Generally speaking, change itself isn't necessarily a bad thing allbeit something that often toils me, but this website is different. Several weeks ago, I logged onto my tv.com account as usual, eager to discuss the season premiere of my favorite show, Superatural. Normally, tv.com has always been a place I can go to for information on my favorite shows, that other websites don't really have. Thus said, all of this was true several weeks ago and is henceforce a cause in my mind, for serious doubt. So what provoked this rather sudden change of opinion? Take a look around the site and you'll see why my top five reasons are relevant.

1. Visual Assault-this white background . Change isn't necessarily a bad thing but placed in the wrong context it can have dire consequences. But why fix something that isn't broken? Sure the old layout on tv.com also had its issues, but it was also easier on the eyes. Honestly, I can't even begin to describe how much my eyes have been assaulted by the horribly white background that is left nearly unbroken by coding. Not only does the white background make it harder to see, but it also makes me actually want to visit the site much less because it's just too much on my eyes. Not everything in life is bright blue & white so why should tv.com be like this? At least give us more choices in color, like maybe black borders or grey textboxes!

2. It's hard to find the information I desire. Secondly, this is a huge one for me because I'm such a visual learner & need to be able to navigate a familiar website easily in order to find valuable info. Back in the old days of tv.com, this was one of the main reasons I came here. Almost every time I logged on, I could find little known bits of trivia on my favorite shows, info. on the music featured & lots of other things. Although all the info is still here, it's a lot harder to find w/the new layout because almost everything is in that assaulting blue lettering w/a white background.

3. More frustrating even to update my own profile. This is another thing that really bugs me, due to the fact that almost everything is the same color it's next to impossible. It's really annoying trying to update something on my own profile when I can't even find the link to something.

4. Using the quick post/quote option is no longer quick. Another thing that really frustrates me is how whenever I want to quote somebody or possibly several people in the same quote my text that I'm typing is always huge. Because of that huge font size there's also less space for quickly typing a longer message or addressing the points made by several users without using a double post. Plus whenever I use up that relatively small amount of allotted space I'm unable to see the rest of what I type due to coding issues.

5. Remind me why it's harder to rate an episode of my favorite shows? Every time I try to rate an episode of one of my favorite shows I have almost no idea how I'm rating my shows. Sure weird tv emo looking hearts & skulls in black, green, purple, blue & pink might work for some people. But seriously, why? Plus not everyone is good at fractions, especially when fractions can be translated to mean small tiny portions of the already tiny said lines. Visuals would really be great if I were trying to properly evaluate an episode of a certain show.

Just a few of my favorite Supernatural quotes, you may disagree w/the order on some & there are probably lots of others I could've included but I kept it (relatively) short. Okay, so I know it's long but I found it hard to just pick ten quotes, so I picked 20. There were plenty of others I wanted to include but left them out because I felt that they were best enjoyed in their original context. Enjoy & please comment. I'd love to hear what some of your favorites are or if you agree/disagree w/my choices.

1. Bad Day at Black Rock:

Dean: I'm Batman.
Sam: (sarcastically) Yeah Dean, you're Batman.

2. Pilot:

Sam: Yeah? When I told dad I was scared of the thing in my closet he gave me a .45.
Dean: Well what was he supposed to do?
Sam: I was nine years old. He was supposed to say "Don't be afraid of the dark."
Dean: Don't be afraid of the dark? What, are you kidding me - of course you should be afraid of the dark! You know what's out there!

3. also Pilot:

Sam: Dude, you gotta update your cassette tape collection.
Dean: Why?
Sam: Well for one they are cassette tapes. And two, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Metallica... it's the greatest hits of mullet rock.
Dean: House rules, Sammy, driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cake hole.

4. Just in Bello:

Henricksen: So, turns out demons are real.
Dean: F.Y.I.--ghosts are real, too. So are werewolves, vampires, changelings, evil clowns that eat people.
Henricksen: Okay, then.
Dean: If it makes you feel better, Bigfoot's a hoax.
Henricksen: It doesn't.

5. Roadkill:

Dean: You're like a walking encyclopedia of weirdness.
Sam: Yeah, I know.

6. Crossroad Blues:

Sam: So?
Dean: Secretary's name is Carly. She's 23, she kayaks, and they're real.
Sam: You didn't happen to ask her if she's seen any black dogs lately, did you?

Dean: Every complaint called in this week about anything big, black or, dog-like. There's nineteen calls in all.

Dean: And I don't know what this thing is.
Sam: You mean Carly's Myspace address?
Dean: Yeah, Myspace. What the hell is that? Seriously, is that like, some sort of porn site?

7. Everybody Loves a Clown:

Dean: You still bust out crying whenever you see Ronald McDonald on the television.
Sam: At least I'm not afraid of flying.
Dean: Planes crash!
Sam: And apparently clowns kill.

8. Mystery Spot:

Trickster: Whoever said Dean was the dysfunctional one has never seen you with a sharp object in your hands.

9. A Very Supernatural Christmas:

Dean: So what the hell do you think we're dealing with?
Sam: Actually I have an idea.
Dean: Yeah?
Sam: It's a, it's gonna sound crazy.
Dean: What could you possibly say that's gonna sound crazy to me?
Sam: Um, Evil Santa.
Dean: Yeah, that's crazy.

10. Born Under A Bad Sign:

Dean: Sam, when Dad told me I might have to kill you, it was only if I couldn't save you. Now if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna save you.

11. A Very Supernatural Christmas:

Sam: He punishes the wicked.
Dean: By hauling their asses up the chimney.
Sam: For starters, yeah.

12. Red Sky at Morning:

(about Bela)
Dean: Can I shoot her?
Sam: Not in public.

13. Hell House:

Dean: So, you guys ever seen a real ghost before?
Ed: Once. We were investigating this old house and we saw a vase fall right off the table.
Harry: By itself.
Ed: Well, we-we-we didn't actually see it, but we heard it. And something like that, it changes you.

14. Red Sky At Morning:

Bela: Do you really think this is going to work?
Dean: Almost definitely not.

15. All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One:

Dean: (to Sam's body) When you were little, couldn't have been more than five, you just started asking questions. How come we didn't have a mom. Why did we always have to move around. Where's Dad. I remember I begged you. 'Quit asking, Sammy. You don't want to know.' I just wanted you to be a kid. Just for a little while longer. Always tried to protect you. Keep you safe. Dad didn't even have to tell me. It's just always my responsibility, you know? It's like I had one job. I had one job, and I screwed it up. I blew it, and for that, I'm sorry. I guess that's what I do. I let down the people I love. Y'know, I let Dad down, and now I guess I'm just supposed to let you down, too. How can I? How am I supposed to live with that? What am I supposed to do? Sammy? What am I supposed to do?

16. Fresh Blood:

Dean: What do you want me to do, Sam, huh? Sit around all day writing sad poems about how I'm going to die? You know what, I've got one. Let's see, what rhymes with "Shut up, Sam"?

…

Dean: You got no idea what you're talking about.
Sam: Yeah, I do. You're scared Dean. You're scared because your year is running out and you're still going to hell, and you're freaked.
Dean: And how do you know that?
Sam: Because I know you!
Dean: Really?
Sam: Yeah because I've been following you around my entire life! I mean I've been looking up to you since I was four, Dean. Studying you, trying to be just like my big brother. So yeah, I know you. Better than anyone else in the entire world. And this.. Is exactly how you act when you're terrified. And I mean I can't blame you. It's just...
Dean: What?
Sam: It's just I wish you would drop the show and be my brother again. Cause.. just cause.

17. Crossroad Blues:

Dean: C'mon, we're not demons!
Sam: Any more bright ideas?

18. Bad Day at Black Rock:

Sam: (tied up in the chair) Gordon? Oh, come on!
Kubrick: He wanted me to put a bullet through your head.
Sam: Yeah. Sounds like him.

19. Devil's Trap:

John: (possessed) Sam, he's clearly John's favorite. Even when they fight, its more concern than he's ever shown you.
Dean: Yeah, I bet you're real proud of your kids, too. Huh? Oh wait, I forgot, I wasted them!

20. Bad Day at Black Rock:

Dean: You're not gonna shoot anybody. See, I happen to be able to read people. And sure you're a thief, fine, but you're not gonna... (Bela shoots Sam)

Every once in a while, as I stop to think about some of my favorite shows on TV, I get to thinking about some of the shows that rest in what I like to refer to as 'the TV Graveyard.' The 'TV Graveyard' is the place where we find some of the best and worst short-lived, television shows that made a recent debute, but soon after failed. Sometimes these shows are some of the best shows on television, guilty pleasures that you wish still had air-time, other times they're the shows that we hated but haven't quite forgotten. Whatever the case, these are the shows that just didn't quite make it.

Tonight, I begin my excursion into this strange world of forgotten television shows and focus on one of my absolute favorite shows in this category--"Summerland."

SUMMERLAND (spring 2004- summer 2005):

Summerland was and is one of the best short-lived dramas ever to air on the WB network. Now, I know that many of you are probably arleady shaking your heads in disbelief, but let me explain why I feel this way.

Although I never had the opportunity to see the pilot episode of Summerland, nor most of the first season, what I did see was something unusual. In short, Summerland was not your typical teenage dram, but rather, something closer to an unusually great family drama. Created by Full House vetran Lori Loughlin, it seemed to be a perfect pairing of great family values, good writing and intense drama. The idea that Loughlin apparently had in mind, was to create a show that was both like Full House, and the hit Fox drama the O.C. The end result was an amazingly well-written show with wonderful values and a myriad of problems.

At first, Summerland seemed to a perfect fix for the Monday night ratings slump on the WB, with several over three million viewers tunning in each week eager to catch the wave of amazing drama. The main appeal of the show became obvious during the first season, with a new, rising star making his way accross the horizon. This star, of course was the newly-minted teen popstar, Jesse Authur McCarteny, who staired as angst-ridden teenager, Bradin Westerly. Born in 1887 to parents Scot and Ginger McCartney, at only 16, Jesse was already a vetran in both music and acting.
Although Loughlin may have been the official star of the show, McCartney was the main reason why so many younger viewers enjoyed watching the show.

Everything seemed to be going perfectly for the WB, as they debuted their new drama, with ratings soaring, and more people than ever-before tunning in to Monday night madness on the WB. Unfortunately, this wave of excitment quickly subsided, when the new WB drama aired its second and final season. For whatever the reason, the sudden success of Summerland during its first season, was quickly washed away by the tides of change began to sweep the network. Maybe it was the 9:00 o'clock time-slaught, during which it was up renlentless competition from Fox and CBS. Could it be that, viewers had simply forgotten about the emerging drama, since it had only aired a mere 11-13 episodes during the previous spring? Or was there a deeper issue, something more pressing?

The answer is inevitably yes, because although it is indeed possible for a once hit show to tank during its second season, I believe the reason may be something deeper than just the time slot. One of the main reasons I believe Summerland eventually tanked probably a result of some pretty choppy writting. Admittedly, the writing wasn't all bad, and it seemed as though the writers did an astonishing job on some parts, others seemed very poorly written.