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The Doctor Is Out

There’s an old idiom in sports that it is better to let a star player leave one year early than to let him hang on for one year too many.  On Wednesday, Fox announced that House would be wrapping up its run this May after 8 seasons.  Unfortunately, it may have stuck around for one season too many.  As I mentioned last month, Odette Anabel and Charlyne Yi have injected some fresh blood into this season, but, overall, the show is tired.  Moving Omar Epps into the Lisa Edelstein role hasn’t really panned out.

That being said, the show was a strong performer for many years, and introduced us to many memorable characters, including Thirteen, Cutthroat Bitch, and, of course, House himself.  I will be looking forward to whatever Hugh Laurie decides to do next.

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2011 New Fall Season – Mondays

CBS

How I Met Your Mother – Based on the season premier, we are no closer to meeting the titular mother, and the surprise reappearance of VIctoria will likely kill some time.  By adding another tease (who will Barney marry?), the show seems intent on giving its critics more ammunition, but could avoid it if they start paying off on some of these “mysteries”.  Meanwhile, after a season that stretched his dramatic acting skills, the first two episodes of the season gave Jason Segel more comedic moments.

2 Broke Girls – The first episode started off kind of weak, but it got better later in the half hour.  I’ve been a big fan of Kat Dennings dating back to The 40 Year Old Virgin and Beth Behrs seemed to have some chops as well.  I’ll give it a chance.

Hawaii Five-O – After a mostly popcorn-fun first season, the show returns with a new recurring guest star in Terry O’Quinn.  That in and of itself would be a reason to turn in.

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