this is sweeps month?
there's been a dearth of good TV lately - a void amply filled with baseball in the t.s.o.a. household - as evidenced by the lack of posting on Marc's DVR blog. thankfully, HBO OnDemand just re-started The Wire from the beginning and i do want to check out some of that Alan Partridge stuff, but that stuff will only go so far.
the wife recently discovered the Style Network's Craft Corner Deathmatch, which i was reminded about at the end of this article on the Pillsbury Bake-Off. the show is fairly standard third-tier-channel fodder, with C-list judges (including Frank DeCaro - note to self: get his book) scoring two contestants as they create crafts with limited time and materials. all this, while bizarre host Jason Jones bellows like he's announcing a Hulk Hogan-Randy "Macho Man" Savage championship match. the winner then takes on the "Craft Lady of Steel" for, i don't know, some prizes or something. it's pretty surreal and worth tuning into once, but i can't say i've been moved to really rave about it.
for some guilty TV-related pleasure in prose form, check out TVGasm's live blog of that Rosie O'Donnell TV Movie from Sunday night. or their biting rebuke of hipster Danny Masterson's radio show. or anything else on their site, really.
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a TV suggestion: if you're a Springsteen fan, make sure to check out his new storytellers on VH1...it's fantastic.
Posted by: Phil | May 4, 2005 09:41 AM
i wish i could agree. i'm constantly finding too much that i'm interested in watching. maybe you just aren't checking the right channels.
and i thought marc not updating his blog was because he is lazy. i'm sure it isn't because he has decided not to watch tv. in fact, maybe he's watching so much tv that he doesn't have time to write about it.
Posted by: dan | May 4, 2005 05:10 PM
i am lazy and i have become a baseball fan. there are 12 hours of tv shows on the dvr that i have not watched. recently, i've only made time for veronica mars and the amazing race. it's quite frustrating. the dvr blog will be returning to life soon, i imagine.
Posted by: marc b. | May 5, 2005 05:53 PM