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Television Man
Aug. 31st, 2006 03:56 amI like to have a TV show to watch when I'm eating by myself, which is most lunches and two or three dinners a week. When new episodes air, I record them, then play them back as I munch, one per meal. Given the vagaries of reruns, that means I need to be following about twenty shows—which sounds like a lot, but spaced out as they are that ensures I'll always have one or two shows to watch each day. (An average show has 22-24 episodes per year, or a little less than 2 per month. If I want to watch ~10/week, that's ~40/month, or ~20 series.)
Four of those shows (West Wing, Alias, Justice League, and Invasion) were cancelled last year, and another three (Medium, Scrubs, and 24) won't return until 2007, so I have some holes in my schedule. Fortunately, there is a passel of interesting shows coming this fall, and if half of them are worth watching I'm all set. Ha ha ha. ( Cut for the atubular. )
As a public service, here are the premiere dates for other shows we geeks might like, not all of which I watch: ( Recut to fit the timeslot. )
Everything else is listed here.
One show I'm dying to see, but which has vanished from view, is Korgoth of Barbaria. I happened to catch the pilot on it's single late-night airing on Adult Swim, and fell in love. It's a fantasy series that seems to be a loving tribute to Heavy Metal crossed with Army of Darkness—a marriage of rich, solid, Howard-era worldbuilding with satire, boobs, and toilet humor. It offers lines like, "You may bring with you twelve of my strongest men. As well as one or two of the weaker ones, just for fun." It is the brainchild of Genndy Tartakovsky and Aaron Springer (of Spongebob); how can it not rock? (Search YouTube for Korgoth to watch most or all of it.)
[Edit: according to this amusing Adult Swim schedule from 8/24, you'll be able to catch the Korgoth pilot on Sunday, 9/10.]
Four of those shows (West Wing, Alias, Justice League, and Invasion) were cancelled last year, and another three (Medium, Scrubs, and 24) won't return until 2007, so I have some holes in my schedule. Fortunately, there is a passel of interesting shows coming this fall, and if half of them are worth watching I'm all set. Ha ha ha. ( Cut for the atubular. )
As a public service, here are the premiere dates for other shows we geeks might like, not all of which I watch: ( Recut to fit the timeslot. )
Everything else is listed here.
One show I'm dying to see, but which has vanished from view, is Korgoth of Barbaria. I happened to catch the pilot on it's single late-night airing on Adult Swim, and fell in love. It's a fantasy series that seems to be a loving tribute to Heavy Metal crossed with Army of Darkness—a marriage of rich, solid, Howard-era worldbuilding with satire, boobs, and toilet humor. It offers lines like, "You may bring with you twelve of my strongest men. As well as one or two of the weaker ones, just for fun." It is the brainchild of Genndy Tartakovsky and Aaron Springer (of Spongebob); how can it not rock? (Search YouTube for Korgoth to watch most or all of it.)
[Edit: according to this amusing Adult Swim schedule from 8/24, you'll be able to catch the Korgoth pilot on Sunday, 9/10.]
