WAVING

I could not find a good picture to save my life.

This morning I was getting ready for work and watching The Today Show. I'm not really a fan, but they're in Beijing and they had a segment where a French chef was cooking just about the nastiest shite I've ever seen. I'm serious, he had a whole pig that was carved and chicken with their feet still on. Nasty. Anyway, they were doing it with a crowd behind them. The few times I've watched the show I've noticed they do this, I guess it's tradition.

Well, it's freakin' annoying. I'm trying to watch this French man make this nasty stuff and all I can look at are these idiots waving behind them. What kills me about this is these people are looking in monitors so when the camera comes to them, they wave. I get it the first time, you want to see where you on in relationtion to the host. But after that, you just look like an idiot, waving frantically because if you're watching yourself in the monitor, you're essentially waving at yourself. Dumb.

I WAS IN MOURNING

I apologize for not posting for awhile, especially in regards to The Race and Survivor. I was in mourning and refused to do any work for a week. Okay, so that's not true, but go with me here. I'll be posting, hopefully today about the shows. I really need to get a man or something, I am way too invested in these shows.

THE TWO MEN IN MY LIFE

I'm sure you're all aware of my marriage to Jack Bauer. Unfortunately, it's a strained relationship. Jack is the love of my life, of course, but he spends way too much time away from me. Granted, it's usually just one day at a time, but those days are the longest I ever experience, they seem to last a whole 24 weeks. And then when he comes home the next day he's either shot or stabbed, usually both, beaten up, has heart problems, sometimes collapsed lungs, and most of the time at least one or two broken ribs. I try to talk to him about it but he is so secretive.

I have to admit to you guys that my eyes are wandering. First I had that fling with Bear Grylls, and now, I've moved on again, to Mick St. John. I know this relationship can never work either because, as I hope you all know, Mick is a vampire. He's not your typical vampire though, he's more human than most humans, the only difference is he drinks blood to survive, and he has super human strength, hearing, smell and sexiness. He's a wonderful friend, and usually saves the girl. Not that I need to be rescued, although I do seem to be attracted to the rescuers.

Jack is my true love, I know that, but a girl's gotta wonder what being with a vampire is like. So until that day comes that Jack finds his way back to me (January 13th at 8pm ET/PT) Mick is keeping me well distracted, especially on lonely Friday nights at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.

THE WRITER'S STRIKE

No, that's not the name of a new show. It's the name of the thing that might happen tonight, or very soon, that would cause you to not see any new shows.

The WGA (Writers Guild of America) is pissed that they don't get 8 cents on every DVD sold instead of 5, so they're thinking about going to strike. Their contract ended last night, and they're basically trying to get a bump in pay or they'll stop writing.



The things that will be affected immediately are late night shows, like Jay Leno, and soaps. Yes, Days. WTF? Other shows have banked scripts, if they're smart, and could probably get away with those, at least for a little bit, so you won't see immediate affects.



What I don't understand about strikes is, yeah, it's good in the long run, getting that extra 3 cents per DVD, but in the short run, how are people gonna feed their families. I guess it's the same thing when any union strikes, but in a business where the people who are on their game make MILLIONS, it's sorta silly to think they're arguing about 3 cents.



That's being said, I have friends that are writers, and they don't drive Lexus' (Lexi?) or Hummers, and if they can get an extra 3 cents every time someone buys an overpriced DVD (which will probably go out of business anyway, since you can now stream Netflix on your computer) then I'm all for it.

COINCIDENCE?

Did anybody else notice that on House and Ghost Whisperer this past week it was the same disease? I mean, you can never say that Greg House and Melinda are anything alike. House, played by the unconventionally sexy (and British) Hugh Lurie is kinda an a**hole. And Melinda certainly isn't.

But this week, the woman who House and his team were treating, and the ghosts Melinda were trying to help, were all infected by some rare and weird disease caused by fungus or something on rye bread.



Normally, when the same stories are recycled I don't notice, but this time, it was the same exact bizarre disease and the episodes were from the same week.





I didn't know if anyone else noticed it. I mean, who else besides me who's addicted to TV would watch shows that are so vastly different? Of course, there is the hotness on Ghost Whisperer.

Comic Con

This picture isn't from the Con, but as I was searching for pictures I found this and couldn't resist

Disclaimer: Below is my account of this past weekend in San Diego for Comic Con, the biggest comic book convention in the world (that statement not justified by fact). I will only be talking about the convention as if I was a fan, as opposed to someone working in the entertainment field. All of my opinions are my own and don't reflect that of any place I may work.

The lollipop is the best part about this picture

So, Comic Con San Diego. Wow, what can I say? I've been to this convention before, the past two years in fact, and each year I'm astounded by the amount of nerds and geeks in this world. And I'm not saying that to be mean, in fact, they embrace it. Like Outfest or some other gathering of like minded people where there tends to be no judgement. That's not to say I wasn't judging anyone, I mean, how can you not judge someone who's wearing a Stormtrooper outfit in public, around 150,000 other people.

I arrived there on Thursday night, driving down from Los Angeles. Only took us about 3 hours, which, I'm told is good for Comic Con weekend. Was staying at a beautiful hotel, but just for the night, then switching to another great hotel the next day, don't ask me why. Had a great Thursday night, ate at an Australian restaurant. I can honestly say that I had never had Australian food before. I can also honestly say that there was no "wow" about it. Not like when you eat Moroccan food or something exotic. I had fish and chips, which, don't get me wrong, was great, but I had that before. I think if I had been driving beer I would have enjoyed it more, not because of my state of mind, but because Australia surely knows how to brew some beer, or so I'm told. I didn't really see any silly costumed people until I went to a bar in the Gaslamp district and two cowboys showed up. I really don't know how they were sci-fi, but I guess maybe there was a cowboy comic book. Although, I found as the weekend wore on, I found that some costumes weren't about any comic book, they were about people getting the chance to wear the weird outfit they put together last year in their basement and only showed their online friends during a break in the gaming night.

This is creepy

The next day it was finally time to walk the floor of Comic Con. That got old in about 15 minutes. I'm not really into crowds, and I'm certainly not into smelly crowds, and that's exactly what is in there after packing 150,000 people into one room. My friends met me there and we went to the Stargate Atlantis panel which, if you're a fan of the show, was great. I kinda missed Chris Judge, who was on the panel right before, but not on the Sci Fi Chanel panel, since SG-1 got cancelled. Okay, I'm sorry, geeked out there for a moment.

After the panel, decided to walk around again, hoping that the ventilation system kicked in. It hadn't, so I went with a friend of mind to Dick's Back Yard BBQ or some funny name like that. Basically the place is known for having a rude wait staff. I mean, that's their job, to be rude to the customers. It's actually quite fun and funny. My friend ordered a beer and the waitress brought some plastic cups which she threw at him, one at a time. It was entertaining and the food was pretty good. My friend had some wings, I wish I had ordered that, but my salmon was good as well, and the fries, yummy!

We made it back in time for the Eureka panel, which was in a smaller room, but ended up being quite crowded. Most of the cast was there, besides the kid who plays Fargo, who is just hilarious on the show and is also the voice of S.A.R.A.H, the smart house. I'll tell you later what happened to him. Anyway, the panel was good and good Holy God, Ed Quinn, who plays Stark, is just about the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I mean, besides Jack Bauer, although I think he's about 15 inches taller then Jack Bauer. Seriously, this man is tall, probably 6'4'', with beautiful blue eyes. And he's nice and charming, and did I mention how HOT he is? The panel was entertaining and blah blah blah. I was invited to the Disney party, but I had to bail because it was past six already and I had to go home, relax and then wash the nerd off of me before a night of eating, drinking and parties.

Wait, here is a good time to mention mini-peds. When I said this term to my roommate, I think she thought I said mani-pedis, and although that would have been awesome, no, I'm talking about the rickshaw things. But we're not in China, so they're attached to bikes. I wouldn't feel right having someone carry my ass around in a real rickshaw. Anyway, I used these things to go everywhere. The traffic was insane, and getting around by bicycle was not only quicker, but it was good to feel the beautiful southern California wind in your hair. Oh, and did I mention all the drivers were hot? I mean, for the most part, I saw one who looked like a bloated Elvis. Although, if you wanted to get somewhere fast, he may be your best bet. A weird note here though, most of the male rickshaw drivers were Turkish. Yes, strange, I know, and I'm not really sure what that was about, but they could peddle their cute little asses off. I did get a girl once, just for the heck of it, and it took forever to get back to my hotel at 3am.

Anyway, went out and had some drinks with some friends on Friday night, probably shouldn't have had so many, and ended up at this Mexican restaurant that's open until 4am, but not before hitting up an industry party. And by industry party I mean nerd party. My friend and I tried to talk to a few people, but they were douches, until we met another group and they were much nicer. They were more fans then industry and I wondered how they got into the party. But I was glad they were there because we had a good time talking to them. They told me that Aaron Douglas, "Chief Tyrol" from BSG was there somewhere, with a shaved head. I tried to search for him, but couldn't find him. Plus I was talking to some cool peeps, didn't want to ruin it by star stalking. Left there and went back to Gaslamp where we met up with some more friends and continued to drink. Everybody was drunk and having a good time and this is when I realized... I could have stayed in LA and done the exact same thing. But regardless, I still had one more full day of nerdsville, although I was excited because I was going to see Heroes and Battlestar Galactica.

When I woke up on Saturday morning, I had missed the Pushing Daisies and Bionic Woman panels, but thought, frak it, I've seen both pilots and I had to sleep off the hang over anyway. I tried to pull myself together to make it to the Who Wants to Be a Superhero panel. When I got to the tiny room it was standing room only, which truly surprised me. But, Stan Lee was on the panel and anybody who likes comics, or Spiderman, or The Hulk, or The X-Men, would want to see the man who created these heroes. And I for one, love Spiderman and The X-Men. Jury's still out on The Hulk, although Ed Norton is playing him. More on Ed Norton later. During the Q&A of the panel, probably 5 people asked to either hug or take a picture with Stan, or sometimes both. The groans of the audience didn't stop them from asking time and time again. Finally the moderator put a stop to it, but Stan, being Stan, told the people to wait on the side of the room and after the panel was over he obliged all the picture/autograph seekers. He's a star, the best quality. I mean, check out that picture again. Hahaha.

Next me and some colleagues decided to tackle the Heroes panel. When we walked to the large room it was being held in, the line wrapped around the entire second floor. The Lost line was like this last year. I would have liked to go to that this year, but it was on Thursday(?!?!?!?) so I missed it. Anyway, there was no room during the Heroes panel, but luckily I could get in since I went in through one of the green rooms. I had to still stand, but it was worth it to see Milo walk out. And boy, did he look good. Wow. I only stayed for half of it, then made my way back for Battlestar Galactica which was awesome. Tricia Helfer is just about the most beautiful woman ever. And so damn nice. The panel was the ladies of BSG, unfortunately Grace Park who plays "Sharon" wasn't there but "Starbuck", "President Laura Roslin" joined "Number Six" with a surprise guest appearance from Xena: Warrior Princess herself Lucy Lawless who plays "DeAnna" It was a fun panel.

I did stay there again after BSG was over and saw the Futurama panel. I'm not really a fan of the show. That's not to say I don't like it, I just don't watch it. Man, it was funny. Katey Segal was there, Mrs. Peg Bundy herself, and the audience of about 5000 was treated to a reading of a comic with the actors playing their respective characters, and more. The people in this panel were very interesting. I hadn't actually sat in a fan section, so it was interesting to be with people who had spent money not only on the Con, but also flying their asses out for this. There were people from all over the world, which is actually kind of cool to think about.

So that was the end of my convention experience. I did go to a great industry party that night where a bunch of A-B list stars were. Of course I got to see and talk to Mr. Stan Lee again, but also saw Robert Downey, Jr., which was a little odd. I caught a side/back glimpse of Ed Norton and good Holy Lords of Kobol was his head big. I always found him extremely attractive, but wow, I was wrong. I mean, his face, okay, but the size of his head was actually disturbing. Could have been the cosmos I was having, but still. J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), Joss Whedon (Firefly, Serenity), the casts of Sci Fi Channel shows, BSG, Eureka, Stargate, Flash Gordon, were all there too, which was cool. Jenna Jamison and Sarah Silverman were also there, although I only saw Sarah. I know I'm forgetting some people, but all in all, this party was fun, and I didn't feel all nerdsvilled out. This is where I ran into the guy who plays Fargo on Eureka. Neil. This kid cracked me up. He missed his flight, and was routed through Denver (from Vancouver) to San Diego, and that's why he missed the panel. He was so sweet.

When I finally left on Sunday I realized that it had been a good trip. Yeah, I was tired from lack of sleep and over abundance of alcohol, but the experience is something that I look forward to every year. This time though, I'm going to book my hotel early.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO THINK I'M CRAZY

VS.

I know this may sound strange, but I have to admit it. And you may say, "tvgrrrl, you're crazy", to which I would say to kiss my butt, this is my blog and I'm going to tell you how I feel. Anyway, here I go, are you ready? I think Jericho is better then Lost. Okay, I said it.

I've told you guys about Jericho a few times, and I don't know if it's made a difference in your viewing, but so far this season of Lost, I'm not excited. Yeah, yeah, it was cool to see the plane crash from the side of the "Others" and Juliet's back story was pretty good, but I'm tired.

I'm tired of wanting more and not getting it. Oh, we found out what Jack's tattoos mean (one of them at least) and Desmond can see the future. Charlie's set to die, whoopee. That's great and all, but the Desmond thing, even after he explained it to Charlie, didn't make any sense. If he went back in time when he turned the key in the hatch, then how does he know about things that are going on, after the hatch? If he time traveled back, wouldn't it be from that point and before. How does he know about Charlie? Can he see the future too? He didn't express that to Charlie. So which one is it? Did he time travel or can he see the future or both. I mean, I know it's supposed to still be weird, and bizarre, and Lords of Kobol help me, but it's just not enough. I feel like a blasphemer. Forever Lost was my favorite show because with all the questions, I felt like there was an end, and that I would get satisfaction. Yeah, there'd be new questions, but that was the fun of it.

And then, this past week, the episode was advertised as "shocking" and that we had to watch it because everyone would be talking about it on Thursday morning. SIDE NOTE: Did anyone notice that the name of the episode was "Tricia Tanaka is Dead"? Isn't Tricia Tanaka the "Asian Reporter" from Family Guy? That's funny. So anyway, the whole episode I was waiting for the big reveal. You know, the one that I'd be talking about for days. Hurley rebuilt a car with Sawyer, Jin and Charlie. Charlie's still marked for death, and Cheech Marin plays Hurley's dad. Okay, so is one of them going to die? Is Charlie's time finally up? No.

Sawyer and Kate's return to camp was alright, but hello, why haven't they had a real conversation about what happened between them. They start to, but they use too much innuendo, and I got confused. Yes, me, who can decode anything, especially Sawyer speak. I think Kate gave Sawyer an out, but then it seemed Sawyer said he didn't want an out, but maybe that meant he did. Dear Lord, I have no idea. And where the hell are Michael and Walt? And what's up with Desmond's girl, Penny, who discovered the electromagnetic blip, AT THE END OF LAST SEASON?????

And then, Kate goes back into the jungle to find a way to go back and get Jack. Sayid and Locke follow her to help her out and we realize she's looking for Rousseau. She finds her and tells her that she needs to help her because she thinks the girl, Alex, who helped them escape is her daughter. That's the big reveal? Are you serious?!?! That's what we'd be talking about the next day? I figured that crap out last season when Claire was kidnapped. I am so irritated with them because of that. So ridiculous. Now, this coming week's episode looks like it might be good, but that's what it seemed like last week. When the show works, it works, very well. But when it doesn't work, it blows.

You know what is working? Jericho. I've always liked this show. The first show wasn't perfect, but I stuck with it because seriously, have you seen Skeet Ulrich? Anyway, it's just been getting better and better. This weekend I watched the latest episode, the second of the second half of the season (you still with me?) and it was so good!

I've always talked about how much I like the idea of what would people do if there was a Apocalypse type event. Well, this show delivers on so many levels. First, two weeks ago, we saw what happened the 48 hours before the bombs were dropped, which was perfect. Hawkins was driving one of the trucks that had a bomb in it (!!!), but didn't deliver the "package" because he saved his family instead. His girlfriend disappeared and he was threatened about something by the people who took her and they threatened to kill her and he left regardless. Jake was living in Mexico or something with a friend of his that he was in Iraq with, he can fly a plane, and those Ravenwood people who were after them before hiatus, Jake has a history with them. And not some weak history, they were after HIM!

And then in the one I just watched, Hawkin's girlfriend's back and she has plans,. Roger, Emily's fiance's back too, and he saw some crazy things while he wondered for two months. And Heather figures out that she can fix the power problem by building windmills. She goes off with a friend from another town they ran into at a trading post. I'm not sure if this is a good thing, and Jake might have to go rescue her, but that's what I'm talking about. Also, at the trading post we learned that news is coming in, there are six people claiming their the President, so there's probably going to be some type of war. Also, the packages dropped on Jericho from China weren't the only packages dropped, and they were dropped from all over the world. Jake asked the question, if the world is helping, then who exactly is behind this? Hawkins knows.

Seriously. This show is so good! We get real questions, with real answers, we're finding out bits and pieces and it's satisfying. Now, I'm not saying Lost won't redeem itself, I mean, Sawyer may take his shirt off and I may change my mind, but I'm not sure. Stay tuned.

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

You may ask. Or you don't ask, and in that case, screw you! Since I decided for a few weeks there to actually work, I haven't been able to update my page in a long time. And there are so many good shows on. 24 is of course spectacular, LOST finally started back up again. Can't say I'm too thrilled with it lately, but it's gaining my trust again, and the last three episodes of Grey's have been the best in a long long time, which is saying a lot because all of the shows are always good.

This is about 7 seconds after my heart broke

I think my need to take a break from this is because of Curtis. If you haven't watched the first few episodes of the 6th season fo 24 then you should stop reading now and skip to the next paragraph. Of course, if you're like me you're going to want to read this next sentence, because when someone tells you not to look, you just can't help it. But hopefully I buried this sentence enough that it won't make a difference if you don't have any self control and want to know what I'm going to say. Anyway, when Jack killed Curtis, I just shut down inside. I tried to write the recap for that and just didn't feel it. Ever since then I've been avoiding writing about it. In fact, I avoided watching the show for a few weeks. I know, what's wrong with me? Jack is my soulmate, how could I not spend every moment I have with him? Right. Then, this past weekend, I sat down and committed to four hours of Jack Bauer. I can't think of any better way of spending my Saturday afternoon.

Yeah, what was I saying?

Although, I spent my Sunday afternoon with Sam and Dean Winchester. I've started watching Supernatural. I watched the first few episodes last year when it premiered but because me and the programmers of the broadcast networks don't get along, they scheduled it at 8pm on Thursdays. Or 9pm, something like that. Anyway, it was up against two other things and because I have a roommate, I couldn't make her miss CSI or whatever it was, just for this show. So a few weeks ago I bought the Season 1 DVD and with left over Christmas iTunes gift certificates, got the Season Pass for Season 2. I always knew I liked this show, I mean really, what straight, red blooded woman wouldn't like to watch these two? I mean, come on, seriously. Who do I need to talk to to get these guys to jump in a pool or something? Now that would be hot. And HELLO, Denny from Grey's plays their Daddy. Hot Daddy for sure. I'm a few episodes away from the Season 1 finale, and can't wait. I still have about 15 or so more episodes to go to catch up, I think, and look forward to spending more time with my boys. Especially Dean. Oh Jensen, I remember you when you were Eric Brady on Days and was in love with that ho Nicole, until she married Lucas so he'd get custody of Will. Damn you Nicole!

I rest my case

Men in Trees keeps getting better and better, with great songs, great acting, and Marin's best friend Jane steals every scene she's in. And she totally loves Plow Guy, they need to be together. And Marin finally read Jack the riot act after he didn't tell her he and Lynn were engaged. And what's up with Jack and Lynn? I don't get it, she is so not right for him and he's only with her because she's pregnant. With another man's kid too. What the hell? And that new guy that's now living with Jack (hahaha, I accidently wrote Jack here, but thought I'd keep it in since it's funny as hell. hahahah. I meant Marin). Holy Hotstuff Batman!

Teamwork

The Amazing Race: All Stars started, and I love Rob and Amber. I know it's a crazy thing to say, because most people hate them, but I love them for some reason. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the fact that I think Rob is just about the cutest thing with the cutest accent ever, but I just like their story. And freakin' Mirna and Schmirna. Hahah. Last week when the little one had the big one on her shoulders? Priceless.

Will somebody get the fat guy out of the way please?

Survivor's back and with a much more diverse cast. The sad thing to think about though is all these people are the rejects from the racial one last season. I mean good for them and all, but still. There are some good characters, like Rocky and Yao Man (not sure if that's how you spell it, I'm too lazy to go to cbs.com). Hopefully it'll be a good season.

Meow

America's Next Top Model starts today (Wednesday, Feb. 28th) and I think my Tivo may be rejecting it. I love this show though, I think my roommie and I may need to give up taping The Bad Girl's Club. Have you been watching this? Good Lord, if you think The Real World is crazy, then this is just nuts. Basically they get 7 crazy bitches who have drinking and sexaholic problems and put them in a house together. Two girls have already been kicked out for fighting. They were beating some of the other girls in house.

Can I not talk about American Idol? Ok.

Seriously? No, seriously?

And finally, Jericho is back. If you guys aren't watching this, you really need to. The first episode back, although not very highly publicized, was so good. It followed our group for the 48 hours before the bombings and you found out a lot. You know, like how Hawkins was supposed to drive one of the nuclear bombs to a city and blow it up, but chose to save his estranged family instead and now the people who wanted him to blow up the city are after him. Oh yeah, that. That show continues to amaze me. Truly.

Well, hopefully I'll get the will to live again after the 24 fiasco and write up a few recaps. Thanks for being patient (Mom).

THIN IS "IN"SANE

A quick word on this documentary I watched last weekend called Thin. I think it was nominated for an Oscar last year. It was truly disturbing about anorexic women in a group home. I don't want to speak ill of the sick, no pun intended, but these girls are crazy. The way they see themselves is so warped and frakked up I can't even begin to describe it.

By the end of it I was nearly sick to my stomach thinking about how screwed up these chicks are. The four or five they followed never changed their mind during their 3-6 month stay in the facility. I don't know what kind of half assed place this is, or if that's just how anorexics are, never "getting it", but it was ridiculous. They had updates on the girls and all of them were still binging and purging and never really recovered. It's like being an alcoholic, going to AA and then getting drunk every once in awhile. I just don't get it.

I mean good luck and all to these women, because they obviously have a disease, but if this place they went to is supposed to be the best place in the country, that's scary, they didn't help anyone.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

I just realized, it was one year ago last Friday, that I set out on the journey to recap some of my favorite shows, and to make myself laugh, and a few of you too. I've learned a lot on my journey, that it's damn hard to find screen caps for Desperate Housewives, and writing one blog entry takes way more time then it does for me to just repeat it to Minerva, my coworker and friend, who, along with Michele, encouraged me to start this thing.

I was hoping for traffic like Perez Hilton, but I'm fine with the few of you who read and enjoy. The less people, the less chance of nasty emails telling me how stupid my love of Grey's Anatomy is. Don't worry, I'm not talking to you mom.

I've also learned that I watch way too much television. Wait, I take that back, it's not too much. A lot, definitely, but not too much. I love TV, just like I love movies (I have a DVD collection that's coming up on 200) and it makes me happy to watch it. It makes me happy to write about it, and it makes me happy that you (few as you may be) read it. I appreciate it, I really do. Here's to another year, at least, of Jack Bauer, Sawyer, Michael Scofield, Meredith Grey, and whoever else I feel like talking about. Thanks.

MOMMA MADONNA

Last night after I stopped crying after I watched my Tivo'd Lost, I happened to turn on Dateline. It was an interview with Madonna so I thought, "why not". I was curious about this whole adoption thing, and wondered if she was going to use her cool fake accent.

For years now I've been off the Madonna train. I haven't liked any of her recent music and she just bothers me. After I got over how light and bad Meredith Vieira's hair looked, I decided that I'm back on the train.

People need to leave Madonna alone. She's trying to do something good, adopting this kid who wouldn't have had a chance if it wasn't for her. She seemed really sincere and people need to back off of her. Let her raise her pretty kids all uppity and maybe one day they'll build a house or something.

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'

Last night, as I struggled to fall asleep, I kept thinking about random things, one being this blog. I was thinking about how I get backed up on recaps and it totally sucks. Then I thought, hey, this is my blog, I can do what I want to do. So, from now on, I do it my way. Okay, so I was doing it my way before, but now it's going to be a little different.

Sorta like the "Quickies" thing I have set up, I'm going to be writing a review for some episodes, instead of a full recap. Of course I'll talk about things that happened in the show, but for some shows, like Lost, it gets hard to recap because it's so detailed. Plus, I'd rather give my opinion on things anyway. Obviously.

ROCK STAR: SUPERNOVA

Trying a little too hard

So, I hate rock music. At least that's what I thought before I started watching this show. Hate is a harsh word, I didn't hate it. And it was more heavy metal then rock. Come to think of it, I still hate heavy metal, but I've realized the past few weeks my roommate's watched the show that there are a lot of good rock songs out there. At first I just watched it because it's the summertime and nothing's on it. Now, I'm completely invested.

Yeah, it gets on my nerves that everybody tries to be so "rock and roll" and most of them really aren't. And I tried to not like Tommy Lee, but after his reality show last summer or whenever that was, I realized that he just seems like a nice guy. A nice guy with Hepatitis C, but a nice guy nonetheless. He's way too skinny for my taste, and my taste normally runs pretty skinny, but something about him back there playing the drums is ultra sexy.

I didn't watch Rockstar: INXS, and I'm not upset by it. None of that band interested me, but all three members of this one do. I really don't know who the other guys are, I think one is from Metallica, not sure where the other one is from, but the three of them, with a really good frontperson, will totally kick some ass. Plus, most of the songs they sing I recognize. I've even gone to iTunes the next day buy a song I heard. Not from who sang it, but the song regardless.

She's just awful

The contestants on the show are pretty annoying. Especially this one bitch named Zayara. You'd think that would say "Zahara", but they pronounce it, "Zyeeda". Where the hell is the "d"? Anyway, she's some crazy Latin chick whose singing reminds me of that part in Nightmare on Elm Street when Freddy pulls his razor fingers across the chalkboard. Although the Freddy thing was a bit more tolerable. But for some reason, the bitch is staying alive in the competition. I think it may be because young boys think she looks cute in the outfits she wears. Or maybe it's one of those "vote the worst" things that happen with Idol. I don't know, but she needs to be taken out back and shot. She keeps landing in the bottom three, and they keep pushing her through.

A truly good performer doesn't even need to look at the audience

There's also this skunk headed guy who thinks his shite don't stink, and last performance show spent the whole time singing with his back to the audience. He says he forgot the lyrics, which to me would automatically put you in the bottom three, but somehow it didn't. Brooke Burke is the host and she claims a record number of people from all over the world voted in the previous night's vote. So I'm thinking it was probably two, three hundred people at the most. And they're all from Latin America somewhere. I'm still trying to think of how logistically that works out that people from around the world can vote, seeing that Australia is a full day ahead of us. They could vote on the show, but then the results show couldn't be the very next day, at the same time the other show was airing for... Christ, I don't know, it just doesn't make any sense. Plus, I don't really believe dear Brooke, she doesn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed.

The one person that stands out to me is Dilana. She's from South Africa where, according to Brooke, they can vote for her if they want to. Um, ok Brooke. She has a great voice, kinda raspy, perfect for a rock band, and she has great stage presence. If she makes it, I might convince her to take out those chin piercings, but besides that, I hope she wins.

I'm not saying that people should flock to this show, but it is fairly entertaining.

I'M A BOOB

So I know it's been forever since I wrote a blog about shows, but after the mullets got eliminated from Treasure Hunters, I just don't feel inspired to write anything. My world stopped, and I have no reason to live. Okay, okay, that's not true. The truth of it is that I've got to manage my time better. Also, I'm not too happy with the shows on now. I mean some of them are good, especially Stargate and Stargate Atlantis on Sci Fi that just premiered this past Friday. Oh, and Psych on USA. So I guess there are a few shows out there worth talking about. And the baby embryo switch on Days is just great. And Chad and Whitney doing it on Passions. I bet you're thoroughly grossed out right now. More on why doing it with your brother is okay as soon as I get around to writing that, hopefully in the next day or two.

I'M A TURD

I know, I know. There are so many shows that I'm trying to finish doing the recaps for. So many of you probably don't care anymore, especially the reality shows. The hippies won The Amazing Race and Aras won on Survivor. Ray and Yolanda showed that black people don't like snow. I could have told you that. After 22 years in Baltimore I high tailed it outta there for the sunny no snow California. Yeah yeah, I know it snows in California, but only in the mountains. And I don't drive up there unless I'm promised 'smores and and/or good snow tubing conditions. I drive a Saturn for God's sake. Anyway, I was mildy happy the hippies won. I was just glad MoJo didn't. My what a difference thirteen weeks can make.

On Survivor I was really hoping Terry would pull it out. Ah, I mean pull it off. No, that's not good either. Win. I was hoping Terry would win. Unfortunately, weird boobie girl Danielle won the final immunity challenge and chose Aras to go with her to the final two. The messed up part about it was she was the worst player ever, and she gets a check for at least $100,000 for coming in second. I couldn't stand her. I'm glad Aras won though, he's hot.

As for Grey's, 24, LOST and Prison Break, I'm really going to work on them this week. I'm also going to tell you all about the shows that'll be coming up in the next week or two that I think you should check out, including The Amazing Race meets Da Vinci Code show on NBC Treasure Hunters! Also, I've been watching some pilots recently for shows coming out this fall and I'll tell you which ones I think are worth your time and which ones I can't wait to see. Until then, I leave you with this...

I know this picture isn't from an episode, but truly, do you care? I surely don't.

SCOTT FOLEY IS THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN

Okay, so that statement's not true, but damn if I wish it was. I talk about Sawyer, and Jack Bauer, and Michael Scofield all of the time, I know. But there are a few unsung heroes that I want to take a minute to recognize for their hotness.

I don't recap The Unit, but I really enjoy this show. I have no idea if it's how Special Forces really are, and I don't care. President Palmer from 24 is on it, so I have a little hatred towards it for taking our dear President away from us. On the other hand, I get to watch Scott Foley run around and shoot guns and get dirty. The show is good, and it keeps the viewer in the dark during some of the missions as well, which makes it fun. If you haven't checked it out, for nothing else but the beautiful green eyes of Scott Foley, I'd recommend it.

Another hottie I don't get to talk about here is Enrique Murciano from Without A Trace. Nevermind the great show, with the rest of the great cast, Enrique is sizzlin'. Yes, I just said sizzlin'. He needs his own show, although Trace is just about as good as it gets for procedural dramas. Not a lot of character development, but exciting enough for me to take up DVR space.

I know I've talked about How I Met Your Mother before, but I don't think I've ever talked about how damn cute Marshall is. Yeah, he's nerdy, but in a cute 'I don't care that you're a nerd because you're hot' sorta way. And he's funny, which is hot. Everyone in the cast is funny, and mostly hot.

Even though I don't recap Battlestar Galactica, that show has got some yummy eye candy, especially Apollo. Holy hotness Batman, if I was ever running from robot machine thingies that wanted to kill the entire human race, he's the guy I'd want to be running with. The show's on hiatus until the summer, but catch it on reruns and see what I mean. Maybe while you're ogling Apollo you'll get into the amazing storytelling and production value of the show.

Don't worry, I didn't forget Shemar Moore. I mean, who would forget him? He's the hotness on Criminal Minds. Talk about a great procedural drama, this is also one of the best. Yeah, Mandy "Inigo Montoya" Patinkin can sing, but damn if Shemar Moore doesn't help me tune in every week. On his past shows and the soap he was on he was shirtless a lot. That's my one complaint about this show, I think he was shirtless once. What the hell is that about? If you're gonna try and attract the female viewers, Shemar has to be half naked at least every other episode, if not every one.

One more guy I have to mention is also on a CBS show. I'm obsessed with men on CBS. It's the guy who plays Jennifer Love Hewitt's husband on Ghost Whisperer, Jim. My roommate actually has a major crush on him and I don't blame her, he loves his wife and is completely devoted to her wacky ghost thing. We love that in a man.

I apologize to some of the men who may be reading this, and to cater to you, let me tell you who I think are the hottest women on TV.

Everyone knows my girl crush is Katherine Heigl from Grey's, but you know who trumps her? Jennifer Garner. This woman is gorgeous, and she has a great show, Alias, which comes back for the series wrap up this Wednesday, April 19th!!! Strong, beautiful and was once married to Scott Foley, smart lady.

I know this goes against everything I've ever told myself, and my friends, but I sorta like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ghost Whisperer is a great show and she is excellent in it. She has one of the best cries ever. As soon as her face starts contorting into it I start balling like a baby. What the hell's wrong with me?

Awhile ago I was recapping ER and for some reason I got lazy. I think it's because it's starting to bore me. Yes, I know, how could a show I've watched every single episode of for 12 years bore me? Well, it's because I've watched every single episode for the past 12 years. I still think it's one of the best, but I'm sorta tired of it none the less. When good stuff starts happening I'll be sure to let you guys all know. Oh, the reason I bring up ER, Parminder Nagra. She's absolutely gorgeous and you gotta love that British accent. I'm torn with her character on the show because as much as I like Gallant, and you know I do, I kinda want her and Ray together too. Yikes!

That's all I have to say about that.

YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT

I was just reading some quotes from shows and realized, I don't have to enjoy these all by myself, let me spread the love. Here are some quotes from some of my favorite shows. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Meredith Grey: Okay, here it is, your choice... it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me.

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Dr. Alex Karev: Here's the thing - I like your rack.

Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: God, what is wrong with you? Why do you have to be so - what is wrong with you?

Dr. Alex Karev: I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want *you*. [Izzie slaps him]

Dr. Alex Karev: Ow! What was that for? [she kisses him]

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Dr. George O'Malley: You know Joe?

Dr. Miranda Bailey: Oh, yeah. I was the only female intern my year. I didn't know anybody and nobody knew me except Joe. He knew me.

Dr. George O'Malley: Oh. So you and Joe...?

Dr. Miranda Bailey: All you people ever think about is how to get into somebody's pants. You're nasty. [slaps George]

Dr. Miranda Bailey: That's why you got syphilis.

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Dr. Preston Burke: So, I have a question to ask. I checked the schedule and I noticed that both you and I are off tonight. I made reservations. I have a favorite restaurant.

Dr. Cristina Yang: None of those were questions.

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Dr. Alex Karev: What are you doing?

Dr. George O'Malley: Hiding. There's this VIP patient. He likes me.

Dr. Alex Karev: Well, that's good, right?

Dr. George O'Malley: He *likes me*, likes me.

Dr. Alex Karev: Go for it, man. Get yours, I'm down with the rainbow. [George gives him a strange look]

Dr. Alex Karev: Oh, are you not gay?

Dr. George O'Malley: No.

Dr. Alex Karev: Really? Dude, sorry.

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Dr. Meredith Grey: [about her new roommates] They're everywhere. All the time. Izzie's all perky and George does this where he's helpful and considerate. They share food, and they say things, and they move things, and they breathe. Ugh, they're, like, happy

Dr. Cristina Yang: Kick them out.

Dr. Meredith Grey: I can't kick them out, they just moved in. I asked them to move in.

Dr. Cristina Yang: So what, you're just going to repress everything in some deep, dark, twisted place until one day you snap and you kill them?

LOST

Michael: You're wasting your time, man. If you pick the lock on a Halliburton, I'll put you on my back and fly us to L.A.

Sawyer: You better find yourself a runway, daddy, 'cause there ain't a lock I can't pick.

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Locke: Hey, hey, don't you walk away from me. You don't know who you're dealing with! Don't ever tell me what I can't do, ever! This is destiny. This is destiny. This is... This is my destiny. This... I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can't do!

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Danielle Rousseau: You've only got three choices: run, hide... or die.

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Locke: [to Sayid] Okay, I'll tell you something you *don't* know.

Sayid: Please do.

Locke: The first week after the crash, there was a cave-in. Jack was trapped. Do you remember that?

Sayid: Of course.

Locke: You, Kate and Sawyer went out into the jungle to triangulate a signal.

Sayid: [suddenly worried] Yes.

Locke: You were hit from behind, knocked unconscious. When you woke up, the transceiver, your equipment was destroyed. [long pause as both men look at each other and Sayid realizes what Locke is telling him]

Locke: That was me.

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Sawyer: Who are they?

Michael: Don't worry, they're cool. They believe that we were on the flight too.

Sawyer: Well, now... we can sue Oceanic together, can't we!

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Kate: Somebody's in there.

Jack: Sawyer.

Sawyer: Right behind ya, jackass.

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Hurley: [goading Jin into finding out if he can speak English] Your wife's hot!

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Kate: Where did that come from?

Sawyer: Probably bear village - how the hell do I know?

Kate: Not the bear, the gun.

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Rose: My husband's not dead.

Jack: Everyone in the tail end of the plane is gone. They all died.

Rose: They're probably thinking the same thing about us.

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Jack: Sawyer, you know how to use a gun?

Sawyer: There's a polar bear that thinks so.

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Ana-Lucia Cortez: You do what I tell you. When I say, "move" you move. When I say "stop" you stop. When I say "jump", what do you say?

Sawyer: You first.

How I Met Your Mother

Lily: Friends don't let friends drink and dial.

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Ted: So, you're a reporter?

Robin: Sorta, I do those fluff stories at the end of the show, like... Monkey can play a violin. I'm hoping for some bigger stories.

Ted: Bigger... like, a Gorilla with an upright bass? Sorry, you're very pretty.

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Barney: Ted, your problem is all you do is think, think, think. I'm teaching you how to do, do, do.
Marshall: Doo-doo! [laughs]

Barney: [chuckles] Totally.

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Lily: Hey, nice shirt, Ted. Is it yesterday already?

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Ted: You're not... Moby, are you?

Not Moby: Who?

Ted: The recording artist, Moby.

Not Moby: Oh, no.

Ted: Then why, when we said "Hey, Moby" did you come over here?

Not Moby: Oh, I thought you said Tony.

Ted: So your name's Tony?

Not Moby: No.

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Lily: [Lily sees Barney hitting on Claudia] Oh, hell. No! [grabs Barney by the ear and yanks him away from Claudia]

Lily: Claudia is getting married tomorrow and so help me God if I catch you even so much as breathing the same air as her I will take those peanuts you're trying to pass off as testicles and I will squeeze them so hard until your eyes pop out and then I'll feed them to you like grapes.
Barney: [confused] Wait... my eyes? Or my testicles?

Lily: [pause, thinks about it] One of each!

My Name Is Earl

Randy: [to man trying to walk between him and Earl] You can't come between us . . . we're Chinese twins.

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Joy: Is his sister gettin' married? 'Cause if she is and she didn't ask me to be a bridesmaid, I'm goin' down to the strip club and slap her off that pole!

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Randy: So Catalina, what are you doing for your mother for mother's day?

Catalina: My mother is dead.

Randy: Oh I'm sorry.

Catalina: Eh, its okay. It was either her or me...

24

Jack Bauer: I'm federal agent Jack Bauer, and today is the longest day of my life.

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Jack Bauer: The only reason that you're conscious right now is because I don't want to carry you.

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Lynn McGill: We met at that memory management lecture?

Chloe: If you say so.

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Bill Buchanan: We're in an active code, Chloe. We don't have time for your personality disorder.

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Jack Bauer: I have killed two people since midnight. I haven't slept in over 24 hours. So maybe you should be a little more afraid of me than you are now.

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Tony Almeida: I should be there with you.

Michelle Dessler: [softly] You are...

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Chapelle: I'd like nothing more than to hang you as a traitor and watch you jerk until you die.

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[after Teri and Kim are discovered using Eli's phone] Eli: Who did you call? Who is this?

Jack Bauer: [On the phone] I'm the last thing you will ever see if anything happens to my wife or my daughter.

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Chloe: OK, when the alert level goes down, and the terrorists have been caught, we can have some chamomile tea and I'll tell you all my secrets.

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Jack Bauer: [Jack has shot and wounded Nina] You don't have any more useful information, do you?

Nina Myers: [weakly] I do...

Jack Bauer: [notices Nina is inching for her gun] No, you don't.

[fires and kills Nina]

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Chase: Let me be upfront with you, Jack. I look up to you, and I'd even take a bullet for you. Instead, I'm holding a mirror right in front of your face. I know what they did to you when you were undercover with the Salazars. If something goes wrong, I'm always there when you need me.

Jack Bauer: Mind your own business Chase.

Chase: Today is NOT the day to prove that everything is okay and this will be a rough day. Get your head straight man, and do what you got to do.

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Jack Bauer: It's Victor Drazen.

DeSalvo: Who's he?

Jack Bauer: A man I killed two years ago.

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Tony Almeida: You mind telling me what's going on around here tonight?

Jack Bauer: What's going on? You mean besides a 747 falling out of the sky and a threat on a presidential candidate's life?

Tony Almeida: Yeah, besides that.

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Jack Bauer: You probably don't think that I can force this towel down your throat. But trust me, I can. All the way. Except I'd hold onto this one little bit at the end. When your stomach starts to digest it, I pull it out. Taking your stomach lining with it. For most people it would take about a week to die. It's very painful.

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President Palmer: What are you trying to do? Start a war with the Middle East?

Roger Stanton: No.

President Palmer: Then what?

Roger Stanton: Your defense policy is too passive. You need more resources...

President Palmer: You're trying to hijack my presidency.

Roger Stanton: No, no, no. But, I'd like to give it some balls.

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Nina Myers: He is gonna put a bullet in my head before I can say hello, and then he'll turn the gun on himself.

Jack Bauer: We'll make sure he doesn't turn the gun on himself.

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Michael Amador: You betrayed me, Jack, you were CTU all along.

Jack Bauer: That's right, Amador. You betrayed me, too, I'm just better at it than you.

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Jack Bauer: [to Saunders about putting his daughter in the hotel where the virus had been released] When your daughter is infected, I'm going to make you watch her die.

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Jack Bauer: I used to be in the military. Used to do field work for the CIA. I've been to some horrible places. I've seen some pretty terrible things. I don't think I've ever been this scared in my whole life.

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Ramon Salazar: What did you learn from Edmunds?

Hector Salazar: He can take a bullet through the hand without saying anything useful.

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[Dina has just learned that Behrooz has been taken hostage by Navi] Dina Araz: If you cannot save my son, then I am happy to see the reactors melt down.

Jack Bauer: [to Erin Driscoll, while on phone] Did you get that?

I WATCH TOO MUCH TV

There's absolutely no reason for the picture, it's just hot

I've decided, my life revolves around television. I mean really, this isn't something new, but I eat, sleep and breathe television, for various reasons, as you five that read this know. Anyway, I just wanted to give you guys the heads up. Look, I'm only one person. I've counted and I think I have about 18 hours of television a week to watch, and that's without the 10 hours of soaps I jam into an hour on weekends.

With all of that I'm really trying to keep everyone up on all the good shows. After ten hours of work a day, I'm trying my best to get everything out there as fast as possible, but it's hard. I'm gonna try to not let a show lap itself, and I should have a bit of time tomorrow to work since I'll be taking tomorrow off. Do you see how much I love you five people? I'm taking the day off. Okay, so it's not to blog, but that's what I'm going to be doing. Hopefully I'll be able to rattle off a few shows.

With that said, a few program notes...

Again, no reason

If you missed the fall season finale of Prison Break, it comes on tonight and then a special marathon next Sunday night, followed by a clips review show.

Oh, and I've decided not to recap Real World. I started to, even spent an hour or so explaining the new cast, and going through them meeting each other. In the middle of it I realized... this sh** is boring. Really, there's some anorexic girl who's the only drama on the show. Other than that it blows. If something completely interesting and dramatic happens I may bring it up, but I just don't have enough time to recap such a dumbass show.

I also watched Miracle Workers last week and wasn't impressed. The production is cheap and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition it ain't. My Mondays at 10 are better spent with Medium.

Still no reason

If you didn't catch The Unit on CBS last Tuesday, check it out. Great drama and our loving President Palmer stars alongside hottie Scott "I used to be the luckiest man in the world because I was married to Jennifer Garner" Foley.

Coming up in a week or two is a show called Heist on NBC. I've only seen bits and pieces of it but it may be sorta good. Looks like The Italian Job mixed with 24. Definitely worth checking out or waiting until I do so I can let you know how it was.

Nope, not yet

And please, please, PLEASE start watching inJustice on ABC. I know it's another hour of show to watch, and Kyle MacLachlin can be annoying, but trust me, this a good show that's going down the tubes because it was stuck on Friday nights, a usual graveyard for shows.

Another good show I don't recap but watch religiously is Ghost Whisperer. I know, it's corny, and I wasn't into Sarah Michelle Gellar, Melissa Joan Hart or whatever her name is, but she's really good. And unlike Medium (which I love) her husband believes her with no doubt, which is damn fine.

Also something to check out if you haven't already is How I Met Your Mother, some of the funniest comedy writing I've enjoyed in the long long time.

The Sopranos and Big Love also premiered on HBO but quite frankly, I can't. I just can't. They'll repeat everything during the summer so I'm just going to wait.