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September 19, 2005

Prime Time Madness

It's premiere week kids, and I'm ready to rumble. The series manager at the Hudson household has a total of 17 shows, in the following priority order. We'll see how long they all last...

1. ER - clearly
2. Lost - even more clearly
3. Survivor: Guatemala - the pilot was ass kicking BRUTAL. Interested to see where they go from here
4. The Amazing Race 8 - Family style this year, can't wait!
5. Medium - SO glad to see PA win for this last night (or, hear about it - b/c clearly, who watches the Emmy's). I've been a fan of this one since "go."
6. Everybody Hates Chris - Apparently the funniest thing since sliced bread
7. Supernatural - GREAT pilot. Better than all of the teen slasher movies I've seen since the Scream series - and I keep coming back for more of them. This one only takes an hour of my life (50 min on replay) and it's FREE!
8. Reunion - thanks to officemate Christy for alerting me to this one. So far, I'm likin' it - and the 80s references are unrelenting
9. Bones - liked this pilot. And here's to more smart women lead characters. And I love how she's constantly NOT getting pop-culture references
10. Threshold - more hot smart female leads (I'm about 90% sure Hedy Burress got called back for all of these parts)
11. Invasion - Haven't seen anything on this one yet, but more spooky stuff
12. Surface - have heard this is horrid, but am givin it a shot b/c, clearly, more spooky stuff
13. Prison Break - not sure about this one. My parents are watching, so I'll hang on for a bit longer
14. How I Met Your Mother - reviews so good and cast so interesting, no other reason it's here
15. Ghost Whisperer - clearly, this is supposed to be horrible, horrid and awful. JLH is supposedly clawing at the scenery. But I'm a sucker for ghost stories.
16. Rome - higher priority in reality, but if it gets bumped, I can always use on Demand and I generally watch it in B'ville anyway. Took me a few episodes, but I'm hooked on this one.
17. Curb Your Enthusiasm - again, avail on on Demand and follows Rome if watched in B'ville. I was anti this show for the first few seasons, but I think I've been won over

I also set it to tape E-ring on its pilot night, but I'm not expecting to get hooked. Maybe when Ghost Whisperer goes by the wayside...

You might wonder when I might actually have time to watch all of this. I'll just say that it's ALL about the DVR and fast forwarding through commercials.

I'd also taped the Lifetime/Showtime Film original movie, Speak. Finally got around to watching (most of) it on Sunday. Good stuff.

Ordinary Whirled's Prime Time post here.

Posted by nikl at September 19, 2005 01:54 PM

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I wanted to ditch Survivor this year. I NEEDED to. But, with C away last Thursday and the boredom that ensued, I watched. And was hooked. The Probst! The Stephenie! The ass-kicking middle-aged women!! I may be stuck for yet another season.

Ghost Whisperer. Heh heh. Enjoy the three weeks THAT shit lasts.

Posted by: Beth at September 19, 2005 03:40 PM

I know it's going to suck monkey balls. I just can't help myself when spooks and spectors are involved. And it will be good when I get to drop it.

You know, in looking for the Everybody Hates Chris website, I saw a new show on UPN called Love, Inc. w/ Busy Philipps and Holly Robinson Peete. I was tempted... but I'm full dude, I. am. full.

Posted by: nikl at September 19, 2005 03:46 PM

I'm full dude, I. am. full.

Yes. This is why I can never have children, because I'd be all "stop your hollerin'! I'm watching Veronica Mars!!!" I don't know how people functioned before TiVo.

Let me know how Everybody Hates Chris is, because it, too, was tempting.

Posted by: Beth at September 20, 2005 08:29 AM

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