Friday TV notes

[yendi]

Spent last night catching up on Tivo:

Arrested Development: God, this was funny. Between the pokes at typical TV stunts like the "live" episodes, the 3-D gimmick, and the "someone's going to die" promise, and the constant pokes at their own imminent cancelation (complete with acknowledgment of the various "unsympathetic" criticisms and the nods to HBO and Showtime), this was damned near perfect.

Scrubs: The season premiere was cute. The second episode, however, was just painfully funny. I forgot how hard this show could make me laugh, especially when Faison and Braff get the focus. Alas, since NBC, being a network programmed by pig-felching mongooses (or possibly pig-felching mongeese), decided not to make this a part of their Thursday lineup, so once House comes back, we'll have to wait until rerun summer or DVD to see the remainder of the season.

My Name is Earl: So, now that this one's not against House, we watched it. And it was cute. But was this a weak episode, or is everyone raving over an overrated comedy here? Seriously, there were a few solid laughs (mostly involving the nearly-absent Jaime Pressly), but this certainly didn't blow me away.

Four Kings: Forgot to Tivo it. oops.

Lost: We caught the Ana-Lucia flashback ep. We still have the Kate one on the Tivo, which will catch us up thanks to a nicely done rerun season. Alas, the return of Veronica Mars will soon have us behind once again.

I'm not catching every CSI rerun on Spike (Tivo space and time are both factors), but I did catch "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom" this morning. Aside from being a damned good episode, it was weird seeing a post-Firefly Summer Glau in a tiny blink-and-you'll-miss-it part. Her IMDB profile claims that her next role will be on a made-for-Sci-Fi-Channel (i.e., crappy) movie called Mammoth, where she plays "Jack Abernathy."

Comments

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows the plural of mongoose is polygoose. Didn't you learn anything in school?

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Which episode of Earl was it?

[yendi]

"Barn Burner," the new one from last night.

[yendi]

I went to one of those schools that focused on "Traditional" values, and only taught us about the Mongoose.

[sdaisyk.livejournal.com]

what? I don't get my Scrubs!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *dies of sorrow*

[sdaisyk.livejournal.com]

Oh wait, its on Tuesday....the same time as Commander in Chief. Oh well, guess my VCR will getting a workout this semester too...

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Ah. Haven't seen that one yet.

However, I consider "Arrested Development" to be not particularly funny, so it may well be that Earl isn't up your alley.

[alison-says.livejournal.com]

I don't think Earl is very funny. I even went in with a good attitude for once. But . . . eh. It isn't my cup of tea.

[yendi]

Could well be. I've heard a number of folks who like AD praise Earl as well, though.

[brak55.livejournal.com]

I find My Name is Earl to be a very spotty show. Sometimes I laugh out loud, sometimes I sit in silence. All-in-all, it's an overall disapointment based on the fact that Jason Lee stars.

You're right on Scrubs. As much as I love it, my new found infatuation with House will win out. I'll be watching Everwood once it is back over Earl, too.

[muse0fire.livejournal.com]

I adore My Name Is Earl, and have found every episode hilarious EXCEPT this latest one - it was pretty weak, and really not representative of the rest of the series.

So Scrubs will be up against House? Thank goodness for my two Tivos :-)

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Just watched it. Aside from the embarrassing "Randy's afraid of birds" subplot, it's pretty much on target.