2005: Boob tube at its worst

NY Daily News ^ | Dec.29,2005 | David Bianculli

[ken5050]

This coming Monday night..10PM EST..on A&E.."Rollergirls"...gonna be a HUGE hit..go here for some great video clips..and we'll have to do a LIVE thread on FR..

[Hot Tabasco]

The ONLY network pogroms I watched were Surface and Invasion...... I used to watch Lost but lost interest and Survivor never survived in my house. Same ole same ole lying, treachery and skinny bimbos with lots of bug bites......

[ark_girl]

If you like MythBusters, you might like Good Eats. It's sort of a cooking for science geeks type show.

[CDB]

Thanks, Ken. Those video clips were interesting. Wonder if the gals who play roller derby will end up like the heavily padded NHL players of today. Maybe Don Cherry could be one of the series's equipment advisers.

[frogjerk]

This coming Monday night..10PM EST..on A&E.."Rollergirls"...gonna be a HUGE hit..go here for some great video clips..and we'll have to do a LIVE thread on FR..

You are kidding right? This is going to bomb bigger than Gigli...I can't even bear to watch the commercials...

[ken5050]

It's gonna be a BIG hit..you just watch, my friend

[COUNTrecount]

.."Rollergirls"...gonna be a HUGE hit..

Do they skate in vats of chocolate pudding ?

[ken5050]

Up for a live thread?

[birbear]

Threshold seems to have disappeared from the line up, as well.

Threshold was an interesting little show. They showed 10 eps even though they filmed 13. I guess the DVD version will have "The lost episodes".

Seems like the three major alphabet networks all tried a "sci fi" show of some type this season. "Threshold" on CBS, "Surface" on NBC and "Invasion" on ABC. When will networks learn to leave Sci Fi to the cable and syndication producers. Sci Fi almost never works for broadcast companies. It's such a niche genre that you have to get right, or it dies under the weight of it's own production costs.

[mad_as_he$$]

Love House - some of the best writing on TV. SG1 and BSG are doing OK with me - Atlantis tough still touch and go. When they finally kill Ford it might have a chance.

[hunter112]

I've gotten into "House, M. D." over the last year, I find it amusing.

By the way, that "Who's Your Daddy" stinker is the worst thing to happen to adoption since Roe vs. Wade.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

"Threshold" has indeed been cancelled by CBS. "Surface" has been given the go ahead to complete the first season, and will re-appear on NBC Monday nights starting next week.

Lost lost me. ... By the start of season 3, they still had not searched the 'island'...

Uh, pardon me, where and when do you live that you've seen the start of "Lost", Season 3? Here in the U.S., December of 2005, the show is midway through Season 2.

[silent_jonny]

Up for a live thread?

Of Rollergirls???

NO!

Sorry, Ken, but I have to agree with frogjerk on this one--that show has BOMB written all over it.

And while we're on the subject, no live thread for that celebrity ice skating show on FOX either.

;)

[4mycountry]

"Monk" is (IMO) the best show on TV.

It is pretty dang hard to beat. I took the official "How Monk-ish Are You" quiz and got "More Monk-ish Than Most" back as an answer. Yaaay! (Seriously, I do not like my foods to touch each other. I even own divided plates just for keeping them seperate.)

[silent_jonny]

The only networks shows we make an effort to watch are

Two and A Half Men

Out of Practice

Seriously?

[silent_jonny]

Sopranos is back in March. :)

FOX's "Prison Break" returns in March, too. That's a great show. Next to 24, it's one of the best thrillers on television. Highly recommended.

[silent_jonny]

And "Criminal Minds" on CBS.

[HairOfTheDog]

SO apparently there are more good shows people like than I have time to follow.

[DameAutour]

"Intervention," A&E. This series took people in deep emotional pain and at very vulnerable times in their lives, and abused them for the sake of alleged entertainment. Just ask Vanessa Marquez, the "ER" actress profiled and taken advantage of in the pilot. Unforgivably exploitive.

I completely disagree. This show seems to have saved some lives. It is not more entertaining than it is gut-wrenching. It really exposes the reality of drug addiction. These people are so strung out that half the time they don't even notice that they're on TV. But they're not left like that, each and every one is given an awesome chance to get real help, at no cost to them. The majority of them take the help and do well.

I have a hard time believing this reviewer actually watched the show. I don't see how she could miss the intent so badly.

[silent_jonny]

Tivo :)