The TV Catch Up - Part 1

Wow...I never had a part 2 for The Emmys...oh well.

So I've been slack with my tv blogging of late. But 6 weeks travelling in the US will do that.

So firstly, I better comment on the TV in the US. -Its awesome!
It was so awesome to watch Grey's, Private Practice, Glee, and others in real time. No download delay, no waiting for time...no spoilers. Watching SNL ACTUALLY LIVE might have been the best part of all though. I mean...how much better can you get than knowing that its happening right that minute/second etc?!
AWESOME!

Oh, they also have awesome ads in the US....my fave might be the one with Allison Janney....but I'm totally biased :P


So I have a lot to talk about with Private Practice, so I might save that one for a whole post of its own...But I can comment on the new shows I watched in the US, as well as my thoughts on the current seasons of my other shows.
-Firstly, I enjoyed Raising Hope. I'd like to download the rest of that if I have the time and the space.
-Better With You is ok, but not that great...
-Running Wilde is terrible....as much as I wanted to like it. It definately deserves to be canned.
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-This season of Grey's got off to a pretty depressing start...everyone has been dealing with the aftermath of the shootings in the season finale....and 9 eps in, its still kinda going, but at least its getting somewhere. -I also must admit that I don't hate April anymore...thankfully they have made her likeable this season. I dunno what's going on with Christina...she's being funny since she's not being a doctor anymore, but they better get her back in surgery soon! And the whole Arizona/Callie thing is gonna drive me crazy!...hopefully like Charlotte and Cooper, they will get their acts together eventually!

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about season 2 of Glee. It doesn't have the same focus or magic that the first 13 eps had. But it is definately more focused than the last 9 of S1. I'm so glad they are letting Brittany sing, and that they are sharing it around more now. However, I wish Emma and Quinn wouldn't keep disappearing! And I really don't care about that Sam guy at all!
-I can't believe I'm saying it, but I actually really really loved the Gwyneth Paltrow ep! It was just a lot of fun, while still heading towards sectionals!


I was really worried about this season of Brothers and Sisters, after losing Rob Lowe, and then a few eps in, losing Rebecca...but they have really come back strong...especially after last years disasterous mess of a plot!

This season of Parenthood has been interesting. That was the first show to come back in the US, so we enjoyed 4 weeks of watching that! I have issues with Sarah working with Adam...and I really don't like Billy Baldwin....but other than that the storylines have been ok. Joel is getting a lot more screen time....however Julia seems to be vanishing...

We only got to watch 2 weeks of Community, so I don't know how this season is going...

Modern Family is just as good as ever if you ask me. Loving the new eps!

I'm sure I've left some things out....but I'll try to do another post tomorrow, or Thursday.

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Carlie

The Emmys - Part 1

Ok so the Emmys were monday....I had to work so I couldn't watch them till later, and due to a technical mishap, I had to download the awards part. So I watched the abridged version on channel 10.....and am catching up on the bits I missed.

I'll comment on the red carpet and best/worst dressed later, but for now I've got comments on the awards part.

There were SO many people I liked up for the same awards it was hard not to be pretty happy with the result.
-I was happy for Jane Lynch. She ROCKS. But I would have loved for Kristen Wiig to get an emmy....but I have a feeling they are never gonna give out awards for SNL unless for hosting.
-Yay for Edie Falco! I mean....I would have loved Lea Michele or the others to win....but I love Nurse Jackie too.
-I really wanted Elisabeth Moss to win best supporting actress drama....But if someone else had to win, I'm glad I was Archie Panjabi from The Good Wife. -And how IS Rose Burne only a supporting actress for Damages?
-really thought Julianna Margulies would win for The Good Wife....I wasn't so fussed about the rest.
-yay for Mad Men and Modern Family winning! I had this feeling all day that Mad Men would win....I love Glee, but it kinda lost something in those last 9 eps...I hope it finds it again in season 2. (Not that those eps were not awesome).

Lauren Graham and Matthew Perry presenting award together was both SO cute....and also terrible. Bad jokes, bad jokes. But it was nice to see them together again, since they are friendly....

Loved the Modern Family with George Clooney thing! I just love him!

Julianna Margulies and Jimmy Fallon did a really bad fake-slap 1st go....2nd go was spot on.

Overall I thought Jimmy Fallon was a great host. Lots of musical stuff too!
I think its gonna be hard to get "The island it was mystical, but in the end they died....I didn't understand it, but I tried!" out of my head anytime soon!

Oh and it now feels sad to me, that after all the nominations the cast of The West Wing got over the years....that none of them are even anywhere near the emmys anymore....Matt Perry and Connie Britton representing....

Oh and one thing that really annoyed me...was the "coming up in...." warnings across the screen.....we don't need warnings all the time!

More to come.

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Carlie

Its EMMY WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So the emmys are on next monday, and the creative arts emmys were last weekend....Kristin didn't win for guesting on Glee, but I can't be THAT mad cause she was beaten by Betty White on SNL....
Meanwhile, Neil Patrick Harris DID win for Glee which was cool!
There were a few other awards that I was happy for, like music for example.

I'm in the middle of reading EW's top 50 emmy snubs and wanted to share my thoughts.....

-I'm totally with them on Ellen Pompeo. She has totally acted her butt off over the last 6 years of Grey's and barely gets a peep of attention!
-ALIAS!!!!!!! Man I'm missing that show right now! They really should have got more awards, especially in the early years!
-Brother & Sisters? Not sure that was ever really up to the best drama catergory - as much as I love it and all....maybe in the early days. -although last season's finale was a gutwrencher!


Okay not really much more to comment on.....

There are still lots of good people nominated for stuff in this years emmys, so I'm excited to see who wins!
-Hopefully I can find time to watch it without spoilers!



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Carlie

Election Time and Election Episodes

Oh The West Wing how I have missed you!!!!!

Okay so I've been saying for a few weeks now that I wanted to watch the election eps of TWW, since we're having an election this weekend. I finally got time last night to watch Election Night, and am in the middle of Process Stories right now. - I probably won't have time for Election Day part 1 and 2, but I can watch them after saturday.

You know the weirdest thing? Even though I've been watching more recent Bradley Whitford (and others) in stuff....they all looked weird in season 3....but not in a 'young' way, but I guess more of a 'wow it has really been too long' way.... I honestly don't remember when I last watch any West Wing.

Anyways.....moving on.
I'm enjoying Mad Men...and Community, but since Alison Brie is in both shows, I cannot watch them on the same night. It weirds me out too much. So glad there is plenty of good Peggy stuff this season! (Hey no Zoey in these eps of TWW....)

What was that about moving on?.....oh yes.

Hot in Cleveland is finishing up soon....and its getting better.....or at least showing off the talent a little better. However I still find Valerie Bertinelli really really annoying. But the others are funny.

I've only got 2 eps left of Las Vegas season 4....and omg no wonder I had forgotten about the end of season 4. I knew Mary left....but I had completely no recollection of how or what happens to Mary.
I'll talk about Las Vegas more when I've watched the last 2 eps of s4....and then its onto the crappy season 5.....maybe it won't seem so bad this time around! lol


wow....how did I forget Joanna Gleeson's characters name in The West Wing?......okay the ep is over now....I'll move on, and finish up.


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-Carlie

Catch Me Up!

So.......it sucks that these days I have very little time for TV....I miss it!

So Mad Men is back...I've watched 3 eps and am enjoying it. Its the kind of show I love to watch, but wouldn't obsess over it and watch the eps multiple times.
-Oh and after all the things I've been watching lately, I'm so glad Christina Hendricks grew up and got not-annoying. -Like Amy Adams! They both just used to play annoying characters on tv in the early 2000's.

I finished season 1 of Damages....and boy that show surprised me! I had no idea just how epic it was in terms of storyline planning. I can't wait to see where they go in season 2....they've got some interesting things to explain.

And now that I've finished Damages, I'm finally catching up on the rest of United States of Tara. Its not that I didn't want to watch it - but it was taking forever to download. And its not the kind of show I like to watch tons in a row....it messes with my head too much.

I'm almost done with season 4 of Las Vegas now, hopefully I'll have finished season 5 by the time I leave for the US in Sept....Not that it really matters where I leave it since it never got an actual finale cause of the writers strike not working out well for a lot of shows. (not that I don't support the writers).
The problem will be not hating season 5....Its just not the same without Ed.....and I guess Mary, but Mary wasn't the same since season 3....she lost all her good character traits....and got super annoying and weird. (Nikki Cox's uber-skinniness season 3 didn't help...)

There's a few new shows starting up soon, and some oldies coming back, so I'll have to try and make room for them in my limited tv schedule....


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Carlie

Elizabeth Mitchell and Shows I don't want to want to watch!

Ok....so you've all heard me go on about how I hated Juliet in LOST....yada yada yada....and how then I LOVED her....what can I say I'm not THAT set in my ways!

So she's become one of my 'people' that I have to watch interviews with, and will consider rewatching in old stuff, and new stuff.....that isn't LOST. -however her in ER still weirds me out....
Anyways stay with me here.....but she's kinda like a weird mix of Kellie Martin, Emily Procter and Jessica Capshaw.....or maybe they all just kinda look/sound similar. - She's very bubbly and nutty and hyper and talks REALLY fast which I can appreciate in a person! (Lauren, Emily P, etc)

Oh so now onto the shows I really don't want to watch....but have great people that I love in them.....it sucks...for example...I really don't want to ever watch V....especially now I know Charles Mesure is in it....
I also didn't want to watch CSI Miami or NY....
I mean there has to be a point where I stop watching things for 'my people'. Movies are okay, you watch it for an hour or 2, and then its done. But a tv show is much more of a commitment!

So from now on I'm making a pledge.....to only watch shows with multiple 'my people' in them, unless it genuinely interests me for other reasons than 1 member of the cast!

.....good luck to me :)

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-Carlie

LAS VEGAS....

....just for something different.

This weekend has been good for watching TV. I watched the last Crossing Jordan/Las Vegas crossover eps, which were the worst of the lot. Nowhere NEAR as good as the previous 2!

Then today I got to watch the Delina in a Box episodes (oddly titled Delinda's box), which were awesome. Very dramatic for season 3/4 of Las Vegas! - I also watched a few more since the arvo was all wet and dreary. The Christmas ep was so good! Some good drama in there and some decent other stuff too. And even I got sad when they blew up Danny's car! That's a cool car....even if I never really liked the colors.

In other news, I think I'm finally on board with Community. Although some eps rock and some really really suck....But for the most part its enjoyable.

Tomorrow its back to a busy work week and there will be little time for tv. I've only got 3 eps of Damages left, so I might be able to finish that this week!



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Carlie