Weekend TV: January 3
BY RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
Thursday, January 03, 2013
1/03/13 at 5:14 AM
Catch the trailer for MTV’s new
series.
This weekend, friends go “BuckWild” on
MTV, the Sooners head
to the Cotton Bowl to
trample the Texas A&M
Aggies, “Downton Abbey”
finally returns and
a Sapulpa police officer
hits the gym on the new
season of “The Biggest
Loser.”
Looks like winning television,
to me. Well, all except
for that MTV reality TV
show. Seen one group of
young adults pandering to a
camera, you’ve seen them all
— there’s just a lot less spray
tan and a lot more mudding
in this one.
Go ‘Buckwild’
Trade the gang from
“Jersey Shore” for West
Virginians and you might
have “Buckwild,” a new
MTV series following a
small group of “adventurous”
friends in “small-town
Appalachia.” MTV describes
their lives as “loud and
proud without restrictions.”
So far, only one senator is
asking MTV to cancel the
show because it will portray
“ugly, inaccurate stereotypes”
of West Virginia. The
series premieres at 9 p.m.
Thursday on cable 39 with
two-back-to-back episodes.
Be prepared for language
and birthday lickin’. Yeah,
that’s what I said. Parental
discretion advised.
Return to ‘Abbey’
The war is over, the engagement
of Lady Mary and
heir apparent Matthew is
on but there are all sorts of
troubles headed to “Downton
Abbey” when it returns
at 8 p.m. Sunday on PBS,
channel 11.
The third season begins with the return of a pregnant
Lady Sybil who eloped
to Ireland with the chauffeur,
more challenges for
servants Anna and husband
Bates who is still in prison,
a new footman who just
happens to be the nephew
of scheming lady’s maid
O’Brien and Lord Grantham
doing all he can to hang onto
Downton in the financiallystrapped
economy of postwar
England. Oh, and the
amazing Shirley MacLaine
joins as Lady Cora’s mother
who will lock horns with
Grantham’s mother, Lady
Violet. Can’t wait.
Boomer Sooner
The Oklahoma Sooners
take on the Texas A&M
Aggies in the Cotton Bowl,
airing live from Dallas at 7
p.m. Friday on Fox, channel
23, cable 5. The game will
pit the No. 7-ranked Aggies
against our No. 11-ranked
Sooners at Cowboys Stadium
in Arlington, Texas.
Join Team Jones
Sapulpa Police officer
David Jones joins the contestants
on “The Biggest
Loser,” returning at 8 p.m.
Sunday on NBC, channel
2, cable 9. Jones, who lives
in Kiefer, weighs in at 307
pounds and wants to get
healthy, he told the Tulsa
World. The married father
of seven and grandfather of
two will compete in the reality
competition series that
also includes, for the first
time, three teenagers and
marks the return of taskmaster
trainer Jillian Michaels.
The grand prize is $250,000.
The kids will be placed on
a team but will focus on
getting healthy rather than
weight loss. They will not be
eligible for elimination and
will not weigh in on camera.
The series will regularly air
at 8 p.m. Mondays starting
next week.
Associated Images:
Dame Maggie Smith (left) as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary star in the third season of “Downton Abbey,” premiering at 8 p.m. Sunday on PBS, channel 11. CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED / Masterpiece
Friends in West Virginia go “Buckwild” in MTV’s new docuseries premiering at 9 p.m. Thursday on cable 39. MTV
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