I am a self-proclaimed reality-TV-phobe. I have not watched any reality TV show regularly (… well, except My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé … but that’s just TV gold, so who can blame me?). But now I have to admit to being completely fascinated by a new (in Canada) show called 30 Days [airing Saturdays on…
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Replay TV: Are you missing out?
Here are some shows that are back on TV. They’re all 5 out of 5 in my books, so don’t miss ’em this time! Band of Brothers – 10-part mini-series; an incredible portrayal of a troop of soldiers in WWII. The completely engaging battle scenes really make you feel like you’re in the trenches with…
Alias Reloaded
Despite a downturn over the last two seasons, this week’s episode of Alias introduced two new lead characters and was an exciting reboot of the show’s central premise. I’m hoping for a return to some of the freshness that made Alias such a great episode-turner in the first couple of seasons. In this episode, titled…
What Life Awaits Us? on Discovery Channel’s Alien Planet
Amazingly, over an inadvertent Alien marathon weekend, it wasn’t watching the recent Aliens vs. Predator, nor rewatching the Joss Whedon scripted Alien Resurrection that got my attention. What kept me glued to the TV until the wee hours was the completely awesome “what if” documentary Alien Planet on the Discovery Channel. Using the magic of…
Inside my DVR
Once people find out that I watch more than 5 hours of TV per week, they are often surprised and want to know what kind of shows I watch. Well, the simplest way is to look inside the little machine that feeds my TV fancy. Here’s a tally of the shows that I record, and…
TV Roundup: Oct. 1, 2005
I think the TV gods are toying with me. When I complain that Threshold had too much character and not enough aliens, I get Surface. When I complain about too many last minute twists in premieres, I get a great twist from Veronica Mars. Night Stalker was the only new show this week, and it…
TV Roundup: Sept. 26, 2005
Overloaded, overwhelmed… this past week has been fraught with new and returning shows… can’t eat, can’t sleep… must watch TV! NEW SHOWS How I Met Your Mother was funny, and Neil Patrick Harris (forever known as Doogie Howser) was a definite standout, but the pilot episode did not have the “I love this show already”…
TV Roundup: Sept. 17, 2005
Supernatural may be the show that finally fills the X-Files’s old spot as the show that I watch with the lights out. It’s definitely scary and the first episode had a shocker of an ending. Now that the background has been established, I suspect these creep-hunting brothers will start meeting their monsters-of-the-week. Threshold was the…
TV Roundup: Sept. 11, 2005
This was the first week of the new fall season, but not too many shows debuted. I had already given up on Prison Break and Rome after watching a couple episodes of each. New this week, Reunion, the drama that follows six friends for 20 years after their high school graduation, each episode covering a…
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