Anything good on TV this season?

Negative Boy · Post by **Negative Boy** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:45 pm

While I can respect the literary tip of the hat to Don Pendleton's cold blooded executioner, Mack Bolan in Kiefer Sutherland's protrayal of agent Jack Bauer, it is offset by Mr. Kiefers own admittance to being Canadian by birth. The preposterity of the plot cannot be overlooked. You would think that after the first 15 attempts to terrorize America in or around the greater Los Angeles area, muslims would concur that their chances would be greatly improved if they chose another city to attack. But again, they are muslims and hampered by the muslim retard gene. And some gratification can be found in their perpetuation of the American South's textile industry by buying all those bedsheets they wear. But I digest. This show's unique plot device is also it's own achilles heel. Unless they can conceive of a way to end the show around episode 13 and then show Keifer Sutherland getting some well deserved sleep or maybe taking in a fine meal and perhaps a film at the local cineplex. But as it doesn't, you know nothing will be resolved until that final hour. And that is just fucking boring and stupid.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:04 am

Copy that, my mom likes to watch 24 (found that out last fall) and when she told me she liked it, I KNEW I was right in never taking any time to check it out, plus I agree with vyn, I thought the gimmick would FORCE american television to finally do something right and make a stand-alone series of 24 episodes rather than hitch the wagon to the shark and let it go nuts, which seems like what the show is all about

Antropov · Post by **Antropov** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:09 am

"American Idol" started last night. Two two-hour opening episodes seems to be a bit of overkill, but it gives me something to do. Plus, its kind of fun to watch the wife bitch about "House" not being on.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:04 am

24, Heroes, Scrubs, all good TV until baseball season starts

Ran · Post by **Ran** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:28 am

Rome Season II. It's the only show I watch on a regular basis. The rest of the time, I'm watching hockey, football, or some random documentary on Discovery or National Geographic.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:42 pm

I forgot about Rome.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:05 pm

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Diabolical · Post by **Diabolical** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:59 am

I wish Jim Rome was dead.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:24 pm

Holy shit, our show got pantsed by American Idol in the ratings last night.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:48 pm

And American Idol hasn't even properly started yet.

Until they pick the people that are actually up for public voting, the show is a total waste. You will never convince me that at least 99% of the horribly bad singers aren't fake.

Are there that many people who are that bad and that deluded, and who don't have anyone who loves them enough to dissuade them from appearing on TV? No. At least I certainly hope not.

And why would people who have had their hopes and dreams smashed by someone as assholeriffic as Simon Cowell agree to sing other songs for public viewing? (Seriously. They sing one song for the judges and are skewered, but inevitably end up in the medleys at the end of the episode singing different songs.)

Once it gets underway, it's fun to watch. Kelly, Bo, and Taylor have kicked ass. The rest suck... though many of those who suck I would certainly not kick out of bed. (Cough, Kat McPhee, Carrie Underwood, cough.)

Ran · Post by **Ran** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:59 pm

I've never watched an episode of American Idol, nor do I intend to.

Jim Rome is a prick who deserves to be whopped in the cods by some mining equipment.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:15 pm

Someone I know tried out for AI in NC last year. She said that they pick the horrid people on purpose. They dont even audition in front of the 3 judges at first.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:17 pm

Yeah, I more or less figured that only the best and worst make it to the auditions they show on TV. But some of these bad folks are so incredibly bad, they seem put on.

Of course, it could be real people who want to purposely look bad just to get on TV.

Slimmie · Post by **Slimmie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:24 pm

Listening to the radio on my drive home yesterday I heard about a new Canadian sit-com called "Little Mosque on the Prarie". Sounds like it could be the next "Seinfield".

Antropov · Post by **Antropov** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:45 pm

Slimmie wrote:Listening to the radio on my drive home yesterday I heard about a new Canadian sit-com called "Little Mosque on the Prarie". Sounds like it could be the next "Seinfield".

I saw the previews for that on CBC and thought it looked pretty funny actually. jj? mabs?

As for American Idol, I agree with Chux. There's no way on God's green Earth that those people believe they can sing. Plus, I think Fox woulda been slammed by some fucker who forgot about whatever contract he signed and sued for defamation or something.