November 15, 2007

Best "new" shows this season

Yes, I know the season is well underway and the writers' strike wreaking havoc on programming, but let's just take a second, this far in, to remark on our new favorites:

Reaper - Watch it. Love it. Best new show of the season. It gets better every week. I know a lot of people are missing this because it is hiding over on the CW, but trust me, you should be watching.

Dirty, Sexy, Money--Yay! A grown up show that's fun and smart and keeps you guessing. Plus, bonus, it's a dysfunctional family that makes your family look like the damn Waltons in comparison. Great, dirty, sexy, fun.

Pushing Daisies-- Love, love, love this. Love Chi McBride whose facial expressions alone are worth watching the show for. Adore Kristin Chenowith. Perfect, she's just perfect. It's quirky and fun and completely different. Which, of course, means it will be soon cancelled and sold on DVD with "bonus episodes." Go watch while you can.

Journeyman - Yup, Time Traveler's Wife but somehow different. And he grows on you. Did you know she was going to be from the past? I never saw it coming. And that just makes it better.

Ooh....how could I almost forget....Private Practice--A spinoff that puts the original to shame. How hot was this week? Taye Diggs. 'nuf said. This is my guilty pleasure during the week.

So, which of the new shows have you stuck with and which did you kick off the DVR?

Posted by michelle at 07:27 PM | Comments (0)

October 04, 2007

Journeyman

Well, somebody read Time Traveler's Wife. That's all I could think while I was watching this premiere. Not that that is a bad thing, but it did seem as if the premise, at least in the beginning, was very similar. The difference here is that instead of a romance, we have a time traveler with a purpose. He's going to go back and fix things. Hmmm, if there's on thing I've learned by watching too many movies it's that changing things in the past can be dangerous. Ask Hiro on Heroes!

But so far, this show is watchable. We'll see how the story progresses. I do like that he has to try and explain his "absences" to those closest to him and that they had an intervention to help him.

I am hoping it doesn't fall into too formulaic a story. Hopefully, they will have enough fresh ideas. I know there are a few things he could go back and change for me. But then again, there's that danger of changing the past. Maybe I'll stick to just watching him change other people's past.

Posted by michelle at 08:44 AM | Comments (0)