Comments on: Fall 2005 TV Preview

By: jank

jank — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:03:52 +0000

Hey, I just noticed that the times are all an hour early on your schedule. Is that some kind of 733t trick?

By: k-pho

k-pho — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:56:51 +0000

RE: Lost: Meh. Tried to watch it for a few episodes, but couldn’t get into it. It started heading into X-Files territory, which for me spells “unsatisfying.” I thought it best to break with it before it ultimately pissed me off.

RE: Gilmore Girls: You can’t possibly be serious. The show where they try to fit in 50,000 cultural references into every 15 seconds of dialogue? NO ONE TALKS LIKE THESE PEOPLE OR FALLS INTO THESE CUTESY-PIE SITUATIONS. At least The O.C. doesn’t try to take itself seriously.

RE: Arrested Development: Easily blows away all these shows as the most entertaining and funny half-hour on network tv. This is why their ratings suck, a sure-fire indication that it is too smart and irreverent for the masses (OK, or maybe its crappy timeslot). I don’t have to defend it, it speaks for itself.

And dude, I believe the preferred nomenclature is erudite, platinum-card-carrying hippy.

By: jank

jank — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:16:12 +0000

Here’s my schedule:

Sunday – “Simpsons”.
Monday – “Arrested Development”. Love the show. Not so much funny as satirical and bitter. Plus, Portia di Rossi is still hot. More so since she plays for the other team…
Tuesday – “Loser” and “Earl” – much of the same reasons as John.
Wed – “Lost” ‘cause it’s freaky and random enough that I think I can jump in in the middle. “Invasion” ‘cause there just aren’t enough aliens on TV
Thursday – Ummmm, nothing really appeals here. I never got “90210”, “Melrose” and still don’t get the “OC”.
Friday – “Battlestar Galactica” True, we’re sticking with broadcast here, but darn, this show is riveting.

By: etrigan

etrigan — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:15:33 +0000

“Lost”…dude, you are missing out on a cinematic episodic event.

“Gilmore Girls” is the best girlie show ever (but then again, you don’t get Nora Ephron.)

I haven’t watched “Veronica Mars” but they call it the next “Buffy”.

I left “Monk” and “Weeds” off the list because I was only covering “broadcast” but they both are incredible. Tony Shaloub completely brings a fresh take on Columbo, and Mary Louise Parker is a shining angel surrounded by a heavenly host of ghetto pot dealers and hypocritical subrbanites.

I will maybe give you that the rest of it is questionable at times, but we can’t all be erudite hippies. (Amd would you want a world where we were?) I won’t get into why “Arrested Development” is not funny, but now that its the ’00s watching “Will and Grace” doesn’t make you cool with the kids…or the gay folks.

By: k-pho

k-pho — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:59:29 +0000

sorry, that was me just then.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:58:22 +0000

Come on, people. These shows stink worse than a bag of old chicken parts that’s been sitting in the sun for a few days. There is nothing on any of the networks even remotely worth watching aside from Arrested Development, Will & Grace (starting to slip) and The Simpsons (starting to regain composure).

P.S. I hate your favorite band

By: jank

jank — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:07:05 +0000

Just noticed you’ve got the Biggest Loser there. Dug that show, too…

By: stavros

stavros — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:21:23 +0000

I just put together the same thing last week so that I could setup my DVR and config rss-torrent.

Only thing I saw you were missing was whether it was being broadcast in HD and the start dates :)

Shows Network Starts Ends Time Slot HD
24 2006
Alias ABC 29-Sep Thursday 8pm X
Boston Legal ABC 27-Sep Tuesday 10pm X
CSI CBS 22-Sep Thursday 9pm X
CSI: Miami CBS 19-Sep Monday 10pm X
CSI: New York CBS 21-Sep Wednesday 10pm X
ER NBC 22-Sep Thursday 10pm X
Gilmore Girls WB 13-Sep Tuesday 8pm X
Las Vegas NBC 19-Sep Monday 9pm X
Lost ABC 21-Sep Wednesday 9pm X
NCIS CBS 20-Sep Tuesday 8pm X
Numb3rs CBS 23-Sep Friday 10pm X
Surface NBC 19-Sep Monday 8pm
West Wing NBC 25-Sep Sunday 8pm X

By: etrigan

etrigan — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:03:59 +0000

LOL! It would seem that way. …I did consider taking time off to sort out the new good shows from the bad… Thank science for Tivo — HD Tivo, even more — or I mighthave to quit my job during the fall.

By: WWJL

WWJL — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:25:06 +0000

Jesus – you really love yourself.
As if anyone cares what gay programming you watch. Its easy to tell you are unemployed.