When I thought up that awesome title for this short post, I thought back to that NBC show with Rob Lowe that was just one of many desperate attempts by NBC to recapture some of that West Wing lightning in a bottle. I never saw an episode of the show, mainly because it looked terrible and clichéd. But also because Rob Lowe killed his own career (again! As if his 80’s foibles weren’t bad enough) when he left West Wing and the character of Sam Seaborn behind to become Dr. Vegas. God that show sucked too.
Since then NBC has been reduced to peddling “Heros” which is like X-Men and Lost, but not as cool and twice as contrived. Or “My Name is Earl,” which is not funny at all. Sorry. Oh, and let’s not forget “Deal or No Deal”, possibly the worst hour of TV to come along in the last 15 years. The show’s concept is worthless. There’s no skill involved whatsoever. It’s based on the same concept as Russian Roulette: pick one thing out of an ever smaller number of things and hope it’s not the worst thing you can possibly imagine…like a gunshot to the head. Besides that, the show is FAKE! It’s not real at all and everyone, from the contestant to the audience, are actors. Worst kept secret in crappy network TV.
Anyway, back to baseball. No incredibly enlightening post tonight as my girlfriend and I are going to see the Blows play the Blue Jays. Every Tuesday they offer half price upper reserve tickets and we figured, eh, why not? After the collapse of the Nats last night, I’d rather watch the Jays spank the Blows around for a few hours and then catch the Nats highlights on Sports Center anyway.
And yes, I was being sarcastic when I said that this post’s title was awesome. It’s unimaginative and dumb, much like the majority of network television. Which is why I got my TiVo today! Woo!
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