New TV Review
For days now I’ve been planning a indepth review on the new season of TV. I was going to review each show individually as a follow-up to my post on Fall TV Schedule. But tonight I realized either you watched the shows and made up your own mind or you didn’t and you won’t know what I’m talking about anyway.
I will list my top five favorites and bottom 3 from my list of shows I’ve watched. (Right now the only shows I haven’t seen off that list are either the ones that haven’t aired , Shark and Smith the last two are ones Michael plans to watch with me but we haven’t found the time.)
Top 5:
Veronica Mars - How could this not be my top one? I’ve waited months for this. OK on to only new shows.
Ugly Betty - I loved this. It was like so many romance novels I’ve read and teen comedies I’ve watched but it works. It was funny and I identified with Betty with the clumsiness and unfashionable dress. It was just great.
Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip - This is smart and funny. This a great idea and how can you not like Mathew Perry.
Justice - I’m a sucker for the law dramas. This one isn’t the tired old regurgitated Law and Order crap the other shows use. This is more like Matlock meets CSI. Weird combo I know but it shows all the high tech investigation work only it’s for the defense. It’s made me never want to watch another news cast or court tv opinion show again. No spin on my murder cases thank you, just give me straight facts. On one hand I hope to get lawyers like that if I ever need them, but at the same time I feel like they cheat the justice system with the “shadow juries and retried expert testimony”. Ah well it makes for good tv. The thing that I like best about the show is at the end they show what actually happened.
Heros - I admit that I watched this soley for Michael, but I’m starting to get hooked. I love Hiro from Japan and I’m really interested in what he’s going to do.
Men in Trees - It’s ok. It’s funny in places. It’s just not anything that will keep me long and when it comes to choosing between that and Crossing Jordan at the end of Oct. I will gladly give it up. For now it’s still one of my top 5 new shows.
Now on to the bottom 3 of my list
First is The Class- watched the first 10 minutes and turned it off it was just dumb.
Brothers and Sisters - I liked Ally McBeal and I realize Calista is not the same character but this time around she drives me nuts. The whole family drove me nuts. I’ll take my Sun. 9pm time slot and watch reruns of something else thank you.
Six Degrees - This one I will probably watch again. It was a little boring and the characters are so self absorbed. Heros is the same formula but written and played out so much better. I do like the concept for it.
With that being said I’m up for discussions with anyone on TV. I also have 2 new links to add to the links I’m watching. Look for them in the link spot.
October 4th, 2006 - Posted in TV | |
