Fall TV Schedule
I meant to post something like this a few weeks ago, but now that we're pretty well into the viewing season, it looks like this is what I'll be watching:
Monday
Gossip Girl
Chuck (returning -?)
Tuesday
Being Erica
Wednesday
Cougar Town
Thursday
Watch:
Ace of Cakes
Flash Forward
Supernatural
Tape/Download:
SNL Weekend Update
Parks and Recreation
Fringe
30 Rock (starts this Thursday)
This is where having digital cable comes in handy...I can watch some shows on the eastern feed hours before they air here, and other stuff in their normal timeslot. Though even with doing this, there is still stuff I have to catch up on later. I wish DVRs weren't so damned expensive. :(
Friday
Ugly Betty (starting Friday)
(I was all excited to watch this last week, and then I found it had been delayed a week. That can't be a good sign. I think this will probably be Betty's last season. Shame, this show had so much potential.)
What Not to Wear
Then there are talk shows like Ellen and The Hour that I watch on a daily basis, as well as stuff that I might not watch all the time but still enjoy when I do catch it, like The Simpsons, South Park and Project Runway. I guess SNL would be in that category too, but it's always very hit and miss, so it's more puzzlement that they thought half of those sketches were good enough to make it to air. Oh, and I like to watch travel shows too, and basically anything on the Food Channel. I keep meaning to check out How I Met Your Mother. I'm also behind on Entourage. I think that's it? I really don't watch that much TV, even though it sounds like a lot.
I'm kind of disappointed that the Beautiful Life only lasted, what, two episodes? It looked like trashy fun. Cougar Town is an awful title for a show, but I like Courteney Cox, so I'm giving it a chance (I don't think anything could be worse than Dirt, so it's got that going for it already!). It's not particularly original, and she needs to tone down the screechiness, but it's fun enough. Flash Forward has a great premise, but I'm not sure how long they'll be able to sustain it. What happens at the end of the season when 2010 is here? Are they going to do something different for season two, or what? Guess we'll have to wait and see on that. Do you guys have any recommendations for things I should watch? I've heard nothing but good things about Glee, but I was unmoved by the pilot and although I love music, I'm not really a musical theatre kind of person. Should I give it another chance?
As for stuff I'm no longer watching...I had to drop Heroes. I don't drop shows lightly - I try to stick it out until the end - but it had just become such a chore to watch. I didn't care about any of the characters anymore, it's confusing and stupid, and it's clear the show doesn't know where it's going anymore than I do. And to be honest, I never really got over the moronic way they killed off Elle. I also dropped Dollhouse because I never really warmed to it. And I haven't talked about Gossip Girl this season because, is it me, or is it kind of dull? I'm liking the Blair/Chuck interaction, but I could take or leave the rest of it.
Oh, but awesome news about Chuck - it might be coming back by the end of the month! No waiting another six months! There's a hole in NBC's schedule and they need to fill it, so that's the best thing I could hope for. The only thing is, I'm not sure if they'll have time to effectively promote its return when it's so last minute. It's possible that if they just let it air during the Olympics, they might get more viewers. But it's not a done deal yet anyway, so I guess I'm happy either way. More details here. There 18 pages of comments! Insane. Just please NBC, I am begging you - not on Thursdays!
Also, just a few thoughts on last week's Supernatural that I'm 5 days late for...
Well, Paris was as wooden as ever, so no surprise there. I always find it amazing how completely devoid of feeling or any emotion she seems to be. Acting is really not her thing. But it could have been worse, I guess. I did enjoy seeing her head get chopped off! That was the best part of her appearance.
The rest of the episode was sort of like a throwback to earlier days, and I liked that, but combined with the darker aspects of the brothers' fractured relationship and the impending apocalypse, it felt a little uneven. I've been going over the boys' conversation, and while I'm glad that they're addressing the fact that things need to change, I wonder if it really can. They may want the same end goal, but they approach things from opposite sides. Dean acts before he thinks, and Sam does too much thinking sometimes. The funny thing is that Dean's instincts are usually more reliable, so for all of Sam's brooding, it doesn't do him much good. But I'm not going to debate who's right or wrong because that's ultimately pointless. I have to say though, that one thing that has always kind of bothered me about Sam is how he tends to act like he's better than Dean, and I don't know where that's coming from. Does he genuinely feel that way, or is it a self-esteem issue where he has to knock Dean down to feel better about himself? I suspect it's the latter, because Sam calling Dean weak (for example) sounds like he's projecting an issue that he has with himself.
Anyway, my point is that if Sam expects Dean to treat him as an equal, then he has to stop acting superior. And Dean has to loosen the reigns and provide a little more give and take, or he'll end up driving Sam away just like John did. So as much as they clash, they also compliment each other, because one makes up for what the other lacks. And I think until they realize this, they're never truly going to see eye to eye.
Monday
Gossip Girl
Chuck (returning -?)
Tuesday
Being Erica
Wednesday
Cougar Town
Thursday
Watch:
Ace of Cakes
Flash Forward
Supernatural
Tape/Download:
SNL Weekend Update
Parks and Recreation
Fringe
30 Rock (starts this Thursday)
This is where having digital cable comes in handy...I can watch some shows on the eastern feed hours before they air here, and other stuff in their normal timeslot. Though even with doing this, there is still stuff I have to catch up on later. I wish DVRs weren't so damned expensive. :(
Friday
Ugly Betty (starting Friday)
(I was all excited to watch this last week, and then I found it had been delayed a week. That can't be a good sign. I think this will probably be Betty's last season. Shame, this show had so much potential.)
What Not to Wear
Then there are talk shows like Ellen and The Hour that I watch on a daily basis, as well as stuff that I might not watch all the time but still enjoy when I do catch it, like The Simpsons, South Park and Project Runway. I guess SNL would be in that category too, but it's always very hit and miss, so it's more puzzlement that they thought half of those sketches were good enough to make it to air. Oh, and I like to watch travel shows too, and basically anything on the Food Channel. I keep meaning to check out How I Met Your Mother. I'm also behind on Entourage. I think that's it? I really don't watch that much TV, even though it sounds like a lot.
I'm kind of disappointed that the Beautiful Life only lasted, what, two episodes? It looked like trashy fun. Cougar Town is an awful title for a show, but I like Courteney Cox, so I'm giving it a chance (I don't think anything could be worse than Dirt, so it's got that going for it already!). It's not particularly original, and she needs to tone down the screechiness, but it's fun enough. Flash Forward has a great premise, but I'm not sure how long they'll be able to sustain it. What happens at the end of the season when 2010 is here? Are they going to do something different for season two, or what? Guess we'll have to wait and see on that. Do you guys have any recommendations for things I should watch? I've heard nothing but good things about Glee, but I was unmoved by the pilot and although I love music, I'm not really a musical theatre kind of person. Should I give it another chance?
As for stuff I'm no longer watching...I had to drop Heroes. I don't drop shows lightly - I try to stick it out until the end - but it had just become such a chore to watch. I didn't care about any of the characters anymore, it's confusing and stupid, and it's clear the show doesn't know where it's going anymore than I do. And to be honest, I never really got over the moronic way they killed off Elle. I also dropped Dollhouse because I never really warmed to it. And I haven't talked about Gossip Girl this season because, is it me, or is it kind of dull? I'm liking the Blair/Chuck interaction, but I could take or leave the rest of it.
Oh, but awesome news about Chuck - it might be coming back by the end of the month! No waiting another six months! There's a hole in NBC's schedule and they need to fill it, so that's the best thing I could hope for. The only thing is, I'm not sure if they'll have time to effectively promote its return when it's so last minute. It's possible that if they just let it air during the Olympics, they might get more viewers. But it's not a done deal yet anyway, so I guess I'm happy either way. More details here. There 18 pages of comments! Insane. Just please NBC, I am begging you - not on Thursdays!
Also, just a few thoughts on last week's Supernatural that I'm 5 days late for...
Well, Paris was as wooden as ever, so no surprise there. I always find it amazing how completely devoid of feeling or any emotion she seems to be. Acting is really not her thing. But it could have been worse, I guess. I did enjoy seeing her head get chopped off! That was the best part of her appearance.
The rest of the episode was sort of like a throwback to earlier days, and I liked that, but combined with the darker aspects of the brothers' fractured relationship and the impending apocalypse, it felt a little uneven. I've been going over the boys' conversation, and while I'm glad that they're addressing the fact that things need to change, I wonder if it really can. They may want the same end goal, but they approach things from opposite sides. Dean acts before he thinks, and Sam does too much thinking sometimes. The funny thing is that Dean's instincts are usually more reliable, so for all of Sam's brooding, it doesn't do him much good. But I'm not going to debate who's right or wrong because that's ultimately pointless. I have to say though, that one thing that has always kind of bothered me about Sam is how he tends to act like he's better than Dean, and I don't know where that's coming from. Does he genuinely feel that way, or is it a self-esteem issue where he has to knock Dean down to feel better about himself? I suspect it's the latter, because Sam calling Dean weak (for example) sounds like he's projecting an issue that he has with himself.
Anyway, my point is that if Sam expects Dean to treat him as an equal, then he has to stop acting superior. And Dean has to loosen the reigns and provide a little more give and take, or he'll end up driving Sam away just like John did. So as much as they clash, they also compliment each other, because one makes up for what the other lacks. And I think until they realize this, they're never truly going to see eye to eye.