Fall TV
Oct/092
I LOVE TV. Really I do. I think that sometime in the past few years TV has surpassed movies as the best form of entertainment out there. Sure, there is a lot of terrible stuff out there but the good stuff. Oh, it’s so good. Here’s what I’m watching and why.
How I Met Your Mother: One of my favorite shows on TV which is crazy because my least favorite character is the lead character. I know I am not alone in thinking like this, but luckily Barney, Marshall and Lily are such great characters they make up for Ted’s lameness.
Fringe: Or as it should be called X-Files 2009. The “monster of the week” stories are hit or miss, but the overall arc episodes are super strong. I really have NO idea where the story is going which is awesome. Multiple universes? Yes, please. Pacey’s character and his dad Walter are the two best reasons to watch this show as they provide laughs and a story that might end up making me cry this year.
A Modern Family: A new series for 2009, this show has made me laugh out loud multiple times in the first two episodes. “My dad got struck by lightning, that’s why he can drink as much as he wants” is one of my favorite lines of the year. Good characters, good writing, consistently funny. High recommendation here.
30 Rock: Funniest show on television by a longshot.
The Office: I was thinking about The Office the other day and this is, what, the sixth season of the show? The premise is that people are shooting a documentary about this office, don’t they have enough footage by now? The show peaked with the Jim/Pam stuff of the first few seasons, but it still provides laughs so that’s why I watch it. I just hope they call it quits before it stops doing that.
Parks and Recreation: My new favorite show. I don’t know what happened to this show between last season and this one, but it is about 50x funnier this season. Amy Poehler rocks it as always, but her boss and especially Aziz Ansari just kill it. It’s also created by Michael Schur who used to have a wildly popular and funny baseball blog, which I hope we can say one day sounds familiar.
Dollhouse: Dollhouse is a good show, but it isn’t a great show. There might be a great show in there (see: Epitath One), but there also might not be. Joss Whedon created Firefly and Buffy and Angel so I stick around, but I sometimes wonder if I would without that. I think I’m not the only one here. This show is getting canceled soon anyways.
The Amazing Race: Giving this a shot. For a reality show, it’s awesome. I think I should go on it. Does that make me a narcissist? I think it’d be a good career move.
Glee: I love Glee. One of the best shows on TV, but I worry that they are running through stuff way too fast. For instance the “Acafellas” episode could have been a three episode arc, hell it could have been the entire second season, but instead it was condensed into one episode. They’ve already done the Finn/Rachel will-they-won’t-they thing more than Scrubs did the JD-Elliot thing which is amazing for a show five episodes into the season. I worry by the time they finally do get together nobody is going to give a crap. The football episode was another thing that seems like it could have taken place over a few episodes as opposed to one. The songs are awesome and most of the characters are excellent (I want to marry Rachel), we’ll see what happens with this one but I have really high hopes.
Community: Giving this a shot because of Joel McHale. Needs to get funnier before that’s not enough.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: At times this can be the funniest show on TV, but a lot of the time I just end up disliking the characters so much (which is actually the point) that I stop liking to watch it. It’s a weird feeling.
Mad Men: Way behind on this one, but I think that’s kind of a good thing. So many episodes of this show are just place settings for later episodes that it can be annoying. A true DVD show. One of the best shows on TV and Jon Hamm is probably my biggest man crush in the industry right now.
There’s a few more shows that I am going to give a shot. Hear some good things about The Middle and Flashforward. In January I will definitely check out Human Target and maybe V when it comes around. The new Scrubs makes me nervous, but I’ll give it a shot. I’m dying for Friday Night Lights to come back.
8:34 am on October 8th, 2009
Janise likes Fringe. Personally it looks gay as shit.
4:46 pm on December 16th, 2009
okay okay. There’s a few things we need to talk about. And I specifically went back through your posts to find this one just so we could do that.
First of all. I officially spent two days ago catching up on HIMYM season five. Hil- wait for it- arious. hilarious! So I understand where your fb comments came from now. But also, the same night, I had a dream I was dating Barney…not NPH which would have been…equally weird…but Barney. That’s when I knew that watching ten episodes in one day was starting to get to me.
Second of all, I was at bestbuy today in the tv section under the letter “f” and I realized that a lot of really good tv shows that I watch start with f. Friends. Fringe. Family Guy. The 4400. Fraggle Rock. And Gilmore Girls. (Doesn’t start with “f” but was right after all that) and for whatever reason this made me happy. But. The point being (there really isn’t any point to this whatsoever) that I LOVE FRINGE. I rented the first disk last night at blockbuster, which prompted me to immediately go out and buy the first season today. Uh hello, Pacey and his dad are a crack-up duo annnnd scify rools. And the whole point of me coming back to this post was to ask you, “why have you not told me to start watching fringe sooner?” sure I knew when the pilot episode was leaked, and I heard about the mini cult following it was attracting, and of course I always meant to watch. But holy hell. awesome.
Which brings me to another point. I haven’t watched Dollhouse. In fact I’ve never heard of it. Have you still been watching? And is it worth me getting into?
Also! I almost rented madmen instead of fringe to start getting into that. I don’t think I’m in the right mind-set for that right now. maybe next month.
Feel free to send me Veronica Mars. anytime. I have one last paper due on friday at 5pm and then I’m officially on winter break. I know I told my mother that I wanted to accomplish a lot of reading over break, but I’m feeling serialized television becoming a new front runner.
okay. enough.
goodtalk.