Thursday, January 15, 2009

Television

Cool:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - still funny.

Colbert - still makes me laugh, though I don't feel as compelled to watch it as TDS.

Chuck - would be a shame if it gets the axe.
30 Rock - still awesome, despite Jane Krakowski (as always)

The Office - snobs who just like the British show (which was brilliant, for sure) can suck it. This show is one of the most consistently funny shows on television.

Friday Night Lights - considering how much NBC's ratings suck ass, they should consider trying to raise the quality of shows and let them grow, instead of forcing them to be stuck on DirecTV before they get a network airing. One of the most entertaining and brilliant dramas on television in the last decade.

The Rachel Maddow Show - extremely smart, insightful commentary with a touch of goofy on a 24-hour news channel? Thank you, Keith Olbermann and MSNBC for pushing Rachel on America and giving her a TV show. It's nice to have someone who is smart but not sensationalist on TV for once. (Honorable mention goes to Countdown With Keith Olbermann, but Sarah Palin thinks he's evil, so I'll leave him off the list.)

The Soup - Joel McHale has turned this show into something even funnier than its predecessor, Talk Soup. His unflinching weekly deconstruction of bad TV and pointless pop culture is truly one of the best shows on TV. Plus, it's funny as shit.

Sucks:
American Idol - BO-RING. Some really decent singers, a lot of pain, some cute girls (and some almost cute girls who can't sing in bikinis)

Heroes - crappy dialogue is killing this show more than the silly story lines. I'm just really tired of it at this point.

I haven't been watching much else - most of it is kind of boring, so it has to grab me for me to feel like writing about it...

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