Thank God it’s Friday. I’ve already packed the rest of my week with 18 and a half hours of TV, leaving just 2.5 hours of weekend viewing. The good news is that the networks are in the utterly ridiculous habit of using the weekend for a dumping ground of shows that are either A) lousy or B) a repeat of something from earlier in the week. It’s all based on the theory that people are out doin’ stuff on Friday and Saturday night and don’t care to sit down and watch TV, which again, is all fine and dandy if your audience has never heard of DVRs or “the internets”. Whatever the case, it’s a nice respit for someone who is trying to squeeze everything into 21 hours. Let’s see if we can make it happen!
Friday
The only thing worth mentioning on Friday night is the second season of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse”. Though it started off shaky at the beginning of it’s debut season, it eventually caught momentum in the last handful of episodes and I now find myself pretty invested in the world of actives and dolls. There are some really interesting philosophical and practical conversations to be had at The Rossom Corporation and I’m anxious to see where they lead. With four kiddos in my home between 4 and 10, I’ve also briefly flirted with watching “Suppernanny”….. wait, I mean “Supernanny”, though I suppose we could use a supper nanny as well….. point being, I imagine at the end of the day it would be like watching “The Dog Whisperer” where you marvel at the magic man who can communicate with dogs, and then as soon as you try his tactics, your miniature dachshund urinates all over the couch.
The color coded breakdown:
Green = Will be programmed on my DVR
Blue = Not for me, but feel free.
Red = Move along, nothing to see here.
8PM
ABC – Supernanny
CBS – Ghost Whisperer
CW – Smallville
Fox – Brothers
8:30PM
ABC – Ugly Betty
CBS – Medium
Fox – Dollhouse
NBC – Southland
10PM
ABC – 20/20
CBS – Numb3rs
NBC – (Can’t believe it but yes once more it’s) Jay Leno
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Saturday
This “repeats” show must be pretty amazing to have two networks airing it on the same night! It must be like a Presidential address or something….
The color coded breakdown:
8PM
ABC – Saturday Night College Football
CBS – Repeats
Fox – COPS
NBC – Dateline NBC
9PM
Fox – America’s Most Wanted
NBC – Repeats
10PM
CBS – 48 Hrs. Mystery
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Sunday
7PM
CBS – 60 Minutes
Fox – The OT
NBC – Football Night in America
CBS – Amazing Race
Fox – The Simpsons
8:30PM Fox – The Cleveland Show
9PM
ABC – Desperate Housewives
CBS – Three Rivers
Fox – Family Guy
9:30PM
Fox – American Dad
10PM
ABC – Brothers and Sisters
CBS – Cold Case
Weekend’s Total: One hour drama, One half hour sit-coms, Two 1 hour Reality, 3.5 Hours
Final Total: 9 hours drama, 3 hours comedy, 9 hours Reality, 1 hour Musical = 22 hours
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DOH! 22 hours. 1 hour to cut before we can call it a day. “Modern Family” would be at the bottom of my list and would make an easy cut, but I hesitate to cut any new shows out of the mix and really there isn’t much else in the half hour category to cut so I’d be off on my numbers. Plus I’m already running low on my comedy for the week so it makes more sense to cut something reality or drama. It might also be useful in this situation to see where my DVR is on overload (it can only record two things at once) and cut something there. The two slots where “three’s a crowd” are Thursday (8PM, SNL/Parks – Survivor – FlashForward) and Monday (8PM, SYTYCD – Biggest Losser – Shark Tank). I’m not cutting any of the Thursday stuff (I’ll catch SNL and Parks on Hulu) which leaves Monday.
I thought NUMB3RS got cancelled?
Apparently something isn’t quite adding up. Maybe you are missing part of the equation. I don’t think their number is up. Should I go on…