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| Name: Ryan Roe Email: prawnrr-rmv@this.com-yahoo.com Position: Movie / Television / Comic Book / Trivia Geek View Ryan's Personal Profile |
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| I know, I know. It’s been quite a while since my fall 2005 TV journal entry. But just like my grandmother always said, “It’s never too late to write a follow-up to an entry in your online journal in which you talk about the new TV season.” At least I think it was my grandmother… or was it me? Anyway. Every season I predict which new shows are Most Likely to Get Canceled. Up until fall 2004, I had a 50% success rate for correct predictions. However, my awesomeness increased that fall when all four of the new shows I named got canceled by the end of the season. That was a 100% success rate! Could I go for a repeat? Could I do it again? Could my lightning strike twice? No. I placed my Most Likely to Get Canceled designation on four new shows: How I Met Your Mother, The War at Home, Night Stalker and Reunion. Night Stalker, a dark remake of a show not a lot of people remember, was canceled in early November. Reunion, a show with a gimmicky “whodunnit” hook meant to unspool over the course of the entire season, was canceled in late November, leaving thousands of fans, or at least several hundreds, to forever wonder who, in fact, dunnit. How I Met Your Mother, however, is still on, and it’s one of the better-received new comedies this year. I saw an episode, and it was actually fairly entertaining for a multi-camera sitcom. This was mostly due to Neil Patrick Harris, formerly of Stark Raving Mad, and Alyson Hannigan. Then there’s War at Home. I truly do not understand why people are watching this. Shows like this make me want to bop the network executives on the noggin with my giant inflatable mallet (won with 250 tickets at Dave & Buster’s). Do you know what this show means for Fox’s Sunday night lineup? They have The Simpsons, which is still a pretty good show, but then it’s followed by an hour and a half of pure crap, with The War at Home followed by Family Guy and American Dad. That’s right, I still hate Family Guy. I know “hate” is a strong word, and there aren’t many television shows I would apply it to… but I’m completely perplexed by Family Guy’s popularity, often among otherwise reasonable and intelligent TV viewers. So I think it’s deserving of my wrath, deserving of the dark black bile of pure, passionate hatred that boils deep within me every time I think about it. ‘Cause it sucks. You may recall that I almost included Commander in Chief among the Most Likely to Get Canceled shows. It’s a good thing I didn’t, because it’s doing pretty well in the ratings. I wonder if there are people who watch both The West Wing and Commander in Chief. Do you think they ever get confused about who the president really is? Other thoughts: • Early in the season, I checked out the new supernatural shows with female leads, Threshold and Ghost Whisperer. Threshold started out promisingly, but despite the presence of Carla Gugino and Peter Dinklage, it didn’t have that certain something that made we want to keep coming back. It’s been canceled since. Ghost Whisperer is all right, though I don’t really understand why it’s succeeding in the same time slot on the same network where Joan of Arcadia plummeted to cancellation last season. I guess Whisperer isn’t all depressing and stuff like Joan was in its second season. • The Office is great. Somebody give Steve Carell a high-five and an Emmy nomination. • When somebody told me about the new reality show Skating with Celebrities, I assumed they were joking, but it’s all too true. It pairs skaters like Nancy Kerrigan with stars like Dave Coulier, who is apparently making a whole career out of being “Dave Coulier, Celebrity.” Next season we’ll be seeing Skydiving with Stars, followed by Synchronized Swimming with Famous People. Just wait ‘til you see Anson Williams’ pool moves! • I sure do like Arrested Development. I sure do wish Fox weren’t ditching it. I sure do hope Showtime picks it up. • As of about a week and a half ago, I have the capacity to receive UPN, and thus to watch Veronica Mars! Not since I got my own waffle maker have I been so excited. Now I can tune in every Wednesday at 8 (while recording Lost, of course) to find out who caused the bus crash and whether Steve Guttenberg knows more than he’s letting on. • Family Guy sucks. • I criticized the title of the TV show My Name is Earl, but having seen the show a couple of times, I now see that the title works, somehow, with the tone of the show. I can’t really explain it beyond that. Also, the title does make sense, because his name is Earl. • I’m glad Scrubs has returned, as it’s currently the second-greatest comedy on network TV. If a magical television genie offered to put make me part of the writing staff of any show on TV, I’d very probably choose Scrubs. Do you agree with what I’ve said? Do you disagree with what I’ve said? Do you have a hilarious, insightful observation about Poppy Montgomery? Let me know in the comments thingy below. Comments on this post are closed. |
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| It always does my heart good to see Family Guy insulted. Yay The Office! Yay Scrubs! Yay Veronica Mars! Poor Arrested Development. Someday all will bow before its staggering genius. We agree on many things, you and I. |
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| I have no insightful comments other than to say that I do know who Poppy Montgomery is...or do I? Now on which of those forensic shows is she the attractive, long-haired blonde? Is it CSI:Miami or Without a Trace? Or Cold Case? No, that's somebody else. Oh, well... |
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