Fall TV Lineup 2009

I’ve resignation to the fact that I watch some very questionable shows now-a-days.  I’ll be the first to admit that reality TV is sort of a new addiction, but I love it.  Below is the fall lineup that I will be glued to for a majority of the week.

One Tree Hill

With the loss of two of their main characters, One Tree has the new task of back-building a story.  Honestly, I felt like the story dried up a few seasons ago, but I still like to watch them try.

The fall preview made it evident that something was going to come between Haley & Nathan, AGAIN.  As much as I dislike this, I do believe it’s their turn.  They have a dependable way of rotating disasters throughout the cast.  I like to call this – stability.

Brooke and Julian have definitely stepped it up in the romance department.  With both of them being in industries that don’t allow for a social life, I find it hard to believe that they even have time to see each other.  But, alas, they have time to make out on the beach.  The world makes sense, yet again.

Everything else is rather boring as of right now.  This new bitchy character that they brought in to dissolve the studio is such a snooze-fest.  We’ll see where that one goes.  My question is this – did Peyton sell her label?  They didn’t explain this, did they?  And, they hardly explained the departure of Lucus and Peyton to begin with, so are they just going to let that story line go and back-fill info to the audience?  We’ll see.  I can critique this show for days, but the truth is I really do love it.  Obviously.

The Hills

Ohhhh!  The bitch is back.  Or so says the preview of the show.  I’ll agree.  It should be no shock to any of The Hills followers that the return of Kristen will bring on WAY more drama than L.C.  I love L.C., but the show was beginning to bore me.  In fact, I don’t think I watched the season finale last year.  I completely forgot.

This season, however, I will make sure the DVR is set to record.  L.C. was good at mediating the drama and spinning it in an adult way, but with her gone who will do it?  I can tell you who WON’T be trying to smooth the waters – Stephanie.  In the past there have been times where I’ve felt bad for the blond, but after reading some of her blogs and seeing interviews about her “eating issues” I think I’ll save my pity for someone who actually has a brain (and an original thought).

You can tell she’s just in it for the limelight, which her thought-less (turned Christian) brother & his wifey love to steal from everyone.  I’m not going to even go on a Spencer-Heidi rant.  It’s not worth the effort to push down each key.

Then there’s Audrina.  Poor girl.  I’m not sure whether to feel sorry for her or not.  She’s basically been hated on by everyone in the show, in one way or another, AND dissed by a sought out movie star in the public eye.  But that’s what you get for chasing after a slob like Justin Bobby, watching him publicly humiliate you in front of your friends, then accuse your BF of sleeping with him when you know she wouldn’t touch him with a 10 foot poll, THEN YOU TAKE HIM BACK!  Opps, common girl mistake.  But you made it on TV, which makes you look preeeetttttty bad A.P.

As for the rest of the cast, well, they will play nicely into Kristen’s devious plans.  Can’t wait to see what sh*t she stirs up.

The Vampire Diaries

Edward who?  Ok, so I’m basically committing a Twilight sin by saying that, but this Stefan guy is rather good at the brooding vampire thing that Robert Pattinson defined.  And, might I add, he’s my age.

I started watching this show hoping that it would be a filler for my Twilight addiction until New Moon came out.  (Yes, I do realize how lame I am) The first episode was sort of slow moving, but I can’t expect much from the CW.  They can’t get graphic, like True Blood, or replicate the chemistry between characters that Twilight has.  I guess it would help if I read the books that inspired the show, but I’m too busy reading other things at the moment (cough – Dan Brown- cough)

Anyway, the show is OK.  Not AMAZING, but not boring enough to stop watching.  I need something else to do while Tom plays video games.  They’ve finally starting moving the story along at a more interesting pace, and the relationship between the main characters is FINALLY coming along.  I don’t know why I’m so impatient.  I look forward to the rest of the season and seeing where they take it.  One thing that is different from True Blood and Twilight is the more human blood the vamp feeds on, the more their mystical powers work on humans, thus creating the first real issue in the storyline.  Interesting.  And, the vampires don’t sparkle in the sunlight or need to hibernate during the daylight hours.  Also, curious is Stefan sleeps at all.

The Office (*SPOILER ALERT)

OMG! PAM IS PREGNANT!  I was so excited to hear this news.  I love this show.  I think anyone who’s ever worked in an smaller office can relate to this show in one way or another.

I don’t have much else to say about this right now, so I will stop there.

Below is the list of recently canceled/renewed shows courtesy of TV Guide:

RECENT RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
CW’s Reaper canceled (5/21)
CW’s The Game canceled (5/21)
CW’s Everybody Hates Chris canceled (5/21)
CBS’ Eleventh Hour canceled(5/20)
CBS’ Worst Week canceled (5/20)
CBS’ Without a Trace canceled (5/20)
CBS’ New Adventures of Old Christine renewed (5/20)
CBS picks up Medium after NBC passed (5/20)
CW’s Privileged canceled (5/19)
CBS’ The Unit canceled (5/19)
NBC’s Chuck renewed (5/19)
NBC’s Law & Order renewed (5/19)
NBC’s My Name Is Earl canceled (5/19)
ABC’s True Beauty renewed (5/19)
ABC’s Better Off Ted renewed (5/19)
ABC’s Samantha Who? canceled (5/19)
ABC’s Cupid canceled (5/19)
FOX’s Dollhouse renewed (5/18)
FOX’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles canceled (5/18)
FOX’s Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? canceled (5/18)
FOX’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics! canceled (5/18)
ABC’s The Unusuals canceled (5/17)
FOX’s Bones renewed (for two seasons, 5/16)
ABC’s Castle renewed (5/16)
ABC’s Scrubs renewed (5/16)
FOX’s Lie to Me renewed (5/12)
NBC’s Life canceled (5/4)
FOX’s Fringe renewed (5/4)
NBC’s Heroes renewed (5/4)
NBC’s Parks and Recreation renewed (5/4)
NBC’s Southland renewed (5/2)