Tain't No Sin

What's on T.V.?

It's strange to me. I was thinking about t.v. shows because I wanted to see what was on tonite, and to make sure there was nothing that would conflict with Scrubs and The Office. This got me to thinking. Even though there are reasons to be against the American version of The Office, it's still a funny show, and Steve Carrell has earned my support. But there are a lot of shows that I really like that seem like they may be in risk of getting cancelled. For one, there was this show called The Days that aired over the summer I think or maybe it was last spring already, I don't remember. It was really good, and it was written and shot far more interestingly than most shows on today. But apparently going into it, the network wasn't going to keep it going. Some of my favorite shows right now, Scrubs, Committed, Numbers, and The Office are all smart shows, but they don't seem as mainstream as Lost, or The West Wing, both of which I love. I worry that these shows that are really much better than the rest aren't pushed enough as others. They don't get the respect they deserve. I've only watched The O.C. like twice, and although it does use good music, it seems like the next generation's 90210. I just can't get all that into it. Though that one guy (his real name or character name is Adam I think) kind of reminds me of Zach Braff for some reason. But everywhere you turn, it's O.C., O.C., O.C. Committed blows any romantic comedy out of the water for three reasons...

1. It takes place, quite a bit, in a music store.
2. It's not far funnier than the rest.
3. The main girl, Marni (Jennifer Finnagen) in it is really cute and really endearing.

Don't get me started on Numbers. Dear God I love math. Call me a nerd, but if I could do all that shit that Charlie (David Krumholtz) does, dear Lord, that'd be awesome.

Then I was blown away this Sunday by Grey's Anatomy, which I might like even better than E.R. It's sort of E.R. with less technical stuff and Scrubs with more technical stuff. And I just realized that I really like three different hospital shows, which is strange. It leads me to believe I might like General Hospital, but I probably won't, and shouldn't, give it a chance. But seriously, Grey's Anatomy is so good. It's hard to explain, but you should all watch it. I just hope it's not too smart (comedically) for the mainstream. And it also features really good music (Jem, and another song by someone who I don't know but I have to figure out, both in the first episode).

As far as the mainstream goes, like I said, I really like The West Wing, Lost, and Desperate Housewives, though they're the "smarter" of the mainstream shows. Boston Legal, which runs after Extreme Makeover Home Edition and Desperate Housewives, is really good too, but just on the edge of being too smart for mainstream. That's another one they shouldn't get rid of, if only for the power combination of James Spader and William Shatner. It's like The Practice (it's a spinoff if you didn't know) but funny. Really funny.

But now, to make this post even longer, I was thinking of all of these shows that, somehow, seem to be really popular among a different demographic. These family comedies that can't entertain me for longer than .27 seconds. ABC seems to own a lot of them, My Wife and Kids, George Lopez, According to Jim, Rodney, 8 Simple Rules, and Hope & Faith. I have no desire to see any of these. I am wrong? The unfortunate thing is Less Than Perfect, which is far better than any of these is shown directly after a couple of them, so I usually don't think to watch it. ABC doesn't own all of the horrible family comedies, just a lot of them. CBS and NBC have there offenders too. But I just can't believe that many people actually watch these shows. Sorry if you do, but I've found nothing intriguing with the blips of them I have caught up to now.

So in conclusion,
Watch Scrubs
Watch Committed
Watch The Office
Watch Numbers
Watch Grey's Anatomy
Watch The West Wing
Watch Lost
Watch Desperate Housewives
Watch Boston Legal
Watch Medium if you want, it's pretty good too.

Or any combination of the above. They're all better than any Reality t.v. show.

posted by Paul @ 9:08 AM