At long last, ‘regular’ TV is back. I and my TiVo can both breathe long sighs of much relief.
MONDAY
This is the hardest day for the ol’ TiVos, as 7:00 is the dangerous three way of CBS comedies, NBC’s Chuck and FOX’s Sarah Connor Chronicles. Since I’ve only got 2 TiVos, we’ll be downloading Sarah Connor on Amazon’s VideoOnDemand. (They’ve changed the name from “unbox”, which makes sense, although the new name has less of the freudian funnies about it.)
The Big Bang Theory
This show returned quite nicely, with the Penny and Leonard relationship serving as a spicy sidedish and the geeky relationship of the four guys as the entree. That’s how this show works best and I hope they keep that construct. Every week a favourite activity in our household is seeing how many “Sheldon” things remind us of me. Except for the physics genius thing, I think that I am that guy–or he is me.
How I Met Your Mother
I want to have this thought on the record. I’ve been saying it since last spring, but I need to put it here in writing so that when I am proven correct I can link back to it and say “see!!!” If I’m wrong, and I’m betting I’m not, then I’ll probably have to creatively live this entry down but I don’t care. I’m betting I’m right.
Sarah Chalke is not the mother. She’s going to be a long red herring.
Heroes
Last night’s two hours are still unwatched on my Tivo. I’ve got to get up the nerve to dive back in. All last season was like sitting by the TV and waiting for the show you loved to call, only to be repeatedly disappointed by longwinded conversations with your great aunt. I’ve heard and read that this season “the show is back” but I don’t yet believe the begging quality of those reports.
All this and I still miss Journeyman. NBC dropped that excellent show and appears, so far, to have not replaced it with anything worthwhile.
Just Another Pretty Farce 
There are comedies on CBS?
what is this “tee vee” of which you speak?
I miss Journeyman too! And Jericho – but at least they gave us a partial season 2 with Jericho and a satisfying conclusion. I wish they’d done the same for Journeyman…
I was … not that wild about the Heroes opener. I liked it better than most of Season 2, but it still doesn’t compare to anything in the 1st season.
Have you checked out Fringe on FOX?
Dear all,
Most of the shows you want watch again are at hulu.com.
Mike
I’ve been waiting to post my blog thoughts on Heroes…hoping this week’s third episode is better.
I think the line that summed it up for me last week was “You want to be smarter than you are.” Which sums up this show. It desparately wants to be smart and rich and yet the characters make such stupid decisions and moves motivated only by a need to push the plot forward that I end up frustrated.
One of the biggest is how Peter’s powers change based on what the plot calls for..and how he won’t recall having some powers if the plot doesn’t need them.
Frustrating…frustrating…frustrating.
As for HIMYM, as long as we have Barney, I’m there. Hilarious.