HOT & NOT: GREAT SHOWS & UPDATES
ABC
For the Grey’s Anatomy fans out there, here is a great site for afternoon procrastination: http://www.greyswriters.com/. Check every week for additional information and back story from the writers of each episode.
Alias has been off the air while Jennifer Garner was on maternity leave. But the final six episodes of the season and series will finally air next month (rumored to start on Wednesday nights, beginning April 19).
While I do not love Desperate Housewives these days, I have to admit I’m excited for Carol Burnett to guest star soon.
The last episode of Lost was fantastic. Bring on the rest of the new episodes already!
BRAVO
The finale of Project Runway was anticlimactic.
I’ll give Top Chef one episode to hook me in. It looks like Kitchen Confidential meets Iron Chef. But will it succeed on this channel, or does it belong on the Food Network?
Season three of Blow Out begins soon. I can’t believe I watched the first two.
CBS
The Amazing Race and Survivor are the only two reasons my TiVo ever visits CBS.
FX
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I’m almost done watching the first two seasons of Nip/Tuck on DVD and look forward to the third.
FOX
Why did Bones move to Wednesdays at 9pm?! FOX made the wrong decision, airing it opposite the juggernaut that is Lost.
HBO
While I miss Six Feet Under more than any other series that has ended, I can’t wait for The Sopranos to start again on Sunday night. I’m also pretty enthusiastic about the debut of the new series airing right after it, Big Love. Anyone who knows and appreciates the quality and casting of HBO shows should tune in, just to watch Bill Paxton (Twister) as a polygamist with three wives and seven children. The wives are played by Ginnifer Goodwin (Johnny Cash’s first wife in Walk the Line), Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), and Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm).
In June, we will be treated to a new season of the brilliant Deadwood and the addictive Entourage should also be returning this summer as well.
NBC
The Office continues to be fantastic. As much as I root for the Jim & Pam connection every week, their awkward tension just makes the show that much better.
Medium is a pretty compelling and intriguing show that more people should watch. The realistic family dynamic and interaction is what sets it apart from most other primetime dramas.
Scrubs now conflicts with The Amazing Race on Tuesday nights. I will never understand why NBC didn’t move it to Thursday nights, to a prime timeslot where it would be a natural fit and widen their dedicated fan base.
SHOWTIME
I continue to watch The L Word but it has lost its allure. Season one was fresh and fun, season two was average and this one induces more eye rolls than laughter or tears. The best thing about the show continues to be Leisha Hailey, who recently had a guest stint on Grey’s Anatomy.
Weeds is pretty good, but I don’t watch it consistently. Mary Louise Parker is amazing, and I need to set my TiVo to catch up with the show.
It might seem like I watch an extraordinary amount of television, and that used to be the case. BT (before TiVo). Now I ‘tape’ many shows and watch them when I please, not scheduling my life around their original air dates like the good old days.