TV Slut Update
Oct. 12th, 2006 12:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatSaw 30 Rock - didn't enjoy it as much as Studio 60 - whose wit is a tad more biting and much more subtle. Which is odd. 30 Rock should be making me laugh that is it's goal in life. Studio 60? Doesn't have to, it's a drama. To be honest? I didn't laugh once during 30 Rock. May have sniggered a few times at Alec Baldwin - whose dead-pan line delivery made me smile. The others? Trying too hard. Watching it reminded me of watching Saturday Night Live.
Twenty Odd Years - (I think that's what it is called), on the other hand, surprised me. The critics were panning this show and from the previews I thought it would be silly or stale. But it's not. It's actually a Funny show. With some brilliant and very realistic one-liners. Plus Tambor and Lithgow know how to deliver them. Whoever is writing Twenty has my admiration. First sitcom since the Office that I've laughed at in a while.
Course as you know, I find sardonic or sarcastic wit funny. That off-hand line, which you have to think about.
Lost is a show that is in desperate need of some humor. Right quick. Damn thing has gotten too frigging serious for its own good. I think the first season worked better, because even if we were focused on Jack/Sawyer/Kate - we always had Hurly for comic relief. Been missing Hurly. And yes I know he's in next week's episode, which as luck would have it is the one I'm missing due to a prior social engagement. Haven't been to a celiac dinner in a while - need to remedy it. Plus, I can always catch the replay on ABC.com. If you're loving LOST, don't get too attached, it's going on Hiatus in December or sometime in November. We get 6 episodes. Then a huge break and all the rest. They are showing this baby in two parts, much like BSG was shown on Sci-Fi last year. Reason is - they discovered that breaking it up last year and scattering episodes in Dec and Jan and Feb hurt them. So they figure they'll keep their audience - if they do it in two shots, no breaks in between.
What's airing in it's place during the end of November, December, January and Feb? Ah...the new Tay Diggs drama that we got a preview of tonight.
Great plan. Except I don't think that's why Lost went down in ratings last year or why it is in danger of losing its audience. People are fickle and have short attention spans. They don't like being frustrated, preached to, or bored. They get that at work. They want to relax and be entertained and told they are bright and clever. They also do not want to see how nasty their favorite characters can be - yes, I know, people watch reality shows - but that's different. And yep, we can blame reality shows for the sudden onslaught of gnarly anti-heroes on TV. Hey if you are willing to watch "real" people snipe and be nasty to each other - what about actors playing roles.
Same difference? Right?
Only one problem...if the audience does not care about your makebelieve characters they will stop watching. Emotional investment. Very important.
I am going out on a limb here and stating I do not like Juliet and Ben. Juliet by the way is played by the same actress who used to be on Boston Legal - Julie Bowen. At least I think that's the last place I saw her. And yes she suffers from looking exactly like every other dang blond on the show.
I also get the oddest feeling Sawyer knows her. Not sure how, and not sure I'm right. But he seemed to know who she was. That said, my first reaction watching Sawyer talk to Kate in the cages was - okay, you ding-bats - you know they are watching you, right? I mean, hello? This is clearly a group of insane social psychologists who haven't had any lab rats to experiment on in a while. So far "The Others" keep winning because they are just plain brighter than our heros and heroines. LOL!
I'm having troubles caring for anyone in tonight's episode outside of maybe Sawyer and Jin. Mostly Jin. My heart went out to Jin - who kept trying to tell Sayhid and Sun they were stupid nitwits and should sail back.
Sayhid is beginning to remind a little too much of Jack. And I adored Sayhid.
Frustrating show.
Also watched the Nine and Project Runway - don't have much to say about either. Except that the whole scandal thing in Runway feels very contrived and somewhat annoying. Nine is interesting in how it is examining how people handle post-traumatic stress in a variety of ways.
Twenty Odd Years - (I think that's what it is called), on the other hand, surprised me. The critics were panning this show and from the previews I thought it would be silly or stale. But it's not. It's actually a Funny show. With some brilliant and very realistic one-liners. Plus Tambor and Lithgow know how to deliver them. Whoever is writing Twenty has my admiration. First sitcom since the Office that I've laughed at in a while.
Course as you know, I find sardonic or sarcastic wit funny. That off-hand line, which you have to think about.
Lost is a show that is in desperate need of some humor. Right quick. Damn thing has gotten too frigging serious for its own good. I think the first season worked better, because even if we were focused on Jack/Sawyer/Kate - we always had Hurly for comic relief. Been missing Hurly. And yes I know he's in next week's episode, which as luck would have it is the one I'm missing due to a prior social engagement. Haven't been to a celiac dinner in a while - need to remedy it. Plus, I can always catch the replay on ABC.com. If you're loving LOST, don't get too attached, it's going on Hiatus in December or sometime in November. We get 6 episodes. Then a huge break and all the rest. They are showing this baby in two parts, much like BSG was shown on Sci-Fi last year. Reason is - they discovered that breaking it up last year and scattering episodes in Dec and Jan and Feb hurt them. So they figure they'll keep their audience - if they do it in two shots, no breaks in between.
What's airing in it's place during the end of November, December, January and Feb? Ah...the new Tay Diggs drama that we got a preview of tonight.
Great plan. Except I don't think that's why Lost went down in ratings last year or why it is in danger of losing its audience. People are fickle and have short attention spans. They don't like being frustrated, preached to, or bored. They get that at work. They want to relax and be entertained and told they are bright and clever. They also do not want to see how nasty their favorite characters can be - yes, I know, people watch reality shows - but that's different. And yep, we can blame reality shows for the sudden onslaught of gnarly anti-heroes on TV. Hey if you are willing to watch "real" people snipe and be nasty to each other - what about actors playing roles.
Same difference? Right?
Only one problem...if the audience does not care about your makebelieve characters they will stop watching. Emotional investment. Very important.
I am going out on a limb here and stating I do not like Juliet and Ben. Juliet by the way is played by the same actress who used to be on Boston Legal - Julie Bowen. At least I think that's the last place I saw her. And yes she suffers from looking exactly like every other dang blond on the show.
I also get the oddest feeling Sawyer knows her. Not sure how, and not sure I'm right. But he seemed to know who she was. That said, my first reaction watching Sawyer talk to Kate in the cages was - okay, you ding-bats - you know they are watching you, right? I mean, hello? This is clearly a group of insane social psychologists who haven't had any lab rats to experiment on in a while. So far "The Others" keep winning because they are just plain brighter than our heros and heroines. LOL!
I'm having troubles caring for anyone in tonight's episode outside of maybe Sawyer and Jin. Mostly Jin. My heart went out to Jin - who kept trying to tell Sayhid and Sun they were stupid nitwits and should sail back.
Sayhid is beginning to remind a little too much of Jack. And I adored Sayhid.
Frustrating show.
Also watched the Nine and Project Runway - don't have much to say about either. Except that the whole scandal thing in Runway feels very contrived and somewhat annoying. Nine is interesting in how it is examining how people handle post-traumatic stress in a variety of ways.
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Date: 2006-10-12 03:18 pm (UTC)I love Sayid and Jin. Sun - meh.
I love Mr. Eco/Eko and Hurley and Locke.
Haven't seen any of them in a dog's age.
All the blondes from the 'other' group look like each other *and* Jack's ex-wife! WTH?
I like Ben - and that's about it.
I know people love Sawyer - I just can't get past the fact that he's sweaty and that horrible stringy hair. Yikes!
Thank God Kate took a shower - LOL!
We watch 'The Nine' - okay, *I* watched it for about 15 minutes and then wandered off - I have no idea what Jim thought of it.
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Date: 2006-10-12 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-12 10:17 pm (UTC)I'm trying to hang in there as well. Am a tad annoyed that the episode I have to miss is next week's - with Echo, Desmond, Hurly, and Lock - who make me laugh. Would have preferred to miss last weeks and this weeks.
Overall - the casting is boring me at the moment. And yep, hanging in there for Fillion, who has a horrid habit of showing up on television shows just before they get cancelled. Poor actor has the worst TV track record. I think his longest series were One Life to Live and Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place (which I watched solely for him - for a while).