Reaper

I am very much inclined never to watch anything on The CW again, more as a matter of principle than because I believe they will actually get the message that they suck from my personal boycott of the network. After all, they made 2 big mistakes last year that solidified their place as the worst decision-makers in television programming history.

Firstly, they were unwilling to negotiate with Amy Sherman-Palladino for the last season of Gilmore Girls, meaning that the entire essence of the show disappeared. Not only that, but they couldn't make up their minds whether they wanted to renew the show for another season, or possibly a half-season. As a result, when they finally said no to any new episodes, there was very little time to give closure to the story and the series finale was a complete dud.

Their second mistake was with regard to Veronica Mars. I don't know if the network execs realized what a fan following that show had, or maybe they did but the ratings just weren't good enough. Needless to say- Kristen Bell and the rest of the cast could have continued to make great tv for longer than 3 seasons. Creator Rob Thomas even pitched the idea for a Extreme Makeover: Veronica Mars Edition that would have taken us a few years into the future with Veronica doing her thing for the F.B.I. From what I could tell during the deliberation period where the fates of shows are decided, the people at The CW considered it, wavered on it, and then pulled the plug at the last possible minute. Similar to the aforementioned situation, the end result: a very unsatisfying series finale.

Okay, now that I'm down off my soapbox, I will stop ranting about how anyone can possibly decide that The Pussycat Dolls are more worthy of being renewed than GG and VM (as my high school teacher, Mrs. Plosser, would say- this is the great dumbing down of America). Anyways, I watched Reaper in spite of my feelings for The CW and found it entertaining. Not amazing, not award-worthy, but funny enough that I will probably continue to watch it. The main character's best friend had some great one-liners ("Now you're this cool devil man with your Jedi mind trick!"), definitely showing the influence of Kevin Smith, who directed the pilot episode. I mean, it wasn't much of an original idea- the concept felt a lot like Dogma- but I enjoyed it.

Chuck + Heroes

There is a character on Chuck named Captain Awesome.
Nathan and Peter Petrelli are both alive.
All is well.

To elaborate:
I decided to watch Chuck because Kristin, my hero and television guru from E!, recommended it, as well as the fact that some of the previews leading up to the premiere compared it to Alias. It is definitely going to be added to the color-coded t.v. schedule on my wall. I thought it was adorably funny and was glad to see that it doesn't take itself too seriously. The characters are all very endearing and I really enjoyed the episode in general.
(P.S.- I was very glad to see Adam Baldwin again. There's so much of those Firefly boys going on right now! In addition to Adam on this show, Nathan Fillion is joining the cast of Desperate Housewives this season, which is super exciting, and Alan Tudyk did a great job as the doctor in 3:10 to Yuma.)
The season 2 premiere of Heroes seemed more like an ordinary episode than a get-pumped-up-for-the-new-season premiere. I liked getting caught up with all my peeps, but I didn't really get into it until the last few minutes. At least the end was freakin' cool- I was all like, *gasp* "HRG and Mohinder are conspiring to bring down The Company! Somebody just threw Hiro's dad off a roof! Peter's alive!!" That's how it went down. Hiro is still his cute, little, heroic self, and now he gets to run through fields with Sark. What could be better?

Not much.
:)

The Real Emmy Winners

I have a few theories about what happened to the Emmys this year. The members of the Academy of Television whatever-their-name-is A) have never watched television in their lives, or B) were abducted by some evil Commie agency and replaced by people that have never watched television in their lives. Or C) I was dreaming the entire thing and when I wake up tomorrow none of this will be real. The only parts of the entire show that I would let myself enjoy were Steve Carell's presentation and Stephen Colbert's and Jon Stewart's presentation. Congratulations, Emmys. Try though you did to ruin everything, you couldn't keep 3 of the funniest people alive from being funny. From Ryan Seacrest to the theatre-in-the-round stage to the mostly insane choices of winners, this was without a doubt the worst awards show I have ever watched. Therefore, I have decided not to accept them. That's right, denial is my only position with regards to this year's Emmys. If anybody asks me the results of a certain category, they will only receive the outcome from my ideal world. Here's how the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards really happened!
Host: Conan O'Brien
Stage: Rectangular (But I'll keep that little trapdoor thing, because that was pretty cool)
Supporting Actor- Comedy: Rainn Wilson, The Office
Supporting Actor- Drama: Michael Emerson, LOST
Supporting Actress- Comedy: Jenna Fischer, The Office
Supporting Actress- Drama: Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Actor- Comedy: Steve Carell, The Office
Actress- Comedy: America Ferrara, Ugly Betty
Actor- Drama: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Actress- Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Comedy Series: The Office
Drama Series: The Sopranos


Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert presenting the award for Best Comedy Actor