First thing’s first. In case you missed it, here is the link to EW Magazine’s magical Fall Premiere Cheat Sheet. Use it, love it, refer to it often.
As usual, I found this year’s Fall TV issue a lot overwhelming. I love to try out new shows, but at this juncture in my Managerial career, I’m extremely picky. I have to LOVE the show through and through to stay on board. I do, however, have a lot of love in my heart to go around.
Pen’s Old Flames
- The Office: Enough said.
- Survivor: Samoa. I’ll be there until the very last Tribal Council.
- Grey’s: I’ve read every single spoiler I could get my hands on and feel ready to face the future.
- ProRun: I’m loving it. Glad Lifetime barely changed a thing. Smart.
- Top Chef: Makes me so happy!
- ANTM: Ditto! Inexplicably happy.
- How I Met Your Mother: If you’re not watching this show by now, please rent from the beginning immediately. I can’t say this enough.
- 30 Rock: Tina Fey is just brills.
- Parks & Recreation: As is Amy Poehler.
- Amazing Race: Phil’s arched eyebrow is also excellent.
New Flirtations
- Community: It certainly seems like they can’t go wrong with this amazing cast.
- SNL Weekend Update Thursday: It’s the best part of SNL, so why not twice a week?
- Vampire Diaries: First ep still on my DVR, better get cracking soon!
- Glee: After watching the first ep, I finally understand. Ryan Murphy show. Nip/Tuck, Popular sensibility + high school glee club + Jane Lynch? I’m in.
- The Beautiful Life? I feel like I will give it a go, since it’s produced by Ashton and Tyra both. Even though I keep mixing it up with Beautiful People, which was on 5 years ago, and Gossip Girl, which I broke up with last year.
- V. Does anyone else remember this crazy/creepy series from the 80s? It’s coming back!
I Would Never Date
- Melrose Place. Ashlee Simpson and I broke up years ago.
- Sons of Anarchy? I don’t get it.
- Mercy. I mean… can we come up with a new drama that isn’t based in a hospital or a court room, please?
We Might Have to Break Up
- Scrubs. Oh, I love you Scrubs, but you already ended last year. The new, reinvented classroom version with Turk and Dr. Cox? Eh.
I Still Pine For
- Life. Can’t believe it ended when it did. So wrong.
- Friday Night Lights, which I won’t see until it is on regular cable. Sigh.
- Reaper. Such brilliance! Cancelled! Oi.
Should I Call? Or Are We So Over.
- The Hills. Frankly, I cut both The Hills and The City last year, so I don’t know why I’d go back. Except that I miss it sometimes. But on the other hand, it’s Kristen’s show now, and she plans to stir up some shit just to stir it up. And there is a line of “contrived” that I’m unwilling to cross…
In spite of all the unanswered questions, still-broken hearts and other romantic entanglements, I thoroughly love Fall TV and couldn’t be happier about its return. Cheers! And bonus points if you can tell me what movie inspired the title of this post, and/or what it stands for.
5 tips left at the bar:
You got my bonus point picking out ANTM Fatima in the link I posted, so it's only fitting:
Made For Each Other, Sleepless in Seattle. excellent.
I found my first DVR conflict that I'm really upset about. Thursday night, 9:00 Fringe, Grey's Anatomy (I'm finally catching up to the finale that got erased at the end of last season! thanks for replaying abc), The Office/Community. UGH! It wouldn't be such a huge deal if our computer would allow us to watch episodes online, but it just doesn't. stupid, stupid computer (except, I still love you and need me so don't get any worse, ok?) Why do they have to move all shows to Thursday to go head to head? I just don't get it. You've got a good show and a good following, why test it? We need good shows early in the week, too, people!!
Ha ha ha ha ha! I threw the same exact tantrum the other night! I still don't have it figured out. I was thinking I'll either watch Grey's live, or on the stupid computer, if it cooperates. I don't even watch Fringe, but J.Lo does.
Yay, good job on the bonus! :)
Yes, Pen, I do have DirecTV so I will see FNL before NBC shows it, but I promise not to spoil it for you!
I forgot about 30 Rock. Loves it.
And I didn't know that Glee was a Ryan Murphy production - hm...I may have to try it out.
Tempe, did you used to watch Popular? Since it's a high school setting, they really remind me a lot of each other. Ryan Murphy is super-dark and really sort of for a niche market... after watching it and realizing it was an RM creation, I'm kind of surprised it was hyped up on a mainstream level. Although, thinking back, it might have been the same at first with N/T and Popular. To get the word out, maybe. And then people are all excited at first, and then a bunch get turned off... Anyway, I like it, think you would too.
Nice to hear you still have Reaper love (and Life). I have to admit I felt a little smug when the Melrose Place ratings for the premiere were less than stellar.
I've been watching Shark Tank, although I don't know if I'll stick with it when fall TV starts for real.
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