KT Update-Fall TV is Here!!

I’m a very happy KT because the fall season is finally upon us. Since premieres are spread over the next few weeks, I’ll post a new KT Update at the beginning of the week to let you know what is premiering & what I’m going to check out. At the end of the month I’ll send out my fall premiere report card & let you know what show has made it to the all important Tivo Season Pass list & what has gotten the boot. I’m really looking forward to the day when tv scheduling is a thing of the past. In the future I envision myself just scrolling down a list of each network’s shows & recording them, which would allow me to create my own personalized tv schedule. I don’t understand why networks insists on squeezing everything into one night. I have NINE shows on Thursday but only two on Monday (or three if I give in & check out Big Bang Theory). Come on networks, spread out the quality programming!

This week is pretty light, with mostly CW shows premiering. Tonight is 90210 and Melrose Place. Even though my beloved Sidney will return for the first episode, I will not be drawn back to Melrose, um especially since Sid got run over by a car on her wedding day like 13 years ago. I learned my lesson after Brenda & Kelly lured me back to a subpar 90210. Also, I still hate the CW for cancelling Veronica Mars & Everwood (sorry, I hold grudges!). Wednesday the CW premieres America’s Next Top Model and Thursday is The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural. The only new fall tv I’ll be watching this week is Fox with the premieres of Glee and So You Think You Can Dance. I’m beyond excited for Glee, I really loved the pilot episode. SYTYCD will be in auditions for the first few episodes so I’m not as excited for that but it is happy to see Cat, Mary & Nigel so soon after the summer season ended. SYTYCD really needs to kick it up a notch this year, with both the contestants and the choreography. Season 5 was a bit lacking for me.

As for my summer tv schedule, I am happy to report that I am thoroughly enjoying the third season of Mad Men (poor little Sally, that is a child destined for therapy). I will admit that Lifetime hasn’t killed Project Runway (although for the record, Lifetime needs to upgrade to HD stat & LA isn’t as fun as NYC). And, for those of you that are up late (or have a dvr) I fully endorse Chelsea Lately on E! Chelsea is a pop culture sponge like me, but she gets to interview celebrities and has the balls to ask them the questions we wished someone would. I’ve also finally started watching Top Chef and have been sucked in rather quickly. “Take your knives & go.” Wow, that’s a pretty harsh send off! At least Heidi looks a little sad when she tells the designers they are out.

While there has been some new tv on the tube, I’ve spent most of the summer working out my DVD player. I started off the summer with a trip down memory lane with the 80’s miniseries “North & South”. Wow, it is crazy to watch that now & see all the frikkin people in it. Patrick Swayze, Kirstey Alley, Genie Francis, David Carradine, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Guillaume, Forest Whitaker, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Cash and the dad from That 70’s show. On top of that, there are a whole crapload of people whose faces I recognize. Of course, North & South is really all about the Swayze, and it was lovely to see him right before he hit it big with Dirty Dancing.

“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”. Wow. The show centers around a group of friends (who are complete and total assholes) that run a pub in Philly. Hijinks ensue. Jay LOVES this show. I think that sometimes it is a little far-fetched which pulls me out of the episode, but it is still quite funny. P.S. Season 5 starts September 17 (a Thursday—what are the odds!!) on FX.

“Sports Night” This show is the West Wing minus politics plus sports. All of the trademark Aaron Sorkin snappy dialogue, quick humor and moral quandaries are there. I think the show made have had a hard time finding an audience because despite 30 min episodes, the show was not a sitcom and not really a comedy. It was more of a dramedy. I would definitely recommend checking it out, it is a quick watch, with only two seasons. The show had a stellar cast including: Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Peter Krause (Six Feet Under), Josh Charles (Threesome) & Robert Guillame (Benson).

Thanks to Netflix right now I have “True Blood” and “The West Wing”. The jury is still out on True Blood. I’m already liking a few of the supporting characters but I haven’t been completely pulled in by the Sookie-Bill relationship. And I’m all over the dog. That has Jacob (from Twilight) written all over it so I know who it is.

The West Wing is a big time investment, so I think I’m going to watch the first season then switch to something else, then come back. It did make me happy to see that crew together again. I really did love that show for a while.

At home, I’m rotating between “Alias” (that show was frikkin phenomenal its first 2 seasons), “Angel” (I’m in season 3) with a dash of “Arrested Development” thrown in. I still miss that show, movie needs to happen ASAP!

Moving on from TV, last month Michael & I went to see Britney at MSG. Wow. Wowie wow wow. And that was just the crowd. I have never seen so many fashion disasters under one roof. Girls trying to rock outfits way out of their league, women trying to wear outfits they were10 years too old for….it was insane. Plus, we had a 30-something woman (who was definitely a New Yorker) behind us who kept expressing her love & admiration for Britney throughout the entire show….at the top of her lungs. Britney herself was better then expected. Through the first half of the show I felt like she was phoning in her performance but about midway through she finally kicked it up a notch. Once or twice I saw a glimpse of the girl from the Oops VMA performance (my FAVORITE VMA PERFORMANCE EVER) but there was A LOT of walking around & half dancing. Michael & I have decided that Britney needs to ditch the bubblegum persona she still slips into & just fully commit to the dark sexiness. That’s when she was at her best (like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-6Xe1gGdQo) Anyhoo, I really liked the set design, the costumes, the dancers, and the transitions. I thought it was a great show.

That about wraps things up. Next week 6 of the 9 Thursday night shows premiere!