Family Feud

There are some pretty stupid game shows out on television. For example, in "Wheel of Fortune" you spin a wheel and pick letters. Any idiot can do that, in fact, my three year old cousin can do that. And the worst part about it is that they can make over $10,000 easily. It's a glorified Hangman and it irks me everyday. But sometimes these game shows for idiots can be somewhat amusing. Take Family Feud, a personal favorite for many years especially with Richard Karn, where families give answers to survey questions. Most of the time, these answers are absolutely ridiculous. In a recent show, the question was "Name Something you bring on a first date?" One person replied, "Ketchup." Immediately the family responded, "Good answer! Good answer!" What is the screening process for this gameshow. Are the criteria: 1) Idiot 2) Little Education 3) Absolutely no common sense? Once again, my three year old cousin can give a better answer. And once again, the family can earn $20,000 each night. And once again, I watch everynight at 6pm.

Sports Night

I love sports, in particular basketball, tennis, and football (Baseball is a past time that feels like lots and lots of wasted time). So imagine my surprise when I discovered there was once a show called "Sports Night" about the going-ons of a "Sportscenter"-type show. I immediately added it to my Blockbuster queue and have enjoyed the show immensely. It's from the creators of "West Wing" and the newly beloved "Studio 60" and has a younger Peter Krause from "Six Feet Under" and Felicity Huffman from that god-awful "Desperate Housewives." Add it to your queue please or borrow it from me. Although it takes place in the World Trade Center, the show makes me wonder why this show was never on the radar when it was still on the air. Who decided to cancel this show and green light "Grey's Anatomy" with Sandra "Oh My Gosh You're Nasty"??

Good Television...Bad Movies

I've been very disappointed with the recent movies. "Illusionist" was fine, but I haven't been wanting to go to the movies. Instead, I've been content with the television, awaiting "Lost" and the new NBA season. There is just nothing good out in theaters when you know Jet Li can't act and will make another martial arts movie or when you discover that they're making movies from t.v. shows (Jackass 2 from Jackass and the Last Kiss from an old episode of Felicity). If you missed the episode last Monday, it's time to watch "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." It has movie stars (Amanda Peet), a old movie screenwriter (Aaron Sorkin from one of my guilty pleasures "American President"), and lastly a movie look. It feels like a small movie and it works. I've always enjoyed Sorkin's shows especially "West Wing," and I hope people watch it because it's in an unusual time slot and because people still watch "Grey's Anatomy" despite "Sandra Oh My God you're STILL nasty."

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Lost Season 1 is the best television series I've ever seen, which is what makes Season 2 so disappointing. It's hard to follow Season 1 which introduced us to great characters and great storylines. It seems like Season 1 was so thoughtfully planned out and strategic to the very end whereas Season 2 rehashed old storylines (Ana Lucia's storyline seems very similar to Jack's storyline) and gave us storylines that we don't care about (who cares about Rose and Bernard?). Thanks to Blockbuster online i'm revisting Season 2 in anticipation of Season 3 later this month. I guess i'm watching it because I have to. I don't want to give up on Lost, but if they aren't careful "Lost" will become the next "Alias" (a great one season show).