TV

Well today is Friday so the most interesting television days (Wednesday and Thursday) have just passed us, so how bad of a blogger would I be if I didn't write about them? Wednesday I watched America's Next Top Model (of course) and Kate Walsh's new show Private Practice. Thursday I watched Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy and the new show with cuties Dylan McDermott and Michael Vartan, called Big Shots. I do have to say, despite the two cuties, Big Shots seems really dumb. It also seems like they are dragging out this storyline of Dylan McDermott's character being serviced by a tranny pro in a gas station bathroom for far too many episodes. I mean such a story in one episode could be interesting, but three? A bit ridiculous!

I really liked Ugly Betty last season, but I'm not too excited about it this season, it's getting a bit too far-fetched and a bit too predictable at the same time. Is that possible? Predictable in the sense that Wilhemina and Bradford's wedding keeps getting postponed and Henry and Betty will soon get together (or so it seems). But completely far-fetched when it comes to the Alexis storyline and the Amanda storyline (though the latter is just a small portion of the plot).

Grey's Anatomy is okay so far. (Yes, I know I should be able to come up with a better descriptive word for it but I guess I can't make up my mind about it yet). In the last two episodes, I felt sorry for Lexie and maybe Meredith a bit. I like how Meredith is becoming a stronger person and I like how they are showing the vulnerable side of Christina in a believable way. I don't like what the writers are doing with Izzie. They are giving her some very strange lines. What was that whole Bambi monologue about? And I still remember her telling George, "You are the glue. You are George". DUMB! Perhaps the dumbest thing about her is that in her year as an intern, she went out with Alex, fell in love with Denny Duquette and killed him and fell in love with her best friend George. I mean really! Isn't there a limit to the number of times that a person can fall in love in a year? Still despite that, I will continue watching. I have a feeling that McSteamy will get some interesting lines and that maybe McSteamy and McDreamy will rekindle their friendship. McSteamy is generally a fun character, mainly for the fact that he is a man-whore so these are positive things, I think... I didn't get into the whole Alex and Ava thing at the end of last season, so I don't care too much if they are going to pursue that storyline some more or not. But I do think it's kind of funny the way Alex keeps checking out Lexie. Poor girl needs some lovin' right about now. Oh and I am very much relieved that McDreamy won't be shacking up with Meredith's estranged half-sister any time soon.

So Kate Walsh's new show... Not that bad. I thought it was going to be really bad when I saw the previews for it, but it's decent. And they are two cute boys on the show, Dell the receptionist and Addison's new love interest (don't know his name yet). I like Taye Diggs as well. I think he is good actor and got to love a man who can sing! I'm kind of disappointed that they replaced Naomi. I liked the actress who was in the preview episode in May better, she was prettier and softer... I also like the Judging Amy lady as an actress... But I do have a feeling that I will get bored of the show very quickly. Just not as bad as I thought :)

Finally, ANTM! I wonder if I should stop watching that show because it seems to portray women in a negative light. It seems to portray women as catty and stupid, but I guess this cycle has more intelligent seeming women so I will continue to watch it. But as far as intelligent seeming women, I don't like the edits that the Yale girl gets. It seems that they only want to show her talking about Yale and that makes her seem very one-dimensional. I do love Heather though, she is so beautiful and she seems like a really nice girl. I'm hoping that uber-bitch Bianca gets axed next, but I doubt it because she keeps things interesting. (That's another complaint that I have about the show is that they don't seem to go on actual merit, they seem to go on who makes the show interesting which is kind of disappointing in my mind). If I had to guess, I would think that Janet goes next. Next episode should be very interesting since it's the makeover episode and apparently one girl goes bald! Hopefully it's Bianca :)

If you are bored of my rantings of TV, quite possibly my next post will be on Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail because that is also one place that I'm dying to go to!