Friday... Psych... Ep. 2-01

A new season!

I wasn't thrilled that they did yet another American Idol parody. A first for them, sure. But you'd think after six years, people would get tired of the original so much so that they wouldn't feel the need to parody it. Especially with the nasty "Simon" and the drugged up "Paula."

At least they kind of made fun of themselves doing it, too. "See that guy? He's not black, he's Latino. THAT'S different!"

The best line actually came from Lassiter. I don't even remember the entire line, but "rabbit-punched me in the sternum" was in the middle of it, and I didn't hear the rest over my own laughter.

Someone once commented that Dule Hill reminded her of the Tigers' Curtis Granderson. I so see it!

Before I get to the Sopranos, let me just say this: Canada's version of "Candid Camera," "Just For Laughs," is so weird. There is no audio other than music and a laugh track. So the people in on it seem to make a lot more movements with their arms and facial expressions, and it almost seems like the targets do, too.

I'm waiting for the NHL Awards to come on. According to Versus website and my cable guide, it started at 7. But no. According to NHL.com, it's scheduled at 7:30 on CBC and Versus. But no. If they had a red carpet special at 7:30, it's obviously not being aired. Instead we get this weird gag show with no audio and a bunch of guys with tattoos doing I don't know what.

Tonight, on a Very Special 24

Josh is reunited with his mother. Jack says goodbye to his true love, after watching his own father die. The third or fourth one he's had after his wife was killed - by a former lover. Bill and Karen are pardoned. Tom's going to miss Karen. Cheng is taken into custody, but remains loyal to his people. VP Daniels gets out of a bases loaded jam unscathed after making bad decision after bad decision. Chloe and Morris are pregnant. Nadia is relieved to know that Doyle will be ok. Everyone is happy. Except for that other President, who we never heard from after he was stabbed by his wife.

And we fade to black, with Jack watching the sunrise. Yes, that's... exciting TV right there.

Finales and such

Well, maybe I won't have to decide if I'm going to be watching American Idol on Tuesdays next season. Gilmore Girls AND Veronica Mars will not be returning, opening up 8-10 on Tuesday nights. Beauty and the Geek will be on Tuesday at 8 sometime, though they only have about 8 episodes per season and I doubt it would coincide with Idol's season. Actually, it did this past season, but during auditions. But with no GG/VM, maybe they will move it around so they won't have to compete.

Smallville's season finale was strange. The rumors said someone might die. Well, it appears as though Lana, Lois and Chloe all died. Chloe's tears healed Lois, but now Chloe looks unconscious or dead. Lois's car blew up, but we didn't actually SEE her get in it. Nor do we know who planted the bomb, as Lex seemed surprised to hear the news. And I think they introduced Bizarro. I'm not big on the history of the comics so I don't know what the story might be there.

Monday will be 24 and Heroes. I'll probably watch the first hour of 24, then Heroes. I'll catch the last hour of 24 online somewhere. VM will end Tuesday. Also, I need to catch up on the Scrubs hour finale I missed tonight.

I need to catch up with about 5 episodes of Boston Legal. I never remember those shows that start at 10PM.

Miscellaneous Musings, Friends Edition

Thanks to the city library and their insane practice of lending out DVDs (good thing I don't have a burner), I've been watching a lot of Friends lately. In early Season 10, I've noticed a lot of guest stars that have gone on to play pretty prominent supporting roles on other shows. Obviously the show had many guest stars, some of whom were already pretty well known. But these caught my eye.

Aisha Tyler - 24
Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy
Gregory Itzin - 24
Cristine Rose - Heroes


Ok, so there aren't THAT many so far. But when I saw the last two sitting side by side, knowing they are now on opposing shows on Mondays at 9:00 (Although I don't know if Itzin will be back on 24), it made me chuckle.


Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that How I Met Your Mother better come back next season, because I'm "waiting for it."

Miscellaneous Musings, Pt. III

Hey there fans, it's been awhile. Nice of you to stop by.

Gilmore Girls is seeing a late cancellation, and the seventh season finale on May 15 will in fact be a series finale. I got hooked on this show about 4 or 5 years into it, when I finally rented the first disc of the first season. I think I've seen them all, and as good as I think it was, I'm not devastated that it's ending. I feel a little bad for them though, because they didn't get to have their celebration as they finished filming the last episode. Even though it came down to the actors not wanting to commit, and not the network shutting it down. it'll be interesting to see what takes it's place on Tuesday. CW needs to find a gem because they lost the OC recently, too.

Speaking of shows ending, Lost knows where it's headed. They are going to have three more 16-episode seasons, and they are picking up the hot trend of waiting until January to start the seasons non-stop. I stopped watching back when it went on hiatus in February, and I wonder how many more people did the same. Seems strange for a show that popular to announce "shortened" seasons, although the 48 episodes would have made for two normal TV seasons had they not stretched it to three.

Scrubs is again on bubble, apparently. This is another show I really like, but it's starting to have that Friends feel, where every few months another question pops up if the show will end. I read that a promo for Scrubs said "only four episodes left," but they said the same thing for Heroes. Zach Braff already signed or at least agreed to an extension, but I guess they're still not sure if the show will stay on, or if it will move to another network, or what. You know, in today's TV world, where lasting one whole season is a positive thing, you'd think a network like NBC would want to keep a show that has lasted six. Maybe if they stopped moving it, it would find an audience to keep.

I stopped watching American Idol. A lot of it has to do with Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars on Tuesdays. But also, The Worst Top 12 Ever turned into An Even Worse Top 6, and so on. While it wasn't as predictable as I made it seem (heh), I do have the final 4 correct.

My picks revisited (and who really left):

March 14 - Haley Scarnato (Brandon)
March 21 - Sanjaya Malakar (Stephanie)
March 28 - Phil Stacey (Sligh)
April 4 - Brandon Rogers (Gina)
April 11 - Stephanie Edwards (Haley)
April 18 - Chris Richardson (Sanjaya)
April 25 - Gina Glocksen (none)
May 2 - Chris Sligh (Richardson and Phil)

FINAL FOUR

May 9 - Jordin Sparks
May 16 - Melinda Doolittle
May 22 Finale - Blake Lewis vs. Lakisha


I think I'm out for now. Tune in next.... oh, whenever I feel like updating.

Nothing Special

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I know, I know. I'm just not feelin' it right now. 24 doesn't even seem to be worth blogging about.

I downloaded the series premieres of Raines and Andy Barker, PI. so, maybe I'll write about those sometime.