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February 12, 2007
TV Junkie: 'Heroes' and '24' Deliver; Lots of New Episodes Tonight
A Word or 116:
So I missed the first 10 minutes of the Grammys which meant that I missed the effing Police. I punished myself by watching the rest of the Grammys: a collection of posers I will never go see perform and whose songs I've never heard and will never care to hear. 24 is back with a 2 hour allotment but my understanding is that I'm not supposed to watch 24 anymore because people in the Bush Administration are big fans of the show, particularly the torture and fear-mongering aspects of it. I guess that's why I was supposed to stop liking Star Wars as a piece of fiction because that's how Ronald Reagan really viewed the world.
Tonight - Monday - February 12th, 2007
Clippers @ Pistons (KTLA, 5:30 p.m.)
Elephant (IFC, 6:00 p.m.) Gus Van Sant's take on Columbine
24 (Fox, 8-10:00 p.m.) A two hour shot - Jack's Dad is effing evil.
How I Met Your Mother/The Class/Two and a Half Men/Rules of Engagement/CSI: Miami (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new.
The Westminster Kennel Dog Club Show (USA, 8:00 p.m.) For me to poop on
Everybody Hates Chris/All of Us/Girlfriends/The Game (the CW, 8-10:00 p.m.) All new.
Wife Swap/Supernanny/What About Brian (ABC, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new.
American Experience (PBS, 9:00 p.m.) All about New Orleans
Heroes (NBC, 9:00 p.m.) Hiro and Ando return to Las Vegas to find the sword!
Larry King Live (CNN, 9:00 p.m.) Judge Judy doesn't tolerate any backtalk.
The Big Chill (TCM, 9:00 p.m.) The movie that Baby Boomers like to skeet skeet skeet over.
Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip (NBC, 10:00 p.m.) Matt remembers how he and Harriet first met, this is going to be fantastic, no really, just really great.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.) Jeffrey Rosen from the New Republic
The Colber(t) Repor(t) (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.) Global warming prof. Michael Oppenheimer
The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, 11:30 p.m.) Drew Barrymore pushes Music & Lyrics, Rickie Lee Jones performs, ventriloquist Kevin Johnson with Clyde & Matilda performs
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35 p.m.) Nicolas Cage and his bizarre head, D.J. Sampson & Sam Ballerini (kids who lobbied for a state reptile in MA), the Fray perform
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC, 12:35 a.m.) Martin Lawrence pushes Wild Hogs, Hayden Panettiere from Heroes, Hinder performs
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35 a.m.) Peter O'Toole(!), Dierks Bentley & the Grascals perform
Travolta and Lawrence pushing Wild Hogs via AP
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No one is telling you what to watch, but I do find it interesting that a show that seems 100% focused on keeping the spectre of terrorism alive in everyone's minds turns out to be produced by someone whose ideological agenda lines up perfectly with that of the GOP.
Personally I prefer to not watch it because it is poorly acted, melodramatic, and just plain shittily prouduced.
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That's exactly why I watch it Ben. It's an insight into irrational paranoia, also, there's something really satisfying about how Jack Bauer says "dammit" about 5 times per episode. I think that there's a schism forming between the GOP and the White House, so I'm not so sure about the alignment you posit. Your points about the poor acting and production are true for every other non-comedy piece of primetime on the big 4, so really, there is no point there.
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Fair enough on the "insight into irrational paranoia" business... never thought of it that way.
I think the schism you speak of is not just an illusion but an illusion of every democrat's wettest dream. In the end, there is no schism, only scattered attempts at saving one's skin from an increasingly war-weary American public.
Point taken on the big 4, though I tend to draw comparisons beyond that realm. For instance, HBO has a little "non-comedy" series called ROME running right now that beats the pants off of anything ever even considered for greenlight by the big 4. Which is why I watch exactly four shows on the big four and four shows only.
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I don't really think it serves any purpose to label all Republicans as evil since they aren't. It's fun and easy to play around and think that but it's not the reality.
I'm glad you mentioned 'Rome' as you can read my review of the Season One DVD collection HERE
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they aren't?
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your Dad might be evil timmay