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The end of an era!

Thursday was a melancholy day. I got to hang out with Jillian, watch TV, and eat lots of yummy, yummy food. How could that be melancholy, you ask? The TV we were watching was the series finale of 30 Rock. It just won’t be Thursday without Liz and co.! But like I said, we consoled ourselves with as much food as possible. As usual, she made the savory (the wonderful, fabulous Cheesy Bread – no one makes it quite like Jillian does!) and I was in charge of the sweet (I made Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes).

I’m sad to see it go, but it’s always nice when series go out while they’re still good instead of just fading away. And unlike some shows I could mention *cough*BattlestarGalactica*cough*, I was happy with the final episode as a series wrap-up. I’ll miss you, Liz Lemon, but at least I still have Parks and Rec to keep me warm at night.

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Nails and new TV!

I had a big meeting at work today, so I thought I would paint my nails for the occasion (you can’t go to an important meeting with chipped nail polish!) – I wanted something subtle and neutral but still sparkly so I went back to an old favorite combination:

I couldn’t get the lighting to show the color accurately – it’s really more of a salmony color than it looks here and it’s a bit lighter and brighter. It’s an Urban Outfitters polish in Cocktail and I think the glitter polish is from Urban Outfitters as well, but there doesn’t seem to be a name on the bottle – it’s a multi-size glitter in a super light pink-but-only-barely base.

And, yes, that’s Courteney Cox on the TV in the background in a new season of Cougar Town, Tuesdays at 9:00 CST on TBS. Yay!

And, sigh, yes, I still have my Christmas tree up. Don’t you judge me!

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New TV: Sunday

Once Upon a Time (7:00-8:00 CST, ABC)

At first I was annoyed by Snow White and Prince Charming, but now that we’ve set everything up, I’m hooked! I wasn’t a huge fan of Cameron on House, but I’m liking Jennifer Morrison’s character here and I’m interested to see which character knows what and how things are going to come together and what’s going to happen as they gradually figure out who they are. I thought I was going to like Grimm better, but now I’m not so sure….

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New TV: Friday

Chuck (7-8 CST, NBC)

It’s the last season of Chuck! I’m afraid I’m still behind, somewhere in season 4, but Claire is not the lazy fan that I am and emailed me yesterday about the first episode:

Eh, it was OK. Zac looks handsome, but the whole twist from the end of the last season (which I won’t spoil for you), kind of made it a bit disappointing so far. But I have a feeling it will pick up. If nothing else, it’s good to look at Zac – LOL!

I have confidence they’ll turn it around and go out on a high note.

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New TV: Thursday

The Big Bang Theory (7-7:30 CST, CBS)

Same old funny, same old funny!

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New TV: Wednesday

Up All Night (7-7:30 CST, NBC)

I love everyone in this – they’re all hilarious, but somehow it hasn’t quite come together yet… The first episode was setup and the second episode was just embarrassing humor, though the third episode was getting better. I’ll keep watching it because this is one of my few unconflicted time slots and keep my fingers crossed!

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New TV: Tuesday

Glee (7-8 CST, Fox)

Ugh, we’re all still watching this one, but a bit grudgingly – the musical numbers are still great (as long as they keep the Autotune under control), but we’re a bit frustrated with the characters and their lack of learning from their experiences. How many times can Sue be horrible?! Quinn can’t seriously think she’s going to get custody of her baby that she put up for adoption, can she?! That storyline’s almost as terrible as the fake pregnancy we had to wade through in the first season. And I’m worried Kurt is going to break up with Blaine when he gets the lead in the school musical which he clearly deserves over Kurt and, OMG, Kurt, you’re 18, get over yourself!

But the music’s still good! :)

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New TV: Monday

How I Met Your Mother (7-7:30 CST, CBS)

What’s not to love?! I’m keeping my fingers crossed we’ll get some Robin/Barney plotlines this season and I’m interested to see how they’re going to handle the addition of Lily and Marshall’s baby (though I don’t know if that will be happening this season – things are vaguely chronological on this show, but they definitely have some freedom to play with the timeline if they want to delay the arrival of the baby). I’m settled in!

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New TV: Sunday

Pan Am (9-10 CST, ABC)

It looks like it’s going to be pretty soapy, but set against the backdrop of the era when air travel was glamorous and exotic and exciting! There are bound to be many opportunities for much drama – along with the lives and loves and ambitions of the flight attendants, there are also bound to be much international intrigue; apparently, since Pan Am was the only international airline, there would often be important foreign dignitaries onboard and some flight attendants actually were approached to do some spy work – the military granted them the level of second lieutenants (or something like that) so that if anything happened on foreign soil, the crew of the airline would be subject to the Geneva Convention. Wow, huh?!

If nothing else, it’s very effectively making me nostalgic for a time that I never experienced which, for now at least, is more than enough to keep me tuning in. You should check it out!

 

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Which is which?!

One of these is a show that is over, one is a show that has finished the current season and may or may not be picked up for another, and one is a show whose season is over but that you NEED to watch when it comes back (I blame myself for letting my blogger’s ennui prevent me from spreading the good word).

Click on!

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All Rory, all the time!

Is what I want from the sixth series of Doctor Who, but I will settle for some Rory, all the time.

Doctor Who (Saturdays, BBC America, 8:00 CST)

We’re three episodes in and so far we’ve had the Silence, Nixon, Las Vegas, pirates, a siren, a high-stakes series-long arc, and I think I spotted an Ood in the preview for next week. It’s all been very exciting!

I’m liking Amy a lot more now that Rory’s there to balance her obnoxiousness out. Frankly, I’d be happiest if the Doctor and Rory dropped Amy back off at home and went frolicking about the universe, but if I can only have Rory WITH Amy, then I will put up with her.

Matt Smith’s not getting quite so much on my nerves the series (though his caveman brow still freaks me out a bit) and, again, Rory!

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I’m in love and I’m not ashamed!

The Voice (Tuesdays, NBC, 9:00 CST)

I never thought I would watch, let alone adore, a reality show. But The Voice has won me over!

If you’ve not heard anything about it (which must mean you don’t watch anything on NBC because they have really been advertising the HELL out of this show), here’s how it works: There are blind auditions, in which the four celebrity judges (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine [from Maroon 5], and Blake Something [he's a country singer and apparently engaged to Miranda Lambert, another country singer]) have their backs turned to the singers (and these are the finalists – no embarrassing, cringeworthy performances here). Each judge will create a team of 8 singers and if they want someone for their team, they hit their button and their chair turns around. If one judge turns around, the singer is automatically on their team. If more than one judge turns around, the singer gets to choose whose team they want to join.

We’re through the blind auditions and everyone has their team of 8.

Now we start the battle rounds in which each judge/mentor will work with their teams and then whittle them down to four singers per team.

Then WE get to vote!

And, oh, yes, I will be voting.

I love it (so far) because it’s so positive – like I said, everyone here has made it through previous rounds of auditions. They’re not making us sit through all the sad, embarrassing singers who think they’re awesome but are not – these people are all very talented, but for whatever reason, just haven’t “made” it in the business yet. And I think the level of talent they’ve gotten is in a different league than American Idol. Adam put it best when he said, “The people we’re turning away could win American Idol easily.”

So the competitors are super-talented; Xtina, Adam, Blake, and Cee Lo all seem really intelligent and kind and supportive (especially Blake) and are adorable and have fabulous chemistry with each other; and the approach to the competition seems really positive which I like – I don’t want to see someone’s hopes and dreams crushed, I want to see constructive criticism that will push them to be better even if they’re not winning the game this time.

Heather and I are hooked and, barring a complete change in direction, will be seeing this through to the very end.

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New TV: Thursday

Parks & Recreation (8:30 CST, NBC)

It’s back! I hadn’t realized how much I’d missed it until it came back. I’ll admit that I was slow to commit to this one – for the first one and a half seasons, I only watched because it was on between The Office and 30 Rock and has a super-catchy theme song – but now it’s one of my favorites!

The first two episodes were laugh out loud funny and the third one was more quietly funny – I love my Thursday night comedies!

Having said that, though, three hours of comedy (Well, 2 1/2 because, seriously? Outsourced sucks.) is exhausting and I say that as a pro TV endurance watcher. And I like the anticipation of not getting to see 30 Rock until 9:00, but by that time of the night, my eyelids are starting to get sleepy.

Perfect Couples, which fills the gap between Community and The Office, is cute enough, but still pretty bland – and the characters are (and are meant to be, I assume) pretty severe stereotypes, so much so that I don’t believe them as real people and I’m not sure how much development the characters can go through. Problematic, but it doesn’t make me lunge for the clicker the way Two and a Half Men did when it was on between The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. So that’s a plus. ;)

But, yes. Parks & Rec. Watch it!

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New TV: Thursday (and I’m only a week and a half late!)

Community (7:00, NBC)

Gah! Hands down, very nearly the best, wittiest, funniest show on TV (it’s closing in quickly on 30 Rock). Nothing else to say.

My rating: You should be watching this show. NOW.

The Big Bang Theory (7:00, CBS)

It’s predictable, but I keep coming back! Sheldon is his hilarious self and this time he’s got Amy potentially by his side (Mayim Bialik holding her own in the cast). There’s not much to say, it’s the same-old, same-old, but I love it – if I can remember to watch it later since it’s on up against Community and, as I’ve said before, nothing trumps my Thursday night comedies.

My rating: Sheldon rocks!

30 Rock (7:30, NBC)

Okay. I’ll admit that, despite adoring this show and it STILL being the best show on TV (though Community is giving it a run for is money), I thought last season wasn’t its best. But Liz and co. are back at the top of their game! Liz is dating Carol (hilariously played by Matt Damon – seriously, he’s fantastic!), Jack is expecting a baby with Avery, and everyone else has their usual hijinks afoot. Not much to say except is it Thursday yet!

My rating: How is this show so fantastic?!

The Office (8:00, NBC)

I think The Office may be losing its sparkle. The last couple episodes have been a bit of hit or miss – there are funny or interesting plot lines and moments (Pam’s lie about being Office Administrator, Toby and Michael’s therapy sessions, the results of Kelly’s management training, Erin’s bit about disposable cameras), but there are others that just aren’t quite pulling their own weight (Dwight’s Pretty Woman story line, Erin and GABE?!) and I just can’t see where they’re going to go without Steve Carrell after this season (I mean, it’s either going to be someone doing a Michael impression or the dynamic will change entirely).

My rating: I’m invested in the characters, so I’ll keep watching, but mostly at this point on Thursday nights, I’ll be wondering when Parks and Recreation will be starting up again…

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New TV: Wednesday

Modern Family (8:00 CST, ABC)

Now, see, this is why I love Modern Family – everyone else is setting up season-long plot arcs and introducing us to a new round of characters, but Modern Family just turned up and did what they do best. I don’t really have anything to say other than ‘ARE YOU WATCHING THIS SHOW?!’

My rating: Because you should be WATCHING THIS SHOW!

Cougar Town (8:30 CST, ABC)

And I love this one, too. I think Busy Phillips is my favorite thing about this show – how is she so awesome?! I’m hoping that this episode has sorted things out and that we’re not going to linger too much on the Jules/Grayson/Bobby thing, but everything else was great! But what was Jennifer Aniston wearing?! Whatever it was, it wasn’t good.

My rating: \o/

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