Sunday, June 11, 2006

It's not TV, it's POS

Let's face it, the 2005/2006 TV season sucked. Even The Sopranos was awful. Survivor is nearly dead. Deadwood will be dead after this season. I haven't watch it, so I guess there's no reason to start now. 7th Heaven found some resurrection even though I think the producers wanted to keep a leash on Jessica Biels until she was 90. Will & Grace is no more, proving there is a market out for the irritable gay neighbor. Alias has been neutralized. 24 is better as it gets more and more absurd. (Don't you think Mary Lynn-Rajskub "Chloe" is the hottest computer geek on TV ever.)
Again, there are new shows with "The" in the title. The Unit. The Wire. The Shield. (I haven't watch one minute of one episode of any of these shows. I just don't get The Shield. Maybe it's Michael Chiklis. No, it definitely is Michael Chiklis. )
We might have to create a new day of the week if there is another CSI, Law and Order or Dateline. CSI is good. CSI:Miami is bad acting at its best. David Caruso's Horatio Cane will have a terrible time in old age if doesn't stand up erect some more. CSI:NY needs to do away with one of those guys with the thick accents. It goes against the rules. You can't have two guys on a TV show with thick New Yawk accents. The King of Queens did fine with Lou Ferrigno as himself.
The Simpsons is good. Family Guy is great. American Dad sucks. King of the Hill is the one worst show on TV now. I never though Stephen Root could irritate me, but if I hear his Bill Dauterive or Buck Strickland one more time. I'm going to kill him. And someone needs to tell Mike Judge that Hank Hill, Peggy Hill and Bobby Hill are now idiots. I used to think Brittany Murphy was being a prima donna by limiting her duties as Luann. Now, I think it was the smartest career move she could ever do.
Close to Home has proved that a prosecutor can have 20 high profile cases within a year. Yeah, right. Invasion is the show that has more commercials than it knows what to do with. Lost, or as I call it, Locke, finally did away with Michelle Rodriquez only to make Hurley's life more hell by doing away with his girlfriend. What else do they have to tell us about these people's lives before they were on the island other than Sawyer played baseball and football while in high school. I think no one really cares how Locke lost the use of his legs. Speaking of which, how can Terry O'Quinn well into his 50's be the son of Kevin Tighe and Swoosie Kurtz? No way, no how.
The only breath of fresh air this year is My Name is Earl, with one of the funniest ensembles ever on TV. Ethan Suplee's Randy Hickey is by far one of the best TV personalities ever. Anyone with the man-child attitude to have a tea party with a mechanical dog and make it look sincere is on to something.
Of course, the summer is just gearing up. We got another Hell's Kitchen and another Entourage. Speaking of Entourage. Does anyone watch this show?
Anyone?

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