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Wednesday night wasteland.



Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:48:42 -0500 rec.arts.tv
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karl...
There just doesn't seem to be much on this night for me.

Steve Maser...
You didn't mention Veronica Mars. I think this is one of the best
shows currently on.

karl...
I was about to say it doesn't air on Wednesday night, but Tues and Sat.
However after a second look one of the way high up channels does carry it on
Wednesday.

Never seen it that I recall. Checking a brief description... a teen soap?

rgorman...
It's not a soap. Soaps have ensemble casts and the primary issue is
who is dating whom. Veronic Mars has a star, and while who she dates
isn't unimportant, it is a secondary issue. Really it's a private
detective show.

rgorman...
Well, it's half way between being a private detective show and being
an amateur detective show.

Not that there's anything wrong with that but I doubt that sort of thing is

kaydigi...
It's far from a teen soap, season 1 is out on DVD if you want to rent it.

for me.


- Steve


Survivor? Biggest Loser? Top Model?

Steven L....
Survivor traditionally is on Thursday nite. It only got moved to
Wednesday nite this one week, because of "March Madness" basketball on
Thursday. The Wednesday nite slot is usually occupied by sitcoms.


Never liked these reality contest shows

American Idol? Please.

Lost? Fake reality TV? Not my cuppa tea.

Invasion? Nothing in the promos interested me in the slightest. If the
promos can't pique any interest what chance the show will?

Falcon Beach? I don't do night time soaps,

L&O? Getting so very tired. Usually I'm bored by the contrived cases by the
time the court part starts.

About the only thing on this night I watch with any regularity is CSI:NY
and even that is merely passable..

Going to have to give House a try. I have never watched one from the
beginning - just channel hopping bits. It didn't grab me but it seemed OK.

Criminal Minds is a possibility. I like Mandy Patinkin but the crime genre
seems so very overdone.

I see 2 unknowns in the listings I've never watched: The Loop and Jeff Ltd

Tere...
Next week try The Evidnece, mid-season starter crime drama with a
(supposedly) innovative format. Orlando Jones and Rob Estes.


Marlene Blanshay...
It's a nght for the DVD rentals that's for sure... i don't watch any of
those shows. The only thing I will check out is "the fifth estate' but
only if there's a good story.
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