television is horrible
i know, i know. "dead horse" and such. but, it’s too easy.
(this post contains no content regarding reality shows, that's just a waste of my time.)
6 minutes of stupid
an email from becky last night threw up a major "WTF?" flag for me. so, at her request, i checked out my kind of town on ABC. i only caught the last 4 minutes of this...uh...game show? a woman had to match the names of her neighbors with pictures on a giant board. complete with smarmy host and forced faux-suspense. anyway, she got them all right and everyone in the audience was really happy. also, there was apparently some sort of "appliance catapult" earlier in the show. i'm sorry i missed that.
i flipped immediately from town to xtreme fakeovers on PAX. the annoying host, seemingly non-existent point and grating "X-T-R-E-M-E...FAKE-OVERS!" theme song were enough. i turned the tv off.
new this fall
has anyone seen ads for kitchen confidential? this "funny" new show on FOX takes place in a restaurant kitchen. it looks so fantastic that i can hardly wait to get the "complete series" dvd and watch all 6 episodes after it gets cancelled in 2 months. (apologies to dan's actress friend's friend who was in the wedding crashers and also stars in this pile.)
CBS's the apprentice...oops, i mean, the cut is sure to...wait this is a reality show. never mind.
and i won't even get into FOX's the war at home. michael rappaport, say it ain't so.
you guys remember NBC?
aside from perennial cadeland faves scrubs and the office, the peacock offers only one show this fall that i can even think of getting excited about. my name is earl stars jason lee as a disheveled lotto winner/jerk. could be funny, but i'm being realistic and saying it won't be.
some shows i might be interested in
ABC is trying to get my attention with emily's reasons why not. this nearly impossible-to-say-outloud show stars heather graham. ms. graham tops my list of "actresses that i think are hot but can't act their way out of a traffic ticket." this means that i'll watch one or two episodes and then get bored. still, with alias' integrity nearly gone and desperate housewives' narrator continuing to possess the most intolerable voice i've ever heard, that's probably the only ABC i will watch.
network television's ugly stepchild, UPN, weighed in for a while with the shannen doherty vehicle, love, inc. then they fired her for unknown reasons and i forgot once again that UPN was even a channel.
then there's reunion (also on FOX.) admittedly, i dig the premise of this 24 NOT-knock-off. 6 friends. 20 years. each episode is one year in time. culminating with a murder at the end of the 20 years (aka: season.) intriguing? sure. but, if it's a hit, i just can't wait to see what cockamamie scheme the execs come up with to force a 2nd season.
there are, of course, many other things wrong with television (cable networks, law and order/CSI: des moines, etc.) but given my inherent lack of caring for most everything else outside of cartoon network's [adult swim], i'll stop here.
(this post contains no content regarding reality shows, that's just a waste of my time.)
6 minutes of stupid
an email from becky last night threw up a major "WTF?" flag for me. so, at her request, i checked out my kind of town on ABC. i only caught the last 4 minutes of this...uh...game show? a woman had to match the names of her neighbors with pictures on a giant board. complete with smarmy host and forced faux-suspense. anyway, she got them all right and everyone in the audience was really happy. also, there was apparently some sort of "appliance catapult" earlier in the show. i'm sorry i missed that.
i flipped immediately from town to xtreme fakeovers on PAX. the annoying host, seemingly non-existent point and grating "X-T-R-E-M-E...FAKE-OVERS!" theme song were enough. i turned the tv off.
new this fall
has anyone seen ads for kitchen confidential? this "funny" new show on FOX takes place in a restaurant kitchen. it looks so fantastic that i can hardly wait to get the "complete series" dvd and watch all 6 episodes after it gets cancelled in 2 months. (apologies to dan's actress friend's friend who was in the wedding crashers and also stars in this pile.)
CBS's the apprentice...oops, i mean, the cut is sure to...wait this is a reality show. never mind.
and i won't even get into FOX's the war at home. michael rappaport, say it ain't so.
you guys remember NBC?
aside from perennial cadeland faves scrubs and the office, the peacock offers only one show this fall that i can even think of getting excited about. my name is earl stars jason lee as a disheveled lotto winner/jerk. could be funny, but i'm being realistic and saying it won't be.
some shows i might be interested in
ABC is trying to get my attention with emily's reasons why not. this nearly impossible-to-say-outloud show stars heather graham. ms. graham tops my list of "actresses that i think are hot but can't act their way out of a traffic ticket." this means that i'll watch one or two episodes and then get bored. still, with alias' integrity nearly gone and desperate housewives' narrator continuing to possess the most intolerable voice i've ever heard, that's probably the only ABC i will watch.
network television's ugly stepchild, UPN, weighed in for a while with the shannen doherty vehicle, love, inc. then they fired her for unknown reasons and i forgot once again that UPN was even a channel.
then there's reunion (also on FOX.) admittedly, i dig the premise of this 24 NOT-knock-off. 6 friends. 20 years. each episode is one year in time. culminating with a murder at the end of the 20 years (aka: season.) intriguing? sure. but, if it's a hit, i just can't wait to see what cockamamie scheme the execs come up with to force a 2nd season.
there are, of course, many other things wrong with television (cable networks, law and order/CSI: des moines, etc.) but given my inherent lack of caring for most everything else outside of cartoon network's [adult swim], i'll stop here.
posted by cade at 8:09 AM
10 Comments:
Awesome. I just got 3 annoying pop-ups, just from opening your blog.
I didn't get any pop-ups, but CSI: Des Moines sounds rockin!
Also, did i mention the part of the show where the guy tried to win red leather pants with yellow flames down the side? ...
leanne- what pop ups? don't make me think my blog is haunted. it could be.
becky- no you didn't.
what about that part where random members of the town participated in a calendar where they looked naked but had various objects in front of their special places?...
Can't stand CSI: Anywhere, but Law & Order can do no wrong, IMHO. They could have "Law & Order: Case Law" where the show rehashes footage of reruns of the other 85 spinoffs and it would be compelling to me--assuming it wasn't in a CourtTV "True Stories" format. Don't ask me what the difference is...
Leanne, is your computer also running slower than normal? If you're getting pop-ups no one else is getting from a site like cade's, you need to run Spybot S&D and/or Ad-Aware SE on your computer. You've probably caught something. :( Both those programs are free and Googleable, and relatively straightforward to use. Good luck.
Cade, they were some of those "shoot the fly and a get a free ipod" pop-ups. I don't know, man.
Dones, thanks for the advice. I'm on my work computer, though, and they do a thorough check each evening, and the rest of the sites I browse are fine. Again, I don't know.
i shot that damn fly like 2 years ago and he still hasn't given me my i-pod!
all things considered, i'm pretty sure that my blog is pop-up free.
may want to shoot a note to IT and let them know that while you were doing company research on my blog, these ads kept poppin up.
Whoa! At work...no pop-ups. At home...pop-up! :( Maybe 'cause I'm using Firefox?? weird...
Eric,
I think this one might actually make me boycott TV.
If it wasn't for Chiefs football or KU basketball, I might just sever all cable ties...
http://et.tv.yahoo.com/tv/etsid048260012015/
admittedly, that is horrible. but considering danny LIVES at vh1 (i believe in the basement) it's not that surprising.
i can honestly say, though, that no reality show bothers me anymore. i guess i have just gotten to the point where i don't notice them. kinda like getting used to a constant electric shock.
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