39 posts tagged “tv”

I've been thinking that one of the things I need to give up this year is "junk tv." You know what I mean. Real Housewives of Orange County. Celebrity Rehab. Big Brother. The Hills. Snoop Dog's Fatherhood. (I swear I don't watch some of those, I was just trying to get the gist across.) I think it would be good to cut some of the crap out. Find more fulfilling things to do with my time. Like try to learn how to knit. Learn Spanish.

But then, I realized that would include True Beauty, a new show by Ashton Kutcher.

True Beauty will feature six women and four men living together in a Los Angeles mansion under the impression that they are competing in a beauty pageant-like reality competition series in which they will be judged solely on their physical beauty.

However, unbeknownst to them, the contestants will also be getting judged on their "inner beauty" and will be put through scenarios that will make them reveal different aspects of their inner character.

The contestant who shows that they are the most beautiful contestant -- on both the inside and out -- will be crowned the winner and receive an undisclosed cash prize as well as a spot in People magazine's 2009 "100 Most Beautiful People" issue.

Dammit. I have to choose NOW to be puritanical.

I've been saving the last few episodes of Grey's Anatomy. When I got to four hours, I thought maybe it was just time to give it up. That if I didn't care enough to keep up with it weekly, well maybe it had run its course in my repertoire. Plus viewers have just been slaughtering the Izzie/Denny storyline.

Last night I decided I would watch for a while to see if I'm really ready to give up Mer/Der. Turns out I'm not. I'm also in the minority of the "Denny is real" story. OK, so I don't know how she could touch or kiss or have sex with a dead guy. But it's television for Godsake. I can suspend reality for a moment or two.

I cried. Yes cried. More than I expected. But then, maybe I just needed a good cry. Whatever. I can't quit Grey's just yet . . .

She's checked in and in a room. The hip is broken at the socket. Surgery is tomorrow. I think I stood four of those hours. Thankfully I am home, showered and ready for the season finale of Mad Men.

Sure, I want Bill and Star to win, but I sure hated seeing Ron and Tillman go home tonight.

TV Guide has a great calendar.

I did a big thing today. I got rid of my second TV. The one that has been in my bedroom. Keeping me there. Making it easy to hibernate and not be active. Making it easier to ignore the mess that is my house because I could crawl into the cocoon and ignore it all.

So now my mom has a second TV.

Sawyer's Nickname Generator

Yeah, I can think of a person or two that might agree with that! ;-)

Marshall on Chuck.

COOLEST MOMENT OF THE WEEK: DAVID ANDERS
Call us cluless, but this TV Addict didn’t make the Kensei/Adam connection until David Anders’ smiling mug appeared on screen during last week’s final moments of HEROES. Will the jaw-dropping reveal make up for one helluva lackluster start to season two? Here’s hoping. But if ALIAS taught us anything, it’s that bad-ass David Anders will undoubtedly be more exciting that stuck-in-Japan David Anders