Quick TV Thoughts

What great news!  “Better Off Ted”, my favorite new comedy from last season, is returning to the air next Tuesday.  Along with the return of “Scrubs” this week, that makes for even more comedies to keep up with, at a time when there are plenty of good laughs on television.  My preference, as I’ve stated before, was for “Scrubs” to just end the show for good, but if they’re coming back in this new incarnation, I guess I’ll check it out.

As new shows come, others must go.  I never did get around to watching

Shut the Door. Have a Seat

Now what am I going to do?  There won’t be any more new “Mad Men” episodes for awhile.  This leaves a gaping hole at the top of my favorite television show list.  Who will get the top spot now?  Peppy newcomer “Glee”?  The gritty sophomore “Sons of Anarchy”?  Or the always hilarious “30 Rock”?  These are all good shows, but the third season of “Mad Men” continued to set the standard for brilliance.  (Spoilers ahead.)

Playing Catch Up

While I was in San Diego last week, I had a chance to catch up on shows that I had put onto my iPod.  I finished off season 3 of “Dexter”, which was another terrific season.  “Dexter” manages to be suspenseful, surprising, funny and even occasionally touching, all in the same episode.  I still can’t believe how much I love a show about a serial killer.  I also began watching season 4 of “Weeds”, which might be getting a bit too dark for my tastes.  I’ll finish the season off, but I don’t find myself laughing all that often anymore, so that might be it for me.

While catching up on some of these favorite shows of mine, my

Updated TV Show List

Two weeks into the new television season, I thought it was time to finally update the list of television shows that I’m recording.  (I’m including shows in my Hulu queue as being recorded.)  It’s a fairly long list at this point, so I’m sure it will get whittled down at some point.  Survival of the fittest.  I listed them, but at this point, I have yet to watch any episodes this season of “Lie to Me” or “The New Adventures of Old Christine”.  I am forcing myself to watch at least one episode of shows I’m interested in before I toss them aside, like I did with “The Mentalist”.  I watched one episode.  I think that’s enough.  “The Good Wife” may suffer the same fate soon.  I also just watched “Castle” for the first time and

Premiere Week

I’ve been sampling the fall television season like a buffet, a little here, a little there, until I decide what I really like.  I’m not limiting myself just to new shows this season.  I’ve also watched some older shows for the first time, like “The Mentalist”.  Here are some quick thoughts after premiere week.

“FlashForward” was the new show I was looking forward to the most.  It didn’t blow me away, but some of that is probably because I already knew a lot about what was going to happen in the first episode.  Except I didn’t know what was going to happen at the end of the episode, which is definitely intriguing.  I’m definitely in for now.  Hopefully, the writers know where they’re taking the story.

“Modern Family” is