« All the King's Men | Main | LA Times: Too Lazy to Take New Pictures of Long Beach »
October 18, 2006
Fall TeeVee
I kept telling myself over the summer that there was no way I was going to fall for another teevee show. After all, I can barely keep up with my addictions as it is. They keep me from watching Netflix, and generally tie me home. Alas, my conviction failed. I succumbed to Brothers & Sisters, Shark, Heroes, Ugly Betty, and Studio 60. This on top of Everybody Hates Chris, How I Met Your Mother, Gilmore Girls, Prison Break, Bones, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, ER, Dancing with the Stars, and random taped-watching of ABC soap operas.
Clearly, my television addiction is too large - and DVR is making it worse. I have to say, of all those shows, Studio 60 is the worst. It's just a long, tedious 60 minutes of actors remembering lots of lines to no end. And it appears that America agrees with this analysis - LA Times' reports that the show is flailing in the ratings race.
I haven't checked out 30 Rock yet, but based on the LA Times review, I feel like I should.
I'm not sure why I'm watching Brothers & Sisters
tv.com reviews
pop matters review
Variety review
I was sucked in by the Big Name Cast. But honestly, it's the last thing I watch in my DVR queue, and I'm still not sure why I'm bothering. It's just an over-priced soap opera with too many characters, most of whom are one-dimensional pretty faces. Resolved: I will break my attachment to the show and stop watching.
Heroes is brilliant and one of my favorite shows. I'm so glad my sister suggested I watch it - I was able to catch the first ep on USA Network on the same night the second ep aired on NBC. I just love the Japanese characters.
tv.com reviews
Variety review
Gilmore Girls is intriguing, but I hate the way they just threw Lorelei into another relationship. And why does her beau call her Lorie?! Lost is surprisingly interesting, considering that I didn't like it last season. Grey's Anatomy continues to be the best cotton candy on teevee, hands down the best series for a single gal who doesn't expect reality from her black box. ER is good, but they keep scheduling Grey's to go over a few minutes, which makes my DVR deny my attempts to record ER (b/c something else is also being recorded in that time slot).
The most interesting part about living here is that I completely space on when shows are scheduled, because I only watch them as recordings. Add to that the lack of a water cooler, and I never feel compelled to Watch T.V. As It Airs. It's a somewhat liberating experience. Except that there's too many things in the queue and I never allow myself time to watch a Netflix movie.
By the way, I was Not going to watch Ugly Betty. Abhorred the commercials. Hated the snippet I read in the Chicago Tribune over the summer. Alas, the LA Times convinced me again. It's really not that great. They shoot it to make America Ferrer look 20 pounds heavier than she is. And their Latino culture references are so generic, you can't really place the Suarez family as having any origin. But it's got candy colors and just enough truth about the publishing biz to make you accept the alterna-reality for an hour a week. The whole blackmailing woman bit really needs to be put to an end. No one cares and it reminds you how utterly ridiculous the premise is.
The worst part of baseball season is losing my favorite Fox shows.
Can't wait for that eye/brain candy to come back.
...there seems to be something seriously wrong with me. I simply cannot break my addiction to teevee.
Posted by cj at October 18, 2006 05:11 PM