Ringing in 2008 with Reality TV
Yikes. Just yikes.
I watch a handful of reality television. I like the Amazing Race and Survivor. And, I also like shows involving aspiring chefs, Gordon Ramsay, or the Food Network. I’ll even admit that I have enjoyed So You Think You Can Dance both seasons that it has been on in the United States. Other than that, I have had my fill of reality TV. Up to my eyeballs, in fact.
The writers strike meant an early end for many scripted shows this past viewing season. It made me mourn the cancellation of the one of the best shows to hit the airwaves in over ten years – Journeyman – all the more, because that is one show that made up for a viewing schedule otherwise packed full of mushy, soft boiled reality crap.
A pox on the writers. Their strike means that complete shite like NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice is getting a prime Thursday night spot. What?!
January will be a month to savor palatable television. Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, C.S.I.: Miami and C.S.I. each have one new episode left to give us this month. ER, House, Ugly Betty and Boston Legal, have three or four shows left.
I usually frown on the networks starting some show’s seasons in January, but it turns out that CBS’s Jericho, ABC’s Lost and NBC’s Medium will give us some sanity by starting late this time around. They don’t have full seasons available, but even a half-season worth of new shows will feel like a real treat.
There are some new scripted shows beginning this month and next, though most critics say they are nearly worth avoiding. Still, if my other choices are VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew or yet another excruciating season of American Idol, then I will indeed be checking out ABC’s Cashmere Mafia. You still can’t get me to watch October Road, though – not even with a gun held to my head.
I totally agree. There are only two episodes of House left for me to enjoy. Though I have to admit, I do love me some Project Runway.