Notes and Thoughts in a Virtual World

07:00 PM:

ABC: America’s Funniest Home Videos (Oct. 2)
About: People send in “funny” videos for the chance to win money.
Stars: Tom Bergeron
Official Website.
TV.com website
Not interested


CBS: 60 Minutes (Sept. 25)
news
Official Website
not interested

FOX: Animated Encores/NFL run-over.


NBC: Dateline NBC (Sept. 23)
news
Official Website
not interested

WB: Reba rerun

07:30 PM:


FOX: King of the Hill (Sept. 18) 10th season
comedy/animated/family
About: a family living in Texas
Stars: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall (Bobby Hill), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive), Lauren Tom (Minh, Connie), Toby Huss (Cotton Hill, Kahn), Brittany Murphy (Joseph Gribble, Luanne Platter), Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Notes: This is King of the Hill’s last season
Saw some episodes, bad time slot. Might watch the King of the Hill’s final season if I can find the time.

08:00 PM:

ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Sept. 25) 5th season
reality
About: a home is remodeled in a short period of time.
Stars: Ty Pennington
Official Website.
TV.com website
Not interested in “reality”


CBS: Cold Case (Sept. 25) 3rd season
crime/police/history
About: The police investigate old unsolved police files (cold cases).
Stars: Kathryn Morris (Det. Lilly Rush), Danny Pino (Scotty Valens), Jeremy Ratchford (Det. Nick Vera), John Finn (Lt. John Stillman), Thom Berry (Will Jeffries)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Saw five first season episodes, not bad, but did not capture me as a fan.


FOX: The Simpsons (Sept. 11) 17th season
comedy/animated/family
About: a never aging (for the most part) family living in Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta (Homer, Abraham, Krusty the Klown, Barney, Mayor Quimby), Nancy Cartwright (Bart, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Julie Kavner (Marge, Patty, Selma), Hank Azaria (Apu, Moe, Chief Clancy Wiggums, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Nick Rivera, Prof. Fink, Cletus, Sea Captain, Supt. Chalmers)
Official Website.
Official Episode Guide.
TV.com website
Notes:
Always seems to be other shows on, or other things to do when the Simpsons are on. Saw the 17th season opening episode, would rate it 4.15 out of 5 stars.


NBC: The West Wing (Sept. 25) 7th season
drama/politics
About: The White House and staff (Bartlet is a lame duck, Senator Vinick and Santos compete for Bartlet's job).
Stars: Martin Sheen (Pres. Bartlet), Alan Alda (Senator Arnold Vinick), Jimmy Smitts (Matt Santos), Stockard Channing (Abigail Bartlet), Kristin Chenoweth (Annabeth Schott), Allison Janney (C.J. Cregg), John Spencer (Leo McGarry), Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman), Dule Hill (Charlie Young), Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler), Joshua Malina (Will Bailey), Mary McCormack (Kate Harper), Janel Moleny (Donna Moss)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Television without pity page.
Notes:
Never seen, never want to see.


WB: Charmed (Sept. 25) 8th season
drama/magic
About: three sisters find out they have magical powers (long line of witches) after their grandmother dies and must try to live (or not) with the consequences of having this power (first several seasons, then one sister dies and another is found to take her place).
Stars: Holly Marie Combs (Piper), Alyssa Milano (Phoebe), Rose McGowan (Paige), Brian Krause (Leo),
Official Website.
TV.com website
Television without pity page.
Notes:
I’m not sure, but I think that I never saw an episode until around the six or seventh season when I started to catch the episodes from the first seasons in syndication (on TNT, I believe). Watched most of the episodes in syndication, then watched some of the sixth season episodes in first-run, rest in rerun, and then actually watched all but the last episode of the seventh season in first-run. Not sure why, have not rated the episodes that I’ve seen particularly highly.

08:30 PM:
FOX: The War at Home (Sept. 11) New Series
comedy/family
About: a family in the modern world . . .
Stars: Michael Rapaport, Anita Barone, Kaylee Defer, Dean Collins, Kyle Sullivan, Rami Malek
Official Website.
TV.com website
Saw first couple of minutes of the first episode. Could not stand it so switched to something else.

09:00 PM

ABC: Desperate Housewives (Sept. 25) 2nd season
drama/comedy/soap
About: housewives
Stars: Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer), Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo), Marcia Cross (Bree Van de Camp), Eva Longoria (Gabriella Solis), Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt), Andrea Brown (Julie Mayer), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Solis), James Denton (Mike Delfino), Doug Savant (Tom Scavo), Alfre Woodard (Betty Applewhite), Mark Moses (Paul Young), Cody Kasch (Zack Young), Brenda Strong (Mary Alice Young), Mehcad Brooks (Josh Applewhite), Shawn Pyfrom (Andrew Van de Kamp), Joy Lauren (Danielle Van de Kamp), Roger Bart (George Williams), Richard Burgi (Karl Mayer), Jesse Metcalfe (John), Steven Culp (Rex Van de Camp)
Official Website.
Official Recaps.
TV.com website
Television without pity page.
Notes:
Saw reruns of the first and 5th and 6th episodes. Ok, I suppose . . .

CBS: CBS Sunday Night Movie
movie

FOX: Family Guy (Sept. 11) 5th season
comedy/animated/family
About: a talking dog, genius baby, fat guy, fat kid, attractive wife, and a daughter
Stars: Seth MacFarlane (Peter (the father), Stewie (the baby), Brian (the dog), Quagmire), Alex Borstein (Lois), Seth Green (Chris), Mila Kunis (Meg)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Notes: aired 1999-2002 then cancelled. DVD sales (and ratings on basic cable) caused FOX to bring the show back on the air in 2005.
Saw all the episodes that have been released on DVD and some of the new episodes. Not as good as it was prior to the first cancellation.


NBC: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Sept. 25) 5th season
drama/crime/police/lawyers
About: police and lawyers investigate and prosecute crime in NYC.
Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio (Det. Robert Green), Chris North (Det. Mike Logan), Courtney B. Vance (A.D.A. Ron Carver), Annabella Sciorra (Det. Carolyn Barek), Jamey Sheridan (Capt. James Deakins), Kathryn Erbe (Det. Alexandra Eames)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Notes:
Never seen. Mildly interested in it when it was new, but not particularly interested in it now.

WB: Blue Collar TV (Sept. 25) 2nd season
About: humor and sketches with a southern influence
Stars: Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy
Official Website.
TV.com website
Notes: The show is listed on TV Guide as being 1 hour, but I believe that the show is a ½ hour original episode and a ½ hour rerun.
Never seen, not interested.

09:30 PM:

FOX: American Dad (Sept. 11) 2nd season
comedy/animated/family
About: CIA agent, talking fish, alien, housewife, son, liberal daughter
Stars: Seth MacFarlane (Stan/Roger), Rachael MacFarlane (Hayley), Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus), Scott Grimes (Steve), Wendy Schaal (Francine)
Official Website.
TV.com website
Notes: From the people behind Family Guy.
Saw 3 episodes. Could not stand the first one, but kept going back to try to see if it would get better.

10:00 PM:

ABC: Grey’s Anatomy (Sept. 25) 2nd season
drama/medical
About: medical students/interns at a hospital
Stars: Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey), Justin Chambers (Alex Karev), Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey), Isiah Washington (Preston Burke), James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber), Katherine Heigl (Izzie), Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepard), Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang), T.R. Knight (George O'Malley)
TV.com website
Notes:
I recorded the first episode but never saw it, and am unlikely to ever see this series. Not interested.


NBC: Crossing Jordan (Sept. 25) 5th season
drama
About: a medical examiner
Stars: Jill Hennessy (Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh), Steve Valentine (Dr. Nigel Townsend), Miguel Ferrer (Chief ME Dr. Garret Macy), Kathryn Han (Lily)
Official Website.
TV.com Website.