Where's My Remote Con-trooool?
Remember that Age of Electric song? Damn, they sure don't make the hits like they used to. What? That was totally a hit! It was on a Big Shiny Tunes CD and everything. If that doesn't equal an auto-hit then I don't know what does. Don't worry, I'm not here today to talk about the top 15 reasons why Age of Electric should be in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Actually I just wanted a post title that had something to do with television because I'm gonna give you my quick reviews of a number of shows this TV season. Then that line popped into my head and I couldn't think of who the band was that played it. A quick Google search later and I had my answer, and now that I've talked about it for so long I'm thinking of just changing this post to some random mutterings and other such junk and see if anyone makes it to the end. You know how much harder it is to ramble on about nothing when you're activly thinking about doing it? Not that hard actually, but I think I'm done anyway. So onto Mike's Two Thumb Endorsed TV Guide:

Sunday:

The Amazing Race 10: If you liked it before you'll like it now. It's pretty much that simple, nothing has changed other then the teams and the destinations. And the teams are so generic and stereotypical that they might as well have gone with ones from seasons past. Okay get out your reality show checklist and lets run through them real quick. Father/Daughter team? check. Openly gay couple? check. "Hot" chicks? Double check, we've got the beauty queens AND cheerleaders this time around. The couple using this show as a test of their relationship a.k.a. Team Verbal Assult? microphone check. Recovering drug addict male models? Checkmate, they're my favorite because when either of them is being intervied the other one is making Zoolander faces.

Studio 60 (On the Sunset Strip): I think this one is my favorite new show this season, and that's saying a lot because there are a ton of great new shows. It's got the style of the West Wing set in the behind the scenes environment of a TV show. It's a TV show about a TV show, and I love TV shows! It's like a match made in heaven or something. Plus it's got Amanda Peet in it, and who is going to argue with that?

Monday:

Prison Break: I didn't watch the first season so this is like a new show to me. It's not bad, but you kinda have to turn your mind of and try to ignore some of the rediculous logic that these criminal 'masterminds' use. Apparently the first season was way better though according to the experts.

Smith: Another show about con artists. Hopefully this one has better luck then the ones that came before it. I love it like I loved the other ones though becauase there really isn't much better storytelling then in a con story (except for doctors with canes, but thats for tuesday). Oh and Ray Liotta is the lead actor. Hooked yet? You should be.

Heroes: It's like X-Men:The Series. Or at least thats what I'm hoping for out of it. The premiere wasn't that great overall, but it did a good job of introducing a large number of characters and setting the groundwork for what I hope turns into a really good series.

Tuesday:

House: If I haven't convinced you to watch House before today then there isn't much more I can say. If you're already watching it then you know why it's the best show on television.

Rescue Me: This show couldn't go in more rediculous directions all at once if you put the cast on a mysterious island with a smoke monster. Seriously, it's twisted. Yet while you're watching the show it doesn't seem so odd.

Wednesday:

Kidnapped: This show is pretty much the only good thing about wednesday nights (at least until LOST starts next week), and I was slighty iffy about watching it because I didn't think I liked Jeremy Sisto. But the show has Delroy Lindo who I love so I tuned in. Turns out that I don't hate Jeremy Sisto at all, he's actually really good in this show. Plus Delroy Lindo dominates much like I expected him to (He was the cop in Gone in 60 Seconds for those of you who haven't IMDB'd him yet).

Thursday:

Survivor - Racist Edition: The segregated tribes actually only lasted two weeks before they mixed them all up. I've only half followed this season so far because My Name Is Earl is on at the same time, and neither of those shows are worth taping so I just flip channels.

My Name Is Earl: Hands down the best sitcom on TV. Plus almost every episode has an awesome whitetrash soundtrack.

Grey's Anatomy: I haven't actually watched the first two episodes of this season yet (they're on tape, I'll get to it eventually). So I don't know if it's gotten any better or worse. The only thing I can really say at this point is that I was more excited having it on sunday nights.

CSI: I kinda gave up on this show last season, but I started watching it this time around thinking that they had to pull out some impressive stuff if they wanted to hold on to the ratings title with Grey's moving to thursdays. So far I'm impressed, it's been pretty intense and the cases have been interesting.

ER: The show started to slow down last season, but then they brought out the defibrulators and...Clear! *ZAP*...shocked some life back into the show with a pretty intense season finale. Much like they've done every season ER carried the intensity from the finale into the next season. I don't imagine they can keep it up but who knows, maybe George Clooney can come back. They didn't kill him off right?

Friday:

Fridays blow.

Saturday:

Saturdays kinda blow right now too. Smith and Kidnapped both have their repeats on so if you miss them during the week you can get caught up. Hockey season starts on wednesday so Hockey Night in Canada will be back next saturday, and thats all you really need. Oh and SNL's premiere is this weekend minus 5 or so people from last year. As always though watching SNL is fully dependant on who is playing in the second game of CBC's doubleheader.
- posted by Mike @ 1:19 PM