Ahhhhh, Glee. My love hate relationship with you rivals anything I’ve ever experienced. On one hand your music numbers may be some of the best moments on TV period, and on the other you are a filthy, teenage soap opera, that sends almost all the wrong messages about worth, value, and relationships done by mostly mediocre actors who couldn’t act their way out of a dry leaf pile if they were given a book of matches, pre-lit. But did I mention the musical parts? Tuesday also holds my most anticipated new show of the season with No Ordinary Family, as well as the ironically bloated 2 hours a week of The Biggest Loser. Don’t get me wrong I love the show, but seriously there is more filler in 2 hours of Loser then in 3 dozen Raspberry Glazed donuts.
I never enjoyed NCIS in the first place so the fact that there is two hours straight of it doesn’t tweak my radar, especially now that I have all but completely given up on the straight forward procedural crime drama. (Lie to Me and The Mentalist would be the exceptions, but I see those as more of character pieces.)
Other than that it’s a virtual wasteland of uninteresting new shows and less interesting old ones.
TWO HOURS OF MUST: Glee & No Ordinary Family
The color coded breakdown:
8PM
ABC – No Ordinary Family
CBS – NCIS
CW – One Tree Hill
Fox – Glee
NBC – The Biggest Loser
9PM
ABC – Dancing with the Stars
CBS – NCIS: Los Angeles
CW – Life Unexpected
Fox – Raising Hope
9:30PM
Fox – Running Wilde
10PM
ABC – Detroit 1-8-7
CBS – The Good Wife
NBC – Parenthood
Tuesday’s Total: Two 1 hour dramas, One half hour Comedy, One 2 hour Reality 4.5 hours
Overall Total: 7 hours drama, .5 hours Comedy, 2 hours Reality, 9.5 hours