The doldrums in television viewing, that is. There’s not a lot new going onto our Tivo these days. We had an odd hiccup with our DirecTivo last week where a couple of shows that were on our season pass list didn’t get recorded. One of these was Pirate Master, which I’d been really wavering about. We decided that since we missed the episode and really didn’t care, that was a good indication that we could delete the season pass. I read through the episode recap and even the recap was boring, so I think was made the right decision. Creature Comforts is, I suppose, every bit as good as the original UK version, but given that that had limited appeal to me (it’s a cute novelty, but wears thin after that), I’ve pretty much lost interest. Deadliest Catch is ending its season this week, and the After the Catch specials, while occasionally interesting, have gotten a bit meandering. I think a single two-hour special would have been better than four one-hour episodes. And heck, takaza even took Rescue Me off the season pass list when he got partway into the season premiere and found he didn’t really care what went on.
So what’s left? Well, we still are whittling our way (slowly) through Season 2 Doctor Who. We seems to be accumulating a surprising number of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations as well. Coming up soon, we have Eureka premiering on July 10 (Dan enjoyed the first season, and I suppose I can check out the second season, assuming they can keep Matt Frewer from chewing the scenery), Burn Notice on June 28 (interesting premise AND Bruce Campbell – that’s enough for me to check it out), the third season of Doctor starts July 6 on Sci-Fi, and of course the last three episodes of Drive are getting burned off on July 4th.
All in all, this seems a good time to read some books 🙂
Oh, and finally: a cool random SFW link: They’re Made Out of Meat, a short film based on a short story by Terry Bisson. For cable geeks out there, it’s notable because it stars Ben Bailey, host of Cash Cab.
Funny that. We’ve not had a TiVo for more than a few months and it’s been recording almost non-stop. Then again, we’re doing a pretty notable circuit: House, NCIS, Numb3rs, CSI and CS:NY (we finally dumped Sunglasses Of Justice & The Shade Family), a bit of reality fun in Top Chef, and a concession to the period fanatics in The Tudors. We’re not running Doc Who Series 2 as, well, everyone in the house saw it last year. Might add How Clean Is Your House? though, and mayhaps Coupling. That show was just exceptional. The house has been in a right British mood for several weeks.
I was not aware they were going to give Bruce Campbell another series after the Brisco County and…that other show…Jack Of Trades or something? Doesn’t matter, I’d watch Bruce read comic books and eat Slim Jims in a Subway. He’s just that awesome.
I’ve got some of the later Dr Who’s and most of Stargate Atlantis if you’re interested. As well as Stargate SG1 seasons 1-6 I think, I need to get the rest, but they’re expensive.
Nah, we’ll catch the Doctor Who’s as they air on Sci Fi. I prefer to see it on TV rather than on a small laptop screen, even with having to skip through the commercials.
I realized a while ago there there will always been good things that are broadcast that I’ll just have to miss the boat on. After coming into Babylon 5 midway through the third season, I realize how difficult and time-consuming it can be to get up to speed, and that’s time that we just don’t have. Sadly, that means stuff like Lost, BSG, and SG-1 are all going to have to fall by the wayside for us for the foreseeable future.