I'm an avid TV watcher...perhaps a bit too much. Of all the shows I watch, I've somehow found more to add to the weekly lineup. The first two shows are on HBO on Sunday night.

True Blood is a show about vampires in Louisiana. The premise is that vampires have always been with us, and have finally stepped out of the shadows and integrated with society...to a point. The title comes from a synthetic drink the Japanese invented that supposedly gives the vampires the same benefits of human blood. I'm somewhat torn on the show. Some weeks it seems very interesting, and other weeks I'm just not feeling it. I probably wouldn't lose much sleep if the show was canceled however.

Little Britain USA is a comedy sketch show, but requires a taste for British humor. The show's two starts, Matt Lucas and David Walliams play various characters a la a two man Saturday Night Live. It all depends on the type of comedy preferred, but the show is quite amusing. Some of my favorite skits are the bodybuilders, the lady and the dog, and finally, the Prime Minister and President one.

Ah, the updated Knight Rider. Bad Acting? Check. A super badass car? Check. The show isn't going to win any awards for well...anything. The show is simply a fun escape from reality. They've upped the ante from the original version and added some sex appeal with Michael's love interest and Asian tech girl. A couple things make the show fail however - First, the main character's name is Mike Traceur. They came up with a bogus storyline in one of the first couple episodes to change it to Michael Knight. Next, they changed the car into a Mustang. Finally, the car goes a little overboard, not with the technology, but the morphing into "attack mode" and an F-150, which is simply stupid.

Life on Mars is an interesting show. I've only seen the first episode, but the premise of a cop in 2008 getting hit by a car and waking up in 1973, and then being a cop in that era, all while trying to determine which reality is real, or if the 1973 reality is a dream, coma, drug hallucination or something else. I'm hoping it doesn't go the way of Journeyman this season, but with Michael Imperioli and Harvey Keitel headlining the show, perhaps it won't.

Last, but not least, Crusoe is the final show I've added to my weekly lineup. As the name implies, it is based upon the Daniel Defoe novel, Robinson Crusoe. The main character is shipwrecked and stranded on an island. He has one companion, a "savage" named Friday who he saved. Crusoe is somewhat of a genius with the ability to invent things in a MacGyver like fashion. I'm likening it to an old fashioned lost, without all the conspiracy theory garbage. It also adds the only Friday show to my lineup, but Friday isn't generally a strong TV night, so I'm curious if the top brass will move it to a better spot.
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Monday, 27 October 2008 21:28