America's Next Top Model

Is it just me or is this really a group of ugly girls this season? I know Tyra likes them awkward and stupid looking, but come on! The only one remotely likable is Ann and she's the freakiest looking one of the bunch. She takes some good pictures, but looks almost like a man when she's not made up. 

So this week the challenge was to convey a set look while riding a roller coaster. Can you say "jump the shark"? Did Vogue Italia really sign up for this crap?  Only one girl managed to show anything close to what they expected of her and that was Liz. Good job, I guess, not that impressed with the whole thing.  The photoshoot was shot through water , beauty shots with the girls lying on their backs looking like mermaids and modeling jewelry. Good job done by most of them, still don't understand the call out order AT ALL. Anyway, Rihanna was found lacking and she went home. Really?? Her picture was so much better than Liz's and she wasn't a whiny baby about it.

Maybe it's my prejudice speaking (since my daughter was a part of Cycle 13), but what happened to the pretty girls? Did the fact that you had almost all pretty girls in the petite cycle ruin things for you Tyra so that you only even look at weird looking girls now? 

Some good, some BAD

Alright, so I finally got to watch 90210 yesterday, and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. Yeah, the creepy teacher and Naomi's reaction to being raped is a good storyline, but the rest of it, NO, just NO. Dixon freaks because his girlfriend is a Virgin? Right. Annie gets approached about donating her eggs? Sure, no matter that she's probably not of legal age. I think I may be done with this show.

On to better things, One Tree Hill has come back with some good stuff this year. Quinn and Clay being all half-dead and hanging around while watching their loved ones worry about them has been different. They even had me believing for a minute that they were going to actually kill Clay, even though I knew they had just cut a new opening with him in it. Cool twist in the end there.  Victoria taking the heat for what she did with the books, way to finally start to redeem her. My only beef with this show is that there is WAY too much Jamie and half the time I want to punch his little face.

Last year Glee was definitely my favorite new show of the year. Our entire family watches it. But I have to say that if the Season Premiere had been the Series Premiere, I would not be a die-hard Gleek. To say that it was lacking is an understatement. There was virtually no one likeable in that episode. Hated Sue (love to hate her), hated Shue for most of it (love him), hated Rachel more than usual, hated the new he/she football coach, I think I even hated Finn for putting up with Rachel's crap. Hey writer's, these are supposed to be lovable characters!
Anyway, last night's episode was a step back in the right direction. Mr Schuester was back, Rachel was a little less self involved, Finn stood up for himself, Emma was adorable as usual, John Stamos's dentist added nicely to the mix and we got Britney Spears on top of all of it. Nice job. Keep on turning them out like that and I won't turn in my Gleek Card just yet.

Parenthood was my favorite mid-season replacement last year. They have come back this season just as strong and do not disappoint. Sarah's getting her feet wet in the corporate world while trying to impress her daughter with how cool she is, Adam can't take it that his Asperger's son has no interest in anything he has to say, Julia's got baby fever while her husband can only see himself saddled with diapers for the next 3 years, and poor Crosby can't get a break from his baby mama's mama (baseball is your church?, best line of the night) Great show all around

Tonight brings ANTM, the Finale of She's Got the Look,  and Hellcats (great new guilty pleasure) 

What was that?

I haven't gotten to watch 90210 yet, still riding HIGH on the BEARS VICTORY over the Sad-Packs! I'll try to watch it later and let you know what I thought. I did catch a quick glimpse of Dancing with the Stars and I must say, OH MY, DO THEY HAVE SOME TRAINWRECKS!! More on this later.

On tap tonight, Glee, One Tree Hill, and Parenthood to name a few.

Talk at ya later!

DVR Set

My DVR was set for Dancing with the Stars and 90210 (one of those guilty pleasures I told you about) tonight.But I'm going to have to skip Dancing this week (OH NO!), as it's Bears vs Packers on Monday Night Football and the Pack is GOING DOWN!!!!!!

Catch my wrap up of 90210 tomorrow and I'll try to catch the highlights (are there any?) of Dancing with the Stars.  Maybe one of you could watch it for me and let me know what you think!

Brothers & Sisters

So when we last left the Walker Clan in May, everyone but Justin and Rebecca had just been involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the way back from Narrow Lake. There were lots of bumps and cuts and bruises, but everyone was shown to be pretty much okay, except for Holly and Robert. It would have appeared to even the most casual viewer that Robert had died at the end of the season and Holly's fate was left undetermined.
Now, I have been anxiously awaiting the return of Brothers & Sisters, as I am a rabid fan. Watching the Season Premiere last night, I was inspired to write a letter to the Head of ABC TV. It would go a little something like this:

Dear ABC
     Can you please explain to me who was on my TV last night between 9pm and 10pm? Where were my beloved Walkers?Did someone come in and switch scripts and you didn't notice until it aired? Not one of the characters on that show would have reacted in the way you portrayed them. Rebecca would not have left Justin for going off to War, Luc would never have lowered himself to pose half nude for an underwear ad, Kevin would never say he had given up on having kids, nor hesitate to help that client of his he found sleeping on the street. And Kitty, my Kitty, who triumphed over Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma?  She would never sit by and wait for Robert to "wake up" having been told there was no hope. She would let him go with dignity and grace, not sit by his bedside chatting with him while cutting his fingernails. And don't get me started on Nora. She would never sit idly by wringing her hands while her children acted like they had been, at the very least she would have been as up in arms about Sarah's bangs as I was! Don't try to hide your inordinately large forehead, Sarah! Embrace IT!!!
     I expect to see my Walkers returned to their rightful place next Sunday night, ABC, got it?

Lauren

The first 47 minutes of the show was truly unwatchable as my beloved Walkers stumbled around unrecognizable to me. I would have rather had Robert die off camera right after the accident if they were only going to treat us to a dismembered hand that we know did not belong to Rob Lowe. Somebody get Kevin a razor. Scotty, you rock as the only one still true to who we know you to be.

Sorry for the rant, but the Stepford Walkers was just too much to bare.

Hi!

My name is Lauren and on this blog I'm going to review, rate and rant about my favorite shows on TV.  Some will be shows that most of you watch, but a few are little gems that are guilty pleasures, the kind of shows you know are trainwrecks, but you just can't look away.

In my next post I'll start with the much anticipated return of Brothers & Sisters.

See ya later!