Tuesday, October 25, 2005

I would like to comment on how scripted television is making a comeback and thankfully reality shows are being pushed back to cable networks where they belong.
here's some shows I'm watching and I hope you will give a chance to in the near future:

Invasion - Has a twin peaks/x-files thing going for it, but w/o the atmosphere or camp.

How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris is great. No, really.

Prison Break - (aka Oz Light) has a "24" pacing to it and good performances. The writing, however...

Smallville - seriously, the new Buffy, it's that good since last season.

Threshold - good performances, but doing that villian-of-the-week thing, but it's the same villian, an alien in a human body... getting old quickly. The cast deserves a better show, but I'm rooting for it!

Ghost Whisperer - a guilty pleasure as I normally vomit at this type of CBS crap, but I like it.. I really like it!

Arrested Development - still genius... stupid baseball making it go on hiatus all October.

Scrubs - stupid NBC waiting forever to start airing season 5 which was supposed to be this month, but it's still not on the schedule - show some respect! I guess they don't feel the need to air a show starring Zach Braff, oh... who happens to be voicing the main character in Disney's Chicken Little opening next week. But why would they want to promote a show who's cast member is involved in one of the most anticipated films of the holiday season?

My Name is Earl - Good. Not great, but good. Was hoping for better, but solid. That mustache has got to go. On another other actor playing the part it'd be fine, I get that it's perfect for the character, but Jason Lee has that smile that's literally 1 in a million... why cover it up? Why not put Pamela Anderson on ths show wearing nothing but baggy sweat pants and heavy sweatshirts? Jamie Pressly is spot-on as Earl's trailer park white trash ex-wife. A real breakthrough performance.