Big TV Night?
Apparantly tonight was a momentous night on the television. I have had mine on since about 5:30 pm (ABC World News Tonight) and I didn't notice anything.
I believe I am the most culturally illiterate person in America. I don't know who is in the running for American Idol. I don't know what stinkin' island the Survivor castaways got dropped on this time. I don't know which Desperate Housewife is the slut (or which one isn't?) And I don't know who the latest plane crash victim to die on that other island (north shore of Hawaii I heard) is. So what DOES this completely out-of-touch chick watch on TV?
Anderson Cooper (AC360) - CNN 9 to 11 pm and midnight-2 am weeknights - I LOVE Anderson Cooper. Besides the fact that he is a beautiful man who can also put together a coherent sentence, he is a passionate journalist. I have only watched him come up through CNN, and to be honest I was kinda pissed when he started encroaching on Aaron Brown's Newsnight time. And then some hurricanes hit (don't remember if it was Katrina or the year before) and Aaron disappeared. What was left was the most amazing broadcast journalism I have ever seen. As a once-prospective print journalist I didn't hold many TV pretty boy anchors in high regard. But there is so much more to Anderson than his (adorable) appearance. He FEELS his stories. And he conveys his feelings and makes you feel something too. I've never seen anything like it, except perhaps the clip of Cronkite announcing the death of President Kennedy.
NFL Football - I am a football junkie. I watch any NFL football game any time. I prefer the Vikings, but any NFL football will do. I follow the draft in May, and I carefully study many different sources before I draft my own fantasy football teams in September. I closely watch all the injury reports throughout the year and make adjustments accordingly. I was in an NFL for women FFL last season and it was a blast. And I won the playoffs. I am looking forward to an even better season, both for the Vikes and myself, this year.
Boston Legal - ABC Tuesday nights 9 pm - This is a sometimes show for me if Anderson's got nothing amazing on and if I remember. It's my one prime time drama. I enjoy the funny banter between William Shatner, James Spader, Candace Bergan and Rene Auberjonois (and many others). It has been a nice diversion.
Dancing with the Stars - ABC - How can you NOT love this show? I watched it from the very first episode of the first season. It's elegant and graceful and classy. The second season in my opinion was not as good as the first as they showbizzed it up more with backstories and had more of that nasty contentious banter between the judges (a la that other show). To make the show even better I think they need to make the audience vote count for way way less because then you have a situation like in the first season where someone who could barely dance her way out of a paper bag had all these soap fans voting for her and kicking off better dancers. In the second season one contestant who obviously did not give a crap about dancing and put forth almost no effort (which showed) ended up staying more weeks than he should have because of a certain bloc of voters. If you know nothing about dance, don't vote. Vote on technique, not on who you personally like.
The Young and the Restless - this is one of my two guilty pleasures. It is one consistent thing I can count on in my life every day. If I miss one or two, it's ok because it is easy to follow. I tape on DVR and watch every night. And I think Nick should end up with Phyllis. Redheads are FAR more fun.
The Bachelor - My other guilty pleasure. I think it's great fun to watch 25 high maintenance women fighting over one guy they've known for less than ten minutes, just to break up less than a month after the proposal. Catfights galore. It's much better than the Bachelorette (although the Bachelorette has married off a couple successfully and I expect ABC to fully exploit them as they have children). Somehow 25 men grovelling over one high maintenance woman is not nearly as entertaining. It's just gross. Don't ever grovel, men, especially over a woman you aren't married to yet.
There are a few other things I watch occasionnally because my husband is into them (Stargates, Battlestar Galactica, and anything on History Channel), but this is pretty much a complete list of the shows I love.
Who won American Idol anyway? (Even if they make it in the music business, they won't get played on my radio station so it doesn't matter.) I just want to know what people will be talking about tomorrow.
I believe I am the most culturally illiterate person in America. I don't know who is in the running for American Idol. I don't know what stinkin' island the Survivor castaways got dropped on this time. I don't know which Desperate Housewife is the slut (or which one isn't?) And I don't know who the latest plane crash victim to die on that other island (north shore of Hawaii I heard) is. So what DOES this completely out-of-touch chick watch on TV?
Anderson Cooper (AC360) - CNN 9 to 11 pm and midnight-2 am weeknights - I LOVE Anderson Cooper. Besides the fact that he is a beautiful man who can also put together a coherent sentence, he is a passionate journalist. I have only watched him come up through CNN, and to be honest I was kinda pissed when he started encroaching on Aaron Brown's Newsnight time. And then some hurricanes hit (don't remember if it was Katrina or the year before) and Aaron disappeared. What was left was the most amazing broadcast journalism I have ever seen. As a once-prospective print journalist I didn't hold many TV pretty boy anchors in high regard. But there is so much more to Anderson than his (adorable) appearance. He FEELS his stories. And he conveys his feelings and makes you feel something too. I've never seen anything like it, except perhaps the clip of Cronkite announcing the death of President Kennedy.
NFL Football - I am a football junkie. I watch any NFL football game any time. I prefer the Vikings, but any NFL football will do. I follow the draft in May, and I carefully study many different sources before I draft my own fantasy football teams in September. I closely watch all the injury reports throughout the year and make adjustments accordingly. I was in an NFL for women FFL last season and it was a blast. And I won the playoffs. I am looking forward to an even better season, both for the Vikes and myself, this year.
Boston Legal - ABC Tuesday nights 9 pm - This is a sometimes show for me if Anderson's got nothing amazing on and if I remember. It's my one prime time drama. I enjoy the funny banter between William Shatner, James Spader, Candace Bergan and Rene Auberjonois (and many others). It has been a nice diversion.
Dancing with the Stars - ABC - How can you NOT love this show? I watched it from the very first episode of the first season. It's elegant and graceful and classy. The second season in my opinion was not as good as the first as they showbizzed it up more with backstories and had more of that nasty contentious banter between the judges (a la that other show). To make the show even better I think they need to make the audience vote count for way way less because then you have a situation like in the first season where someone who could barely dance her way out of a paper bag had all these soap fans voting for her and kicking off better dancers. In the second season one contestant who obviously did not give a crap about dancing and put forth almost no effort (which showed) ended up staying more weeks than he should have because of a certain bloc of voters. If you know nothing about dance, don't vote. Vote on technique, not on who you personally like.
The Young and the Restless - this is one of my two guilty pleasures. It is one consistent thing I can count on in my life every day. If I miss one or two, it's ok because it is easy to follow. I tape on DVR and watch every night. And I think Nick should end up with Phyllis. Redheads are FAR more fun.
The Bachelor - My other guilty pleasure. I think it's great fun to watch 25 high maintenance women fighting over one guy they've known for less than ten minutes, just to break up less than a month after the proposal. Catfights galore. It's much better than the Bachelorette (although the Bachelorette has married off a couple successfully and I expect ABC to fully exploit them as they have children). Somehow 25 men grovelling over one high maintenance woman is not nearly as entertaining. It's just gross. Don't ever grovel, men, especially over a woman you aren't married to yet.
There are a few other things I watch occasionnally because my husband is into them (Stargates, Battlestar Galactica, and anything on History Channel), but this is pretty much a complete list of the shows I love.
Who won American Idol anyway? (Even if they make it in the music business, they won't get played on my radio station so it doesn't matter.) I just want to know what people will be talking about tomorrow.
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