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A Great Thing, Three Good Things, and a Meh

TV Miscellaney / Seth Freilich

Trade News | October 29, 2009 | Comments (22)

Good thing number 1: William Atherton has been signed on for a guest role on the upcoming final season of “Lost.” If you’re asking “who dat,” shame on you. He’s one of the great character actor d-bags from the ’80s, playing the dickless wonder who shut off the power grid in Ghostbusters (yes, it’s true, this man has no dick), the scumbag reporter in Die Hard and, most importantly, the conniving prick of a professor (who may just have been able to hammer a six inch spike through a board with his penis) in Real Genius. No word on what his role will be about, but it’s safe to say his character will be a douchebag. And will either have no dick, or will be able to use his dick to bang Ben’s daughter (yes, I know she’s dead, but remember — he’s a douchebag).

Good thing number 2: NBC has reportedly upped its episode order for “Chuck” by six, taking the upcoming fall season to at least nineteen episodes. This is on top of speculation that the new season will actually drop in January, rather in March, as was the original plan. More “Chuck” and sooner “Chuck” makes for happy TV.

Good thing number 3: The new incarnation of “Scrubs” and the return of “Better Off Ted” are just around the corner. The latest season of “Scrubs” will be premiering on ABC on December 1, with “Better Off Ted” coming back a week later. Not sure if this reworked “Scrubs” will be good, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it’ll at least be watchable. And I have no doubt that “Better Off Ted” will continue to be very entertaining (although I think that after watching a few episodes, we’re going to find that “Modern Family” is the better show, on the whole).

Meanwhile, here’s your meh — the newly released trailer for Season Eight (8!) of “24”:

Oh yeah, I almost forgot your great thing:

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That motherfucker was cool as ice and Game 1 is ours, bitches!


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Comments

My reactions (In order of appearance):

Yay! Yay! Yay! Meh. BLERNSBALL MOTHERFUCKERS YEEEEEEAH!

Unless of course I have horribly misunderstood you on that last one.

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at October 29, 2009 10:47 AM

Meanwhile, here’s your meh — the newly released trailer for Season Eight (8!) of “24”:

Curse this internet blocking technology! Of all the tidbits in this article, the revelation of new "24" footage is hardly the "meh". Scrubs returning AGAIN after ending has all the excitement of Favre deciding nope, never mind, i DO want to play football. And I could not possibly care less about these baseball playoffs.

So be careful where you aim the snark. Some of us take the adventures of Jack Bauer any day and twice on Sunday over the rest of the garbage on. DAMMIT.

Posted by: TylerDFC at October 29, 2009 10:53 AM

So do they refer to this as "Day 8" of 24 or is it now "Week 2, Day 1"? Does Kiefer still say "this is the longest day of my life"? Or is he more specific, like "this is the second longest day of my life, because that one with the nuke, whoa dilly"? And didn't he spend a year in Chinese prison? One would think he had some pretty damned long days in there and now would be far more level headed, you know, zen like. "This would be the longest day of my life, but after Chinese prison, any day where I eat and don't have a cockroach lay eggs in my ear is just all right by me, but mere ripples in the river of life."

Posted by: Steven Lloyd Wilson at October 29, 2009 11:11 AM

I wonder if Janitor will still be on Scrubs being that he's the dad in "The Middle"

Posted by: arrrghzi at October 29, 2009 11:11 AM

May I PLEASE...see the storage facility...Dr. Venkman?

Looooove him.

Posted by: Julie at October 29, 2009 11:16 AM

SLW, I believe Kiefer will now be pulling from the Danny Glover playbook with a little "I'm getting too old for this shit."

Posted by: branded at October 29, 2009 11:25 AM

arrrghzi, Neil Flynn has said as recently as August 8th that he would be back at least once more in Season 9. May only be that one time, though. (Source)

Posted by: vercordio at October 29, 2009 11:26 AM

I seem to remember there being TV news in this post, but all I can remember are the pretty men in tight pants. It almost makes me want to cheer for the Phillies. Almost.

Posted by: esme at October 29, 2009 11:39 AM

1. Boo-ya!
2. Ok, I guess.
3. Fine by me
4. HELL THE FUCK YES! Aveceda, Leoben, Herc, Jimmy James, Tooms! But please shut it down after this one.
5. Are those bird droppings?

Posted by: Adere at October 29, 2009 11:45 AM

Adere...it's just the most nonchalant catch EVER. So funny.

Posted by: Julie at October 29, 2009 11:47 AM

julie Ah, yes, I just saw the video. Dude moved his jaws afterwards I was convinced he took a chunk out of the ball.

Posted by: Adere at October 29, 2009 11:56 AM

I'm thinking Jack has to die this season - everyone involved has acknowledged he's running out of...everything. That said, Jack and me, we have a thing.

Posted by: Cindy at October 29, 2009 11:57 AM

BWahahaha. Jeremy, marry me. You can still have sex with guys, but we will watch Futurama together and be merry.

Posted by: dsbs at October 29, 2009 12:11 PM

Right on, TylerDFC. Looks more like an "I don't give a shit, three don't give a fucks, and an awesome" to me.

Are you seriously going to tell us that "Heroes" and "Two and a Half Men" are better than 24? Not to mention "Scrubs" was set to die a natural death, until ABC decided to push their luck and revive it. (Though, they probably did it because they don't want to go back to being seen as "The Vagina Network" and need more shows that'll appeal to 18-35 year old males.)

As for Modern Family, it has some chuckles but is nowhere near the Arrested Development it's trying to emulate. (Unless you're smoking a big yellow joint. If anything Community is a more worthy successor, and it's probably not going to make it to season 2.)

But a simple "meh" on 24? True the trailer needs a little more to sell the season, and the series has had its nadirs (seasons 3 [on first glance anyway], 6, and parts of 7) but it's had some pretty big triumphs. (Seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5.) That's four to three, which beats Lost's "everyone slobbered on its cock the first season, then J.J. Abrams had more important things to do and left Cuse and Lindof to their own devices, thus alternately pissing on the fans and toweling them off promising awesomeness for three, possibly four seasons after". Though I do agree, season 8 should be the finale. Jack should go out big, and NY could be the opportunity to make that happen.

(One last thing...I know the "annoying ad" rant has been covered, but why do we need a "YouTube" video of a Taylor Swift wannabe? Was the monkey you bought from the zoo to run marketing that drunk when it signed the contract? I don't mean to be a bitch, but when you try to mute a video that just wont' mute, you tend to get frustrated.)

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at October 29, 2009 12:34 PM

Cliff Lee really was cool as ice last night. The Phillies should play him in all positions Bugs Bunny style. His face when he made that behind-the-back catch was priceless. It seemed to say: "This is ridiculous. Am I really this good tonight?"

Posted by: slagzoo at October 29, 2009 12:44 PM

Baseball's still not over? And my two neighboring states are fighting it out in the World Series?

Get back to me when Jersey gets its own MLB team in never.

Posted by: Robert at October 29, 2009 12:55 PM

SLW >>

"This would be the longest day of my life, but after Chinese prison, any day where I eat and don't have a cockroach lay eggs in my ear is just all right by me, but mere ripples in the river of life."

I love it.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at October 29, 2009 1:35 PM

William Atherton has been signed on for a guest role on the upcoming final season of “Lost.”

This is the only piece of news I care a fig about...but it is so good; it is so fucking good.

[deep breath]

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

Posted by: Jerce at October 29, 2009 1:43 PM

William Atherton AND Michael Emerson on the same show? Fanfuckingtastic!

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at October 29, 2009 2:39 PM

SLW--

That was priceless. When can we start nominating people for EE wins? That comment gets my vote.

Posted by: lillie at October 29, 2009 3:02 PM

I'm a Yankee fan. That catch by Lee made me crap my pants. I knew there was no winning that game.

If I wasn't crying, I would've laughed at how bad ass that was.

Posted by: ingres at October 30, 2009 4:04 AM

Add to Atherton's appearances -- one of the bankers in Stallone's Oscar ("could you just sign?...please?...). And MelBivDevoe, it's enough to make me consider getting cable intead of just watching it online!

Posted by: Janet Croft at October 30, 2009 12:24 PM





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