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julieandrewsWhat have I taken to watching this new Fall season? I'm so glad you asked.
The Event
The first episode was playing around with time with so many flashbacks that I gave up on it first go-round and had to come back and try again. After the annoyance of Persons Unknown (can you believe they decided to just not air an episode? And didn't tell me?) and the still-recent what-the-frell of Lost, I wasn't sure I was willing to put up with a show that was going to make me think too much and try to be all mysterious.
Right now there are 2 episodes on the Tivo, one half-watched, the other not watched at all. Car chases, people running around with guns, semi-mysterious this, uninteresting character that. I think I'm about ready to give up.
But here's my prediction for how it turns out. Sorry if this turns out to be a spoiler later. It's just I'm totally awesome and psychic, that's all. But the 'aliens' turn out to be evolved humans from the future. (Naturally or by human genetic manipulation, you decide.)
Outlaw
If you like lawyer shows, you could certainly do worse. Jimmy Smits is kind of fun to watch. The cases are fairly interesting.
But K says it's been canceled already. So :P
Still, I can't get too worked up about it.
Undercovers
I do like this show. It's different. The main characters are a youngish married couple (I think they've been married 5 years or so) who also happen to be black, and former CIA agents. This is by J. J. Abrams, who I should totally hate for Lost, but who I kinda like for Star Trek. I like the couple's relationship. I like the dorky guy who helps them out. The actual plots are kinda dull.
I'd be a little sad to see this get canceled.
No Ordinary Family
Family of four turns superhero. It made me laugh in the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately, it failed to do that.. well, ever again, I think. I do like the Dad, which is unusual for most TV Dads. They're usually ineffectual in some fashion. But they've yet to do anything truly interesting with the concept.
And the Tivo grabs something else in its time slot, so I have to make more an effort to watch this. So.. I probably won't keep going much longer. (Missed last week's, for example.)
Survivor: Nicaragua
Yea, okay, so I've totally been watching this. Why? I don't know! I preferred the concept of Survivor. Back when we all thought maybe they'd actually be trying to survive. Now they just show up, don't know how to make fire, slap a shelter together, and wait for a fish to flop its way to camp, or for the producers to give them some rice so they won't sue for malnutrition. And then they scheme.
I know I wasn't watching it for that football dude. I don't even know who he is. Was I watching it because it was Old Versus Young? Well, it's not anymore. Considering I do have to download this, I don't know why I bother. But.. dangit, it's more interesting to watch than any of the shows I listed above. Somehow!
Amazing Race WhateverNumberThey'reOn
K and Jun and I have a bet going on AR and tend to watch it 'together' on Sundays. That's made it more interesting than it otherwise might be. This year we get bonus points if we've successfully guessed an animal used in a challenge. My bet's on chickens. But Jun might get points if they're eating a sheep's head this Sunday.
The Next Iron Chef
This summer I started watching more Food Network. I think the Tivo made it easier to grab the interesting shows and avoid the uninteresting or annoying (I'm looking at you, Bobby Flay.) And Next Iron Chef has Ming Tsai. As a competitor! Plus, like.. it's reality tv and a food network show, so.. score.
Sherlock
I already watched these, but they're coming to PBS this week, so you should ALL TOTALLY WATCH THEM THEY'RE AWESOME!
Sarah Jane Adventures
These just started back up. They'll sort of tide me over until new Dr. Who and Torchwood. Sort of. If I see one more Slitheen though, I'm going to wring someone's neck. Someone in Cardiff.
Merlin
Nearly typed Arthur there. Well, with so many eponymous shows and the two of them really being a double-act, the show really should've been Arthur and Merlin. But, anyhow, these also started back up. I even transferred the first ep to my new media player. Have not started watching. I really should. Better than any American show we've got going on with the exception of..
House
Still awesome. Still totally awesome. DON'T CANCEL IT PLEASE!!!
Bones
Did you knows Bones's car gets like good gas mileage and stuff? And it's a... well, no, I don't know what type of car it is! I know, I totally should, right? Since they cram it down our throats every other week, but I don't! So ha!
(Is it a Prius? Is it totally a Toyota Prius? Don't tell me if it is.)
Community
Still rocks, even though I have to download it every week. It totally rocks. You should all watch it. Frasier's going to be on it tonight.
Outsourced
Best new show! Dude's been sent to India to manage a call center for a novelty company. It's very funny and, dude, I think I'm actually totally learning things about India. Well, even though I couldn't point to a specific thing I didn't know before.. and even though you totally shouldn't try to learn about a country and its people from a sitcom. Still..
How I Met Your Mother
Still good.
Big Bang Theory
Still needs more girl geeks. But still good.
Shatner My Dad Says
Eh. Not so good. I wish Boston Legal was still on.
Grey's Anatomy
I know, right? Someone might think I'm a girl or something.
The Apprentice
I'm ashamed to admit this one. And Trump is even worse than I remembered from before I stopped watching this show. He shouts. And he's a sexist pig. And if he wasn't head of his company, he'd be fired so fast... And dude is totally running for President? Gah!
Daily Show/Colbert Report
It's still not too late for me to bum a ride down to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. But.. I'm afraid. And perhaps too sane for my own good.
Medium
It has its moments. But sometimes the episodes are crap. I do like the kids though.
Teach: Tony Danza
So Tony Danza is totally teaching English in this school in Philadelphia. Or trying to anyway. It's interesting. I will never, ever be a teacher. Not in HS anyway. And we don't pay teachers enough. But you knew that, right?
Undercover Boss
More interesting than the UK version. Honestly. The UK bosses never seem to screw up, somehow. Need more women CEOs though.
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And.... I watch way too much television. That's not even all of it. No wonder I have 50 library books I haven't read yet.
The Event
The first episode was playing around with time with so many flashbacks that I gave up on it first go-round and had to come back and try again. After the annoyance of Persons Unknown (can you believe they decided to just not air an episode? And didn't tell me?) and the still-recent what-the-frell of Lost, I wasn't sure I was willing to put up with a show that was going to make me think too much and try to be all mysterious.
Right now there are 2 episodes on the Tivo, one half-watched, the other not watched at all. Car chases, people running around with guns, semi-mysterious this, uninteresting character that. I think I'm about ready to give up.
But here's my prediction for how it turns out. Sorry if this turns out to be a spoiler later. It's just I'm totally awesome and psychic, that's all. But the 'aliens' turn out to be evolved humans from the future. (Naturally or by human genetic manipulation, you decide.)
Outlaw
If you like lawyer shows, you could certainly do worse. Jimmy Smits is kind of fun to watch. The cases are fairly interesting.
But K says it's been canceled already. So :P
Still, I can't get too worked up about it.
Undercovers
I do like this show. It's different. The main characters are a youngish married couple (I think they've been married 5 years or so) who also happen to be black, and former CIA agents. This is by J. J. Abrams, who I should totally hate for Lost, but who I kinda like for Star Trek. I like the couple's relationship. I like the dorky guy who helps them out. The actual plots are kinda dull.
I'd be a little sad to see this get canceled.
No Ordinary Family
Family of four turns superhero. It made me laugh in the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately, it failed to do that.. well, ever again, I think. I do like the Dad, which is unusual for most TV Dads. They're usually ineffectual in some fashion. But they've yet to do anything truly interesting with the concept.
And the Tivo grabs something else in its time slot, so I have to make more an effort to watch this. So.. I probably won't keep going much longer. (Missed last week's, for example.)
Survivor: Nicaragua
Yea, okay, so I've totally been watching this. Why? I don't know! I preferred the concept of Survivor. Back when we all thought maybe they'd actually be trying to survive. Now they just show up, don't know how to make fire, slap a shelter together, and wait for a fish to flop its way to camp, or for the producers to give them some rice so they won't sue for malnutrition. And then they scheme.
I know I wasn't watching it for that football dude. I don't even know who he is. Was I watching it because it was Old Versus Young? Well, it's not anymore. Considering I do have to download this, I don't know why I bother. But.. dangit, it's more interesting to watch than any of the shows I listed above. Somehow!
Amazing Race WhateverNumberThey'reOn
K and Jun and I have a bet going on AR and tend to watch it 'together' on Sundays. That's made it more interesting than it otherwise might be. This year we get bonus points if we've successfully guessed an animal used in a challenge. My bet's on chickens. But Jun might get points if they're eating a sheep's head this Sunday.
The Next Iron Chef
This summer I started watching more Food Network. I think the Tivo made it easier to grab the interesting shows and avoid the uninteresting or annoying (I'm looking at you, Bobby Flay.) And Next Iron Chef has Ming Tsai. As a competitor! Plus, like.. it's reality tv and a food network show, so.. score.
Sherlock
I already watched these, but they're coming to PBS this week, so you should ALL TOTALLY WATCH THEM THEY'RE AWESOME!
Sarah Jane Adventures
These just started back up. They'll sort of tide me over until new Dr. Who and Torchwood. Sort of. If I see one more Slitheen though, I'm going to wring someone's neck. Someone in Cardiff.
Merlin
Nearly typed Arthur there. Well, with so many eponymous shows and the two of them really being a double-act, the show really should've been Arthur and Merlin. But, anyhow, these also started back up. I even transferred the first ep to my new media player. Have not started watching. I really should. Better than any American show we've got going on with the exception of..
House
Still awesome. Still totally awesome. DON'T CANCEL IT PLEASE!!!
Bones
Did you knows Bones's car gets like good gas mileage and stuff? And it's a... well, no, I don't know what type of car it is! I know, I totally should, right? Since they cram it down our throats every other week, but I don't! So ha!
(Is it a Prius? Is it totally a Toyota Prius? Don't tell me if it is.)
Community
Still rocks, even though I have to download it every week. It totally rocks. You should all watch it. Frasier's going to be on it tonight.
Outsourced
Best new show! Dude's been sent to India to manage a call center for a novelty company. It's very funny and, dude, I think I'm actually totally learning things about India. Well, even though I couldn't point to a specific thing I didn't know before.. and even though you totally shouldn't try to learn about a country and its people from a sitcom. Still..
How I Met Your Mother
Still good.
Big Bang Theory
Still needs more girl geeks. But still good.
Shatner My Dad Says
Eh. Not so good. I wish Boston Legal was still on.
Grey's Anatomy
I know, right? Someone might think I'm a girl or something.
The Apprentice
I'm ashamed to admit this one. And Trump is even worse than I remembered from before I stopped watching this show. He shouts. And he's a sexist pig. And if he wasn't head of his company, he'd be fired so fast... And dude is totally running for President? Gah!
Daily Show/Colbert Report
It's still not too late for me to bum a ride down to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. But.. I'm afraid. And perhaps too sane for my own good.
Medium
It has its moments. But sometimes the episodes are crap. I do like the kids though.
Teach: Tony Danza
So Tony Danza is totally teaching English in this school in Philadelphia. Or trying to anyway. It's interesting. I will never, ever be a teacher. Not in HS anyway. And we don't pay teachers enough. But you knew that, right?
Undercover Boss
More interesting than the UK version. Honestly. The UK bosses never seem to screw up, somehow. Need more women CEOs though.
--
And.... I watch way too much television. That's not even all of it. No wonder I have 50 library books I haven't read yet.
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Date: 2010-10-22 12:06 am (UTC)I almost gave up on The Event during the premiere episode, too. It switched back and forth and up down and all around and made my head hurt not due to thinking too hard because it was teh mysterious but because WTF time frame are we in again now?!?!
It's gotten better. On that front, and just in general. I'm *almost* ready to add it to my DVR as a show instead of just recording it episode by episode.
Undercovers is lovely. JJ tends not to be as good with his lighter stuff than his heavy myth-arcy stuff - which he does will with for awhile and then stumbles. But Undercovers is a nice balance between light and heavy, so I'm hoping it'll work long-term. So far so good, anyway.
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Date: 2010-10-22 02:29 am (UTC)Undercovers - I really like all the languages they use too. Though that French in the last episode was sounding more Parisian than Canadian to me. But what do I know about French accents? Very little.
You know, I would almost find it more interesting to watch the two of them running their catering business than running around doing all the spy stuff.
Oh, but I also like how there's modern, local music when they go to a new country. At least, that's what I think it is. I'm not really a music person.