2 More Premieres!

Happy Friday everyone! The tv season is easing its way in & I have some more reviews & previews for you!

As I have mentioned, Thursday is my big conflict night. 5 shows, 3 slots. Not good. But yesterday I received a bit of good news when my fine friend Shannon told me that you can watch The O.C. and Smallville online. NICE.

But, all of this drama may have been for naught. Last night The O.C. premiered and I’m pretty much ready to give up on the show. There is too much competition on Thursday for such a lame showing. How I use to love Seth Cohen, but now. Ehhh. My heart is just not into it. So there you go. One down. And if I can watch Smallville on the internet than I can tivo Alias, tape Everybody Hates Chris and watch Survivor with the Survivor fan club.

I did receive a happy surprise last night though, I thoroughly enjoyed Reunion. I’m not sure if it is the 80’s soundtrack or the stereotypical 80’s characters (Rich boy, Poor boy with heart of gold, dork who is in love with hottie that doesn’t love him, aforementioned hottie slut, the perfect girl and the sweet wallflower) but I was quite interested in the story & the characters. It is not a perfect show, it is DEFINITELY a guilty pleasure, the acting & the writing need work sometimes, but it is fun and I like it…so far.

In other tv news, Comedy Central has picked up South Park for another 3 years and 42 episodes. HOORAY!

Last week I mentioned that Charlize Theron would be joining Arrested Development for 5 episodes. Now comes news that Chachi himself, Scott Baio, will appear in at least one episode as the new Bluth family lawyer. This is a pretty interesting casting decision since the old Bluth family lawyer was played by Henry Winkler, who was Chachi’s cousin the Fonz. Another Happy Days connection for ya…the show is narrated by Ritchie Cunningham!!!!

Have you guys been watching Rescue Me lately? It has been ridiculously funny this year, up until this week. YIKES. That last 10 minutes was ROUGH. How in the crap are they going to clean everything up in the season finale? I’m afraid, I’m very afraid.

I thought summer series were strong this year. Entourage took it up a notch and was stellar most of the time. The 4400 was decent most of the year but finished with a big bang—Jordon Wha????? I thought Six Feet Under was infinitely better than last year and despite chatter to the contrary, I really enjoyed the finale. I thought it was very true to the show.

This Sunday night objects will be soaring towards my tv from 8-11PM. That’s right kiddies, it is the Emmy’s. Try as I might I still get so freaking mad. Plus, since this was the last year for Everybody Loves Raymond I’m expecting them to take almost everything. Bah. Hopefully there will be one surprise to light up my day. Like Hugh Laurie for House? That would be cool.

Of the shows premiering next week I’ll be checking out Survivor and House. If you have a tivo or no plans for this evening you should check out Threshold. It stars Carla Gugino and she got the shaft when Karen Sisco was so rudely cancelled. She deserves you to give this show a chance. Here is a little synopsis, courtesy of Zap2it.com:

A team of experts are assembled when the U.S. Navy makes a chilling discovery: an extra-terrestrial craft has landed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey is a government contingency analyst whose job is to devise response plans for worst-case scenarios. When her plan (called THRESHOLD) is activated upon the news of the UFO, she and her hand-picked team of eclectic specialists get to work deciphering the intention of the craft and preparing for the possibility of a crisis situation -- an alien invasion.
Tonight, CBS, 9PM



Anyhoo—that’s all I have for today. If you want to sponsor me for the Philly AIDS Walk the link is below.

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