Wow, this is going to be tough. I've already got 19 and a half hours accounted for and only 1 and a half hours left to spare to stay under my 21 hour limit. Now I know that the weekend is generally slow, but it ain't that slow. Which means one thing; once I go through these final three days of programming and cull my favorites I'm going to be in for some major work in pruning it down. But that's what it's all about, right? Discipline. Commitment. False Assurances.
Let's whoop this thing... Gangnam style if need be.
Bring on the pain.
The Rest of the Week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Weekend (BELOW)
Friday
There is something mystical about Friday nights. I think networks try and use it as some sort of television magic potion when a show just isn't quite working.
"Shark Tank is floundering?"
"Pour some Friday on it and see what happens!"
"It's alive!! IT'S ALIVE!! IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!"
(floundering.... hehe... it's like a pun.)
Anyhow, sometimes it works, (so glad "Fringe" is still kicking) and sometimes it doesn't (RIP Firefly). This year we will see if Touch, Whitney,and Community can be revived by the move.
Well, you can see about "Whitney", I won't be anywhere near that monstrosity.
MUST: Community, Fringe
The color coded breakdown:
8PM
ABC - Shark Tank
CBS - CSI: NY
CW - America's Next Top Model
Fox - Touch
Fox - Touch
NBC - Whitney
8:30PM
NBC - Community
9PM
ABC - Primetime: What Would You Do?
CBS - Made in Jersey
CW - Nikita
Fox - Fringe
NBC - Grimm
10PM
10PM
ABC - 20/20
CBS - Blue Bloods
NBC - Dateline NBC
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Saturday
To be honest, I'm not sure why I even continue to list Saturday in these things. Apparently those network execs really take that whole Sabbath thing seriously, cause they all basically take the day off. Therefore, so am I.
The color coded breakdown:
8PM
ABC - College Football
CBS - Crimetime Saturday
Fox - Fox Sports Saturday
NBC - Repeats
10PM
CBS - 48 Hrs. Mystery
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Sunday
Sunday finds one of my favorite new shows of last year, a reality show that is losing its spark, a show I love spending it's first year at a new slot, and a show I love spending its 24th year on the air. In case you are playing the home version of the game that's "Once Upon A Time", "The Amazing Race", "The Mentalist", and "The Simpsons" respectively.
MUST: Once Upon A Time, The Simpsons
MUST: Once Upon A Time, The Simpsons
The color coded breakdown:
7PM
ABC - America's Funniest Home Videos
CBS - 60 Minutes
Fox - NFL OT
NBC - Football Night in America
CBS - 60 Minutes
Fox - NFL OT
NBC - Football Night in America
8PM
ABC - Once Upon A Time
CBS - Amazing Race
Fox - The Simpsons
NBC - Sunday Night Football
Fox - The Simpsons
NBC - Sunday Night Football
8:30PM
Fox - Bob's Burgers
9PM
ABC - Revenge
CBS - The Good Wife
Fox - Family Guy
Fox - Family Guy
9:30PM
Fox - American Dad
10PM
ABC - 666 Park Avenue
CBS - The Mentalist
Weekend's Total: Four 1 hour dramas, Two half hour comedies, Two 1 hour reality, 7 Hours
Final Total: 12 hours drama, 5.5 hours comedy, 9 hours Reality = 26.5 hours
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:Face palm:
5.5 hours over.
:sigh:
OK, let's do this thing.
First, I'm not dumping any comedy. I need to laugh and I only have 5 and a half hours of it anyway. Reality is probably the genre easiest to cut, so let's start there. Both "The Voice" and "The X Factor" will have one hour results shows that I can ax, and I can live without Shark Tank (even though I'm really digging what Mark Cuban is doing on that show). I'm also going to go ahead and say I can fast forward through enough of the other reality filler to make up another 30 minutes. Which brings me down to just 2 hours over.
Now the hard part, I'm really going to have to eliminate shows I'm interested in watching.
Lets cut the drama then. First, lets dump "Touch", I dig the concept but there seems to be a lack of forward momentum that makes the show difficult to get excited about.
One hour left and nowhere to go.
How about this?
Of the four new hour long dramas I'm watching (Revolution, Vegas, Nashville, and Last Resort) I will commit to dumping my least favorite after the 3 ep test and that will bring me down to 21!
Happy watching and come back to yourmoviefriend.com for more commentary and reviews during this TV season!
5.5 hours over.
:sigh:
OK, let's do this thing.
First, I'm not dumping any comedy. I need to laugh and I only have 5 and a half hours of it anyway. Reality is probably the genre easiest to cut, so let's start there. Both "The Voice" and "The X Factor" will have one hour results shows that I can ax, and I can live without Shark Tank (even though I'm really digging what Mark Cuban is doing on that show). I'm also going to go ahead and say I can fast forward through enough of the other reality filler to make up another 30 minutes. Which brings me down to just 2 hours over.
Now the hard part, I'm really going to have to eliminate shows I'm interested in watching.
Lets cut the drama then. First, lets dump "Touch", I dig the concept but there seems to be a lack of forward momentum that makes the show difficult to get excited about.
One hour left and nowhere to go.
How about this?
Of the four new hour long dramas I'm watching (Revolution, Vegas, Nashville, and Last Resort) I will commit to dumping my least favorite after the 3 ep test and that will bring me down to 21!
Happy watching and come back to yourmoviefriend.com for more commentary and reviews during this TV season!
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