Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 9/23/14

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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
2. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
3. Iggy Azalea ft. Nicki Minaj – “Black Widow”
4. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
5. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
6. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
7. Ariana Grande ft. Zedd – “Break Free”
8. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
9. Sia – “Chandelier”
10. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
11. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
12. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
13. Tove Lo – “Habits”
14. Magic! – “Rude”
15. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
16. Enrique Iglesias ft. Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, and Sean Paul – “Bailando”
17. 5 Seconds of Summer – “Amnesia”
18. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
19. Jason Derulo – “Trumpets”
20. Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Break Free
3. Black Widow
4. Shake It Off
5. Stay With Me
6. Bang Bang
7. Rather Be
8. Cool Kids
9. Boom Clap
10. Don’t
11. Habits
12. This Is How We Do
13. Anaconda
14. Rude
15. Maps
16. A Sky Full of Stars
17. All About That Bass
18. Trumpets
19. Bailando
20. Amnesia

Jmunney’s Fall 2014 TV Viewing Schedule

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New shows are in ALL CAPS. Shows that I will sample but might not stick with are in (parentheses). Old shows that I’m adding are in [brackets].

SUNDAY
Bob’s Burgers
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
MULANEY
[The Good Wife]
MR. PICKLES

MONDAY-THURSDAY
Conan

MONDAY-FRIDAY
Jeopardy!

MONDAY
GOTHAM
The Big Bang Theory
Gravity Falls
American Dad!

TUESDAY
THE FLASH
New Girl
The Mindy Project
MARRY ME
(SELFIE)

WEDNESDAY
Arrow
The Middle
[The Goldbergs]
Modern Family
BLACK-ISH
The League
Key & Peele

THURSDAY
Scandal
Parenthood
TIM & ERIC’S BEDTIME STORIES

FRIDAY
GIRL MEETS WORLD

SATURDAY
VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Doctor Who
Saturday Night Live

What Won TV? – September 14-September 20, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – American Dad! (the 2nd episode of the night)
Monday – Jeopardy!
Tuesday – New Girl
Wednesday – The Meltdown Show with Jonah and Kumail
Thursday – You’re the Worst is (one of) the best (new shows of the year).
Friday – Jeopardy!
Saturday – Doctor Who

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 9/20/14

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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
2. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
3. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
4. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
5. Kiesza – “Hideaway”
6. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
7. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
8. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
9. Sia – “Chandelier”
10. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
11. Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd – “Really Don’t Care”
12. Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
13. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
14. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
15. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
16. Train – “Angel in Blue Jeans”
17. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
18. Magic! – “Rude”
19. American Authors – “Believer”
20. Tove Lo – “Habits”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Latch
3. Black Widow
4. Shake It Off
5. Hideaway
6. Stay With Me
7. Bang Bang
8. Rather Be
9. Cool Kids
10. Boom Clap
11. Don’t
12. Habits
13. This Is How We Do
14. Really Don’t Care
15. Rude
16. Maps
17. A Sky Full of Stars
18. All About That Bass
19. Angel in Blue Jeans
20. Believer

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 9/16/14

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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
2. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
3. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
4. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
5. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
6. Ariana Grande ft. Zedd – “Break Free”
7. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
8. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
9. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
10. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
11. 5 Seconds of Summer – “Amnesia”
12. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
13. Tove Lo – “Habits”
14. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
15. Becky G – “Shower”
16. Enrique Iglesias ft. Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, and Sean Paul – “Bailando”
17. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
18. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
19. Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd – “Really Don’t Care”
20. Sia – “Chandelier”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Latch
3. Break Free
4. Black Widow
5. Shake It Off
6. Stay With Me
7. Bang Bang
8. Rather Be
9. Cool Kids
10. Boom Clap
11. Don’t
12. Habits
13. Anaconda
14. This Is How We Do
15. Really Don’t Care
16. Maps
17. All About That Bass
18. Bailando
19. Shower
20. Amnesia

What Won TV? – September 7-September 13, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – U.S. Open Ladies’ Final, with a ridiculous amount of double-digit rallies
Monday – U.S. Open Men’s Final
Tuesday – N/A
Wednesday – The Meltdown Show with Jonah and Kumail, with Reggie Watts bringing it on home.
Thursday – You’re the Worst
Friday – Girl Meets World
Saturday – Doctor Who

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 9/13/14

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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
2. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
3. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
4. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
5. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
6. Kiesza – “Hideaway”
7. Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd – “Really Don’t Care”
8. Sia – “Chandelier”
9. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
10. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
11. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
12. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
13. Magic! – “Rude”
14. Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
15. Nico & Vinz – “Am I Wrong”
16. Jessie J., Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
17. Train – “Angel in Blue Jeans”
18. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
19. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
20. American Authors – “Believer”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Latch
3. Black Widow
4. Shake It Off
5. Hideaway
6. Stay With Me
7. Rather Be
8. Bang Bang
9. Cool Kids
10. Boom Clap
11. Don’t
12. Am I Wrong
13. This Is How We Do
14. Really Don’t Care
15. Maps
16. A Sky Full of Stars
17. Rude
18. All About That Bass
19. Angel in Blue Jeans
20. Believer

Jmunney’s Saturday Night Live Season 39 Host and Musical Guest Predictions Scorecard

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With season 40 of SNL just a couple weeks away, I am taking a look back at last season to get myself back in the Studio 8H mindset.  My predictions for last year’s hosts started out fairly strong, as I identified 5 of the first 7.  But thereafter it was rather disastrous, as I only hit on 3 of the final 14, for a final tally of 8/21.  Oddly enough, I fared better with the musical guests (10/21), which are typically harder to gauge than the hosts.  It helped that I kept predicting my ultimate dream musical guest St. Vincent year after year and that she was finally booked last season.

Hosts I Correctly Predicted
Tina Fey
Miley Cyrus
Bruce Willis
Kerry Washington
Josh Hutcherson
Lena Dunham
Andrew Garfield
Andy Samberg
MG’s I Correctly Predicted
Arcade Fire
Miley Cyrus
Katy Perry
Janelle Monáe
Eminem
Lady GaGa
Kings of Leon
Drake
Imagine Dragons
St. Vincent

Hosts I Missed
Edward Norton
Lady GaGa
Paul Rudd
John Goodman
Jimmy Fallon
Drake
Jonah Hill
Melissa McCarthy
Jim Parsons
Louis C.K.
Anna Kendrick
Seth Rogen
Charlize Theron
MG’s I Missed
Haim
One Direction
Justin Timberlake
Bastille
Beck
The National
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
Coldplay
The Black Keys

For my host and musical guest predictions for Season 40, check out my articles on Starpulse:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/09/01/saturday_night_live_season_40_host_pre
http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/09/06/saturday_night_live_season_40_musical_

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 9/9/14

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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
2. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
3. Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
4. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
5. Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora – “Black Widow”
6. Sam Smith “Stay With Me”
7. Ariana Grande ft. Zedd – “Break Free”
8. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
9. Sia – “Chandelier”
10. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
11. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
12. 5 Seconds of Summer – “Amnesia”
13. Magic! – “Rude”
14. Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
15. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
16. Becky G – “Shower”
17. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
18. Katy Perry – “This Is How We Do”
19. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
20. Enrique Iglesias ft. Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, and Sean Paul – “Bailando”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Chandelier
2. Fancy
3. Latch
4. Break Free
5. Black Widow
6. Shake It Off
7. Stay With Me
8. Rather Be
9. Bang Bang
10. Cool Kids
11. Boom Clap
12. Don’t
13. Anaconda
14. This Is How We Do
15. Maps
16. Rude
17. All About That Bass
18. Bailando
19. Amnesia
20. Shower

What Won TV? – August 31-September 6, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Masters of Sex
Monday – U.S. Open
Tuesday – Drunk History
Wednesday – The League (and Paul Scheer was also great on The Meltdown Show)
Thursday – TIE: The best episode of You’re the Worst/U.S. Open Quarterfinal: Federer-Monfils, one of the 3 best matches of the year
Friday – A repeat of the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades, because I wasn’t home in time to catch any of the ladies’ semifinalsSaturday – I didn’t catch most of the U.S. Open men’s semifinal upsets, but they were still the best of the day.

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