally embarking on its last go-round, in which Ted Mosby’s kids finally find out how their parents met.
Cristin Milioti, a 2012 Tony nominee for her performance as the Girl in Broadway’s Once, made her first appearance as The Mother in the final seconds of last season’s finale, where she was shown in a train station carrying her signature umbrella and buying a ticket to Farhampton. Which means the show’s ninth and final season will be all about fitting the many self-referential narrative puzzle pieces together—and somehow convincing loyal HIMYM fans to accept a new character, someone outside the hallowed circle of the five chummy protagonists, as a suitable life partner for the ever-optimistic Ted.
“We’re using this season as kind of like the greatest-hits medley at the end of a rock concert,” co-creator Carter Bays told Entertainment Weekly. So expect to see Barney one-liners flying at breakneck speed, musings about destiny and The Universe kicked into high gear, and, of course, at least one more fateful appearance by a yellow umbrella.
Watch a promo here.
ABC
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Tuesdays on ABC
Premieres September 24
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. picks up where director Joss Whedon’s The Avengers left off last summer, with a team of super-secret government agents, led by the not-dead-after-all Agent Phil Coulson, investigating mysteries in a strange new world of superhumans. Clark Gregg is the star, three of Whedon’s favorite collaborators will run the show, and ABC is acting convinced it will be the biggest new series of the year. Little is known other than that. Comic Con goers loved the pilot—but then again, Comic Con goers are exactly who’s supposed to love a show like this. Will it have The Avengers‘ mass appeal? Could be. Will it be worth watching when it premieres? Absolutely.
Watch a promo here.
NBC
Parenthood
Thursdays on NBC
Premieres September 26
At the end of last season, Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker made a case (or a plea, maybe) for why Parenthood, its future uncertain at the time, deserved another season. “By granting the Bravermans their often loopy eccentricities while managing to make them as all-American as the Waltons, Parenthood earns its continued place in our hearts, and on NBC’s schedule,” Tucker wrote.
And sure enough, Parenthood is back. As the show moves into its fifth year, the expansive Braverman family tree just keeps on expanding. Showrunner Jason Katims said at a Television Critics Association session that the fifth season picks up about eight or nine months after the last one left off, so second Braverman son Crosby (Dax Shepard), his wife Jasmine (Joy Bryant), and their little guy Jabbar will likely be adjusting to life with the new baby they discovered was on the way at the end of last season. And promos for the new season hint that Amber’s (Mae Whitman) Afghanistan war veteran boyfriend Ryan (Friday Night Lights’ Matt Lauria) could become part of the clan, too: A heart-to-heart between Amber and her mother Sarah (Lauren Graham) ends with an earnest “Then let’s plan your wedding.”
Watch a promo here.
NBC
The Michael J. Fox Show
Thursdays on NBC
Premieres September 26
The title actor of this new sitcom doesn’t quite play himself: Instead of starring in, say, sitcoms and Back to the Future films, his character is a former news anchor. But that character does, like the real Michael J. Fox, have Parkinson’s disease. In fact, much of the pilot revolves around letting audiences know it’s okay to laugh with Fox about his disability, according to HitFix‘s Daniel Fienberg. That’s so that the show can then move forward and focus on what it’s really about: a workaholic dad who drives his family crazy in retirement before returning to his old job. Betsy Brandt, who plays the hilariously high-strung Marie on Breaking Bad, stars as Fox’s wife, and early reviews say the show is “smart and likable.”
Watch a promo here.
NBC
Parks and Recreation
Thursdays on NBC
Premieres September 26
Parks and Rec geared up for its sixth season with some disappointing news: In July, executive producer Mike Schur confirmed the mid-season departure of longtime cast members Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones. Hardcore fans should know to have some faith, however, as Parks has never shied away from evolving when the mockumentary sitcom has started to flounder. After all, bureaucrat Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) was the object of audience derision before she became its earnest, rallying hero, and the show has a track record of gracefully writing off stagnant characters. Pawnee can handle losing two of its most endearing inhabitants, especially if it makes room for new ones—like a baby Swanson and Kristen Bell.
Watch a spooftastic trailer here.
NBC
The Blacklist
Mondays on NBC
Premieres September 28
The producers of NBC’s new crime show have spent a lot of time talking about how their show isn’t a Silence of the Lambs rip-off. Yes, it’s about a law-breaking mastermind pairing with a young, female FBI agent to catch dangerous crooks—but wait! The mastermind is not a psychopath; he’s just James Spader working his “eerie brand of creepy-zen magic.” The FBI agent (Megan Boone), additionally, may have some secrets of her own. And really, is Silence such a bad thing to be inspired by? Hannibal is doing just fine, and critics say The Blacklist has the potential to be the best new network drama of the fall.
Watch a promo here.
Showtime
Homeland
Sundays on Showtime
Premieres September 29
After a string of explosive but dubious plot twists, the CIA thriller’s third season takes a breather to reacquaint viewers with what was so compelling in the first place: Homeland’s characters. Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is off her rails—and off her bipolar meds—as she endures the fallout from helping lover and accused terrorist Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) escape. Brody, still alive despite the writers’ initial plans, is out there, somewhere, bleeding and bald. Mentor Saul (Mandy Patinkin), meanwhile, is torn between his loyalties to Carrie and to the crumbling CIA. But it’s the return of Carrie’s underdog status, largely missing from the shaky Season Two, that makes the new episodes so promising. In Season One, Carrie was the only agent who doubted Brody’s innocence. Now, she’s the only one fighting for it.
Watch the trailer here.
Fox
Bob’s Burgers
Sundays on Fox
Premieres September 29
If you’re not watching Bob’s Burgers, you’re missing out on some top-notch silliness. It’s the first show to come along in years that can make a reasonable claim as the heir to The Simpsons, and not only because it’s also about the plight of a dysfunctional, lower-middle class family. To wit: Last season, creator Loren Bouchard’s team of writers indulged a Spielberg obsession with homages to both Jaws and E.T., framed an entire episode about Thomas Edison’s killing of an elephant, and managed to fill out a Springfield-esque town with a crowd of lunatics, oddballs, and colorful characters. Pack all that on top of the great voice work done by comedians H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, and Kristen Schaal, and it’s easy to see why Bob’s Burgers is such a delight.
Showtime
Masters of Sex
Sundays on Showtime
Premieres September 29
Much of what we know today about the science of sex we owe to Virginia Johnson and William Howell Masters—the then-husband-and-wife team who bravely began publishing their findings on human sexual arousal and sexual disorders in 1957 and continued contribute to the field of sex research until the 1990s. Masters of Sex, starring Lizzy Caplan (New Girl, Mean Girls) as Johnson and Michael Sheen (The End of the World, Frost / Nixon) as Masters, will chronicle the beginnings of Johnson and Masters’ research partnership and romantic relationship.
During a Q&A session with the Television Critics Association, the Huffington Post reports, Caplan explained why Masters and Johnson are considered such monumental figures within the field of sexology: They were among the first to assert that female desire was both normal and healthy. “Before Masters and Johnson, no one was telling women that. It was always their own fault,” Caplan said. “And that’s some [baloney].” Johnson died earlier this year at the age of 88, and since the subject of female desire is something we’re still discussing in 2013 (as are some of the Johnson and Masters’ other controversial subject matter, like homosexuality and gay-to-straight conversion), it’s as good a time as any to revisit the evolution of the ideas she and her partner published.
Watch a promo here.
HBO
Hello Ladies
Sundays on HBO
Pemieres September 29
You know that scene in Love Actually where the British goofball journeys to America to find love, and he happens to meet three Midwestern bombshells on his first night? Yeah, that’s not what happens to Stuart, a blundering Brit played by The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant, whose dating attempts in Los Angeles go downhill after he tries out his titular pickup line. Hello Ladies pulls its most cringe-worthy material from Merchant’s own life, joining the handful of semi-autobiographical shows looking for laughs in our most uncomfortable moments. It also offers a dash of physical humor: At 6’7, Merchant is taking the nerdy-white-guy trope to new heights.
Watch the trailer here.
ABC
Super Fun Night
Wednesdays on ABC
Premieres October 2
A show about a Friday night spent indoors isn’t the most titillating concept: You’re already on the couch—do you really want to watch other people sit on the couch? But throw Pitch Perfect’s scene-stealing Rebel Wilson into the mix, and suddenly you have one of fall’s most anticipated sitcoms. The series borrows concepts from the Australian actress’s other movies: A tight-knit group of gal pals (a la Bridesmaids) skip their weekend routine for a hijinks-filled night on the town (a la Bachelorette) at the request of an office crush. Though Wilson ditches her native accent for an American one, the show—which she wrote and created—is built on her rising star power, and perhaps not much else: Early pilot previews say the show’s premise doesn’t live up to its name quite yet. But Wilson’s magnetic enough that there’s reason for hope.
Watch the trailer here.
ABC
Scandal
Thursdays on ABC
Premieres October 3
Let’s keep this simple: Scandal is the most entertaining show on television. It’s so much more than a guilty pleasure. It’s a bright-red Ferrari racing laps around every other broadcast drama—and it doesn’t use the brakes. The D.C. political thriller returns for its third season as Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is forced to face her worst nightmare. The press knows about her affair with President Grant (Tony Goldwyn), and for the first time, she’ll have to manage a crisis of her own under the public eye. Showrunner Shonda Rhimes has been quiet about her plans for Pope and Associates this fall, but she’s more than earned the right to be mysterious.
Watch a promo here.
FX
American Horror Story: Coven
Wednesdays on FX
Premieres October 9
A ghost story in the first season. An alien invasion in the second. What’s next for American Horror Story? A New Orleans throwdown between witches and voodoo priestesses, of course.
That’s the secret to this erotic horror series, co-created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. It’s avoided the pitfalls of their past work—ahem, Nip/Tuck—by treating itself like a repertory company. Each season stands on its own, yet the core cast remains unchanged. For this chapter, mainstays like Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, and Sarah Paulson will be joined by the formidable likes of Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Patti Lupone, and Gabourey Sidibe. A cast like that? In a show like this? Coven will be the wildest thing on television.
Watch a promo here.
AMC
The Walking Dead
Sundays on AMC
Premieres October 13
Last year’s Season Three kicked up the show’s previously slow pace as factions of survivors battled not just the undead, but also one another. Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the gang regrouped in an abandoned prison, while others found refuge in the suspicious paradise of the Woodbury colony. As it turned out, Woodbury was too good to be true, but even the once-impenetrable prison is no longer safe: Walker swarms gather at alarming volumes, while breaches from inside the prison put the gang on the move again. The fourth season is the first without showrunner Glen Mazzara, who left the series following creative disputes with AMC and was replaced with Walking Dead veteran Scott M. Gimple. Despite the change in leadership, the show’s sure to keeps all of its characters on the chopping block, and that means no one—not even Rick—is safe.
Watch the trailer here.
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