It's Coming

FALL TV! (and new very busy background to celebrate!) Here's what I'll be watching/DVRing. (Only network shows are listed and only a few new shows so there is always the possibility that more will catch my eye and I'll watch those too). Date listed is it's premiere date.

All info below came from TV Guide's Fall Preview.

FOR SURE I WILL BE WATCHING
SUNDAY
Desperate Housewives (September 28)
Brother's & Sisters (September 28)
Amazing Race (September 28)
MONDAY
Chuck (September 29)
Gossip Girl (September 1)
Biggest Loser: Families (September 16)
TUESDAY
90210 (September 2, I have to at least check it out)
Fringe* (September 9, I have missed "Pacey" and you can't go wrong with a JJ Abrams show - think Lost, Alias)
WEDNESDAY
Pushing Daisies (October 1)
Private Practice (October 1)
America's Next Top Model (September 3)
THURSDAY
Survivor (September 18)
Kath & Kim* (October 9)
The Office (September 25, Can't. Wait.)
Grey's Anatomy (September 25)
FRIDAY
Friday Night Lights (Starting in January unless someone with Direct TV wants to invite me over in the fall - premieres October 1 on DirectTV Channel 101)
SATURDAY
Saturday Night Live (September 13)


I MIGHT WATCH
MONDAY
Dancing with the Stars (September 22, I didn't regularly watch the last couple of seasons I just saw the new cast and it should be fun)
Samantha Who? (October 6)
TUESDAY
Dancing with the Stars (September 23, unless I watch on Monday, the it will be "for sure")
WEDNESDAY
Lipstick Jungle (September 24)
THURSDAY
ER (September 25, Last Season!)


I DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE WATCHING
Knight Rider (please remember my experience the last time I took a trip down memory lane)


I'll also add Lost & The Bachelor when they return mid season. Project Runway continues and Top Design begins on Bravo. Am I forgetting anything else?

*new

Ty's Daddy Next ABC Bachelor!

Lincee just posted and ABC.com confirms Jason Mesnick is the next Bacehelor!!

And, the game is back on! Get ready to play!

Olympics, Olympics, Olympics

That's all that's been on in our house (except for Army Wives). Jason probably wouldn't mind a little less (I kind of picked up on that when he insisted we watch a RERUN of Letterman last night instead of more Olympics). Between the fact that we are all interested in watching different sports and the fact that I'll watch swimming and then rewatch as I make any member of the family that missed it watch - it's been a lot. Just SOME things I've enjoyed so far:

• Michael. Phelps. Sure it seems to be all about Michael but it's well deserved - AMAZING.
• The Men's 400 Relay.
• The drummers in the Opening Ceremony. Mesmerizing like a kaleidoscope.
• That little boy walking with Yao Ming - he went back to rescue classmates after the earthquake because he was hall monitor and that was part of his job!
• China.
• Olympic venues, I am fascinated by the Cube.
• Looking for Kerri Walsh's wedding ring.
• The Office commercial with Jim's new Olympic sport.

I could go on and on, but I really need to pick up...or watch a little Olympics.

ooooo (Close as I Can Get to Olympic Rings on This Title)

Are you ready for the best of the best of Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Mondern Pent., Rhythmic Gym., Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Sync. Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwando, Tennis, Track & Field, Trampoline, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, & Wrestling? (And yes, I took those off the NBC website - I don't even know what some of them are!).

I'm excited - especially about swimming. But what excites me even more is that a lot has changed in the four years since the last summer Olympics. One thing being the prevalence of internet television viewing. So, if someone says "Hey, did you see that (fill in the blank)?, and I didn't - I'm pretty sure I'll be able find it on the internet so I don't fill like I missed out!

Update: I'm watching the Opening Ceremony - AMAZING!!

Who Is The Crazy Neighbor? (That's Me With My Hand Up)

What do I love besides my family and friends? Office supplies, television, and the internet (in no particular order). So I think it's understandable if I go a little bit crazy moving into our rental house on a Saturday and not getting cable hooked up until the next FRIDAY. So when nice Omar comes on Friday to install the cable, knocks on the door to let me know he is done and to see if I need anything else I say "no, that should be it" and I take off running (probably before the door shut) to start hooking everything up and to get everything going. First the DVR - hmmm, it's powered up, connected, and the television is on - why a black screen ? On to the computer - wait a minute, this thingy with a wire can't connect to this other thingy with a wire. I think, remain calm, I'm sure there is an easy fix to both of these problems and they can just come back and fix it. Then I remember that it took almost a week for this appointment. Unleash the crazy. I RUN outside and Omar is just rounding the corner (there is one house between us and this corner) and I start yelling (loudly) "HEY, HEY" and waving my arms. But Omar came back (told me I kind of scared him), showed me the cable box did work (I just had to move around a few cords) and gave me a connector for my other problem.

I gave him great scores on the telephone survey I completed a later that day!

So now the neighbors have two reasons to stay away from us: 1. They think I'm crazy and 2. Jason mowed until 10:30 one night...no Welcome Wagon for us.

The Award For Product Placement Done Well - Army Wives

That wasn't a random ACME delivery guy at Betty's (formerly known as the Hump Bar), it was a Tyson delivery man delivering Tyson products and yet I didn't feel like Tyson was being crammed down my throat. Most of the time, I feel, product placement isn't very subtle. Normally, it's screaming "LOOK AT ME, THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE RIGHTS TO ME KNOWS YOU ARE FAST FORWARDING THROUGH THE COMMERCIALS AND SO I MUST CHEESE UP THIS OTHERWISE LOVELY SHOW YOU ARE WATCHING". They've also incorporated Ford in a much more subtle way than Alias (I miss you) ever did.

I sometimes wonder if product placement kind of backfires on companies because I am most likely not going to remember WHAT brand is being advertised, only how it was done. Was it Brother's and Sisters with the several second pause on some phone company product placement? It may as well of been ACME because I only remember that there was obvious product placement but not what the product placement was.

While I'm on Army Wives - I still think this show is SO GOOD! I love how quickly the story lines flow. Oh, and Joan can be in the Wives Club now!

Rock the Reception!

My non-regular-television-watching-friend Michele recently told me about this show and it is so fun. Bride and Grooms surprise their guests with a choreographed fun dance as their first dance. It would be so fun to be at a reception where they did this! My favorite - and the one Michele told me about - is where the newlywed's first dance was to "You Can't Touch This". Of course the back story of his deployment and her breast cancer made it even more meaningful for them to lighten the mood at their wedding.