TV Time

Here's my opinion on the new fall TV season: Wow. Strike affected much? Yikes.

I like TV. Generally, I like a lotta TV. But I'm having a hard time finding good television. OK, I KNOW it exists on cable, but seriously, I don't know where some of those channels are. I can't locate them partly because they are not in HD and mostly because I'm lazy. Also, if I haven't jumped on a show early I probably won't...unless I netflix it over the summer.

My TV tastes:

After watching a lot of reality TV, I'm kinda over it. If I wanted to watch dumb people do stupid things, I'd go back to working full-time again. The two big exceptions are TLC and HGTV. Those are my go-to channels for mindless crap.

I never have gotten into procedurals. Sorry, I like the "donk-donk" sound effect that L&O uses, but that has never gotten me to watch an entire show. I think the LL Cool J and Robin NCIS looks OK, but that hasn't gotten me to tune in yet.

OK, so a weekly sched looks like this:

Monday: How I Met Your Mom and Big Bang. These are now an hour and a half apart, which makes no sense to me. Truthfully, the only reason I started watching Big Bang is BNL sings the theme song but now it's grown on me. The guy that plays Sheldon is a good fit.

I was a late arrival to Mom but I really like the camaraderie....makes me wish I had friends:)

Tuesday: Slow day. I've gotten into The Good Wife and so far it's been a good one. The pilot was amazing, but it's slowly morphing into a procedural. We'll see. Julianna M is amazing though.

Wednesday: I DVR Old Christine and watch it on the wknd when I can't find anything else on. It's more like I watch it out of habit than anything else. But I guess I should have been named something that starts with "Jul" because Julia L-D (like Julianna M the night before) looks better each year.

My new pick is Glee. I love the singing and dancing...the plot is kinda poorly written though. It's from the same guy as nip/tuck so I hope it doesn't get too soapy. But it's fun and I've got a TV crush on the teacher who dances REAL well.
I also like Modern Family...fun, relatable, so far some decent writing. (Who am I to talk about decent writing? Half the time my blog doesn't make any sense...of course, I'm not getting paid to write it....)

Thursdays suck. There is too much to watch! Why all the good shows are clumped together on one night makes me crazy...I know it's advertising related, but as a consumer...c'mon!
I usually do:

The Office (Pam and Jim are getting married tonight!)
Community (Joel McHale is fantastic, writing is quick and funny)
Greys (more out of habit, it's gotten really bad but it's like a car crash, I can't look away)
Private Practice (great actors saying very poor things)
Flash Forward (which gets bumped to later on in the week but is a fun little show while I'm waiting for LOST to come back)
Chad watches Survivor but I can't cause the bad guy always wins and that makes me crazy.
Also, I used to DVR Ace of Cakes & Project Runway but I usually catch a rerun later in the week now so my DVR doesn't explode. OK, I used to watch (as in up until right now) Models of the Runway but it's so stupid I don't want to admit to it. I swear I'm gonna quit soon...I can stop whenever I want to, so it's no big deal.

Fridays I've got Ugly Betty coming up next week. Yea.

Sundays (because they've conceded Saturday is NOT a TV night.) I do Desperate Housewives...mainly because I have always done it and there really usually isn't anything else on.

Still to Come: 30 Rock, LOST, and Friday Night Lights. Yea.

Some randomness TV musings:

I have no comment on Jay Leno, because, like when he was on later, I haven't watched it.

Gee, Kelsey Grammer I liked you well enough in Cheers and you did a swell job on Frasier, but please take your residuals and go away, no one wants to see you in bad slapstick comedies anymore. Please?

While I like an occasional song being remade, rehashing TV shows is lame. I'm looking at you 90210. Rehashing movies aren't any better.

So what shows should I be watching and what do you think of the state of TV?

Idol chit

Ok, a few things about Idol this week:

1. Apparently, I can tolerate Michael Jackson songs as long as they are not sung by Michael Jackson. That wacko-jacko better not show his silly putty face tonight.

2. I can't stand the broadway kid so much I can't even bother to learn his name...ehem, Adam, I'm talking to you. Stop screaming at me and go back to being the missing Goo Goo Doll.

3. Why can't they either run the show on time or get my DVR to record it all?

4. What was up with the poor last girl's phone number --IDOLS36? Yea, that almost makes chronological sense. Dumb Americans can't figure that out...she went 13th...36 isn't even divisible by 13! Luckily she wore no clothes so she'll go through to the next round.

5. Danny Gokey rocks AND he's from Wisconsin. I just wrote something mean about how he won't have to divorce his wife when he becomes a big star, but I thought better of it and deleted it. Just wanted you to know.

6. What is the point of Paula? Breathing distracts her. And did she actually say something semi-mean last night? Get the girl her morphine-drip before she strikes again.

Who will go who will stay and who will remember a year from now?

TV mom

OK, I heart TV. I love putting the kids to bed and vegging for a while (sometimes a LOOONG while) in front of the tube. My husband says I watch too much TV, but I really can't figure out what else I should be doing...plus, I just need some mindless entertainment to wind down. TV is easy when cleaning, shopping, and reading are too much. You can read this and judge me, but you know I'm also kinda right.

I especially love my DVR. I mean the dishwasher and toilet paper are necessities, but the DVR is up there as one of the best inventions EVER! I know I don't NEED a DVR, but in a fire I'm pulling wires from the back of my TV before I'm looking for my wedding photos...I'm just saying.

I also like talking about TV, the Internet is my watercooler. RIP TV Guide podcast. Long live Internet TV gossip. Here's my new contribution: The TV MOM

Yesterday I caught American Idol...of course. Seriously, is Paula that much of a whack job? How do you NOT know you only listened to one song? Is planet Earth just too much for Mrs. Scat Cat? Personally, I don't care who's feeding her 'her own opinions'...her credibility has never been her strength. It's probably better someone has been telling her what to say all these years otherwise we'd just get "it was like...yea...wonderful...you look amazing" ad nauseum. Wait a minute...on second thought, that preopinion/scripter must have been a new hire. Do you think she took out an ad for a personal judge-r or do you think she makes her already obviously overworked hair and makeup people just jot stuff down for her to make her look crazy?

I also watched the Jon & Kate plus 8 Oprah ep. Kate needs lessons on how to speak kindly to her husband. Of course, if someone taped me I'd probably be worse (not even including the 8 kids!) I just worry the kids will pick up her tone when talking to their dad. He doesn't seem bothered by the constant ordering around so alls well that ends well, right?

So, is Brooke or Jason gone this week? These are the weeks I get bored with...just give me my David vs. David finale already!