Our penultimate look back at TV’s most competitive night! October’s thoughts on Must See TV.
7:00
The Big Bang Theory – A lot of nerds don’t like this show, thinking it always goes for the easy jokes about them and their nerd culture. I disagree. Consistently one of the funniest shows on TV.
The move from Mondays has worked out for CBS. There was a slight blip when Kaley Cuoco missed a few episodes after falling off a horse, but it seems to be back to firing on all cylindars.
Community – A pop culture cornocopia that brings the funny every week. Plus, it has Annie’s Boobs.
Still great, but it may have gone to the wacky theme episode well once too often in an attempt to replicate the glory that was last year’s paintball episode. Not to mention a return appearance by Annie’s Boobs.
My Generation – This will be cancelled by the end of October. Didn’t even make it the end of September.
Wow. I had managed to completely forget about this.
Bones – The gang is brought back together to fight crime. Again, the relationships between the characters trumps the case of the week.
Continues to be enjoyable.
7:30
$#*! My Dad Says – I had originally planned on giving this a shot due to the goodwill William Shatner had built in Boston Legal (Denny Crane!), but that was before I saw a brief preview. They should shut down Twitter just because it was the source material for this steaming pile of crap.
I never did end up watching this.
30 Rock – It is almost becoming fashionable to bash 30 Rock, saying it isn’t as good as it was during the early seasons. Even if that is true, it still brings the funny more often than not.
Still funny, but may be running into problems soon. Tracy Morgan is going to miss some time due to a kidney transplant, and Jane Krakowski is recently pregnant
8:00
The Office – Another aging show that may not be as good as it once was, but still brings something to the table. The departure of Steve Carrell this season, and how he is replaced, will be interesting to watch.
I think the writers have fallen in love with Glee, as there has been a lot (and I mean a lot) of singing on the show this year. The Michael Scott story should be wrapping up soon, with still no clue as to who will be taking over as branch manager when Steve Carrell leaves.
Grey’s Anatomy – Yes, it is a soapy relationship show masquerading as a medical drama, but it is an entertaining one.
The shooting at the end of last season seems to have given some new life to the show.
Fringe – A shaky first season has given way to a solid sci-fi show that is exploring the multi-verse and the effects of crossing between dimensions.
A world-jumping tale of two Olivias dominated the first part of the season. The best sci-fi show currently on TV gets bumped to the Friday slot once occupied by The X-Files.
Nikita – Another “reimagining” of La Femme Nikita. It isn’t a great show, but it could hold some promise.
It’s a decent hour of television, but nothing more.
8:30
Outsourced – I get enough humor (if that is what you call it) out of outsourcing to India during the day, and this certainly didn’t give me any reason to continue watching it a night. I lasted an episode and 1/4th.
Yeah, no Syntel: The Series for me, thanks.
9:00
The Mentalist – Another in a long line of CBS procedurals, but one which has the good fortune of starring Robin Tunney, the local girl done good who I’ve enjoyed since The Craft and Empire Records.
Still good, but it isn’t grabbing me the way it once did.
Private Practice – The Grey’s spinoff. Don’t judge me.
This kind of falls into the same area as Parenthood. Enjoyable while it is on, but takes an effort to start watching in the first place.