Showing posts with label must-see tv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label must-see tv. Show all posts

Friday, December 01, 2006

I don't want no Scrubs (but actually I do)

If you're going to accidentally impregnate someone, Elizabeth Banks is certainly as good of a choice as any. Really. I've always liked her since she seems to turn up only in cool things ("Scrubs," "The 40-Year Old Virgin," "Slither," as Betty Brant in the Spider-Man movies, "The Baxter"). The fact that I certainly wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers is (mostly) secondary.

All in all, great to see "Scrubs" back, even if Dr. Cox's hair for most of the episode looked like sort of like the clown from "It." The promos about Carla being pregnant for 17 months are funny. And true.

"30 Rock" was its usually quasi-amusing self. More Tracy Morgan, less Jane Krakowski, please. That's actually a funny thing to want because it's what Alex Baldwin's character wanted in the beginning of the series. It's fairly ironic to see Tracy as the crazy, unbalanced star in a comedy given what's happening in real life.

I watched my usual 12 minutes or so of "Earl." Seemed fine enough.

The real main event was "The Office" written by my main men Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant - great stuff. Jesus. Apollo Creed. Another Stamford guy quits, makes sense given that it'd be a little overcrowded after a while with all those folks. Andy's 'horny" conversation with Jim was worth the price of admission (which is, to say, free. but still great).

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

You must see these television programs

Here is some refreshingly refreshing news! We don't have to wait until January for new "Scrubs," it's coming back November 30 - and it's back in its original (and most natural) home of Thursday nights. Also encouraging: "30 Rock" being moved to Thursdays, effectively bringing back "Must See TV" (which they kind of did with "Will & Grace," "Four Kings," "My Name is Earl" and "The Office" last year, but come on). Perhaps the best news is that this seem to leave "Twenty Good Years" in the ditch.

Possible headlines: "Network doesn't want to live 'Twenty Good Years,'" "'Twenty Good Years' doesn't last four good episodes," "NBC cuts short 'Twenty Good Years,'" "'Twenty Good Years' is cancelled."