For every good show that debuts during the summer (Army Wives, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars), there are about fifty which are just…unbearable. They’re like cockroaches. You’re stumbling around in the dark, unable to see but blissful in the peace and quiet and then all of a sudden you flip on the light and see them scatter everywhere. You scream and run the other direction, but it’s too late…you’ve seen them and know they’re there.
Yes NBC, I’m talking to you.
Between The Baby Borrowers and Cirque de Stupidity (CU liked Cirque de Celebrity, but I think he was being generous by continuing to use the word “celebrity”…I mean come on, Stacey Dash?), NBC made Tuesday night’s ABC entries Wipeout and So You Want to Be on a Japanese Game Show Just Like the Simpsons seem downright…cerebral.
Now, I did watch Wipeout…but only because I like watching people get knocked around in serio-comic situations and break acrylic fingernails. I even called my mom and told her to watch it. John Henson (skunk boy from old-school The Soup!) helps narrate with his usual snarky repartee, and that’s worth the price of admission alone.
Of course, it isn’t all dumbness this summer. We’re anxiously awaiting new eps of The Closer and I’m trying to decide if I want to get into Mad Men or not. Amazon Unbox delivered the pilot to our Tivo last week…and we need to watch that.
Is anyone out there watching In Plain Sight on USA? We made it through about thirty minutes before we saw something shiny and got distracted…never finished watching it.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Aw, that’s a shame about “Baby Borrowers” because I loved the British version that my husband and I saw when vacationing in Scotland last spring. I had hopes that the US version would be just as good. I’ve Tivo’d it - plan to watch it over the weekend.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Enjoyed viewing Wipeout, if for no other reason than mindless entertainment ~ Still watching the opillio crab season on The Deadliest Catch and am now addicted After the Catch!