My Favorite Shows of 2007.
I have to say, my TV viewing is down this Fall. I really didn't invest any time for new shows, other than the very few. Might as well go about this per night.
Sunday. King of the Hill, surprisingly having a solid 13th season. Family Guy. Could this show get anymore offensive? Somebody give Seth a good talking to, because his vengeful attacks towards Fox are seriously ruining the show. American Dad. Still steady with its laugh-out-loud moments.
Monday. It's all CBS. How I Met Your Mother. I have to say, when "the Doog" came out of the closet this year, I find it really difficult to be convinced of him being "Barney the Womanizer" on the show. Lite Comedy, it has a few funny moments. The Big Bang Theory with the 4 nerds is actually pretty funny, especially the tall nerd being a total jerk. It's always nice to see "Roseanne" alumni on TV. Two and a Half Men: terrible. Rules of Engagement, nothing really blows me away about this show, and of course it has David Spade basically playing himself, and "David Puddy" playing a passive not-as-stupid-as-Doug Heffernan in another show where the married couple schools the young couple with another annoying moody-controlling young female.
Tuesday. Bones: ridiculous. House: pointless and Gregory House doesn't snarl any more.
Wednesday. Back To You. Sorry Patty & Kelsey, but it comes off as a weak "Murphy Brown" rip-off. 'Til Death. Again, weak and "Rules of Engagement" basically ripped off the plot but they have better actors. 'Til Death reminds me of a weak "Everybody Loves Raymond" where it's the Brad Garrett vehicle and the husband & wife are constantly fighting. Kitchen Nightmares: yeah. YEAH!!! Chef Gordon Ramsay: "Green burgers KILL PEOPLE!!". Very entertaining 10 episodes. Rage and food, gotta love it. And there's another thing I learned: don't ever eat in a New York restaurant. "Dillons" had roaches and bugs all over their freezer and storage, and yet the NYHD gave them a 95 out of 100. It's also amazing to see the stubborn arrogance of some chefs, refusing to take advice even in the face of bankruptcy. And of course, in some cases the situations were just too dire and the restaurants had to close. And you could tell all the ladies had the hots for Ramsay. And I saw some of the most disgusting kitchens of my life.
Thursday. NBC Must See TV. My Name is Earl: this show was getting redundant and the flashback episodes were clever, and another old favorite of Craig T. Nelson as the incompetent warden was pretty good. And if you haven't seen the last episode yet, skip over this. Earl is finally free, damn it! About time they wrapped that up. PBS "Chicago Tonight" for 7:30pm. The Office at 8pm, still my favorite show with gut-choking moments (i.e. during "Cure for Rabies" Dwight kicks off the "Fun Run" with looked something like a .44 Magnum with real bullets used in an Industrial Park. Stanley's reaction killed me). As for the Jim / Pam plot, I don't care for mushy crap like that. Tho I will say, second, third and fourth viewings of these episodes aren't aging as well. 8:30pm is Scrubs, which feels like old episodes again but is clearly out of gas. Oh well, at least it was nice to see Dan get his life together.
Friday night is all PBS stuff for me.
Saturday. Saturday Night Live. That whole Maya Rudolph thing was nauseating, and they seriously need to get the old out and get some fresh blood in there. At this point, the only people I would keep would be Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig. Why? Why bring Chevy Chase back? Why?
Sunday-Friday nights 9pm-10pm: Frasier repeats. Still one of the best shows ever made. Daphne wonders why Niles has celery in the house if he hates it:
Niles: Maris liked to have it in case she felt like bingeing.
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Things That Bugged The Hell Out Of Me in 2007.
Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. My god, Newbie, what in the hell is this country's obsession with these two broads??! Who cares what they do! And if Lindsay was my daughter, I'd be absolutely ashamed of her (not to mention some X-rated pic I accidentally stumbled upon). Two words: shaved beaver.
White Sox GM Kenny Williams. Is there any more pathetic GM in baseball? He never gets his man; he whines about how "unfair the American League is", and basically tied up $107 million on a bunch of one-dimensional players. Too busy micro-managing everything for the future, plus the fans are pissed off. The best I can hope for is a 3rd place finish, but they will probably finish last, and they are now officially the Baltimore Orioles of the Midwest.
Roger Clemens lying about his steroids and HGH use. You big fat arrogant pig! It's so obvious he was taking designer steroids, because nobody improves that much in their late 30s / early 40s. I condemn you to Loser Cheater Hell!
Rachael Ray. I really don't care for annoying, loud, weezie chain-smoking Marlboro Reds - Dunkin Donuts coffee-whore French-Italian American midgets with sausage fingers and chipmunk cheeks where her show acts like a Short People / Midget Party Convention. Seriously, Executive Producer Oprah: "Why?". The thing that really bugs me about Rachael Ray, is she has never taken a cla$$ of culinary school in her life, her cookbooks have been criticized to death for their inaccurate info, usings of chicken and beef stock as a crutch and is in almost every recipe, and holds ironic contests to send amateur cooks to culinary school. Plus she's EVERYWHERE. Hell when I went to the Jewel to get some booze, when I heard her voice over the PA system, I damn well almost popped open that hooch right there on the spot.
The canceling of Andy Parker P.I. Come on, NBC, what the hell is wrong with you?!
NBC announcing Conan O'Brien moving to L.A. Sad. Very sad. And pale-skinned Conan is gonna get burned into a beet under that Sun.
Tina Fey. Oh why oh why is she getting plastered everywhere?? Grrrrrr. Now it's time for my Tina Fey impression: "Hello, my name is Tina Fey and I'm not funny."
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What I Rediscovered.
"Afternoon, ev'rybody." "NORM!" A childhood cla$$ic of mine. I hadn't watched Cheers since it went off the air 14 years ago. In retrospect, I thought Ted Danson was animated on "Becker", but he was really using his wheels on "Cheers". No wonder he was the highest paid actor at $71,000 per episode. I also noticed that some of my sense of humor I apparently got it from "Cheers". That was a little known fact that came to me.
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What I Discovered.
"Two and a Half Men": not funny! Watching 2 episodes in repeats every night, Charlie Sheen doesn't strike me as a comedian, especially with that one expression; that one tone of voice. This show came off to me as a modern twist of "The Odd Couple", which Alan Harper reminds me of Felix Unger and Charlie Sheen as a suave Oscar Madison. And that fat kid Jake... he needs a smacking in the worst way.
Well, try and have a Happy New Years.