Thursday, September 28, 2006
am i shallow?
Whenever a new tv season starts, I enjoy just enough of the new shows to convince myself that I'm less intelligent and more shallow than I would like to believe. All based on the possibly (hopefully) erroneous assumption that tv shows aren't well written or structured. So far, I've been enjoying Studio 60 with its snappy tone, although I don't think I like any of the characters and that will make it wear thin pretty soon. As I said last week, I quite like Shark and so am looking forward to Thursdays at 10. I can't work up any interest this year in Without a Trace for some reason, even though I loved it for a long time. And I feel a little the same about The Medium, also for no reason I can put my finger on. The two that really baffle me for liking them are Close to Home and Justice, but I excuse them because the acting is pretty good even if they are way too predictible, although Justice's gimmick is kind of cool. I want to like Numbers but find it too gory. And I enjoyed Men In Trees (the pilot, anyway) even though I knew it was pretty awful as I was watching it. My favorites of the week continue to be House (although it's too gory at least once each show) and, even more, Criminal Minds to which I am usually rivited even though it's scary and deeply sad sometimes; I think it may be the best written of all these, and I love Mandy Patinkin's character. How about you?
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