What we’re watching: season premieres of your favorite TV shows

Ashleigh Heaton Editor-in-Chief As summer comes to a close, we welcome the fall season and all the joys it brings — the best of which being the return of your favorite TV shows. Here is a list of premiere dates for some of the shows I’m most excited for this season; if you haven’t seen any of these, I suggest you rent the seasons or watch them online. Chances are, it’ll be hard to tear me away from the couch on any of these evenings. “Chuck”: Monday, September 20 at 7 p.m. central on NBC I’ve been having withdrawals of this show all summer, missing my nerdy spy getaway every Monday. This season, the mysterious…

“Date Night” movie review

By Rebecca Fowler Staff Writer Steve Carrell and Tina Fey.  Two of the best comedians on television in one movie.  What could be better, right? Actually, a lot. Date Night, featuring the stars of NBC’s “The Office” and “30 Rock,” hit theaters April 9 after much excited anticipation from fans.  The film finished No. 1 at the box-office on its opening day, beating Clash of the Titans in its second weekend as well as DreamWorks’ How to Train your Dragon in its third.  But it will most-likely only be downhill from there. The film’s poorly-advertised plot centers around an average suburban couple who, while out on their weekly “date night,” find themselves mixed up in…

“The Office” to deliver in one-hour episode

Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor Well, there is one good thing about the Olympics ending: “The Office“, complete with a one-hour special event this Thursday, March 4, for Pam and Jim to have their baby. Need I say more? For the comments…do you think it will be a boy or a girl? And what do you think its name should be? (I’m rooting for a Michael Scott Halpert, personally.)