December 19, 2006

  • recap of the Fall / Winter TV season...

    "Heroes" is the big surprise for me, since I discounted it from it's very luckluster pilot episode, but starting from the second episode, it has now become the best new series to emerge this season. "Veronica Mars" came back still strong, and I've grown to appreciate the changes they made with the show. "House" is still good, but the darker tone of the overall plot this season can be a bit of a turn off. "Law and Order : Special Victims Unit" briefly added a new character that brought some fresh air to the dynamics of the show. "Lost" came back with kinda a whimper, and got a bit frustrating to watch, as we the audience are getting unsatisfyingly jerked around.

    "Smallville" was smart to add the Green Arrow in the mix, but is still dumb in regards to what they are doing with Lex and Lana. "Supernatural" has proven to be a pretty solid show, and I'm glad to stick with it. "Survivor : Cook Islands" has convinced me to start watching this reality game show on a regular basis now. "The Office" is still the best sitcom around right now, with Steve Carell doing a great job with one of the best sitcom characters around in Michael Scott. "Law and Order" mixed things up by changing two characters and manage to make the show engaging to watch again.

    "South Park," "American Dad," "Family Guy," "Robot Chicken," as animated programming, are still producing a lot of laughs that easily rivals traditional sitcoms. "The Venture Brothers" finally returned for a second season and it's still good, but not as good as the first season. "Metalocalypse" was very entertaining at first but started to get a little bit tired as the series continued. Despite a couple of episodes, I'm still continuing to ignore "The Simpsons" overall.

    G4TV's "Attack Of The Show" and "X-Play" still entertain me to this day. "The Soup" and "Best Week Ever" are still chugging along rather well. The game shows in "Deal or No Deal" and "1 vs 100" are also great diversions. Ofcourse "Ebert & Roeper" is still my premiere source of movie reviews on TV.

    Not too bad a TV season, but not necessarily great. I'm disappointed at how serialized TV shows are going away, but they did overcrowd that genre this time around.

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