Regarding my post about Truly Madly Guilty
I added a spoiler to that post, saying that even though I didn't give away specific plot points, my discussion of the structure might ruin it for some. Kerri commented:
you're funny to warn of potential spoilers because there really aren't any
I know what you mean Kerri, you wouldn't think there's a spoiler there. HOWEVER, because I've had such a weird experience in spoiling something for someone, I figured I should add that. By "someone," I mean my sister. WARNING: This story really does contain spoilers:
Years ago, I read James Patterson's Kiss the Girls. As I was reading, I could picture the book so clearly as a movie, and I told my sister that they should cast Cary Elwes (Westley from The Princess Bride) as the killer if they make it into a movie. So, sure enough, they did make it into a movie. Debbie went to see it and as soon as she saw Cary Elwes on the screen, she knew that "he done it," and it ruined the movie for her. How was I to know I was such a good casting director?!
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Regarding my post, "Back by Popular Demand - My Fall TV Schedule"
Kerri wrote:
I'm so curious which ones you liked, and which ones are still on. i haven't heard of several- like ghosted.... Is "Kevin" still on? is it good?This is a good opportunity to follow-up--I'm glad you asked, Kerri! Of the new shows I started, I didn't really care for Ghosted. The bad reviews I read for it were spot on, which was a shame, because I liked the cast.
Same for 9JKL - my mom really likes this show, but I found it too annoying. The premise is that Mark Feurestein is an actor whose show is canceled, and I think he also is getting a divorce (he's single, anyway), and he moves home to New York to his family's building. His parents live in Apt. 9J, he's in 9K, and his brother and sister-in-law are in 9L. Hence the title. This was one of those CBS sitcoms that does too much with it's laugh track. The "audience" was cracking up at things that weren't that funny. Linda Lavin and Elliott Gould played the parents--his mom is supposed to be overbearing, but on this show, it wasn't cute nor funny. It was just annoying.
10 Days in the Valley was good, but I guess it didn't do well in the ratings. It stopped airing after the 5th or 6th episode and then they put it on Saturdays to run it out. I still have to watch the finale on Tivo to see how it comes together.
White Famous was just okay. I watched the whole season, but it honestly didn't make me laugh that much.
I watched all of The Menendez Brothers - it was okay. It kept me interested enough to see what happened, but it wasn't NEARLY as good as the OJ Simpson show. It's a different franchise, since Menendez fell under Law & Order, but you could tell they were trying to achieve the same magic as the OJ show. The next American True Crime show (which OJ was) is going to be about Versace's murder--it looks good too.
Will & Grace is probably the biggest disappointment. It's really hit or miss. Some episodes have been really funny. Others have been tired.
The Good Doctor is good, but, and I feel terrible saying this, but the actor portrays the main character (a new doctor who is autistic) with this sing-song lilt when speaking that really grates on my nerves. I ended up dropping the show. The actor has beautiful eyes though.
I dropped Great News. Hopefully NBC will drop it too.
Kevin is still on and I love it. It's a feel-good show every week. Jason Ritter is just great and it's fun.
Young Sheldon is great too. And I really like The Mayor.
What's not on the list is SMILF which I also loved. It started after White Famous and is about a single mom. It's so well done. Rosie O'Donnell plays her mother. Connie Britton's in it. It's hard to explain why it's so good, but it is.
So that's it for the mail bag. Until next time....
