What I'm Watching.

Fall has always been my most favorite time of year! I love that it represents a new school year, it's my birthday, it's Javi's birthday, the weather gets cooler (sometimes), I get to start wearing scarves and boots (not yet this year...), there are so many fun outdoor activities during Fall.... but the number one reason I love Fall is because new seasons of shows start! I get really into it. 

Here's what I plan to watch:

Monday:

The Big Bang Theory - I sort of can't believe it's been 10 seasons of this show! But I still love it and at this point, need to see it until the end. Plus I want to know if Amy says "yes"!

Young Sheldon - We watched this the other night and it was cute! I like that Jim Parsons narrates the show and thought the actor who plays the younger version of Sheldon does well. We'll continue to watch!

Kevin Can Wait - I never watched this last year BUT when I found out Leah Remini joined as a full-time cast member, I was intrigued. So I went back and watched a few episodes. I haven't watched the first episode but I plan to. I love them together. King of Queens is one of my favorite shows ever.

The Good Doctor - I loved this. Every time I see him I think of Norman Bates -- but I thought this show was really well done. I'm excited to see where they take it.

Tuesday:

This Is Us - This show makes me so sad and then happy and then depressed and then hopeful. Pretty much every emotion is felt while watching. I didn't watch last night's episode yet -- but this weekend, I'm all about it.

The Mick - So funny! We watched all of last season and it's a show that we literally laugh until we cry.

The Middle - I just think this show is amazingly funny. I'm pretty sure I haven't missed an episode... ever!

The Mayor - We just watched this and loved it! ABC on Demand has a sneak preview before the show starts in October and it was well worth watching (if you like sitcoms).

Wednesday:

The Good Place - I love Kristen Bell! This show is a pretty neat concept and I'd like to know how they're going to approach season 2. 

Riverdale - I never read the comics but I really like this show. I binge-watched the first season on Netflix over summer break and I can't wait for this to start.

Seal Team - David Boreanaz and Max Thieroit?! So excited! Sean thinks it looks a bit too political/propagandish but I think it looks good!

Thursday:

Will & Grace - I mean... come on! I have to watch to see what this is going to be like. It was one of my favorite shows back in the 90s (ha!).

How To Get Away With Murder & Scandal - These are shows I watch with friends and they are such fun soap dramas to watch. I highly recommend them.

S.W.A.T. - I hope this is good! I mean he left Criminal Minds for it (which is why I no longer will watch Criminal Minds -- how do they always lose characters and then act like it's the same?!). It looks decent so I'll give it a try.

I don't typically watch anything Friday-Sunday. So that gives us plenty of time to catch up On Demand over the weekends. 

In addition to all these -- I did recently just finish a whole bunch of shows -- in anticipation of all these ones starting up!

What are you watching?!

What we're watching.

It's been a while since I've done one of these posts so I feel like it's time! It's no secret I'm a huge TV watcher, in fact -- if I could do anything on a Friday night -- it would be watch TV! I don't have the same amount of free time as I used to have (pre-Javi) but we try to get in at least a show each night. If Sean had his choice, we would never watch a channel other than The Food Network. But I do my best to squeeze in dramas and comedies! This is our current list:

The Mick started a few weeks ago and we're loving it. We're huge fans of It's Always Sunny so it's an easy switch-over because Kaitlin Olson's character has similar traits in both shows. So funny! American Housewife is hilarious. She sort of says everything aloud you WISH you could say -- but don't. Timeless is fascinating to me because I'm a fan of time travel shows and the girl in it is "Blah Blah" from How I Met Your Mother. Anyone pick up on that?! This Is Us has filled my Parenthood void and it makes me laugh and cry and just hits on all the points. Sean is not a fan though. The Path, is on Hulu and we LOVED the first season. I LOVE Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, anyone?!) -- I'll admit that I'm waiting to watch season 2 until all the episodes are available because I like to binge-watch thrillers like this. The Man In The High Castle (on Amazon Prime) is a scary alternative reality about how the U.S. would be had the Nazi's won WWII. I'm only a few episodes in and I'll admit I don't know that much about WWII or the Nazi (just basic stuff that they teach you in American History in high school)... but I just can't believe it! I struggle to even say it's entertaining because the concepts are so awful -- but I think it's a must watch! Scandal and How to get away with Murder are my weekly shows that I can't wait to watch. I get together with a friend to watch every week and our reactions are always like "wait... WHAT?!" -- and The OA is Sean's pick but I'm intrigued! I'm a few episodes in (he's already watched but wants me to catch up) so I'm sure we'll finish it soon. 

But I cannot wait for Bates Motel and Pretty Little Liars to return. Those are two of my favorites!

Fall TV.

It's that time of year. You know the one. The time of year when all I can think about are the new TV shows about to premiere. It's slightly sad, but I get really excited for this! I wait and wait and wait and once the shows seem semi-finalized I choose my picks for fall. In fact, a few Saturday nights ago Sean and I spent our night watching the On Demand previews for all the network shows. (what a date night specifically for someone who doesn't like TV all that much). But did you know they were available? You can watch 3-4 minute segments of all the new shows. It's pretty cool.

I usually go overboard with planning out what shows I'm going to watch. Like, I've made a color coordinated spreadsheet with clickable links that bring you to the shows website, and it also tells me the date it premieres. My DVR is not that reliable. In fact, sometimes it just does it's absolute own thing -- so I need a graph to remind me to check the DVR. Whatever, okay?

So, what am I watching?

Mondays:

For someone who doesn't like TV, Sean was sure vocal as far as Monday night TV is panning out. I don't think Almost Human or Sleepy Hollow are for me -- but who knows? Almost Human is about a race of robots that appear to be helping humans? Or maybe, I'm confused. Sleepy Hollow is about the headless horseman? I think. What I do know is that Blacklist and Hostages look interesting and Anna Faris looks hysterical in Mom.

Tuesdays:

A comedy by the creator of Family Guy starring Seth Green? Super excited about Dads. The Goldbergs reminds me of a mock "The Wonder Years" and it takes place in the 80s so I'm pumped to see hairstyles and clothing. Brooklyn Nine-Nine looks like one of those stupid comedies that you watch and enjoy but don't tell anyone about it? And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  is another one of Sean's picks. Super heroes? No, thanks.

Wednesdays:

This night is all for me. Rebel Wilson has her own show? I'm all about it. And Back in the game just looks funny. I don't even know why.

Thursdays:

The Crazy Ones stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar -- need I say more? Michael J. Fox has his own TV show?? Welcome to the Family is about two families that have to deal with each other because their teenagers are having a baby. Will Arnett gets a divorce in The Millers. And "Just Jack" is back on TV in Sean Saves the World. I need to be a part of that. 

Of course, this list joins all the other shows that made the cut last spring: New Girl, Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a half Men, The Following and Parenthood.

What about you? Have you looked at any of the new series coming out? I personally like to add sitcoms to my list. That way if they get canceled I know I only wasted 18 minutes each week... because believe me -- most of these will get chopped. 

TV characters you feel sorry for.

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I'm not feeling that well today which means I'm watching a lot of TV. That, clearly, led me to think a lot about shows and characters which brought me to this...

It seems like there are a bunch of TV characters that are thrown into the story line for "comic relief". But let's face it: they don't get the girl, their character never truly develops into something more, and usually they are left behind the other characters as the laughing-stock. Let's take a look at some.

Joey Gladstone

Oh, Full House. So Joey moves into his best friend's house to help him to take care of his three daughters. He sleeps in the living room until one day (without asking) they move his belongings to the basement. He spends years being a male nanny and having jobs here and there -- his most successful one being "Ranger Joe" where his sidekick was a woodchuck. Any dating prospects he had were cut off after an episode or two and he was kicked out of his "luxurious" basement (Uncle Jesse needed a music studio) to a small bedroom that I think still had at least one pink bunny on the wall. Couldn't they give him something to work with?

Spence Olchin

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The King of Queens... is not Spence. Let's take a look -- he works as a toll-taker on the subway, he's seen as the nerd in the group often going to comic conventions, he never gets the girl and quite honestly, is a little pathetic. He lives with his unstable mom until he moves in with his best friend's cousin. Oh, and they share a bedroom -- with individual twin beds and all. He loses the one girl he "loves" (even though he never had her) to Doug's father in-law when she chooses to use her profession as a dog walker and walk a human rather than Spence's dog. Oh, and eventually he falls for Doug's wife -- which is a lost cause. Sad.

Raj Koothrappali

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The Big Bang Theory -- you are my favorite. Why must you write such a sad story line for Raj? Get this... he has a strange bromance with his friend Howard until Howard marries Bernadette (who by the way seems a little out of Howard's lead...) and once that happens he's left, alone. He can't even talk if there are women in the room unless he's drinking which must mean he drinks a lot since the girls in the show are always around. Despite his not being able to talk to girls he dates a lot but is never in a successful or long-term relationship like all of his friends which is what he wants. Girls either want his money, have issues themselves or only date him to appease their parents. When will the writers throw him a bone?

Alan Harper 

No list of pathetic TV characters would be complete without Two and a Half Men's, Alan. Alright... ten years ago his character was a bit more believable (completely living off his brother after his recent divorce)... but now he is just mooching off a stranger. Literally -- a stranger bought his brother's house and he is now living there (rent-free) just because of other weird events. He's neurotic, and cheap and has horrible luck. He's two (maybe three) times divorced at this point, his kid's not that bright, and despite not having anything to begin with -- he's constantly having things taken from him. How is that even possible?

So, what TV characters do you feel pathetically sorry for?

6 problems I have with Pretty Little Liars.

I can't even begin to contain my excitement over tonight's season premiere of Pretty Little Liars. I love that ABC Family plays new episodes of shows in the summertime. It's the best.

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If you don't watch Pretty Little Liars, here's what you need to know: Five best friends are at a sleepover and the "Regina George" of the group goes missing. The others lose contact with one another over the next year, distraught over the disappearance of their friend, Alison. On the anniversary of her disappearance, which coincides with Labor Day, her body is found. The four remaining friends, re-connect at her funeral and realize they are all getting anonymous letters, texts, messages, and phone calls from "A" who apparently knows all of their secrets -- that they only ever told to Alison. During the last three seasons, the girls get themselves into even more trouble: telling more lies and creating the need for more secrets all while trying to find out who is stalking/attempting to frame them for murder... are you with me?

Clearly, the show is geared toward teens. And while I LOVE it -- I have a couple of issues with the whole thing.

1. Student/teacher relationship: Now, I remember seeing my first student/teacher relationship between Pacey and Ms. Jacobs (Dawson's Creek, anyone?). This sort of thing has been popping up all the time in TV shows/movies. And of course, Pretty Little Liars is no different. I admit that part of me (my 16-year old self) is rooting for them... but most of me is really grossed out. (However, in real life they have instagram accounts and I'm secretly obsessed with them...)

2. Lies, lies, lies: These girls lie about everything. They could be asked if they ate lunch -- and they'd probably lie. But, it's probably why they are called pretty little liars.

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3. Police work: The town they live in, clearly is lacking in a competent police force. This group of cops cannot solve a single crime. Not even when the crime is committed by the girls (who really aren't that bright).

4. Parental guidance: The parents are awful -- everyone of them. They definitely don't set any positive examples.

5. Technology: If I was being harassed via my phone -- I would change my number. Or block anonymous calls. Or I don't know... tell someone.

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6. They think everything is the end of the world: For real? It's not. And if you stopped lying, being places you shouldn't be, getting black-out drunk, digging up graves, and snooping around -- you'd be fine.

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But then I'd be complaining the show was over. And I do love me some Pretty Little Liars -- even though, at times, it's ridiculous and makes me realize I'm old and shouldn't be watching it...

I am so not a doomsday prepper.

Sean watches The Walking Dead. It scares me and I lost interest like a year ago.
However, we often talk about a zombie apocalypse. If it's possible? And are we prepared?
There's even some really intense conversations about mosquitoes carrying the disease.
Ya, it's a little crazy.
Every once in a while, we race each other to the door of our building and pretend zombies are chasing us.
You know, totally normal stuff.

That leads me to this:


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If you have not seen this show, Doomsday Preppers, please watch five minutes of an episode OnDemand. If you don't want to put yourself through it -- have no fear, I'll tell you what it's all about.

It's a reality show about people who prepare for what they fear will be doomsday. They call themselves "survivalists" or "preppers" and they are supposedly ready for the end of the world whether it's because of a nuclear war, natural disaster, terrorist attack, economic meltdown, etc., etc., etc.

These people prepare a "bug-out" shelter and refer to it when they talk about "bugging out" a.k.a. when they leave all of their belongings, usually their home, and their everything... behind.

They're basically hoarders. They store a crazy amount of food - sometimes canning it themselves or planning to hunt it themselves. They have tons and tons of water. They have crazy shelters sometimes underground, sometimes in a submarine, sometimes in small huts in the middle of the woods. They have way too many weapons for comfort and really intense plans and escape routes... and they usually force their family members to have "bug-out drills" in the middle of the night. Just in case.

Of course, National Geographic has made a TV show about these people. Their specific plan is given a score and they're told how long their plan will keep them alive IF their anticipated doomsday scenario played out.

So this got me thinking?
Would Sean and I be prepared for the end of the world? What if The Walking Dead really happened?

Supposedly, in a time of survival you need to follow: 
The Rules of Three.

You can survive 3 minutes without air.
You can survive 3 hours without shelter.
You can survive 3 days without water.
You can survive 3 weeks without food.
You can survive 3 months without companionship.

If something happened and we got stuck in our home.
We would die in 3 minutes. While the windows in our loft are beautiful... they do not open.
So if the vents were to be shut off... we're done.

Water? We have 6 bottles of water stored. That's it.
And we only have that because of the hurricane a few months ago.
We thought we were ahead of the game.

Food? That makes me laugh.
We don't have any food that doesn't require some type of power to cook or to heat up.
Other than Milano cookies. But something tells me we can't live off those.

Security? We have nothing but hairspray and a broom. For real.

The ability to leave all our belongings behind? I don't think so.

Every once in a while, the fire alarm in our building goes off.
Not knowing, if it's real or a drill... we still have to evacuate.
Before we leave, I run around trying to pull all the "important" stuff and shove it into bags.
Our wedding album, laptops, chargers, wallets, car keys, shoes, cat food, etc., etc., etc.
It's just not in my mental state to accept that I would have to leave all my lovely possessions behind.

I mean, maybe if I knew we were on the brink of a zombie apocalypse, my attitude would change.

I would probably regret not hoarding food, water and weapons.
I would probably regret not taking these TV shows "seriously".
I would probably regret not being ready for doomsday.

But let's hope the odds are in our favor.

TV talk.

It's no secret that I get home from work each day,
immediately change into sweatpants,
pour myself a glass of coke,
find some type of candy,
and place myself in front of the TV.
It's routine.

Sean's not in love with TV like me.
But he's grown to love, or to tolerate, much of what I watch.
And in turn, I occasionally give him the freedom to watch Bar Rescue while I blog.
Just kidding. Just kidding.

If he had his way, he'd watch shows like Family Guy, and The Walking Dead.
Any time.
But I assure him that he'll like my shows better.
He rarely does, but I try to convince him anyway.

Here's what we're currently watching:

CBS:
Two and a Half men
2 Broke Girls
The Big Bang Theory

FOX:

New Girl
Raising Hope
The Following

NBC:
Whitney

FX:
The Americans

The next three shows are not a "we" thing.
Sean can't stand them, and usually leaves the room.
But I love them.

ABC Family:

Pretty Little Liars

E!:
Kourtney and Kim take Miami

MTV:
Teen Mom 2

So, now I'm taking suggestions.
I have a two week vacation coming up.
I know :)
And that leaves me plenty of time to adopt new shows,
and catch-up.

What do you watch?

The Oscars.

Usually, I go to bed at 10PM.

I just can't function during my day without a decent amount of sleep.

But last night, the Oscars didn't even start until 8:30,

and I felt like they were only giving out an award every 40 minutes.

It was slow-moving. For sure.

I was hesitant about Seth Macfarlane hosting since I rarely get his humor.

Except for Ted. I like Ted.

However, he was the saving grace in our house,

and the only reason, I think, Sean was semi-interested in the awards.

At 10, we moved to bed and watched the rest of the show on our tablet -- 

since, we don't have a TV in our bedroom.

Yup, we can get live TV on our tablet.

Don't ask...

Well, I thought I was watching and thoroughly enjoying the show...

and the next thing I knew Sean had switched it and was watching Stand By Me.

Say whatt? DON'T YOU KNOW THE OSCARS ARE ON?

I said, "hey! I was watching that!"

*insert a rude tone of voice and a 90's "duh!"*

And his response was "um, I shut it off 15 minutes ago. Go back to sleep"

:) so I read about the rest in the AM.

Let's just say:

Jennifer Lawrence was my favorite part of the Oscars.

Hands down.

Every time I watch her on something, I wish she was my friend. 

In real life.

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And then I saw this, and it made me realize that a lot of people feel the same way for her.

When I read that she tripped.

Oh, so sad.

I just love her more.

I'm sure she's consoling herself with her OSCAR.

Meanwhile, I fell at my high school graduation...

and had to console myself with a bloody knee, and lame diploma.

A golden statue would have been so much better.

She'll bounce back...

I mean, I totally did. 

;)

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TV just isn't the same anymore.

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All week, Sean's been getting home from work to me lounging on the couch, in sweats with Apollo and a fleece blanket watching: The Brady Bunch, circa 1969.

Some episodes are so silly (like when they line up from tallest to shortest so they stop pushing each other up the stairs). Some I can't even begin to understand what the conflict of the episode was all about (like when their phone bill was $36...gasp!). But for the most part I love to watch, and laugh, and think about what life/marriage/family was all about in 1969. I can't really imagine.

What I can say is that I probably wouldn't be lounging on the couch in sweats when my husband got home from work. I would probably have dinner ready for him and I'd be keeping it warm in the oven. I'd also probably still be dressed.. in a dress and definitely wouldn't be wearing sweatpants. 

But, honestly... while I'm a little envious of the Brady's and their positive and upbeat family as well as their ability to neatly wrap up any conflict within 30 minutes, I'm thoroughly excited that it's 2013... and my husband made ME dinner tonight (and all week). 

In addition to watching The Brady Bunch, we've been preparing for this winter storm.

Yeah, so more than 2 feet of snow. Sounds fantastic.

We went out to get a shovel. And windshield wipers.

And soda, and m&m's.

Clearly, the necessities.

We just need to make sure we keep our power so I can continue watching The Brady Bunch.

I'm obsessed. 

My shows are getting canceled.

Why, oh why? Major networks are giving some shows the ax and I'm not happy about it. Of the ones we watch it seems like a lot of them are getting canceled:

666 Park Avenue (few more episodes to air)

Last Resort (few more episodes to air)

Partners (already taken off air)

Animal Practice (already taken off air)

Ben and Kate (will finish this season and that's it)

A few shows "will more likely be canceled than renewed":

Up All Night

Guys with Kids

And these shows are "a toss-up between renewal or cancellation":

Happy Endings

Neighbors

Hart of Dixie

Whitney

If all these disappear from cable here's what I'm left with:

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Wednesdays:

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Thursdays:

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Just 11 shows! I can't believe it...

You can check out which shows of yours are getting canceled here.

Fall TV 2012.

It's my favorite time of year = new seasons of TV shows. Yay!

Here's what I'll be watching...

Mondays:

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Tuesdays:

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Wednesdays:

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Thursdays:

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Fridays:

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Thank goodness for DVR, On Demand and Hulu. 

:)

What are you watching?