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1. Star Trek Discovery

Dear CBS:

Why couldn't you put your derivative and seemingly redundant male-centric series on CBS All Access, and your cool, female centric, innovative, and ground-breaking, not to mention well-written and well produced series on CBS?

As it is, the only show I feel inclined to watch on CBS is Big Bang Theory.

You gotta change that. Then again, don't own a Nielsen Box, so you probably don't care.

Also, when premiering a new show, please don't put it after a football game, where it will be cut off by anyone who chooses to record it.

And I am resisting your diabolical plot to get me to subscribe, aka pay, to watch The Good Fight and Discovery, even though I really, really want to.


For the folks not living in the US, the only way people living in the US can watch Star Trek Discovery and The Good Fight is by subscribing to the shows on CBS All Access Streaming via the Fire Stick or Google Play or Rogu or SmartTV. We can't get it otherwise. Also it's not like Netflix where you can pay say $11.99 a month and get unlimited tv shows. No. You pay just for that show.

Talked to my mother and a co-worker about Star Trek Discovery, both loved the pilot but neither want to subscribe to CBS All Access to watch it. My mother even stopped halfway through...because she realized she'd have to watch the rest on CBS All Access. Meanwhile...co-worker had issues with the Klingons not looking like the Klingons in all the other versions of the series.

I finally watched it -- or rather half of it. The other half was cut off, due to the aforementioned sporting event that I wasn't aware of.

Verdict? The portion that I saw is really good. There's a few weaknesses here and there, but nothing major. Suspenseful, thoughtful, interesting lead characters, and the special effects...spectacular.
Also the credits are innovative and different, not to mention quite good.

Rather like the female captain, and commander team-up. And the commander caught my interest immediately. Also, there's a great line in there about racism and culture. "I'm not talking about race, I'm talking about culture -- this is about culture, there is a difference." It didn't occur to me until they said it.

So now I want to see it. I particularly want to see the second half that was cut off. Dang it.

The Klingons looking different didn't bother me. I figured out a reason right off the bat and was able to fly with it. (They look different because they are different tribe than Worf and the others. Just as humans look different, so do Klingons. Also, I rather liked the realistic makeup, and how alien the aliens appeared. As opposed to just humans with bad make-up.)

2. Young Sheldon -- eh, seen this sort of thing before. I found the first fifteen minutes annoying and deleted. It's your basic family drama, with the smart kid, the dumb parents and siblings, and everyone mocking one another and what they like. I found it depressing, the characters unlikeable, and impossible to relate to.

Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV). I admittedly have an odd sense of humor. Most American sitcoms don't work for me.

3. Better Things -- more depressing than Young Sheldon. This is angsty embarrassment humor with a sadistic streak to it -- very dark, similar to Louis CK in tone, with a high emphasis on sexual humor.

Not my cup of tea. I found it cringe-inducing and deleted.

4. Me, Myself and I,

Cute. But I found the jokes obvious. The humor slanting towards embarrassment and deleted within 15 minutes.

It didn't work for me. Also there are no women characters...well there are, but they don't register. Heavily male centric. None of the men are relatable. And within five minutes I wanted to smack the lead character upside the head. Also, I don't like it when characters break the fourth wall and talk to the camera. It irritates me.

So, I didn't like anything or nothing held my interest, except for Star Trek Discovery (or rather the portion of it that I managed to see) and that's the only show I can't access...LOL! This is making me think I should kick cable to the curb and go all streaming. Particularly since I'm having difficulties calling my mother long-distance on my landline and she's the only one I call using the landline. Wait, I'm not sure it is a landline. It's part of the cable three for one package, internet, phone, and cable.

My mother commented on the fact that David Boreanze had a new television series and she didn't understand how he kept getting roles. (She tried to watch Angel, but did not like David Boreanze. She thinks he's ugly and his appeal is completely lost on her.) I told her I wasn't at all surprised. He has a square jaw, and fits the traditional macho guy/action army guy trope which is attractive to many men and women (not us, admittedly, but we don't own Neilsen boxes, so really, who cares?) Well, she admitted, he certainly is well cast as a Navy Seal. Yep, except one problem with that, I told her, it's one of four military oriented television series premiering this season. And bears a lot in common with S.W.A.T, which looks a bit more interesting and better cast.

And I'm hoping I didn't screw up on the a/c placement. In an attempt to get the A/C away from the A/C's dropping water on it, I put it in the window across from the side of my bed. Now I'm concerned its not the best air flow option for the apartment, and my sleeping. It's about five to six feet away...but...will it make me ill? I don't know. Can't do anything about it. Cost me $100 bucks to get it installed. Can't afford to move it again. Can't move the bed -- only other place to move it would be next to the radiator.

Other than that...the day went well, believe it or not. Got stuff done at work and got a compliment from boss -- an oddity. Shoulder and right leg, and right hand are aching for some reason. Co-worker/aisle cubicle mate suggested epsom salt shower, because who takes baths any longer? But I might do a bath.

I'm thinking now. Since I'm somewhat frustrated with television at the moment.