TV Diary
a) "Bored To Death"
It's probably a bad idea to give a show a name like this unless it's definitely going to be too entertaining for people to make the easy jokes, which this isn't. I'd probably like it more if just about anyone besides Jason Schwartzmann was the lead, for some reason that guy has been a big blank nothing in every performance since Rushmore pretty much. Plus "Andy Barker, P.I." did almost this exact same thing much much much better. Ted Danson is so hot right now, which is pretty bizarre to think about.
b) "Accidentally On Purpose"
CBS has enough consistently enjoyable sitcoms on the air right now than when they throw something really unappetizing like a Jenna Elfman vehicle between them I'll just go ahead and give it a shot. This is halfway decent, I could see the funnier members of the supporting cast slowly taking it over from the boring principals if it sticks around.
c) "Community"
Being a huge fan of "The Soup," I'm of two minds about Joel McHale getting bigger and better opportunities. On one hand, good for him, he deserves success, even if it means he might eventually Kinnear up out of the E! studios. On the other hand, after 5 years of ridiculing bad TV, he can't contribute to that mountain of lousy programming with anything less than a really great show. "Community" might be that, it's really too soon to tell, but I think it is promising, and is clever without being clever in the same way as everything else on the NBC Thursday night lineup. The pilot was really strong, the second episode a little less so, or maybe just more annoyingly meta.
d) "Entourage"
As something of an Aaron Sorkin stan, it was seriously demoralizing to watch the guy recite dialogue written for him by the producers of fucking "Entourage." Seriously, doesn't he have anything better to do?
e) "Jeopardy"
Andy Richter straight up stomping out Wolf Blitzer on "Celebrity Jeopardy" a couple weeks ago may have been my single most favorite TV moment of the whole year. Blitzer was in the red for pretty much the entire episode, screwing up the easiest categories.
It's probably a bad idea to give a show a name like this unless it's definitely going to be too entertaining for people to make the easy jokes, which this isn't. I'd probably like it more if just about anyone besides Jason Schwartzmann was the lead, for some reason that guy has been a big blank nothing in every performance since Rushmore pretty much. Plus "Andy Barker, P.I." did almost this exact same thing much much much better. Ted Danson is so hot right now, which is pretty bizarre to think about.
b) "Accidentally On Purpose"
CBS has enough consistently enjoyable sitcoms on the air right now than when they throw something really unappetizing like a Jenna Elfman vehicle between them I'll just go ahead and give it a shot. This is halfway decent, I could see the funnier members of the supporting cast slowly taking it over from the boring principals if it sticks around.
c) "Community"
Being a huge fan of "The Soup," I'm of two minds about Joel McHale getting bigger and better opportunities. On one hand, good for him, he deserves success, even if it means he might eventually Kinnear up out of the E! studios. On the other hand, after 5 years of ridiculing bad TV, he can't contribute to that mountain of lousy programming with anything less than a really great show. "Community" might be that, it's really too soon to tell, but I think it is promising, and is clever without being clever in the same way as everything else on the NBC Thursday night lineup. The pilot was really strong, the second episode a little less so, or maybe just more annoyingly meta.
d) "Entourage"
As something of an Aaron Sorkin stan, it was seriously demoralizing to watch the guy recite dialogue written for him by the producers of fucking "Entourage." Seriously, doesn't he have anything better to do?
e) "Jeopardy"
Andy Richter straight up stomping out Wolf Blitzer on "Celebrity Jeopardy" a couple weeks ago may have been my single most favorite TV moment of the whole year. Blitzer was in the red for pretty much the entire episode, screwing up the easiest categories.
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