FIRE UP THE COLORTINI: In addition to Sh*t My Ghost Dad Lawyer Says, tonight is a big night in reality tv: Top Chef DC and That "Talent" Show end; Top Chef Desserts and Survivor: Season of the Hair Helmet debut. Meanwhile, on ANTM15, it's Esther the Busty Jewess vs. The One Who Goes To Princeton, and lord knows that makes rooting interests hard for a certain viewer I know.
In re Survivor, Dan Fienberg basically confirms with Probst that the winter season will be Boston Rob v. Russell.
We've got a LOT of package blurring on Survivor. Wow.
ReplyDeleteI tried to stick with TC:DC, but I wasn't taken with any of the cheftestants. This is definitely the first season I haven't cared who won in the end.
ReplyDeleteI've managed to stay engaged with TC:DC, but I think that at least part of that was being in DC.
ReplyDeleteI could not really make myself watch Sh*t.... aka Jimmy Smits Makes an Idiot of Himself. But I look forward to the reports. The reviews have been highly entertaining....
I don't know who Jimmy Johnson is (I mean, I understand now who he is, but that means nothing to me) but I fear for the many Superbowl references this season promises to offer. Also, surprising to see someone tank it so hard at the first tribal council. Finally, Medallion of Power? Really?
ReplyDeleteWe may need a separate Survivor thread to avoid spoiler issues (though by tomorrow AM, I think here's fine). What loved -- as I tweeted -- is that Johnson clearly had given a LOT of thought to his first big pitch to his tribe, and it worked.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed TC:DC, despite the lack of a breakout personality. I would have been happy with any of the final three, but I think the winner made me the happiest.
ReplyDeleteAs for Survivor, that was the Mikey's Answering Machine Message of Tribal Council speeches.
AV Club on Liberal Lawyer Ghost Dad show: In all likelihood, this is the worst drama pilot of the season. Law & Order: Los Angeles and The Whole Truth remain unseen by me, and there are a handful of pilots that have had minor corrections made that I need to rewatch, but it's hard to see anything topping this, even if the producers of Hawaii Five-0 replaced the entire cast with sea anemones.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
He had me at anenomes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, was that our first-ever Survivor Haka from the kiddie tribe en route to the challenge?
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem I had with it is that despite its ludicrousness and ripoff-ness (the PI character, for instance, is plainly an inferior carbon copy of Kalinda from Good Wife), it's SO earnest and serious. It needs someone who at least somewhat breaks the fourth wall.
ReplyDeleteI would also appreciate it if every episode didn't contain someone referring to Garza as an "outlaw."
Isn't that SwimFan's job? (Yes, that's still the only way I think of Jesse Bradford, no matter how many things I've seen him in.)
ReplyDeleteCan we talk about the level of personal security offered to a Supreme Court justice in this show's universe? ACLU protestor gets to just walk up to him in Vegas?
I do find it amusing that the three principal members of the Swimfan cast now all have regular TV gigs (with 2 of the 3 playing lawyers on NBC, no less).
ReplyDeleteAs far as TC:DC, they sure downplayed the role of a certain previous winner, but it's my feeling that whoever pulled his knife had a real advantage (trying to keep spoiler-free here)
ReplyDeleteSomehow I totally missed the start of ANTM this year. (Something to do with getting a new DVR box this summer and forgetting to program back in all my shows.) I think this may be my sign that it's time to hang it up and let go of Crazy Tyra and her band of hamsters.
ReplyDeleteThat package blurring was like the constant blurring of Amanda's ass. Really just served to make me wonder exactly what was showing that couldn't be shown on network TV... Too large a bulge?? I mean, it couldn't have been the actual, er, packages hanging out that whole time...
ReplyDeleteAlso agree with your Jimmy J comment. Genius opening speech - best way he could have played it. This season looks good so far!
Did anyone else read the Probst interview where he said he thought the contestants would zigzag the gutter pipes in the immunity challenge? Why would anyone assume that? Strange.
How did I not know that this show was on?
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched TC before, highly enjoyed the DC bits, was saddened when Tiffany left (I think she could have won and done beautifully), and didn't much like the winner. I was rooting for the one who won the two previous challenges, but think he really fell down on the fourth course and that torpedoed him.
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