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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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| Every time TV goes away for a while, I experience the revelation that I can actually live without it. Then, when TV comes back again, I realize that no, I can’t live without it. TV is back again from the winter hiatus, and you know what that means. Another midseason, another midreason… for makin’ a follow-up post to my previous journal entry in which I talked about new TV shows. Every season I make predictions about four shows upon which I bestow the title Most Likely to Get Cancelled, and this season was no exception. This year, I gave that dishonorable mention to Vanished, Happy Hour, ’Til Death, and 30 Rock. In the past, I’ve generally had about a 50% success rate with my predictions, and thus far, I’m continuing to uphold that precedent. Vanished, a show about somebody vanishing, was cancelled in November. Since then, everyone and their elderly Aunt Cloise has joked about the appropriateness of the show’s title, so I won’t bother. Happy Hour was a show about two guys, I think, and they did some stuff, and… you know, I’ve forgotten what it was, but the point is, it’s been cancelled too. ’Til Death, on the other hand, is still hanging on, and several internet sources indicate that Fox extended the episode order to the end of the season. Also, it’ s moving to the enviable post-American Idol time slot, which can’t hurt. Although now that I say that, I wonder what the numbers are on that… How many struggling shows have found an audience after nestling in the soft bosom of Ryan Seacrest? Anyway, we’ll see if ’Til Death makes it to a second season, but I have my doubts. I predicted that 30 Rock would get cancelled quickly because it couldn’t co-exist alongside Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which I assumed would be the better of two similar shows. They sure fooled me! Studio 60, which is pretty boring, is not living up to expectations, but 30 Rock seems to be thriving, and has turned into a pretty funny show since its shaky first episode. In my previous post, I named Lost the season premiere I was most looking forward to. I know the six-episode “mini-season” was pretty divisive with the fans, but I thought it was quite effective as a limited story arc. There was plenty of good stuff – characters hooking up, important backstory revealed, a major character killed… and a great performance by new cast member Elizabeth Mitchell, who quickly became my reigning TV crush. I’m looking forward to the show’s midseason return next week. Thirteen weeks is a long time to find out what happens next. Speaking of Lost’s thirteen week hiatus, did anyone watch the temporary replacement show, Daybreak? I intended to, but then I missed the first episode. And then I missed the second episode, and then it wasn’t long before it was cancelled. Sorry about that, Taye Diggs. I’ll watch your next show. Other thoughts: • Is 1 vs. 100 any good? I’ve yet to watch an entire episode. Based on my limited knowledge of the show, it would seem that “the mob” normally consists of 100 more-or-less normal people. If the show stays on the air for years to come, they'll have to cast thousands of people to be in the mob. This brings us one step closer to the day when every American citizen will be featured on some sort of game show, reality show, or hidden camera show at some point in their life. That day is coming, my friends. In fact, you may be on TV right NOW! • King of the Hill just returned for its eleventh and final season. Eleven seasons! Can you believe it? The show’s been in a pretty inglorious time slot for the last several years, but it’s maintained its quality throughout. Just compare it to all the terrible prime time cartoons that have come (and gone) in the last eleven years. Such as Stripperella -- or is that comparing apples and really trashy oranges? • This may be the first season that I haven’t heard of a new reality show that makes me want to run and hide in the oven. There’s no Chains of Love, or Temptation Island… unless I’ve missed one. I’m sure TV won’t fail to disappoint me, though. There must be a show in the works about couples who have to cheat on each other in order to earn enough money to pay for life-saving surgery, or something. • If you had told me three years ago that Flavor Flav would become the most important figure in the history of VH1, I would have said, “Huh. Okay.” But it’s still pretty weird. • February sweeps has started. That means the networks are pulling out all the stops to ensure higher-than-average ratings for their shows. I’m especially looking forward to the musical episode of Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator. It seems like I should have more thoughts, but I don’t. I guess I should watch more TV. What are YOU, the readers of this journal, watching these days? Comments on this post are closed. |
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| I suppose I could take comfort in seeing that people other than us Sci-Fi fans are having to put up with half-seasons. |
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| Oh, and I suppose South Park also has mid-season breaks. But Comedy Central's "seasons" have always been screwy. And don't get me started on Adult Swim's weird scattering of new episodes. But Sci-Fi's mid-season cliffhangers sure do take the cake. And since you asked, "1 vs. 100" is not bad, as far as trivia gameshows go. It is certainly no "Win Ben Stein's Money" (few are). It could use more of the filthy Bob Saget and less of the clean Bob Saget, but maybe that's just my taste. But it honestly catches my interest more than "Deal or No Deal," during which I do nothing but calculate statistics and yell at the people playing the game for passing up good money. I suppose I *could* be watching all the pretty girls with briefcases. |
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| Aunt Cloise? You don't have an Aunt Cloise, at least not that I'm aware of. And speaking of bad reality shows, have you seen I Love New York. That's not the city New York, but the loser on Flava Flav's show, & her over-the-top mother. It's very annoying! |
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| Mom, I know you not hating on I Love New York! If we were on the show, there'd be some serious @#!$&^%$#!@@!@@&$#$@! I Love New York is the bomb diggedy bomb dot com and you know it! I mean...did you see the episode where "12 Pack" drunkenly danced the robot for like two hours? What part of that doesn't scream quality television? Anyways...what about that reality show where people compete to be Danny and Sandy in Grease?! I caught the last 30 seconds of an episode and it seemed pretty ridiculous and terrible! It wasn't the one that I wanted! (I wish I could think of something more clever than that, but I just can't!) |
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| "You're the One That I Want" does seem pretty stupid. If you let America cast a major Broadway show, what's to prevent a William Hung type from getting voted in? I'm sure they're thinking synergy, though-- people will vote for their favorites, then pay big bucks for a ticket to the show. I can't watch I Love New York because I don't get cable, and believe me, I'm all broken up about it. Although it is impressive that it's a spinoff of a spinoff of a spinoff. (Surreal Life --> Strange Love --> Flavor of Love --> I Love New York) Also, I forgot to mention Heroes in my post. It's probably the most important drama in my appointment TV schedule. |
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