Why can’t Smallville keep me interested for a full season?
I want to like Smallville more than I do. I’m not the biggest comic book geek in the world, but I can hold my own. I tried the show when it first came out, but it didn’t catch my interest. A couple of years I blew through five or so seasons of DVDs one lazy summer. These days, I try to watch, but Smallville has got to be one of the most inconsistent shows on television today.
Every summer, there’s enough buzz to get me interested again. Then, sometime around the fifth or sixth episode, I’m gone. Then, as the end of the season draws close, I’m somehow brought back in. Its been that way for a while now, but I don’t get it. Why do I fall into the same trap every year? Looking at the trailer for the upcoming ninth season (courtesy of Mike Ausiello over at EW), I’ll be giving Smallville another shot come fall.
Turbulent Ghost Busted Sneakerheads – Daily Rerun Roundup
I’m happy to report that repeats really seem to suck tonight. I’m happy because that means you can spend your time watching the season premieres of Psych and Monk on USA, instead! If for some reason you’re a cold, cold bastard and don’t care for those shows, here’s what’s notable in repeats tonight:
- At 8 PM, CBS has a repeat from the fourth season of Ghost Whisperer, called “Ghost Busted,” the CW has an episode of Smallville entitled “Turbulence,” and NBC has Southland.
- At 9 you can catch According to Jim on ABC, Everybody Hates Chris on the CW or Flashpoint on CBS.
- Finally, at 10, you can catch the Numb3rs episode on CBS called “Sneakerhead.”
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Casting Clack – Clooney on ER, Duff on Whisperer
With its “Casting Clack” post, CliqueClack brings you a summary of the TV casting news released throughout the week, be it the addition of a series regular, a new recurring cast member, a guest star, or even someone making a cameo.
Be warned, the casting news after the jump may contain slight spoilers about the roles the actors will play.
This week, we have casting news for: 30 Rock, Brothers & Sisters, Doctor Who, ER, Ghost Whisperer, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Samantha Who?, Smallville and The Big Bang Theory.
Don’t Lie to Me, Starbuck; SNL is too long – The Week in Clack
Week of January 18 to January 24
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Ah, the new programming gradually trickles in and we have more premieres and previews to love:
- Burn Notice is back, and Mike is one pissed off spy, Scott notices.
- Lost is back, Sun is vengeful, and apparently we find the island, or something like that, according to Bob.
- Lie to Me debuts to decent numbers and a general warm fuzzy feeling — Jen loves it.
- Rich has high hopes for TNT’s Trust Me.
Don’t watch Bones this Thursday night
Or Ugly Betty, Smallville, My Name is Earl, or any other show that airs at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday nights. That’s because, most likely, they won’t be on the air with new episodes. That’s thanks to none other than President Bush.
The outgoing President has decided to use one of the busiest nights and time slots of primetime television to say “so long, and thanks for all the fish” to his fellow Americans. This is probably the umpteenth time the President has interrupted a heavy night of television with a silly address about the economy, the war in Iraq, or his “near death” experience with a pretzel. Obviously, the man does not watch a lot of television. It’s not like he’s the leader of the free world or anything.
Amazon TV-on-DVD BOGO deals end January 14
We were impressed with the Black Friday deals. We swooned each week over the holiday sales. Well, we’re now wiping the drool from our chin with one hand as we frantically place our orders with the other, because the post-holiday sale at Amazon is too good to be true.
Buy one, get one free? For real? Yep, for real.
This means you can get all six seasons of The Shield for just over $100.00; that’s about $16.00 a season. After the jump, I’ll do some more math for you so you can see how much Damages, Rescue Me, Gidget and more will cost you.
ABC wants to have a go at Fables
The comics, they just keep getting bigger. After the recent successes of things like 300 and Iron Man, and with Watchmen set to take over the theaters next spring, it stands to reason that one of the networks might want to take another shot. Sure, we’ve seen it before, with varying degrees of success (Birds of Prey vs Smallville), but not quite like this. Despite racking up some 79 issues to date, I’m guessing that the average TV viewer is not that familiar with Fables. That’s too bad, because it is a very fun comic, and I’m sure it would make for a TV show that I would enjoy, but I’m not so optimistic that it will actually pan out.
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