24 Has Had it
While I’m in the mood to rant- WHAT THE HECK HAS HAPPENED TO 24? Last season it drew me in with it’s suspense and intrigue, and that cool blip blip blip every time it shows the clock. So who decided it should become Speed 2? Last season it was always lets say, creative, with it’s take on reality- this season it’s all, “Where’s Jack Bauer? Oh there he is, He’s hijacked a cruise liner and he’s flying it into the secret mountain base of the drug smuggling clowns and their APOCALYPTIC music-pirating scheme! Go Jack!“ Ptooey.
There is one gem on TV though, that new show Arrested Development. Sharp wit, crative storyline, and nicely thought-out characters. Which all means it’ll prolly last another two shows before FOX cans it like they did the Andy Richter Show. Double Pitooey. Anyone ever see Police Squad? It only lasted about eight episodes because it was deemed “too intelligent” for primetime. That makes sense.
Note: someone at FOX must be asleep at the wheel because A/D got picked up for a whole season! WoHoo! I also heard they may pick the Family Guy back up- oh it’s a Christmas Miracle.
December 5th, 2003 at 4:08 pm
Family Guy will be back in 2005 - whether it’s on FOX or Cartoon Network remains to be seen!
December 5th, 2003 at 4:10 pm
Reminds me of what could have been the funniest show ever on television aside from Seinfeld. It was called Action and starred Jay Mohr. Now, a lot of people flat out hate that guy, but I have to say, his humor hit me perfectly. Action had me laughing for the entire half hour, and a lot of that was due to the fact that they wrote the script unedited. They cussed like crazy but had to bleep it out, and even move the camera so the lips were unreadable. Anyway, in about the fifth episode, Mohr’s character had a heart attack, was riding in the ambulance to the hospital, and died. End of show, and the series never showed up again. That really sucked.
December 5th, 2003 at 4:58 pm
Television- you are a cruel necessity.