What's Worth Watching Notes - June 23, 2011

What's Worth Watching show #3 will replay this Sunday at 7am on Howard 101.

RUNDOWN
- This Is The Week That Was: Game of Thrones, The Voice, The Killing, Falling Skies, Wipeout
- Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & DB Weiss
- Chris Noth from The Good Wife
- Who Is The Best (and Worst) TV Dad?
- What's Worth Watching June 23-29

David Benioff & DB (Dan) Weiss

- Called in from Belfast, not Dublin

- Wanted Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean before they even started casting

- HBO was on board with staying true to the books and killing major characters

- Revealed Sansa doesnt get as much hate as Joffrey (Jack Gleeson smokes a pipe off screen)

- Noted that Cersie is not softer than in the books and is just as diabolical

- Author George RR Martin intended the books to become HBO miniseries and not feature films

- Took credit for Drogo dropping the knives during the fight scene, but admitted Jason Momoa ad libbed tongue biting

- Extras from Ireland were ready to cross the Narrow Sea and fight after Drogo's speech

Chris Noth

- Shoots one day a week on The Good Wife and is proud of the show

- Cast in three series which film in New York City (Good Wife, Sex and the City, L & O)

- Glad to move away from the domestic stuff from season 1

- Revealed its going to get ugly in the courtroom in season 3

- Doesn't watch a lot of TV but loves Community

- Enjoyed Sex and the City and the perspective it brought out

- Misses the original Law & Order and feels it's become a cookie cutter show

- Favorite L&O female DA was Jill Hennessey

- Promoted diabetes awareness as two Type 1 diabetics listened along

Steve Brandano (www.twitter.com/siriusstevieb)

- Loved GoT creators referring to Littlefinger as Carcetti from The Wire
- Is a big fan of the protector of the Kaleesi Jorah Mormont
- Feels The Wonder Years Jack Arnold is a most memorable TV dad
- Doesn't think Tony Soprano was a very good uncle

Jenny Hutt (www.twitter.com/jenniferhutt)
- Doesn't think Mark Consuelos should replace Regis
- Wants GoT action figures, starting with the dragons
- Loves the bastard on GoT
- Realized her favorite TV dad is Pa from Little House on the Prairie
- Won't watch True Blood because of all the gore

Jon Hein (www.twitter.com/jonmhein)
- Was not a fan of The Killing finale
- Misses the Blackfish from the GoT books
- Gets excited during the GoT opening credits
- Got Chris Noth excited about The Wire
- Admitted to Chris Noth he's addicted to fast food (thank you caller)
- Eerily similar to favorite TV dad Phil Dunphy
- Won't watch True Blood if Tara is in the scene

What’s Worth Watching
June 23 - 29

***Many of our favorite “regular” shows are repeating through the summer (The Good Wife, Raising Hope, Modern Family, etc.) Summer is a good time to catch up if you missed this past season.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23
8pm – Wipeout (ABC)
9pm – Burn Notice (USA) s5 premiere
10pm – Wilfred (FX) pilot
1030pm – Louie (FX) s2 premiere
12a – Children’s Hospital (Adult Swim-Cartoon Network)

FRIDAY, JUNE 24
8pm – Friday Night Lights (NBC)
10pm – Real Time w/Bill Maher (HBO)

SATURDAY, JUNE 25
Nothing

SUNDAY, JUNE 26
9pm – True Blood (HBO) s4 premiere, Leverage (TNT) s4 premiere, Celebrity Rehab (VH1) s5 premiere
10pm – Falling Skies (TNT), Treme (HBO), The Marriage Ref (NBC) s2 premiere

MONDAY, JUNE 27
9pm – Switched At Birth (ABC FAMILY)
10pm – Weeds (SHO) s7  premiere
1030pm – The Big C (SHO) s2 premiere

TUESDAY, JUNE 28
9pm – The Voice (NBC), Memphis Beat (TNT)
10pm – Covert Affairs (USA)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
8pm – The Voice (NBC) s1 finale
9pm – Franklin & Bash (TNT), Royal Pains s3 premiere
10pm – Men Of A Certain Age (TNT)