TV Party for Friday, August 12th

It’s mid-August, and that can mean only one thing…yes, Football season is here. Tonight at 5 KONG is broadcasting the Seahawks first pre-season game live from New Orleans. Get your first look at the new players the Hawks added in the off season, and begin placing your bets on which defensive player will be the first to sustain a season-ending injury. The regular season starts in early September, but the pre-season is fun to watch as well, if only so you can use the names “Seneca” and “Taco” at work and not sound like you’re talking about what to eat for lunch.

If pre-season football isn’t full-contact enough for you, ESPN 2 has your back with four straight hours of K1 fighting. What is K1? It’s a martial arts fighting sport which fuses centuries of tradition from martial arts such as karate, kung fu, tae kwon do and kickboxing (the "K") into a thoroughly modern and electrifying spectator sport, to determine the single best stand-up fighter in the world (the "1"). K-1 rules allow fighters from many different disciplines to compete, and the elaborate production values of K-1 events make these extravaganzas a veritable feast for the senses. Since its introduction in 1993 under the direction of founder Master Kazuyoshi Ishii, K-1 has become one of the world's fastest-growing sports. Why, you ask? Because in the words of K1 fighter and former UW Lineman Bob Sapp, “we only score points when we do damage.”

If you’d rather not see grown men beating the hell out of each other, then the Disney Channel is the place for you at 9 as they air “Monsters, Inc.” the story of the monster world, where power is generated by the screams of frightened children, yet the monsters themselves are scared silly of the kids. When top scarer Sulley – voiced by John Goodman – and his assistant Mike Kowalski – voiced by Billy Crystal – accidentally let a little girl in to the monster world, they begin to uncover a monstrous plot that will shake the very roots of Monsters, Inc. It’s a fun film, the Pixar animation is amazing as always, and if nothing else it’ll make you a little less afraid of the dark.

That’s your TV Party for Friday, August 12th, for Northwest Indy Radio I’m Scott Chicken