Fri, November 21, 2008
Frogurt Still Cursed Dept.—1:00 PM
People, it's a mixed bag from EW's Michael Ausiello today. On the one hand, I am thrilled to learn that Dirty Sexy Money is coming to a close. I have tried since the beginning to quit watching this show, but Natalie Zea is just too phenomenal. She's very sexy (and the show takes great advantage of this) but the real draw is her flighty performance. The rest of the show is kind of irritating and strains plausibility in an attempt to create maximum drama, so I'm glad I can give up on it pretty soon without missing any fun Zea moments. That's good!
But, ABC is also nixing Pushing Daisies, which is not just an excellent show, it's a different show, and there are so very, very few of those any more. If you look at the shows that premiered this year, only True Blood even comes close (though Worst Week and Life on Mars might, if they weren't remakes). It's a damn shame ABC never found a way to make people watch this show, because it's not for everyone but it's too good to have as much ratings trouble as it's had. I will miss it terribly. That's bad!
Still, I was thrilled to find out that Ausiello is capable of writing useful and interesting TV coverage that does not come with the dipshit "reader pleas" aspect that characterizes his magazine column. ("Jennie from Boise writes: Do you have any Grey's Anatomy scoop? I'm dying over here!!") It's just a normal update about some TV shows. That's good!
In related news, I have kept the Family Guy 100th episode extravaganza on TiVo since it aired last year, and I watched it again last night. The clip-show part is as annoying as it is on any series – maybe more so because the style of Family Guy is practically like a clip show every week. But the interview segments with focus group participants who hated Family Guy are unbelievably entertaining and fascinating. I don't want to sound like a typical America-bashing leftie (okay, let's not kid ourselves; I don't know how to sound like anything else) but if you're ever curious why your favorite show got canceled, it's because TV networks are in the business of pleasing people like this.
