Must See HDTV (February 18th - 24th)
After its run on the internet and then cable TV, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome is coming to Blu-ray, along with the second season of Game of Thrones and Monsters Inc. Sports fans have NASCAR racing to (try to) replace football, while movie buffs can keep an eye out for the Academy Awards on Sunday. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
Top Gun 3D
After a short run in theaters, Top Gun 3D is coming home on Blu-ray. We've had the chance to watch it already and came away with (mostly) good things to say about the conversion. The 3D conversion is well done and particularly in the action scenes, as one watches F-14s zooming through the air it enhanced the feeling of speed and depth. Now, it's not all good news as we did notice a slightly different color tint on the 3D version, not necessarily bad, but different. Overall we liked it, so if you're looking for another 3D viewing option and are a fan of the original, it's worthwhile, but probably not required viewing. If you're not a 3D fan, this probably won't change your opinion.
($19.96 on Amazon)
Daytona 500
NASCAR is back and in full effect. If you like to see cars turning left then this is the series for you, and in a fresh twist, Danica Patrick will debut as the first female polesitter in race history. This race will also see the new Gen6 cars that are designed to not only be safer and faster, but also more closely resemble production automobiles. Whether you're watching the race end to end
(February 24th, Fox, 12PM)
Blu-ray & Games
Top Gun (3D)
Game of Thrones (S2)
Argo
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome
Monsters Inc (3D)
Les Miserables (1958)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Xbox 360, PS3)
Crysis 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Monday
The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
Bones, Fox, 8PM
Continuum, Syfy, 8PM
The Carrie Diaries, CW, 8PM
How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM
Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
Rules of Engagement, CBS, 8:30PM
Dallas, TNT, 9PM
Top Gear, BBC America, 9PM
The Following, Fox, 9PM
2 Broke Girls, CBS, 9PM
90210, CW, 9PM
Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
Bunheads, ABC Family, 9PM
Mike & Molly, CBS, 9:30PM
The Devils Ride (season premiere), Discovery, 10PM
Monday Mornings, TNT, 10PM
Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10PM
Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
Deception, NBC, 10PM
Castle, ABC, 10PM
Inside Comedy, Showtime, 11PM
Catfish (season finale), MTV, 11PM
Tuesday
The Taste, ABC, 8PM
Raising Hope, Fox, 8PM
Betty White's Second Annual 90th Birthday Special, NBC, 8PM
Hart of Dixie, CW, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
Go On, NBC, 9PM
Smash, NBC, 9PM
The Ultimate Fighter, FX, 9PM
The Lying Game, CW, 9PM
New Girl, Fox, 9PM
The Bachelor, ABC, 9PM
Cult (series premiere), CW, 9PM
Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
The Mindy Project, Fox, 9:30PM
Body of Proof (season premiere), ABC, 10PM
Africa, Discovery, 10PM
Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
White Collar, USA, 10PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
The Jeselnik Offensive (series premiere), Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Wednesday
Survivor, CBS, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Arrow, CW, 8PM
The Middle, ABC, 8PM
Whitney, NBC, 8PM
WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM
Heat/Hawks, ESPN, 8PM
The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
Guys With Kids, NBC, 8:30PM
Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
Supernatural, CW, 9PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
Unsung: Disco, TV One, 9PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 9:30PM
Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
Southland, TNT, 10PM
CSI, CBS, 10PM
The Americans, FX, 10PM
Necessary Roughness (season finale), USA, 10PM
Nashville, ABC, 10PM
Celtics/Lakers, ESPN, 10:30PM
The Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Thursday
Zero Hour, ABC, 8PM
Comic Book Men, AMC, 9PM
Freakshow, AMC, 10PM
Immortalized, AMC, 10PM
Community, NBC, 8PM
Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 8PM
The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
Heat/Bulls, TNT, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8:30PM
Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30 & 9PM
Person of Interest, CBS, 9PM
Beauty & the Beast, CW, 9PM
Glee, Fox, 9PM
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
1600 Penn, NBC, 9:30PM
Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
Elementary, CBS, 10PM
Scandal, ABC, 10PM
Archer, FX, 10PM
Bellator MMA Live, Spike TV, 10PM
Suits, USA, 10PM
Legit, FX, 10:30PM
Clippers/Spurs, TNT, 10:30PM
Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell (winter finale), FX, 11PM
Brand X with Russell Brand, 11:30PM
Friday
The Job, CBS, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
Nikita, CW, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Malibu Country, ABC, 8:30PM
CSI: NY (season finale), CBS, 9PM
Touch, Fox, 9PM
Spartacus: War of the Damned, Starz, 9PM
Friday Night Fights, ESPN2, 9PM
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 10PM
Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
Merlin, Syfy, 10PM
Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM
Out There (series premiere), IFC, 10:30PM
Saturday
UFC 157 Prelims, FX, 8PM
Cops, Fox, 8PM
End of the World, Syfy, 9PM
Argo: The Inside story, Discovery, 10PM
UFC 157, PPV, 10PM
Sunday
Daytona 500, Fox, 12PM
The 85th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 8:30PM
60 Minutes, CBS, 7PM
The Amazing Race, CBS, 8PM
Bob's Burgers, Fox, 8:30PM
The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
Girls, HBO, 9PM
Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
Revenge, ABC, 9PM
Enlightened, HBO, 9:30PM
Bulls/Thunder, ESPN, 9:30PM
House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
Kings of Crash, Velocity, 10PM
Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
Californication, Showtime, 10:30PM
