Television of Fall 2009
[ movies/television ][ television ]
[ October 27th, 2009 ]
[ by: Alvan ]
Being a week in a situation without TV, made me think of what I’m watching these days and why.
House M.D., Grey’s Anatomy – “The good old series.” Both are medical series, but this is more a coincidence than something to do with my love for the genre. In fact, before these two I don’t really remember watching any medical drama at all. They’re old series that have managed to stay interesting enough throughout the years – the cases in individual episodes are interesting enough and the interpersonal relationships in them keep the long-term commitment easy. And they are the two that I really look forward to each week. Sad but true.
CSI, CSI:New York – The CSIs. CSI: Miami fell off my list at some point by being just damn bad, the two others are managing to stay a bit better. Police procedurals, murder of the week, all that. Easy, watchable, flows by like a river. Doesn’t matter if you do something else while watching them, you’ll still get to find out who did it.
Castle – I’m offering this week’s episode as an example why I’m watching this. 3 minutes into the episode and there has been already a Buffy, Firefly and Underworld references in it. The plots aren’t that imaginative, but character writing is good, plus the actors are great. So, watching it.
Glee, Mercy – The newcomers. Two new series this year that actually are good. Well, Glee is good, Mercy is entertaining. Glee is something like High School Musical, for the people who understand darker comedy. And the music is good.
30 Rock, Fringe, How I Met Your Mother, Dollhouse, NCIS, Greek, Lie to Me, Dexter, Heroes – “They’re not what they used to be.” Things that I’ve enjoyed in the past, but are failing in various ways this year (or maybe even in most of the previous ones, in the case of Heroes). Somehow there are shows that just don’t manage to keep up the pace. These are shows that I might watch if I have the spare time, but most likely just skip them.
All in all, it’s a bit crappy year for me TV-wise. None of the new scifi stuff really got me hooked, a lot of the old has gone down. Did I forget something? And should I be watching something that I’m not?
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