Television is Back!
I know, I know, I'm sorry I've been slack in my blogging of late, but I've really been so busy deciding on my new season of Fall Television!!
Praise the Lord, we have made it through 90 days in the desert, the summer wasteland of programming, and have found ourselves in the lush gardens of primetime once again. If I had to watch one more house-flipping show on A&E I was gonna hang myself. Aren't they all the same thing- "Flip That House," "Flip This House," "Fools With No Carpentry Skills Ignore Experts And Ultimately Cost Themselves A Fortune In Stupidity."...whatever, I never need to see one again!
Now don't go thinkin' all I do is watch television. Thanks to those 3 little magic letters- D V R, I can record everything and watch at my leisure, so as not to miss a cocktail hour. If you don't currently have a DVR or TiVo, I suggest you mortgage whatever you need to, to pay for it, cause there's lots good stuff going on.
Here's what Queenie will be watching this season:
Heroes- not because I'm so much into the comic book thing, and I am really not diggin' Hayden Panettiere, but whatever. Basically I have to watch is because this show has become one of those nation-wide phenomenons whereby if you don't watch you will be totally out of the loop with everyone you know.
House- yeah, I too am tiring of the "House is wrong and nearly kills the person 5 times before the answer dawns on him as he encounters a similar phenomenon in life," but it should be funny watching him berate his job applicants
Grey's- obviously I can't stop now, though the prospect of whiny Meredith and whiny sister are not appealing, but McDreamy continues to be, well Dreamy. Will not be watching that Addison Spin-off show, but I doubt it'll last an entire season anyway.
Ugly Betty- because Vanessa Williams continues to be fabulous...and I guess the Emmy Award-winning star ain't too shabby either
Lost- but I swear if somebody don't figure something out soon I will be writing nasty letters
Prison Break- thankfully the first 2 episodes are already moving faster than the first 2 seasons, and I do love smart, cute boys
Now there are some new shows I'm trying out, so we shall see
Cane- not overly impressed but willing to try it again for Jimmy Smitts and the fact they're already killin folks
Journeyman- this is a total rip-off of the fabulous book The Time Traveler's Wife, which if you haven't read you should! There's a movie coming out with Rachael McAdams, whom I have loved since the empty tissue boxes of The Notebook, so this show is really redundant. At least in "Quantum Leap" the guy jumped into other bodies. I may record it for a rainy day, but the jury's still out.
And of course...Gossip Girl. Now the whole show seems ridiculously unbelievable for those of us who grew up in middle-American public school, but I'm told it's not too far off of the private brothels in NYC. Bacially with "The O.C." gone, we need something with espresso-drinking high school kids with totally unreasonable predicaments and overly elevated dialog. (sigh) Whatever happened to Dawson's Creek, where the kids had totally unreasonable predicaments and overly elevated dialog but at least they drank soda.
Anything else that should be on my list....???
Praise the Lord, we have made it through 90 days in the desert, the summer wasteland of programming, and have found ourselves in the lush gardens of primetime once again. If I had to watch one more house-flipping show on A&E I was gonna hang myself. Aren't they all the same thing- "Flip That House," "Flip This House," "Fools With No Carpentry Skills Ignore Experts And Ultimately Cost Themselves A Fortune In Stupidity."...whatever, I never need to see one again!
Now don't go thinkin' all I do is watch television. Thanks to those 3 little magic letters- D V R, I can record everything and watch at my leisure, so as not to miss a cocktail hour. If you don't currently have a DVR or TiVo, I suggest you mortgage whatever you need to, to pay for it, cause there's lots good stuff going on.
Here's what Queenie will be watching this season:
Heroes- not because I'm so much into the comic book thing, and I am really not diggin' Hayden Panettiere, but whatever. Basically I have to watch is because this show has become one of those nation-wide phenomenons whereby if you don't watch you will be totally out of the loop with everyone you know.
House- yeah, I too am tiring of the "House is wrong and nearly kills the person 5 times before the answer dawns on him as he encounters a similar phenomenon in life," but it should be funny watching him berate his job applicants
Grey's- obviously I can't stop now, though the prospect of whiny Meredith and whiny sister are not appealing, but McDreamy continues to be, well Dreamy. Will not be watching that Addison Spin-off show, but I doubt it'll last an entire season anyway.
Ugly Betty- because Vanessa Williams continues to be fabulous...and I guess the Emmy Award-winning star ain't too shabby either
Lost- but I swear if somebody don't figure something out soon I will be writing nasty letters
Prison Break- thankfully the first 2 episodes are already moving faster than the first 2 seasons, and I do love smart, cute boys
Now there are some new shows I'm trying out, so we shall see
Cane- not overly impressed but willing to try it again for Jimmy Smitts and the fact they're already killin folks
Journeyman- this is a total rip-off of the fabulous book The Time Traveler's Wife, which if you haven't read you should! There's a movie coming out with Rachael McAdams, whom I have loved since the empty tissue boxes of The Notebook, so this show is really redundant. At least in "Quantum Leap" the guy jumped into other bodies. I may record it for a rainy day, but the jury's still out.
And of course...Gossip Girl. Now the whole show seems ridiculously unbelievable for those of us who grew up in middle-American public school, but I'm told it's not too far off of the private brothels in NYC. Bacially with "The O.C." gone, we need something with espresso-drinking high school kids with totally unreasonable predicaments and overly elevated dialog. (sigh) Whatever happened to Dawson's Creek, where the kids had totally unreasonable predicaments and overly elevated dialog but at least they drank soda.
Anything else that should be on my list....???
posted by Queenan at 7:31 AM
7 Comments:
I can't believe you haven't watched Wayne Newton as a wax dummy of himself on "Dancing w/ the Stars" He was terrible but of course will remain to help ratings. I just can't figure out where his voice is coming from. At least there is cute model boy and endearing race car driver. Now if some one will just straighten out Dr. Quinn's mouth I'll be able to watch.
Sweetpotato draws the line at all dancing shows. I trade them for cheesy teen dramas, which, while sad, is a sacrafice I'm willing to make. Also all the "judges" on those shows make me want to throw things at the television.
praise the lord the television is back. though i do figure it's going to be yet another excuse for me to stay at home on the couch. ah... and yet another reason why my new little ipod was a good idea, now i can just watch it all on the go. Gossip Girl is my new obsession!!!
Gossip Girl is some fantastic drama...and those who live without DVR haven't really lived. I'd rather live without heat than without DVR. :)
a girl at work today was super indignant about Gossip Girl, saying "it's a gross exaggeration of such a ridiculous stereotype about all upper east side girls. i can't even watch it, it's disgusting." uh... duh. who would have watched 90210 or The OC if they actually portrayed reality? we all know what reality looks like, and it's pretty boring.
...not to mention ugly and unfashionable
hayden paniettere...what the hell kinda name is that?!
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