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ABC Family HD Goes Live on DIRECTV
For those of you DIRECTV subscribers who haven’t noticed the gargantuan advertisement for ABC Family HD that is appearing in your guide, it’s there and the channel is now in high definition.
What kind of programming is available in HD isn’t certain yet. I know our DVR picked up a marathon of Greek today and they were all in high-def.
The Middleman recap: “The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation”
Tonight sees the return of Tyler, Wendy Watson’s soulmate from “The Sino-Mexican Revelation”. He’s been getting some fuzzy memories back slowly, then received a paycheck for $14.73 from his 90 minutes working at The Booty Chest, the pirate-themed sports bar with the scantily-clad waitresses. He went by and found out he’d been flirting with a [...]
30 more HD channels coming soon to DirecTV
Starting on August 14th, DirecTV will begin launching 30 more high definition channels to boost their HD lineup to 130 total channels.
Additionally, by the end of August DTV will be broadcasting all their HD content in the new MPEG-4 format, the first provider in the industry to do that. This also means glorious Dolby Digital sound will be standard on all HD stations.
The Middleman recap: “The Cursed Tuba Contingency”
Oom-pah oom-pah-pah, friends! Polka wouldn’t be polka without it. Neither would pep bands. In fact, I’d wager that of all the music in the world, a good .001% would be horrible without the basso profundo of the mighty tuba. What kind of tuba you say? Tenor? Four-valve? The tuba kind.
Middleman Recap: “The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation”
Lacey wants to watch SMACC (Supremo-Destructo Martial Arts Combat Channel), because the martial arts are the most confrontational of all the arts. But she can’t adjust their satellite dish and comes back in when Wendy Watson sees fuzzy porn. Turns out, it was just Varsity Fanclub. Then Lacey demonstrates her fandom by dancing along with the five perpetually pubescent harmonizers.
Middleman Recap: “The Flying Fish Zombification”
On the balcony to the illegal sublet Wendy shares with another young, photogenic artist, she and Lacey are preparing for Art Crawl, a semi-sporadical festival of the arts. Dubby’s talking on the phone with her moms and Lacey’s a bit jealous. See, her moms – Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D. Ph.D. – is the absent type. But Lacey’s got Dubby to prop her up and keep her sane. She can always count on Dubby.
Middleman Recap: “The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum”
It’s pop quiz day for Middle-trainee Wendy Watson, and it starts with an emergency call to meet at the Rendevous Point. Five minutes distracted by Lacey and 15 to travel and Dubby made it to the Rendevous Point Diner out by Lyon Estates. She didn’t even need a Delorean to do it.
Middleman Review: “The Sino-Mexican Revelation”
Wendy won’t get paid until she finishes her training and Lacey’s a confrontational spoken word performance artist whose last show had an audience of two. One of whom was Wendy’s mom. Things are rough in the illegal sublet Wendy shares with another young, photogenic artist. That’s why Lacey is starting a job at the Booty Chest, the pirate themed sports bar with scantily clad waitresses.
Middleman Review: “The Accidental Occidental Conception”
Wendy Watson sure does have a lot of emo in this episode, too. It opens with our heroic sidekick bailing Lacey out of jail. Wendy makes smalltalk with the desk sergeant – as two battlers on the side of law and justice – while Lacey is brought out. She’d exposed herself in a sushi restaurant to open the eyes of the world to the dangers of high mercury levels. In frustration, Wendy calls Lacey’s protests “pointless pranks” and Lacey tells DubDub she has “no idea what it takes to save the world.”
Middleman review: “The Pilot Episode Sanction”
Over the past decade or so, cable networks have been slowly figuring out that as long as the broadcast networks are going to cling to the outmoded Fall-to-Spring television schedule, they should counter program with new scripted shows in the summer. Several of the cable channels have realized that a different type of program is called for in the summer – lighter, bubblier, more fun and at least a little family-friendly.
