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Miscellaneous | January 21, 2010 | Comments (48)
There’s not a lot of TV I get excited for, genuinely. Most shows I like, I like in the way that I enjoy them when they’re around but I don’t feel any great sense of loss if I miss them. But one of the things I do get excited for (and tend to take a lot of crap for also) is the Olympics. I love the Olympics and we’re headed into the three week countdown until the 2010 Winter Olympics kickoff in Vancouver and I’m already getting excited. For one thing, at least people will quit talking about the whole Late Night Wars for a while. I mean, I get it, it really sucks for Conan and NBC has killed a lot of goodwill with this move. And really, who would’ve watched Leno if Carson was still on 90 minutes earlier? But I’m getting to the point where I feel like every good point has been made and it’s just turning into a sort of slap fight with a bunch of rich dudes and I’m not very interested in that. Oh, and I’m hoping the Olympics also overshadow “American Idol” for a while because then I won’t feel like such anti-social twit because I don’t watch “American Idol” for at least two weeks. However, there’s still three weeks to go and in the meantime here’s what you can fill the empty void in your evenings with:
8:00 p.m.: “Bones” on Fox.
“Carnie Wilson: Unstapled” on GSN.
“Community” on NBC.
“The Deep End” on NBC. Series premiere. It’s a show about lawyers. Because the one thing that television needed was another show about hot lawyers. Yup.
“Live from the Lincoln Center: Joshua Bell with Friends at the Penthouse” on PBS.
“The Vampire Diaries” on The CW. I’m wondering what the over/under on the whole vampire craze is going to be. Mostly because I’m annoyed that vampires have been ruined by this whole mess, but also because I’d like to go back to being unfashionably pale rather than being mistaken for someone who’s into vampires.
8:30 p.m.: “Parks and Recreation” on NBC.
9:00 p.m.: “CSI: Original Flavor” on CBS.
“Fringe” on Fox. Didn’t this used to be on Fridays? I guess they moved it.
“Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC.
“The Office” on NBC.
9:30 p.m.: “30 Rock” on NBC.
10:00 p.m.: “Ace of Cakes” on Food Network.
“Archer” on FX. I enjoyed the premiere, though I think there’s a lot of room to grow. Anyone else watching this?
“Burn Notice” on USA. Third season winter premiere. I don’t watch this show regularly, but I like it simply for the fact that it’s one of the few shows set in Miami that’s actually filmed here and not in L.A masquerading as Miami.
“Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” on VH1.
“The Jay Leno Show” on NBC.
“Jersey Show” on MTV. First season finale.
“The Mentalist” on CBS.
“Project Runway” on Lifetime.
“Real Housewives of Orange County” on Bravo.
“Private Practice” on ABC.
11:00 p.m.: “Jersey Shore: Reunion Special” on MTV. Because the best time to air a reunion special is immediately after the final episode.
“Models of the Runway” on Lifetime.
Intern Rusty is a Masters student at the University of Miami. You can learn more about her at Rusty’s Ventures.
Comments
Posted by: Alli at January 21, 2010 7:18 PM
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I live in Vancouver and all I have been hearing about forever is the olympics, I am getting out of town for one of the weeks that it is on, and I am hoping that it will not be too much of an inconvenience.
I am at least glad that I no longer work where I have to take the skytrain into downtown, since they are predicting 3 hour wait times!
But since I don't care about the olympics, I will be glad when they are over so I don't feel like such a poor sport for not caring.