Hmmm. Needing to procrastinate some homework, I suppose that I will use my time constructively and pick out which TV shows I'm going to watch this season. After an exhausting consideration process consisting of me navigating to the FutonCritic.com and squinting at their little grid-thingie, this is what I settled on.
Mondays
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How I Met Your Mother (8pm, CBS, starts 9/20)
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Because I heart Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan. I figure the "mother" will show up sometime, right? And then we can all have fun talking about how we wish she was someone else.
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The Event (9pm, NBC, starts 9/20)
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My fondness for dense sci-fi-ish shows that will inevitably disappoint me when they collapse into plot holes the size of Nebraska is unabated, even after the whole Flash Forward thing. Aw well. I'll get my masochism out of the way on Mondays and be better for it the rest of the week.
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Mike and Molly (930pm, CBS, 9/20)
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As an alternative to The Event, there is this new sitcom that stars Melissa McCarthy, who was such a sweetheart as Sookie on Gilmore Girls.
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Hawaii Five-0 (10pm, CBS, starts 9/20)
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Providing I can stay awake, this ought to be good for an eye-roll or two. (I say that with love, of course.) I think I'll keep a running commentary of when I guessed the solution to the Case of the Week. Let's put all that Cop Show knowledge to the test, shall we?
Tuesdays
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Glee (8pm, FOX, starts 9/21)
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Though tempted by No Ordinary Family, it's Glee. It's always been Glee.
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Raising Hope (9pm, FOX, 9/21)
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What? I've gone from boycotting FOX to eyeballing one of their sitcoms? [help]
Wednesdays
Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have school on Wednesdays this fall, but if I didn't I could probably be found watching America's Next Top Model. I mean, I could make vauge noises about how I'd watch Undercovers because it looks sleek and fun, but no. I'd be watching Tyra send some poor thing home for not bringing her own wind and smiling with her eyes.
I am just not going to say a word about Hellcats. Not gonna say a word.
Thursdays
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Vampire Diaries (8pm, CW, starts 9/9) / Big Bang Theory (8pm, CBS, starts 9/23)
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I would at least have to watch the theme song for Big Bang Theory. (Kind of like how my father would always watch the theme song to Walker, Texas Ranger.) This is going to be close. I love Big Bang Theory, but Vampire Diaries got some much good squealing from people last year and it starts up two weeks earlier. Maybe this will be another experiment: can I only watch the last half hour of a show and still keep up?
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Nikita (9pm, CW, starts 9/9)
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Because I want to compare it to the first series. It will be interesting to see another iteration of the story and what gets spotlighted this time around. Based on the ads, it already looks a lot less moody and grey.
Friday
Absolutely nothing looks interesting here. It feels too late to get (back) into Smallville and I just can't summon the energy for Supernatural - though I may try them out just for kicks.
So that's the "watching," what about the "thinking"? Well, I don't usually talk about the sitcoms beyond a quick bit or two. I will probably cover:
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The Event - unless it drive me to italics
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Glee - Glee! Whee! is still on!
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Vampire Diaries - but just the back half
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Nikita
I am undecided about Hawaii Five-0. Cop Shows can get a bit repetive, but I do seem to have reams of Law and Order Criminal Intent in my archives, so obviously I've overcome this in the past.
Great. That's settled.
I have to go do my homework now.