Last Man Standing
The imminent release of the third season of House on DVD, as well as the previews for the new season that ran over the weekend on Fox (new tv shows? Pre-season 'football'? It can't be that time already, can it?) are a grim reminder of the downside of starting a blog about pop culture in a moment like this: it feels like all the good tv shows are gone. Seriously, last season was a Saturday Night Massacre of quality programming: The Sopranos, Veronica Mars, The OC, Gilmore Girls, Studio 60 : all cancelled. Sure, we still have one more season of Battlestar Galactica, although given the jump-the-shark quality of that show's season finale (never has Jimi Hendrix been used to worse effect), I don't have high hopes. That leaves me with everyone's favorite, pill-popping MD, and it's hard to go wrong with Hugh Laurie and Co. (especially if, as the season finale suggested, we'll see less of the whiny, self-absorbed Cameron this year. Jennifer Morrison's a good actress, but I suspect the writers have written themselves into a wall with her character's development).
But I toss the question out to my readership of six: what shows should I add to my viewing schedule this year? Ugly Betty? Friday Night Lights? Is it too late to get caught up with Lost? And what new or returning shows are you most looking forward to?
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Chuck
Pushing Daisies
New Amsterdam
No apologies for misspelled or misnamed entries.
I'm also going to watch the Geiko Cavemen show, mostly because I think the commercial with the caveman on the walking sidewalk at the airport is a fantastic piece of comedy.
Heroes
Bones
Numb3rs
The Office
30 Rock
Robot Chicken
Otherwise, I suspect I'm going to be catching up on a number of series on DVD. Namely Friday Night Lights. Football, woo!
And, if it ever makes its way onscreen, I'll check out Amy Sherman-Palladino's new show, Jezebel James because I like Parker Posey and I want to know if da Sher-Pa has lost her talent or just started hating her baby five seasons in.