TV Overload

The new season of television is finally here bringing WAY too many new tv shows. I am a tv fanatic. I can't get enough of the drama that is on tv today. I come into this season already hooked on Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, and Scrubs and am now thinking of adding Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Brothers & Sisters, 'Til Death, and Ugly Betty. That's 5 hours of tv per week that I am committed to and that doesn't even count the news, my husband's shows, and the reruns during dinner time that I watch. TV Overload.

Gilmore Girls is in it's seventh, and possibly last season. Two seasons ago Luke and Lauralai finally hooked up and now with last season's cliffhanger they are in danger of breaking up for good. How is this series going to end? Do Luke and Lauralai end up together? Or does Lauralai go back to Rory's dad, Christopher? I don't know what I would like to happen. I LOVE the scenes with Christopher. Him and Lauralai always have great chemistry. But then Luke and Lauralai are supposedly MFEO (Made For Each Other). I am warming up to Luke. And what will happen to Rory? Will she end up with the rich Logan? I don't think I like him very much. He treated her very poorly last season and I don't think she should have taken him back. My hope is that she ends up with Jess. Yes, he was totally screwed up when they dated before and he didn't treat her right. But he has grown up since then and I feel like he is finally ready for that kind of relationship. And I think that they work really well together. But that is just my opinion. Milo Ventimiglia got a new tv show this season, so unfortunately he probably won't be back unless that show tanks.

One Tree Hill is in it's fourth season and the teen drama just keeps a coming! This show has always intrigued me because it completely does a 180 with plot and characters EVERY season. It started out with Luke and Nathan hating each other, the loosers against the popular kids. By mid-season Luke and his gang became popular and suddenly the loosers and the popular kids were all getting along. By second season you had new characters to hate and a teen marriage to get used to. By third season Luke had fell in love with one main female and changed to the other lead female in like 3 episodes. Who knows where is heart is these days? The teen marriage split for a huge portion of the season and now they are back together. Dan is STILL trying to cause trouble in Tree Hill and someone is ALWAYS trying to kill him. Good times! Let the teen drama continue!!

Scrubs is an awesome show. It started in January of this year, so I am thinking it might do the same this season. Which means that I have awhile before I have to worry about inserting it into my line-up. I don't have much to say about this show except that Zach Braff rocks and this show is amazingly funny. Watch it. You will love it!

I am VERY impressed so far by Studio 60. It has this all-star cast and it is literally the fastest hour of my week. I am glued to the tv the entire hour and am always surprised when it is over. I have a feeling that this show will become a fast rising hit and will continue to stay in my line-up.

Brothers & Sisters premiered last night and the jury is out on this one. I wasn't that impressed, but I am intrigued because I really enjoy watching Calista Flockhart aka Ally McBeal. She still seems Ally-like without the crazy daydreams. And she is a very conservative political analyst?! I don't know about that. I will give this show a few more weeks, but I think that it is trying too hard and is not interesting enough for me to waste my time on it.

'Til Death is a great sitcom. I love sitcoms and hate that reality tv has taken them over. I was NOT a fan of Everybody Loves Raymond, but I do enjoy Brad Garrett, aka Robert, on this show. It also has Finch from American Pie. Together they make a pretty good team making funny comments about married life. Maybe I enjoy it so much because I recently got married. It will most definetely stay in my line-up.

Lastly, there is Ugly Betty. America Ferrera from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants stars in this show, making it mildly intriguing. Unfortunately it airs the same time as 'Til Death. Hopefully I will get my Tivo soon so that I can watch both shows. We will see if this one sticks. I don't know much about it, so I am not really that interested. We will see.

Lastly there are all these shows that I pick up because my husband watches them. Like the Simpsons, Family Guy, The Daily Show, and the Colbert Report. All-in-all not many hours, however added to my shows and it becomes a lot of tv in one week. I need to get a life!

Movie Madness

Tonight my husband and I sat down to relax and watch a movie. I picked out 3 movies from our collection (Ocean's 11, Bridget Jones 2, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). Now I admit that two of these movies are what most people classify as chick-flicks, but my husband is usually okay with watching these as long as there is some humor involved. I figure that he is somewhat "metro" and doesn't mind doing girly things with me every once-in-awhile, so asking him to watch a chick-flick really isn't too far out of his comfort zone.

Tonight he chose to watch Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a movie about 4 girls and their adventures apart during one summer. This movie is not humorous, extra girly, and in my opinion, pretty far out of his comfort zone. Now I know what you are thinking: Why in the world would my husband choose this movie? I was baffled too, but you don't question these gifts. I had been wanting to watch this movie for the past week, so it worked out beautifully for me.

That is until we actually started watching the movie. He decided to tinker around with one of his many electronic gadgets (he is a multi-tasker, so he tells me) through the beginning of the movie, which was fine because I knew that this movie wouldn't be his type of thing. He finished whatever he was working on about a third of the way through and actually decided to give the movie his undivided attention.

Then it happened: the laughter in the worst possible moments. I am locked into the movie, crying along with Tibby as she visits her dying friend in the hospital and suddenly I hear a burst of laughter in my ear. I look over and my husband is having a jolly good time laughing at an intense, emotional part of the movie. I roll my eyes and continue watching and sure enough a few minutes later when the girls go over to comfort Bridget as she tells this emotional story about her dead mother I hear more laughing. My husband has a strange sense of humor. Or maybe that is just how he deals with the touchy-feely moments of life. Or both. At any rate, I am thrilled to have a husband who will sit down willingly and watch a chick-flick with me, but I will definetly think twice before doing it again anytime soon. . . unless it actually has some humorous scenes in it.