OTH and LUX Return along with Parenthood!

Hello Fellow TV addicts.  More shows have begun and that just makes me happy.  Last night we were able to watch Season 8 of One Tree Hill (the little show that could) and Season 2 of Life Unexpected and Parenthood.  OK, Say what you want about the CW but here's a BIG reason why I enjoy watching shows on this network - THE MUSIC!  The WB started it with shows like Buffy and Charmed and One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls and the CW has continued with this tradition, shows on this network always get great new bands to lend their music to the shows and that's a really awesome part of this network.  I mean where would my life be had I not been introduced to my hometown (Cleveland) girl Kate Voegele on OTH two seasons back?

OK but on to the actual episode.  Is this a dream or a nightmare?  After the HUGE cliffhanger at the end of season 7 of OTH everyone was left to wonder if Clay and Quinn would survive and after last night's premiere I am now wondering HOW they have not died yet.  I mean the were shot and no one has found them and it has been several hours...they have lost a LOT of blood by now so the question is how are they not dead?  The fact that both of them have been made full time cast members as seen in the return of the opening credits (thank you by the way for bringing back "I don't wanna be" can't wait to hear all the different artists renditions of it each week) so they are obviously NOT going to die unless they are going to spend the entire season in this "limbo" state and then die at the end of the season.  I'm not sure how I feel about this whole situation.  At the very beginning when they made it seem like it was all a dream that Clay had I was so mad because I couldn't believe that Mark would commit to it being a cop-out.  But the further into the episode it got the more I got the feeling like they were in some sort of subconscious state - which they were - but I don't know logically how this is going to work out but I guess we shall see.  Brooke and Julian are FINALLY back together, and one would think for good since they are engaged - let me just say I am so happy to see Brooke finally getting the guy she deserves.  However new drama is afoot for Brooke and Clothes over Bros as it seems Victoria was lying to investors about the company's profits (how seriously close to the economy does this hit?).  Hayley and Nathan seem a little too perfect right now, Haley over her depression and pregnant, Nathan off to start another season with the Bobcats - 1 of the 2 of them has something wrong with them (both of them were at the doctor at one point in the episode) my guess is Nathan.  Mia is back - LOVE Kate Voegele so happy to see her back on the show.  Very Little Millie face time and non Mouth, and Alex is the girl you wanna hate and then there's Chase (who I guess is still not a regular after 2 turns on the show).  I love Jamie but I'm not a huge fan of his haircut but I did enjoy the awkwardness of Nathan and Haley trying to explain where babies come from to him.

I have high hopes for this season.  Mark Schwan has said the show is going to "go back to the way it was" so that makes me feel good.  I love that the opening credits are back, like I said.  I would love it if they could get Peyton and Lucas to make a guest appearance at some point.  Here's to high hopes for the  new season.

Life Unexpected started it's second season off in a good way.  I know some people were a little wishy-washy about it's debut season but it seems to me that this season is going to be much better.  Ryan has a secret named Julia and a sister who has now slept with Baze.  Kate lost her job and  has to struggle with the decision to marry Ryan vs. if she loves Baze.  L turned down an engagement from Bug causing him to leave town and falls for a new guy who happens to be a teacher at her school (wait didn't that story line happen on Pretty Little Liars already?  oh well let's see how it plays out on this show).  Oh yeah and it seems like Baze and his dad are getting along for once and the bar has been destroyed thanks to Ryan's sister Paige (who was formerly Dean's wife Lindsay on Gilmore Girls) spending the night with Baze and throwing a cigarette out in the bar after Baze warned her about smoking in there.  All in all I think this season is going to be a good one.

Parenthood also started it's second season last night.  A little time has passed since we last saw the Bravermans.  Zeke and Camille have started marriage counseling.  Haddie is learning how to drive.  Crosby has been commuting to New York to spend time with Jasmine and Jabar...

Not much of Sarah's kids were seen in the first episode, other than giving her the idea for a show low-jack.  I love Lauren Graham!  We are introduced to Adam's boss - Billy Baldwin who we already know will start a fling with Sarah sometime this season.  They will be seeing a lot of each other since Adam offered her a job in the design dept. to work on her show low-jack idea.  Joel gets roped into  helping Zeke fix his leaky roof.  And then there was the highlight of the episode Joel and Julia getting to explain sex to Sidney who can't be older than 5!  Oh what kids hear on the playground.

I really enjoy this family dramedy one of the few GREAT shows to come out of NBC in the last few years.  No new shows for me tonight just catching up on Mad Men and Rubicon from this weekend along with watching the last 2 episodes EVER of My Boys - which has been officially canceled by TBS :( 

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia comes back Thursday and next week brings in a whole slew of new seasons, most importantly GLEE and Modern Family!

Let the New Seasons Begin!

Last night kicked off the first of many season premieres in my realm of television viewing for the fall, 90210(the remake) and Gossip Girl.  The CW is the first to launch their shows - 1 week before the other networks.  I think that's smart, you want to get people before they get involved in the other shows granted most of the shows premiering this week are in their 3rd season or higher you can still get new viewers hooked and make them want to go back and watch the previous seasons.  I have started many a show several seasons in, went back and watched the DVDs or re-runs in syndication and then was totally wrapped up in the show as if I had been watching since day one.  Here's a list of several shows I started watching part way through the series or even after it ended and then wished I had watched it when it was actually on - Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, Mad Men, One Tree Hill, Pushing Daisies, Beverly Hills 90210, LOST...I have several other shows that are over that I want to go back and see such as The West Wing and 24 and I will get to them eventually I'm sure. 

Right now I'm just excited to start watching some new shows and see some of my favorites kick off another season.  I'm sad that the summer shows are ending but soon enough they will be back.  So those of you that watch these CW shows like myself.  What did you think of the season premieres?

90210 started off with some big drama.  Teddy blowing out his knee, Adrianna in that car crash that killed Javier and then using songs she didn't write to get her music career going again.  Annie is finally looking to settle things down after her being completely annoying last season.  Dixon has some Ivy drama with her old friend Oscar moving in from Australia.  And of course there's the big Naomi rape issue from the finale...how do you think the season will play out?  We already know that Teddy is the guy on the show who will be switching to playing the gay character so that should be interesting to see progress and how it affects Silver.  I see major drama for the Dixon/Ivy/Oscar love triangle about to form.  Adriana is going to regret her decision to steal that music.  Annie and Liam's sexual tension will be big this season and Naomi carrying out this rape charge could be interesting.  The interesting thing about 90210 is that some of the stories are things that happened in the original series and others are brand new issues or issues played out in a completely different fashion.  I mean Dixon did the whole Brandon gambling thing.  Kelly was raped in the original series but they didn't go into it as much as they are with Naomi.

Obviously nothing will ever take the place of BH90210 but this reboot is pretty good for the new generation.  Unlike the Melrose place reboot which I thought was terrible (and I didn't even see the original series) and I've seen the pilot of Nikita and I'm not into it (again didn't see the original).  The "cool" thing to do these days is to remake popular shows from the past.  This season we get reboots of Hawaii Five-O and The Defenders as well Nikita.  Well we all saw how Knight Rider and Melrose Place went so far 90210 is the only remake that made it.  I guess we shall see how this fall's remakes fair.

The other season premiere last night was Gossip Girl.  Serena and Blair are at each other's throats again! When will Blair stop being jealous of Serena!  It's so high school and these are girls are almost sophomores in college (well in the show at least).  Nate's sex rampage has turned against him, did he really think he could be Chuck?  Dan is so stupid to believe that Milo is actually his son.  Georgina is totally playing him and I knew as soon as she got him to sign the birth certificate she was going to dump the kid with him and run.  The thing that interests me the most is how Chuck is still alive and yet his body washed up in Paris?  I guess when Serena and Blair go to identify the body we will see who it really is, maybe he has a twin and it'll be like the crazy daytime soap operas haha!

Tonight we have some more premiers, One Tree Hill, Life Unexpected and Parenthood.  I hope to be able to give a little insight into those tomorrow.    

OTH & Life Unexpected planning crossover episode?

According to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly, the CW is planning a crossover between fan favorited One Tree Hill and the sophomore show Life Unexpected.  Now that the two shows will be sharing Tuesday nights on the CW, the promotional staff is hoping that OTH fans will tune in to watch Life Unexpected when Haley (Bethany Joy Galleoti) and Mia (Kate Voegele) make a trip to Portland, Oregon (the setting of Life Unexpected) to perform at a concert sponsored by Life Unexpected's Cate's (Shiri Applby) radio station. 

As a fan of both shows, I'm interested to see how this works out.  I'm obviously more invested in the cliff hanger ending from last season of OTH but I am hopeful for more Mia this season and Life Unexpected was highly enjoyable during it's brief run in the winter of last season.  If you haven't seen it, it was promoted at Gilmore Girls meets Juno.  Basically Cate got pregnant in high school by the football star Baze and gave the child up for adoption, now 16 years later Cate is trying to start a life with her radio co-host Ryan when Lux (the daughter she put up for adoption) shows back up in her life trying to become emancipated form the foster system because she never got adopted.  The court denies her request but places her in the joint custody of Cate and Baze which of course leads to mixed feelings between the two and messes with Cate and Ryan's relationship.  As the season goes on Baze realizes he's in love with Cate who is set to wed Ryan. 

What do you think?  Will this crossover work out?  OTH fans will you tune in to watch Haley and Mia perform on the show?  Sound off in the comments...

More Finales...Tuesday shows

I know it's a few days behind but here are Tuesday's finale recaps.  I have been busy and got behind in my DVR watching.  Tuesday was 90210 and V.

Let's begin with the season finale of 90210 (the new version of course not the awesome original show BH 90210)...I want to first take a moment to say to all the people out there who diss this show because they loved the original and can't force themselves to watch a remake let me tell you that I loved the original and gave this show a chance and although I am past the stage in my life where High School dramas feel relevant to me I enjoy watching the petty drama, it's a guilty pleasure.  Now that Kelly has kinda all but left the show and it's just about the new characters it's felt less like a remake and more like a continuation like if "Saved By the Bell the New Class" had been watchable.  Some other time I want to divulge into the structure of these high school shows and how unrealistic they are yet how much fun they are to watch (shows like Saved by the Bell, BH 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, The OC and so forth).  Now on to the episode -


WOW! Senior year at West Bev is going to be an interesting one.  Here's how their Junior year wrapped up -  

Naomi's conniving bitch of a sister Jen is back and pregnant! (which we knew last week) with Mr. Matthew's baby (that's the new info) - go ahead and join me in a WHAT?  She of course doesn't want Ryan to be involved with the baby because he's a lowly school teacher and that's not a respectable job for her high-end life.  Of course he gets drunk to cope with it and basically steals a bus, drives drunk, runs over the school sign...this guy needs some serious AA help.

Silver and Teddy get back together after she tells him about his father bribing her to break up with him

Adrianna and Navid get back together publicly too - but will she drop out of West Bev to tour with Javier who still wants to get her back after she dumped him to get back with Navid?

Annie came clean about the hit and run.  So what is next for her?  And will she get together with Liam next year?

Dixon and Ivy are together after several break-ups and getting back togethers, and he snuck off to go to Australia with her for the summer without his parents consent - this could lead to some major fallout.

Harry gets fired from West Bev after going to the Superintendent about covering up for Dixon's break-in.  Basically because he doesn't want to let some slacker slide by for cheating in English class after he threatens to go to the Super if he doesn't let the plagiarism slide.  This of course leads to more fighting with Deb over their marital issues - will they get a divorce?

Liam is currently beating the crap out of Jasper for torching his boat and we heard the cops in the background so one wonders was this all a set up by Jasper?  the kid is psycho.  Guess we'll have to see what happens to him when the show returns because not only is this Jasper issue a problem he also came clean about stealing his step-dad's coins and that guy hates him as it is so who knows what he'll do to him.

And then there's Naomi - poor girl she thought she had the perfect life, the perfect boyfriend and then her lying sister Jen returns after being shamed into admitting she slept with Liam after prom and let Naomi believe it was Annie the whole year.  With her return comes the loss of her money (Jen becomes the guardian of her trust fund after telling daddy she's blowing it all) and takes back the house where she is living and gets rid of her car and replaces it with a junker, then Liam finally tired of her self-centered crap dumps her.  She goes into the school to call AAA only to be...well let's just say it - raped by Mr. Cannon whom she falsely accused of sexual harassment earlier this year - and he is right when he says no one is going to believe her if she tells them he did this since she already "cried wolf" on him.

Oh and don't you just wish Ethan would come back?

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On V the season ended the way it began with everyone looking upwards to the sky.  In the premier everyone looked up as the V ships approached their city.  In the finale everyone looked up to see a red sky (the title of the episode), Ana has initiated her plan and sent her message to the ships just beyond earth (this is why the sky turned red) but what does it mean?  What will this Red Sky lead to next season?

Lisa finally chose the side of 5th Column, Chad Decker finally saw that Ana was playing him (thanks to the 5th Column - mainly Joshua).  Erika is playing Ana nicely by making her believe that she is on her side to protect the Vs and using her access to the ship to cause destruction.  We saw with the help of Joshua and Lisa, Erika was able to destroy Ana's soldier eggs (all but 12 anyway).  This leads Ana to feel her first human emotion of anger which causes her to rashly set her plan in to motion despite Markus warning her that the time is not right.

Hobbs is recruited by the Vs to infiltrate the 5th column and learns that he has been working for the Vs for several years without even knowing it.  He has secretly been doing business with Markus without Erika and the rest of the 5th column's knowledge but what is his game plan?  Hobbs is a wild card so you can never tell what he may be up to.

Father Jack uses his church to spread his message that people are worshiping the Vs as false gods and that is unacceptable.  Most people leave but a few stay to join the fight - I guess we just recruited more 5th column.  However, the senior priest tells him that it is unacceptable and he will no longer be allowed to preach there - I have had the suspicion since the premier that the senior priest was a V and this just makes me more suspicious.

Ryan learns that Val has gone into labor and was taken by the Vs aboard the ship.  He storms the ship but Ana orders Val killed after the baby is born and then tells Ryan she died and that had he brought her to the Vs at the start they might have been able to save him and then she uses her Bliss and turns him back to her side.  She hopes to be able to use him against 5th Column.  And he get's to see his alien baby (with is weird tentacles)  I'm just glad they didn't show the baby's face personally I don't want to see any gross alien baby!

Chad turned Joshua in as 5th Column only to then be led to see what the Vs are doing to the humans on the live aboard.  Luckily Lisa frees Joshua from his holding cell long enough to cause the diversion so Erika can destroy the soldier eggs.  However in the fallout Erika is forced to shoot Joshua to protect the 5th Column.  But it's a good thing the Vs are so savvy with their technology and are able to revive Joshua from his gun shot wounds (I thought shooting them didn't kill them - remember the first episode when Erika tried to kill her partner?) .  The big question is what will they do with him now?

Next season should be very interesting.  What will this red sky lead to?  What will happen to Ryan and Joshua?  What will Hobbs choose to do?  Will Chad Decker become a valuable ally to the 5th column know that he knows more about Ana's plans for humans?  We shall see.

More Finale wrap ups to come

CW at the Upfronts - some day changes next year

I know you all were wondering where the CW's fall lineup was yesterday but I was at Cedar Point having a blast riding the Millenium Force so sorry you had to wait for this but here it is:


MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM  90210 (new night)
9:00-10:00 PM GOSSIP GIRL

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM  ONE TREE HILL (new night)
9:00-10:00 PM LIFE UNEXPECTED (new night)

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM  AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9:00-10:00 PM HELLCATS (new)

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
9:00-10:00 PM NIKITA (new)

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM  SMALLVILLE
9:00-10:00 PM SUPERNATURAL (new night)

Upfronts Day 2-ABC launches fall schedule and CBS and CW renewals

Here is ABC's Fall line-up V will begin mid-season in the Tuesday 9pm time slot.  And it appears as though Desperate housewives is returning for another season...

MONDAY
8:00 p.m.       Dancing with the Stars10:00 p.m.     Castle

TUESDAY
8:00 p.m.       No Ordinary Family (new)
9:00 p.m.       Dancing with the Stars the Results Show
10:00 p.m.     Detroit 1-8-7 (new)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m.       The Middle8:30 p.m.       Better Together (new)9:00 p.m.       Modern Family
9:30 p.m.       Cougar Town10:00 p.m.    The Whole Truth (new)
THURSDAY
8:00 p.m.       My Generation (new)9:00 p.m.       Grey’s Anatomy10:00 p.m.      Private Practice

FRIDAY
8:00 p.m.       Secret Millionaire (new)9:00 p.m.       Body of Proof (new)10:00 p.m.     20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 p.m.       Saturday Night College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 p.m.       America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m.       Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 p.m.       Desperate Housewives10:00 p.m.     Brothers & Sisters

Descriptions of the dramas (via EW):
Body of Proof Stars Dana Delany as a medical examiner, determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims of an accident that ended her career as a neurosurgeon.
Detroit 1-8-7 stars Michael Imperioli in this drama offering an insider’s glimpse of Detroit Police’s Homicide Unit.
My Generation A documentary-style dramedy about a disparate group of high schoolers from Greenbelt High School in Austin, Tex. preparing for graduation, then revisited 10 years later.
No Ordinary Family  Michael Chiklis stars as the patriarch of a family that goes from ordinary to extraordinary.
Off the Map From executive producers Shonda Rhimes and creator Jenna Bans, this drama focuses a tiny town in the South American jungle which has one understaffed, under-stocked medical clinic.
The Whole Truth Rob Morrow stars in this legal drama that tells story from perspective of both the defense and prosecution.
Comedies:
Better Together A marriage comedy that stars JoAnna Garcia.
Happy Endings Elisha Cuthbert stars in this series about how a couple’s break-up will complicate all of their friends’ lives and make everyone question their choices.
Mr. Sunshine Matthew Perry stars as Ben Donovan, the self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday.
Alternative series
Secret Millionaire A one-hour alternative series that follows some of America’s wealthiest people for one week as they leave behind their lavish lifestyles, sprawling mansions and luxury jets, conceal their true identities, and go to live and volunteer in some of the most impoverished and dangerous communities in America.

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Also on the network front is news from CBS
CBS announced today that it is canceling Ghost Whisperer, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Cold Case, Miami Medical, Accidentally on Purpose (I watched that show), and Numbers

It also announced that it will renew Medium and Rules of Engagement.

in other breaking renewal news, CW has renewed BOTH Life Unexpected and One Tree Hill! -super excited to see this ;)

CBS will release their schedule tomorrow and the CW on Thursday.  I'll keep you posted

Season Finale Wrap Up - Monday

One Tree Hill

OK, so here I am watching OTH's 7th Season finale not knowing whether or not it will be returning for an 8th season.  Although season 6's finale felt like a series finale season 7 has had it's moments.  I liked the new characters they brought in to the show, Quinn (Haley's sister) was a nice addition and Clay is a very dynamic character.  The show had some big story lines this season...Nathan not getting resigned by the Bobcats because of Clay, Haley and Quinn's mother dying causing Haley to go into a deep depression, Brooke and Julian's on-again/ off-again relationship, Mouth and Skills fighting over a girl, but by far the biggest story was Katie, a tennis player who looks exactly like Clay's dead wife Sarah...turns out she's crazy and is obsessed with becoming Sarah and wants Clay and is just off her rocker (literally on medication), well after the last episode where Clay had her taken away by police it kinda seemed (albeit an odd sort of end to that arc) to be the end of her - WRONG!

The season finale through almost the entire hour felt like a happy show with story lines coming together, Julian finally premiered his film and it was a big hit (which is what the entire episode revolved around, going to the premiere of the movie in Utah), and then Julian proposed to Booke! awe how adorable I've been waiting for that moment...Haley is starting to finally come out of her depression and reveals to Nate that she's pregnant - YAY I've been waiting for them to have another kid (they're only going to be 7 years apart), Alex (who's real name is Alice Whitehead - how horrible no wonder she changed it) convinces Josh to come out to his parents and also convinces Chase (who just broke up with Mia) to go out on a date - and then seconds later Mia texts him and says she made a mistake and wants him back (classic).  Grubbs finishes his album and plans to start touring in London so he can see Miranda again (awe they were kinda cute for a non-essential cast couple).

Then there is the big season ending cliff hanger event - Quinn goes up to bed and guess who's there?  Katie - with a gun! Gunshot...oh no! Clay hears the sound and runs upstairs, sees Katie and boom another shot! OMG! Katie makes Nanny Carrie look like a slightly crazy aunt...I can't believe she shot Quinn and Clay! Haley was just starting to come out of her funk and now her sister gets shot (how will this affect her pregnancy?) I'm just praying that neither of them die...but OMG this show better come back next season!!!  Did you see the dramatic exit Katie makes as well?

GOSSIP GIRL

Let's start with something nice - Dorota has her baby, a girl whom she names Anastasia.  How adorable...of course her having the baby caused B to miss her 7:01pm deadline to meet Chuck atop the Empire State Building.  She eventually shows up and finds Chuck's flowers in the trash...poor B. 

Dan and Serena wake up next to each other and we learn that they shared a kiss.  Jenny, fresh off her attempt to destroy her father's marriage finds them, snaps a photo and of course sends it to Gossip Girl.  This all culminates in Serena breaking up with Nate and we're not really sure how things will play out between Dan and Vanessa since Nate forwarded her the photo down in Haiti (where she is doing an internship) and won't return Dan's calls (but we're going to presume they will break up...more on that towards the end)  And of course there is little J - Rufus decides that it is best for her to live with her mother in Hudson and finish her senior year out there.  

For someone who wanted to move back to Brooklyn you think she'd be happy to be out of the city but no she was so upset she went to the hotel looking for Nate...J when will you learn to just stay away from those boys at the hotel.  Well needless to say Nate was not there but a very depressed Chuck trying deeply to rid his heart of Blair uses this opportunity to swipe Jenny's V card.  Chuck actually seems quite pleasant with J after the event asking her if she is OK and telling her she can stay the night (which is a no-no in the world of one night stands that is Chuck Bass' life) this is of course until Blair shows up trashed flowers in hand explaining that as hard as she tried to stay away she couldn't.  

Jenny is so distraught about he rash decision to sleep with Chuck that she goes to the hospital chapel where Erik finds her and learns what happened.  He gets Dan to go talk to her where presumably she tells him what happened.  Cut to Chuck and Blair all giddy in the foyer.

Just as Chuck pulls the ring out of his pocket to propose to Blair - POW - Dan decks him.  This of course leads Blair the the revelation that after she didn't show at the Empire State Building he slept with Jenny.  Of course this means that B is done with Chuck yet again.  B tells J to get off the island known as New York and never come back or there will be hell to pay.  We skip a week ahead and say goodbye to Jenny (who will be MIA for the beginning of next season - confirmed by Michael Aussiello).  Big family hugs (minus Serena who we all know has a rift with Jenny anyway - besides her and Blair are heading off to Paris for the summer...)

That leads us to the 2 major events -

Georgian is back from Russia and needs some help.  She tries Chuck and Blair but nobody wants to help her out...so what kind of trouble is she in?  Well turns out she's PREGGERS and supposedly it's Dan's love child! This right after Dan starts to look up flights to Paris to go see Serena...come on who saw that one coming?  We shall see if her baby daddy is in fact Lonely Boy but it looks like Georgina will be around for a while next season (especially since Mercy got canceled).

Chuck went to Prague to drown his Blair sorrows and in the process Nate is becoming the new Chuck in Manhattan going through the little black book of girls.  And then comes the biggest twist of them all Chuck get's mugged leaving a bar in Prague, they try to take the engagement ring so he fights back tells them he has a ton of money just let him go to the bank to get it.  Well he struggles and Bang! Chuck is shot and left for dead in the alley as the muggers take off with the ring.

So much happened! Is Dan Georgina's baby daddy?  Is Chuck really dead?  When will we see Jenny again?  

After an up and down so-so season of Gossip Girl this year we definitely got our OMG moments in the finale and I can't wait for next season...

-xoxo

It's Sad to See You Go

So it's been a while since I posted a new story and in this time several shows have been axed 3 of which I watched every week, so let's break it down in this short post.

1. Eastwick - show about 3 witches in a small New England town.  Ok there was already a great show about 3 sister witches in a big city a few years back, a little show called Charmed...it was great, of course on the little WB that could (all the good shows were on the WB when it was just the WB and not the CW, CW lacks in several areas but we'll save that for another day)  The show got axed mid-production so it probably won't wrap up any story lines which bugs the crap out of me.  I want to know the link to Darryl VanHorne and Sebastian Heart and what he has to do with the 3 witches from the past and the new witches.  Plus who doesn't love Lindsay Price and Rebecca Romaine?

2. Trauma - as can be seen in an earlier post i had high praise for Trauma, and still do.  Maybe if NBC didn't have ratings killers like Jay Leno on then shows like this could have a chance to live out a full season.  I still think the characters are better developed and have more potential than any other new medical drama but hey i don't get to choose what goes on the air.  All I have to say is somehow Mercy is still on the air and that show is flat out horrible!

3. Dollhouse - and finally the one that really grinds my gears...this Joss Whedon (God of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame) sci-fi show on FOX is great.  I agree with some of the critics out there who felt that it started off as a show where each episode had a new client and then trouble ensues but the point was to get across how the dollhouse functioned and to see the inter-workings of that particular house in LA.  Cut to this season (especially after the announcement of cancellation) and you get one of the best suspense sci-fi thriller shows on TV.  You never know what is going to happen next and the unraveling of the Rossum Corp. has been dramatic to say the least and very interesting.  Hard to believe there are only a few episodes left for good...I blame FOX for this one.  It's like they weren't even trying to get people to watch it.  They never advertise for the show, they put it on Friday night at 9pm (at least last year it was led in by The Sarah Conner Chronicles) following a comedy program you can't lead into a sci-fi drama with a comedy (especially the stupid one that actually did lead into it).

A few other shows have been canceled already including Ashton Kutcher's CW show The Beautiful Life:TBL (like no one saw that coming) and ABC's Hank starting Kelsey Grammar, but the 3 above will be missed the most.

See you in the New Year everyone

P.S. to those of you wondering, I finished watching Twin Peaks and let me just say this...what a strange show!

Something to hold all you Lost fans over to Feb 2, 2010 here is a Spanish promo made by the station Cuatro for the show that creator Carlton Cuse dubbed the best promo for Lost he's ever seen