Posted in Jenni Hammit, television on 13. Jul, 2009
The Sci-fi Channel…wait. My bad… “The Syfy Channel” has another show with potential on its hands. Despite their totally lame “renaming/rebranding” campaign, I will have to give them credit for Warehouse 13. The pilot was a little slow going, but I think the show could be decent once it gains some momentum.
Posted in Jenni Hammit, television on 10. Jul, 2009
I have never been a big fan of reality television. I admittedly did watch early seasons of the Real World, but I put the blame of that on my being young and stupid. The last season I could actually sit through was the San Francisco house. Since then I have become a little bit of a television snob. I like my television shows well written, snarky, smart, sarcastic and a little dark at times. Reality television just doesn’t consistently deliver the level of entertainment I require.
Posted in Jenni Hammit, television on 06. Jul, 2009
I’ll be the first to admit that I only causally watch the Sci-fi Channel’s Eureka. I never thought it was a bad show, but it just sort of happened. Before I had a DVR, I was never home when it was on. Then when I got my DVR, I kept forgetting to record it. Really I hadn’t given the show much more thought, but now I am thinking it will be one of the fun light hearted shows of the summer.
Posted in television on 14. Jan, 2009
Well, well, well. Look whose come crawling back, begging us to watch TV.
In the aftermath of last year’s writer’s strike, viewership of network TV is down 9 percent across the board. It seems that during the hiatus, we viewers discovered there are other places where we can spend our time, either on the computer, or gaming, or, gasp!, with friends and family or reading. And many of us haven’t bothered coming back.
Posted in television on 25. Jul, 2008
A friend of mine reads one to two novels a week. He can do this because he considers watching TV a waste of time. I’ve encountered others who, when I ask, “Did you see that show last nigh?” will say things like, “Oh, I never watch TV.” Invariably their tone is so smug when they utter this phrase.
I admit that I watch more television than a person should. There are times when I just want to turn off my brain and veg. I don’t really have the patience to stick through a whole show so I’m always surfing the channels, trying to avoid the junk on the airwaves such as the endless number of hook-up shows. But I found a new program that is like a family-sized bag of Doritos and gallon of Coke for your eyes and mind.
Posted in television on 19. Jun, 2008
Ladies and gentleman, let the summer season of awesome TV begin. Bravo's hugely popular hit series, Flipping Out, has begun airing the premiere of season two tonight (Tuesday, June 17th). If you've watched Flipping Out, then no need to read any further. If you haven't watched it, give me until the end of this post and I'll give you a reason to program your Tivo and begin recording a summer series that will stay with you for months to come.
Posted in television on 23. May, 2008
I’m gonna miss my friends this summer. My buddy Liz Lemon on 30 Rock found out she wasn’t pregnant after all. Pal of mine, Jim Halpert, didn’t end up proposing to Pam on The Office. That tramp Parvati won the million dollars over All-American Girl Amanda on Survivor. And by the time everyone reads this, I’ll know what happens to our hearty islanders on Lost (What is the deal with that funky cabin?) and the mombots on Desperate Housewives.
These are the only shows that I must record, that take up precious space on my DVR hard drive. The rest of TV I can take or leave. (more…)
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