Wimbledon Match Between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber: My Most Favorite TV Show of the Week

Wimbledon matches still dominated by TV ratings this week as several thriller matches transpired this second week of Wimbledon.  On top of the list is the quarterfinal match between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber.  Kerber just played the match of her life and edged the Russian.

Here are my ten favorite TV shows for the week ending July 4, 2014 -

#1 Fox Sports - Maria Sharapova vs. Angelique Kerber

#2 Fox Sports - Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios

#3 TCM - Adam's Rib - Katharine Hepburn movie

#4 Fox Sports - Alize Cornet vs. Eugenie Bouchard

#5 Fox Sports - Petra Kvitova vs. Lucie Safarova

#6 Fox Sports - Petra Kvitova vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova

#7 Fox Sports - Grigor Dimitrov vs. Andy Murray

#8 Fox Sports - Roger Federer vs. Stan Wawrinka

#9 Fox Sports - Andrea Petkovic vs. Eugenie Bouchard

#10 Fox Sports - Simona Halep vs. Zarina Diyas

Discovering Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy!

One sign of ageing! I now watch movies sa TCM.  Ewan ko ba? There's something about getting older and pining for the things from the past.

These past few weeks, instead of going to HBO first, I check on what's TCM and I've been rewarded by two great movies starring three Hollywood greats - Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Bob Hope - Adam's Rib and Bachelor in Paradise.

I now understand why Hollywood has such deep reverence for Katharine Hepburn - being the only actor to have four acting Oscars - and all of that sa Best Actress category pa! Ang lakas ng screen presence niya.

The movie I saw, Adam's Rib, was done in 1949 pa, yet she acted very modern and exemplified a strong, intelligent woman who can think on her own terms.

I was not lucky enough to see Bob Hope host the Oscars.  Like most of my generation, our Oscars are associated more with Billy Crystal hosting it, but I've seen enough footages showing Bob Hope host the event, since 14 times nga siya host ng event. 

He can really act pala and he's really funny! He's like some sort of suave, handsome comedian, medyo malayo sa current peg natin ng comedians here in the Philippines.  Dito kasi pag comedy, associated with 'not very goodlooking stars'.

Anyway, I saw how beautiful Lana Turner is pala and also saw how Spencer Tracy really looks like.  The two classic movies were great to watch since it showed an America which was very formal - where people looked dressed up, even when they were at home! And the language of the scripts were very witty!

What I want to see actually is the movie version of To Kill A Mockingbird.  I read the book 20 years ago and I was so moved by it.  I want to see how they made it into a movie.

Law & Order SVU Episode My Most Favorite TV Show This Week

 

This week, an episode of Law & Order Special Victims Unit (SVU) is my most favorite show for the week.  It is about a goodlooking and wealthy heterosexual male who is infected with HIV by a prostitute, and as a revenge, sleeps with around 11 women before being caught. It was a very dramatic episode with a lot of twists including a sad and tragic ending.

#1 Diva Universal - Law & Order SVU - HIV rapist, father nagpakamatay

#2 TCM - The Fearless Vampire Killers 

#3 beTV - Men at Work - husband babysitter
 
#4 History - Serial Killer Earth - river in Mexico, volcano in Indonesia

#5 CI - 48 Hours - Cancun Mexico

#6 CI - A Business Killing - whole Indian family killed
 
#7 AXN - The Amazing Race 23 - Iquique, Chile leg 1

#8 AXN - NCIS LA - call girls

#9 History - Serial Killer Earth - tornado, New Zealand earthquake
 
#10 beTV - Everybody Loves Raymond - bull

A Horror Movie My Top Favorite TV Show This Week

Since it's the November 1 weekend where Filipinos visit their beloved dead relatives, it's not unusual that my favorite TV show this week is a movie - a horror movie - and this one is special since it's also the first movie of one of my favorite actors - Tom Hanks!

Here are my favorite TV shows for the week ending November 2, 2012 -

#1 TCM - He Knows You're Alone

#2 Lifestyle Network - The Conversations with Amandade Cadenet

I really enjoyed this chatfest even if all the guests were women - Alicia Keys, Eva Longoria, Kelly Preston - and they talked about woman stuff.  It was like they were just guests in your living room.  Bravo!

#3 Nat Geo - Science of Saints

This documentary featured the lives of Saints Chrysanthus and Daria and the forensics involving proving that their bones were not fakes.

#4 Nat Geo - The Truth Behind Zombies 

 This interesting documentary tries to prove that zombies can actually become a reality - so there was talk about a viral pandemic, hypnotherapy and Haitian vodoo!

#5 Nat Geo - Taboo: Mating 

This documentary talked about women who love men who are in jail!  Very interesting stories!

#6 AXN - Amazing Race S21

It's another leg for the racers and they are still in Dhaka, Bangladesh!  It's a place I want to visit even if it's really poor and crowded!

#7 Jack TV - Big Bang Theory  

This episode was really funny since everyone in Sheldon's group of friends did not quite like his new 'girlfriend'

#8 HBO - 30 Minutes or Less

This movie of Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari is really funny.  Loved it!

#9 Bio - Celebrity Ghost Stories

A new batch of ghost stories although this one was not very scary.

#10 Nat Geo - Hooked - Giant Devil Catfish

It was funny that I ended up watching a documentary about fish - and fish in India!  You should see the catfishes - they're uber huge!