The new TV season: this is the first time in many decades I didn't manage to get my paws on the Season Preview edition of TV Guide so I was pretty clueless, for once. Had no idea Sorkin et al had anything to do with Studio 60, which sounded like a drag. It's a major stitch, and I wouldn't miss a show! Brilliant. Brothers and Sisters sounded soapy; it's very funny in fact. Kidnaped held no interest for me; I actually felt sorry for myself that it wasn't on this week (and why wasn't it on, anyway?) I want that kid to get away!
Ugly Betty, on the other hand, isn't as good as I thought it'd be; it's a little morality tale. I think I'll still be giving it a chance to find its legs, simply because it's SO cool to have someone who looks like Betty on TV, but I think I was expecting her to be a little more like Daria and a little less like... I don't know, mooney-eyed child or something. And you have to admit there isn't a subtle moment anywhere in the show. STILL. Give it time....
The Tina Fay thing, the little half-hour thang, whatever that was, it had its moments but LORDY, they've got one of the Baldwin boys playing a kind of second-rate John Larroquette; they couldn't get the real thing? Also not subtle. Okay, it's a sitcom. I'll probably watch a little and see if it improves. Likewise 20 Good Years. Of COURSE they have to spend lots of time introducing everyone to us. Now that they're mostly done with that, maybe they can get down to funny business. I'll give them a chance, yes.
Do you think they could make a few more changes to Law and Order CI? They haven't quite dumped EVERYONE! What are they playing, Musical Actors? I like everyone so far... freckles and all. I do miss Sheridan (have liked him since he had his OWN series, and feel free to remind me what it was called because I'm blanking) and Vance (they never explained HIS disappearance!) In regular Law and Order Govich is okay so far, not really standing out, but the new lawyer, I can't read her; she just looks a bit like Ross, only more on the anorexic side. Couldn't they get someone who looks like Ugly Betty in there, or are we to believe McCoy won't work with anyone who doesn't look like a model? If she's got a personality, she's hiding it. Let's see if one pops up (not abandoning the show for such details, just miffed). SVU, of course, is showing episodes in which a pregnant Hargitay makes for an absent Benson, and we understand that; for the nonce, the new partner is, to my mind, doing well. She has issues; she has history; she looks and acts like a person. She might be pretty but it's not what she's about. Nice. I hope they found something for her to do upon Hargitay's return (which I eagerly await).
I have no idea whether The New Adventures of Old Christine is an old show I never heard of or a new show I won't be watching again unless Bakula returns... do I sound as if I care?
I don't think I've checked out anything else; there's plenty to do without taking on more. Sleep, for example. Well, that's a tough one, so I may end up stumbling upon more new drivel or a new gem. Who knows?
