Apparently she has had enough and is call it quits in 2011. I’m betting she signs with the Jets and the Vikings before really quitting.

I’m hoping this turns out well, because I lost interest in V and Flash Forward in record time.

Just got an email reminding me of the Obama election movie on HBO tonight.

I’ll probably watch it at some point, but I still find movies like this kind of creepy. Whatever, though. I’m weird.

I’m actually kind of excited for the series opener of V tonight- I wonder how it will compare to the series from the 80’s. With Morena Baccarin, they have the hotness factor covered, that is for sure.

Also kind of excited about Dragon Age. Everything Bioware touches turns to gold (and I still think KOTOR is one of the greatest games ever made).

A small TV happy for me, and John Cole: TV Squad reports that TNT has secured the rights to Southland, primarily the rights to the seven episodes from last season and the six episodes that NBC made but refused to air:

If you want more episodes, the solution is pretty simple. Show up in droves to watch these. They start airing on Tuesday, January 12 at 10 p.m., ironically against the very show that many people think killed it: The Jay Leno Show. So if you really want to make a statement that NBC might notice, turn TNT’s Southland into the next Sons of Anarchy and actually beat Leno head-to-head!

Good cops are the opposite of the Yankees, because they work hard in defense of the little people. Southland ain’t Boomtown, much less The Unusuals, but I look forward to seeing more episodes… although not on Hulu, if Comcast (another Evil Empire) succeeds with its vile plans.

Also, I think Steve Gilliard would have loved The Unusuals, because it was a very Ankh Morpork New York City series.

Not sure if any of you are following Californication, but I just spotted Stephen Root (aka Jimmy James), a guy who I think makes every scene he is in funnier, in a role as Kathleen Turner’s husband. And my goodness, Kathleen Turner…

I see you all have been left alone and are getting restless. Sorry about that- I watched Monk (Sharona returned!) and then that new show White Collar last night, and just called it a night. I’ve been doing the various Saturday morning chores before gam eday and honestly forgot about the website for a change.

BTW- that new show White Collar is going to be a lot of fun, and once again, it reminded me of how many shows over the years I have really enjoyed from the USA netword:

Monk
Psych
Burn Notice
the Dead Zone
the 4400
Royal Pains
In Plain Sight

And on and on. You can add White Collar to the list. I don’t know if it is just a matter that I’m just the right demographic that USA is shooting for, but I seem to like an awful lot of their programming. Far more quality shows on USA than any other traditional network.

At any rate, I hope your team wins.

BTW- Frontline returns tonight, and the subject is Afghanistan:

Should be a good one.

Been watching a couple episodes of Season One of the Sopranos, and I had forgotten how good Nancy Marchand’s character was (Tony’s mom).

This stinks:

No, the network hasn’t started airing the show’s second season yet. Why—why do you ask?

Oh, that’s right. Because axing a returning scripted drama right before its season debut is highly unusual.

It’s sort of like shooting your racehorse in the starting gate.

The network has six produced episodes, which were originally scheduled to begin airing on Fridays starting Oct. 23. Instead NBC has shut down production on “Southland” and plans to keep “Dateline” in the slot.

Southland was, as far as I was concerned, the best show NBC had run since Boomtown. Which, of course, they killed prematurely, as well. You want good drama? Forget NBC. Nothing but the criminally unfunny Jay Leno at 10 o’clock.

By request.

Anything to keep the natives happy.

Watching Newhart episodes on Hulu, and I’m still convinced it was the greatest sitcom ever.

Stephanie was one of the greatest characters ever made.

This:

It was Sunday night in Baghdad, and President Obama was ordering Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of the American troops here, to shave Stephen Colbert’s head. (Not to give everything away, but the general is not as brutal with an electric razor as one would expect a bald man to be; Mr. Colbert’s hairdresser, on the other hand, has a merciless streak.)

War, as things go, is a fairly unironic exercise. Sure, there are endless incongruities to be found and parodied in the speeches about war from politicians, generals and heads of state. But war itself — the dirty, dangerous business of soldiers on the ground — seems to be about as earnest a trade as you can find.

Into this comes Mr. Colbert. He is taping four episodes of “The Colbert Report,” the Comedy Central show featuring his egotistical, fake-macho, nationalist blowhard alter ego, in Baghdad this week. It’s the first time in the history of the U.S.O. that a full-length nonnews show has been filmed, edited and broadcast from a combat zone.

Good for him.

So I’m watching the first night of the new show Expedition Africa, and on the first day, their very first decision was to travel nine miles inland into Tanzania without any water. “We’ll just get some water when we get to our destination,” and off they charged into the wild. They also have one explorer whose job title is “navigator,” and presumably he is along to navigate the party, and NONE OF THEM LISTEN TO HIM.

I’m thinking we should probably start a pool on how many of them die.

Chuck rules.

Just thought I would throw that out there. Sure, it is silly, and immature, and dorky, and that is what I like about it. I’m actually having more fun with this show than I have in a while.

My brother and I agree that one scene from season one may be some of the funniest stuff we’ve seen on television in a long while, if only because of the inane conversations my mother, brother and I have. At any rate, Chuck was accusing Casey (Adam Baldwin, aka Jane from Firefly), of enjoying the surveillance he was doing of Chuck. Casey then went and played back a conversation he had recorded of Chuck and his friend, in which they discussed what kind of sandwich they would take on a desert island, and it devolved into an argument over whether or not Jessica Alba between two slices of bread counted as a sandwich. I was laughing so hard I was crying, because I have had thousands of conversations like this with my brother and mom.

Again, what a fun show.

Also, completely unrelated, but I was thinking a homemade cilantro ice cream would go really well as a side to a particularly spicy Thai or Mexican dish. What do you think of that?