Well last night was the first full night of new TV. As you can tell from my TiVo lineup I watched mainly CBS shows with a little sprinkling of NBC for good measure. Here are my takes on the shows;
The Class- I really hate it when a great premise to a show ends up being written all wrong. I watched the show but don’t remember much. There were a few funny parts, but the writing is going to have to get MUCH better in order to keep it on the air. One thing that I’ve found from watching most shows on DVD…by the end of the first season it’s either on its way to being a keeper or it’s dying a slow, miserable death…I really hope ‘The Class’ makes it, I love Jason Ritter and he was robbed with the cancellation of ‘Joan of Arcadia’!
How I Met Your Mother- I really like this show, just for the simple fact of “WHO IS THE MOTHER!? AND HOW DID THEY MEET!?” I just really hope that the Marshall/Lily and the Ted/Robin relationships don’t turn into a Ross/Rachel thing. It was after the big ‘breakup’ episode of Friends that I stopped watching…..I mean how many times can a couple break up and get back together before it’s boring the hell out of everyone? (Obviously a lot, seeing as Friends was on forever after that episode…they did redeem themselves with the Chandler/Monica thing, though.)….And oh how Doogie has grown up, I love Neil Patrick Harris!
Prison Break- Ok, so it wasn’t the season premiere but still…let’s talk about this show for a minute, shall we? I really hate how this show keeps me nervous. Those boys are ALWAYS getting into trouble and NOTHING goes their way, just once I’d like to see them get lucky…just once! Ok, so they got ‘lucky’ and escaped..but still!! It makes me nervous to watch!!
CSI:Miami- Ok, the lines are cheesey, the databases that these folks have access to are AMAZING! And I have to remind myself that it’s all fictional, including the city of Miami….it’s a fictional Miami and in a perfect Miami they’d have databases for everything and could solve a crime in 10 minutes and shoot a billion people and travel to countries and shoot more people and then say something totally campy and ‘David Caruso’-ish…..yeah, that’s what I’ll tell myself……..
Studio 60- OMG! This is great! I really liked it, the performances were awesome! Each line was delievered quickly and in succesion and it didn’t feel the least bit forced or rehearsed…I’m quite impressed! The storyline is great, the acting is great, the premise is great…I was praying to myself last night “No credits! Not yet! PLEASE!!!!” But alas the credits rolled and I must wait a week for the next episode…….Matt Perry totally let go of his alter ego Chandler Bing and I’m proud of him! This is a great show!
Tonight is The Unit, Boston Legal and Smith….I doubt I’ll be dissappointed by any of those…especially Boston Legal, if you’re not watching Boston Legal, you need to…No other legal show has ever come close to Boston Legal, David E. Kelly is a genius, hats off to him!! William Shatner and James Spader are beautiful together! Seriously, if you haven’t seen this show, TiVo it at least..it’s a great show!
