So, due to the below-mentioned DVR, I can cram in twice as much TV in an hour as I used to be able to, and have tried out some of the new Fall offerings:
The Bachelor
So, Bob is supposed to be the anti-bachelor. He's not rich! Or especially handsome! However, he did, like his predecessors, pick the 5 most annoying women from the pool in that first fifteen. Each of the women that we "met" and I thought to myself, "Ew!" he picked. Good job, Bob. However, my pick for the final woman is Lindsay of the Wavy Hair.
Survivor
I loved the first season of Survivor; I watched it on my tiny tiny free TV in my hot hot dorm room that first summer, and was captivated. Then, I got bored with it in subsequent seasons and didn't really watch, except during commercial breaks of Friends. So, I've checked out the first two episodes of this Pirating Pearl Islands edition, and it's alright. The pirate theme is interesting, and I enjoy watching Morgan get their ass whipped in challenges over and over again. My pick to win? Trish. Do I have any good reason for picking her? Nah, but she's still my pick.
Friends
Bleah. The season premiere failed to impress. Rachel and Joey are just wrong together, and it makes me feel dirty. I know that they'll break up Ross and his paleotolgist girlfriend so he can be with Rachel, and that sucks too. Bah.
Joan of Arcadia
For a pilot, it wasn't bad. The lead actress is likeable, and it didn't make me feel like I was at Vacation Bible School the way 7th Heaven does. There was an awful lot going on in the pilot, and I fear that it could lean toward the melodramatic. I think if it turns down the "drama," and turns up the "comedy" a little, it could be pretty good. However, does watching a drama that airs on CBS on Fridays (even if I don't watch it until later) make me 80 years old? I fear it might. Don't worry, though, I'm not watching JAG. (Who is, incidentally?)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Not much to say here, other than, like all the Law and Orders, I like it, because Dick Wolf has had me wrapped around his *ChaChung* finger since I was in Middle School. But, I love Vincent D'Onofrio's character; he may be the biggest geek on primetime television. Love him.