TV Party

If you're anything like me (and God help you if you are), fall means NEW STUFF TO DRY YOUR EYEBALLS OUT ON CRTs (Thanks, Franz). While I'm still trying to find the right approach to take to starting "Rome", I've got two episodes DVRed and ready to rock whenever the mood strikes me. In the meantime, "Prison Break" has debuted and it is FABULOUS. In two episodes, this show has taught me many things. Things like; Robin Tunney is still hot; Brett Ratner knows what he's doing every once in a while; Stacy Keach plays a better hardass than anyone on the planet; Peter Stormare (the Devil in "Constantine") takes almost fifteen minutes of screen time to recognize; the guy who played the bible thumping pitcher in "Major League" ("You tryin' to tell me that Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?") is still alive and looking exactly the same as he did sixteen years ago; riots happen in prison all the time, and they're always broken up in like thirty seconds; and finally, Dominic Purcell, who played the ancient vampire in Ashley's top pick of the year, "Blade: Trinity", can act! So "Prison Break" gets a million billion stars from me, partly for being conventional enough to be comfortable, and partly for breaking convention enough to stand out on network TV.

I haven't mentioned it on here before, but I've been digging the Hell out of the three new FX shows that launched about five weeks back; "Over There", "Starved", and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

"Over There" is uncomfortable to watch sometimes because it's about a war that we're still involved in, after all. And there's no guarantees on how it's going to end. But it gets my highest reccomendation after an episode from two weeks ago that featured not only Zack FUCKING Morris, but also the fat, redheaded kid from "The Sandlot". Unfortunately he is now neither a kid nor fat, but nothing lasts forever. It was a one and done for him, sadly, playing a medic in a bit part. Ol' Zacky played an embedded reporter in back to back episodes though, and in possibly the saddest/coolest thing I've ever seen on television, got his head graphically lopped off by some insurgents.

"Starved" is pretty much "Sex and the City" for guys with eating disorders. I don't even know how else to describe it. It's just funny.

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is a harmless like half hour comedy about three twenty-something buddies who own a bar in East Philly. Hijinx ensue.

So yeah, it's been a good TV season so far. "Over There" is definitely my runaway favorite show so far, but with "Gilmore Girls" starting back up next week, all bets are off. Because I'm a queer.

So what's doin' it for you all, TV wise?

Until next time, you've been blogged.