Noah
11-15-2005, 07:43 PM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/forums/images/avatars/supernatural/supernatural09200555.jpg" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" border="0" alt=" Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural, WB"> I EXPERIENCED an epiphany about the current television season during an episode of The WB's "Supernatural." Didn't have anything to do with what was happening onscreen, though. Instead, I was asking my husband why we keep coming back to it every week. It has no choreographed waltzes of violence, a pittance of clever dialogue and a few too many otherworldly problems solved with buckshot, rock salt and Zippos.
Didn't take him long to come up with an answer: "It's `Simon & Simon' with butt rock! And shotguns! And demons!" he replied enthusiastically.
Following a pause, he added, "And when you think about it, all great TV descends from `Simon & Simon.'" Then he launched into a lengthy explanation of his theory. Did it make sense? No. And yet I listened.
That's when it hit me: This season of network television is boring. Not terrible, BO-RING. There's a difference. Terrible television has nothing redeeming about it, and forces us to take up odd projects, like curling or crocheting trousers. Whereas boring television is just decent enough to keep you hanging on in the hopes that this will finally be the week that a show finds its way.
Now, I don't mean to specifically rag on "Supernatural." The Winchester Brothers will be a hit as long as Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki remain hot. Nor am I saying that network television has failed us this season. Viewers have a wider range of perfectly OK programming selections scattered across the schedule than they did last year.
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Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
11-08-2005
Byline: MELANIE MCFARLAND P-I COLUMNIST
Edition: FINAL
Section: Television
Type: COLUMN;
Memo: ON TELEVISION
Didn't take him long to come up with an answer: "It's `Simon & Simon' with butt rock! And shotguns! And demons!" he replied enthusiastically.
Following a pause, he added, "And when you think about it, all great TV descends from `Simon & Simon.'" Then he launched into a lengthy explanation of his theory. Did it make sense? No. And yet I listened.
That's when it hit me: This season of network television is boring. Not terrible, BO-RING. There's a difference. Terrible television has nothing redeeming about it, and forces us to take up odd projects, like curling or crocheting trousers. Whereas boring television is just decent enough to keep you hanging on in the hopes that this will finally be the week that a show finds its way.
Now, I don't mean to specifically rag on "Supernatural." The Winchester Brothers will be a hit as long as Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki remain hot. Nor am I saying that network television has failed us this season. Viewers have a wider range of perfectly OK programming selections scattered across the schedule than they did last year.
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Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
11-08-2005
Byline: MELANIE MCFARLAND P-I COLUMNIST
Edition: FINAL
Section: Television
Type: COLUMN;
Memo: ON TELEVISION