Posted on 11/19/2006 8:53:37 PM PST by Snickering Hound
I think they're setting up the fourth season with the FBI internship offer. The ratings are low, but the CW's ratings are in the basement anyway. I doubt if a new show will spark any more interest, and they at least have the cachet of a critical darling in Veronica.
I'm enjoying Smallville. Finally, an honest-to-God superhero on the show! Green Arrow is really making Clark look bad. He better get in the damn suit quick or else.
Jimmy sucks, though. And, if a certain someone (keeping it vague, in case someone is watching along on DVD) gets an abortion, I'm out of there.
Oh yeeha. Look who's here.
Is TV rage about to become the new pandemic? Tune in next week to find out.
Forget finding something that reflects my life. Just put something on that: 1) has no pelvic thrusts, butt-only shots, crotch shots, mauling, gyrations, lip-smackin' sickening noise enhancement for the extended French kissing, etc, 2) has actors and actresses keeping their clothes on, and 3) has clothes that count as clothes, 4) doesn't have every fifth word bleeped out but still audible, 5) doesn't have little children made up to look and act like wannabe child porn stars, 6) has PLOTS (hey guys, remember those?), 7) builds character, 8) doesn't push the liberal agenda (cram down the viewer's throat might be more apt), 9) isn't full of gore (Al or otherwise), and 10) is actual entertainment.
Right ON! House is the ONE show I have to watch on TV - we're not blessed with cable (actually, no one could find the actual cable line to my house, so I use that as an excuse not to get it).
Same thing happened to Smallville as happened to VH...it didn't stay as interesting when all the characters graduated HS (and also, to Buffy the Vampire Slayer). At least, IMO. I mean, aren't Chloe and Lana supposed to be attending Met U? When are they ever in class, or did I miss something? Chloe (Allison Mack is the most underrated babe on TV) is always at the Planet, and Lana is always with Lex.
Agree about GA. :) At least they're not bringing his comic-book leftism to the screen. And we got to see a glimpse of the Martian Manhunter last week! Whooo! I can't wait for the upcoming ep when Cyborg, Aquaman, and Flash all return.
It is and I even mentioned in a previous post that I was 55. ;)
The mainstream networks have always lived up the characterization of them made by Newton Minow (FCC head) during the Kennedy years.....he called TV "a vast wasteland". The complete dominance of Cable, with all its programming for real people with real interests, just makes ABC, CBS and NBC look that much more hopeless and hidebound. There are maybe 5 good sitcoms on regular TV in the last 10-15 years, and NO good drama shows. News shows are just a joke , as we have known for a loooonnnng time now.
Who keeps moving the bar forward? Sheesh, I'm not a baby boomer.
Oh man, now where did I put that Viagra pamplet..
Boomer my bedpan! I'm still in my 40's.
Three inept fathers, three different stereotypes, falling all over themselves to spoil their demanding kids.
I went to IMDb.com and read about it. Got a 6.9/10 for a rating among viewers.
Ah! My Three Dads...instead of only two.
When the show was on, I identified very much w/Michael and Gloria.
Nowadays, I shock myself with how much I sound like Archie Bunker.
Oh? I thought it was really good. But then again, I've always thought Don Johnson was severely under-rated as an actor. He can be very good. And the rest of the cast is excellent. Plus, the story is a classic.
Was there a show called My Two Dads? I seem to recall something like that. The three guys in the test show didn't live together. I saw the title & guessed what the show was gonna be like & I told the guy doing the survey as much.
"My Three Sons" was a good show!
lol!
I'm a Generation Joneser (1955-1964), so I'm old enough to remember some of the vintage 60s shows. There was an innocence in those days and a shared culture. Unfortunately, audiences grew jaded & cynical.
Starting in the late 70s, I stopped watching a lot of TV, only snatches here and there or a "special" program. Over the past few years I intermittently enjoyed LAW & ORDER, in spite of its liberal slant, because of the intelligent plotting. FRASIER & EVERYONE LOVES RAYMOND were funny, but those involve an older cast and has some kind of wit.
The stuff nowadays? Forget it. I have zero interest in TV now, for most of the reasons already articulated by my fellow FReepers. Maybe I too have simply moved on, but I feel completely alienated from the present culture. It's either leftwing or infantile.
I wouldn't even mind raunch so much (there's plenty of here on the FReep), as long as there's a warmth or adult humor to it. The stuff on TV seems both sterile and hostile. I sense a contempt for its viewers. In turn, it leaves me stone cold.
Don't have a TV at home, and don't play to buy one. Ever.
I quit watching TV 8 years ago. Every time I see it now, its worse than before. Now all the reality shows seem to be taking over.
I watch DVD and VHS only.
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