This week and next week are the fall season premieres for many of my favorite TV shows.
Grey's Anatomy 2-hour season premiere was on last night and boy was it good. The last 3-4 months have been hard not being able to watch Grey's every Thursday. I realized as I was watching the show last night why I like this show so much. The dialogues are really funny, which helps to make the show not so serious like ER. The characters are goofy and full of flaws and because of that it's just fun watching how much they mess up at work and in life. This is one of those shows like Seinfeld where the ensemble is what makes the show works well whereas each actor separately might not be that interesting to watch. Last night show was packed with celebrity guest stars - Bernadette Peters, Mariette Hartley, Kathy Baker, and Kevin McKidd. I hope Kevin McKidd will stick around for a while because he was such a good actor in Rome (as Lucius Vorenus - one of the major charcters). It doesn't hurt that Kevin McKidd is kind of hot even though he doesn't have the "perfect" good looks :-)
Brothers and Sisters (Sally Field, Callista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, etc) is on next week. And then there is Desperate Housewives. I feel kind of bad watching DH because the storyline is very cheesy and it is really not a great show. But again, it's kind of fun and I really like all of the actresses (Terri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, etc) and they are the reason for watching the show.
Now if only some of my favorite shows on Bravo would come back for a new season, then my TV watching experience would be complete -- but then I wouldn't have enough time in the day to watch them all. I love how every show on Bravo is either about human behavior or team work. The next Top Chef should be very interesting. I love watching Top Chef because it reminds me of team work or lack-there-of in the workplace. Then there is Flipping Out where this "perfectionist" real estate guy, Jeff Lewis, renovates and flips homes. Jeff has such a great artistic sense that his after-renovation flips are places that you would love to own. Jeff is also so OCD that it is so funny to watch his interaction with his friends and the people who work for him. Finally, there is this Millionaire Matchmaker show where some people were so ecentric in dating situations that I rolled on the floor laughing in pain in most episodes. It's a great show for observing human behavior and for single people to take notes on what not to do in a dating situation.
As I was watching ads for brand new shows this season, I realized that all of the movie actors are going into TV shows now. If they are not doing TV shows full-time, then they are guest-starring. With TV being the most viewed medium, I guess it makes sense that TV is where the actors would flock to.
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I missed the last season of Top Chef! I need to see if it's on DVD yet. Have you seen any new shows? I've only seen one - Fringe - and the jury's still out on that one. It's sort of an "X Files" meets "CSI" from the creators of "Lost" (my favorite). I might watch Survivor again because it's in Gabon in Africa. I missed the premiere last night but it's on On Demand (or will be.) OH YES - True Blood on HBO is kind of interesting. I would not have know about that one if you hadn't told me. I'm still getting caught up on the most recent season of Weeds, too. :-)
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