The Song

[American Idol spoiler ahead]

I heard a rumor about this, but Archuleta really sang Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. As in, Clay's song. Another reason for me to not vote for him. Not that I was planning to anyway.

Cancelled

So... the full list of shows I watched regularly this year and which were cancelled...

 

Moonlight

Cashmere Mafia

New Amsterdam

Shark

Women's Murder Club

Men in Trees

Big Shots

Journeyman

 

The only ones I'm not that upset about are Cashmere Mafia and Big Shots.  They entertained me while they were on, but I didn't care that much whether they stayed or not.  I guess I watched Cane too, but I stopped because I got bored.

 

But the others (Shark aside) have one thing in common.  They weren't the typical procedural drama.  Is that all we want on tv?  Different variations of CSI and Law & Order? I wish that weren't the case.  I'd rather have my vampires and immortal Dutch men and time traveling journalists and the quirky residents of Elmo.  Unfortunately that means I get attached to the good new shows and inevitably each May (or earlier..) get upset at the networks.  I think this year's anger gets directed at CBS.  I would put ABC in second, but they redeemed themselves by saving Eli Stone and the whole slate of new shows much earlier in the year (Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, etc.)

 

I also wish they would realize that the old way of counting viewers just really doesn't work anymore.  And that not all of these shows are really "failing."  Sigh.

Next TV Season

If the schedules from the upfronts for the next tv season stay the same, here's what the DVR is looking at:

 

Monday

8: Chuck, Gossip Girl, Sarah Connor Chronicles/Dollhouse, Dancing with the Stars.  PROBLEM!  The DVR can only fit 2.  Dancing with the Stars is of course getting pushed to online viewing, but what to do about the other 3!

9: Heroes, 24 (in '09)

10: Boston Legal, My Own Worst Enemy/Philanthropist

 

Tuesday

8: 90210, Idol (in '09)

9: Fringe (speaking of Fringe, there is a huge ad in the Post today), Surviving the Filthy Rich, Dancing with the Stars results show and that ripoff the Mentalist (which I will only watch if it gets amazing reviews)

10: Eli Stone, Without a Trace (although I gave that up this year because of time issues, so maybe not)

 

Wednesday

8: Pushing Daisies, Bones, Top Model (also gave that one up this year because of time issues, so maybe not), Knight Rider (maybe?)

9: Private Practice, Idol (in '09), Stylista (maybe?)

10: Dirty Sexy Money, Lipstick Jungle

 

Thursday

8: Ugly Betty, Survivor, Hell's Kitchen (in '09)... PROBLEM in '09 if nothing moves!

9: Grey's Anatomy, Kitchen Nightmares

10: Life on Mars, Eleventh Hour (maybe?)

 

Friday

8: Bones (if they insist on putting it there in '09), Crusoe (maybe?)

9: Ex List (although this is Moonlight's spot...)

10: Numb3rs

 

Sunday

8: Amazing Race, Merlin

9: Desperate Housewives, Medium (in '09)

10: Brothers and Sisters, Kings (in '09)

 

So the only real problem is Mondays at 8.  Why Chuck and Gossip Girl are up against one another, I have no idea.  I would say I could dig out videotapes and use my old college tv/vcr combo... except I just remembered the switch to digital in '09.  Hmm.

DVR

If the TV schedule for the fall and spring stays the same, I have a definite problem with one time slot and a potential problem with another, but the rest should be handled fine by the DVR.

 

And I'm slightly amused that every year Fox puts Bones in a Friday night slot for midseason, and every year so far, it has not come up there at midseason.  I sure hope it doesn't, but I just wonder if it's becoming an inside joke at the network.

 

I'm still annoyed with CBS, but not just over the cancellations.  Mostly that they have a new procedural which is a complete rip-off of Psych, down to being set in the state of California.  Lame.

 

More later over lunch.

Stupid CBS Part II

So the new lineup from CBS includes a show about a detective who used to pretend to be a psychic and has a "blatant lack of protocol," and solves crimes using "razor sharp skills of observation." 

 

Sounds like a Psych rip-off to me.  Without the humor.  And almost exactly the same set-up.  Except Shawn is an independent contractor. And this guy is no longer pretending to be a psychic.  But he used to!   It will be a high bar to match Shawn Spencer.  Very high.  Since Psych is brilliant.

 

Yes, I am still bitter about the cancellation of Moonlight.

Stupid CBS

CBS cancelled Shark too?!?

 

Why don't they just rename themselves "CSI"?

 

I hate that Survivor and Amazing Race are on CBS, because I can't give those up.  I don't know what new shows they're coming up with, but I'm already biased against them.  It'll just be more of the same.

 

And they wonder why viewers don't get into a show.... maybe it's because you're just going to cancel it before its time!

Networks

I am not happy with the cancellations of TV shows that I like.  I have lists of shows that the networks prematurely cancelled that I liked.  And this year, with the strike, some shows got to last longer so much longer than they would have without the strike (Journeyman would have been off the air almost immediately) but I can't believe they're cancelling some of these.  Since in some cases, it's their own fault (Men in Trees...)!

 

I was happy to hear that Eli Stone was coming back (thank goodness) but around the same time heard Women's Murder Club was out.  And before that, Men in Trees was done after this summer (a true ABC mistake, moving it all over and sending it to hiatus, how is anyone supposed to know it's on?).  And New Amsterdam isn't coming back (sigh). 

 

And now, one that I really disliked hearing...... CBS is cancelling Moonlight?!?!

 

Arggggggggggggh.

Burgers

Mmm, turkey burger from goodburger.  Originally I was thinking of ordering sushi and being healthy, but I ended up getting a turkey burger and onion rings.  Oops.

Sleep Deprived

I did not sleep through the night.

 

Again.

 

Sigh.

 

Did not wake up from sneezing attacks.  But do not know why I woke up twice.  Ugh.

Sneezy

I'm feeling very relieved right now. I just slept through the night for the first time in a week. I realize that this isn't much of an accomplishment, but every night for the past week, I have woken up at least once (usually, multiple times) in the middle of the night with some form of allergy attack. Most often, I sneezed myself awake. The first night, I woke up 3 times with sneezing incidents. As the week went on, the sneezing fits kept pushing themselves back an hour, until Friday when they woke me up as an alarm (that, I could deal with). But not getting real "rest" for so long has really made me exhausted. So, I am quite relieved that I actually got sleep last night (although I still feel tired). Hopefully sleeping through the night is a pattern that will continue... instead of the other one.