Friday, November 9, 2007

Thursday Night TV and Puppies

The other day, I was feeling particularly down. I had a pile of homework, my throat was sore, and Blane didn't ask me to the prom. Rather than wallow in my own sorrow, I decide to buck up. How did I do this? I google-image searched the word "puppies" and soon I was having the time of my life. It really was that easy.
Already in a good mood from the hundreds of puppies that I had been perusing, I realized that it was almost Thursday night. For those of you who are unaware, Thursday is the ultimate night in television. Sure, Mondays are good with Weeds and Californication (now in hiatus), Wednesdays are about to get better with the leggy Heidi Klum and her team of designers strutting back into the line-up (almost more exciting than the competition itself is seeing whether or not Michael Kors has finally achieved the perfect orange Technicolor skin tone that he's been striving to capture for the past three seasons) with Project Runway, but Thursdays still win for only two reasons. First, and slightly less important, is 30 Rock. This show has achieved greatness for one main reason: Tracy Morgan, surprisingly, can be funny with the right writers behind him! Other reasons this show is great are Tina Fey, Kenneth the Page, and the reoccurrence of Rachel Dratch (particularly as an Eastern European hooker). Second, and the main draw of TV Thursdays, is The Office. When season 4 began, I'll admit it was a little worrying. The hour-long episodes, while still better than most things that are on TV, were falling slightly short. Cutting it back to a half an hour has put the show back on track and back into my heart. I'll admit that I have a rather unhealthy investment in Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinski), despite the fact that Jim should probably be with me. The writers play with my investment, however, and fill me with the discomfort that made me love the show in the first place.
The fact that I love these two shows only means one thing: They will be cancelled. Here is a list of other beloved shows that have ripped out of my life and thrown into the TV on DVD graveyard.
Arrested Development
Buffy
Firefly
Freaks and Geeks
Undeclared
Carnivale
The Office (UK) (It committed suicide)
Deadwood (suicide)
There are more, but this post is making me too depressed. I'm going to look at some more puppies.

4 comments:

Rachel said...

Did you erase the comment I left here last night?! WwWWhhhaaaattt???

Maddie said...

No! All day long, I've been feeling sad that I haven't gotten any comments yet!

Rachel said...

Hm. Well, it said that I can't believe you image-searched puppies. And that I hope if you ever feel that low again, you call me and I'll say something awesome like puppies are lame.

Oh, and in your response to your latest comment on mine-very-own blog:
1. You are my favorite new friend (Was there any question?)
2. Thanks for liking my 'puplic' smile, but I don't know what that is and it sounds dirty.

Amy said...

What about Wednesday night?? Kid Nation (you know you like it), ANTM and Tyra bein' fierce!!, Project Runway? Truly awful television at its best.