I watched the premiere of Castle on ABC last night. It’s a series starring Firefly‘s Nathan Fillion as a best-selling mystery novelist. When some bodies turn up in New York City, killed using the methods he wrote about in some of his earlier novels, the NYPD turns to him as a consultant. It was goofy.Continue reading “On Nathan Fillion’s New Series”
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On the Second Season of The Tudors
Arriving today from Amazon, the second season of The Tudors. I bought the first season about a year ago on a blind buy. It looked like the kind of thing I’d like, and it turned out to be the kind of thing I do like. Oh, any resemblence between The Tudors and the reign ofContinue reading “On the Second Season of The Tudors”
On Watching Father Ted
Last night, I worked on Christmas cards. I needed some background noise. So I put in Father Ted. Here’s the set-up for people who haven’t heard of it. Father Ted was a mid-90s Irish sitcom about three Catholic priests who ministered to a small island off the coast of Ireland, Craggy Isle. The episodes revolvedContinue reading “On Watching Father Ted”
On Watching Old Television
Like millions of Americans, come February I’m going to need a digital converter box to watch television when the analog signals go silent. Last spring I submitted a request for a coupon for the box, and on Memorial Day I went out to Best Buy and bought one, hooked it up, and entered the digitalContinue reading “On Watching Old Television”
On Wondering What to Watch
My choices are three. The Cubs/Dodgers game. Starts at 9:37 EDT. The Biden/Palin debate. Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West. Obviously, I want to watch the first. Though I really wish TBS would find some real announcers. Dick Stockton and his band of idiots were annoying as piss last night. On the other hand,Continue reading “On Wondering What to Watch”
On the Return of House
House is back. Oh, how I’ve missed it. 🙂 I read in this morning’s paper that Hugh Laurie is signed with the series through the 2010-2011 season. So, two more years, through the seventh season. And now that House is back… I thought the episode was… okay. There’s no reason, that I can discern, forContinue reading “On the Return of House”
On Freema Agyeman’s New Role
Freema Agyeman, better known to Doctor Who fans as Martha Jones, has been cast in Law & Order: London as one of the prosecutors. My interest in this show has just increased a dozen-fold. 🙂
On Weird Dreams
I dreamt last night that I was watching Remington Steele. (I have all five seasons on DVD, so it wasn’t like I dreamt of something I couldn’t otherwise do.) Except, this wasn’t an ordinary dream of me, putting an ordinary disc into the DVD player, watching an ordinary episode. No. I was trying to interestContinue reading “On Weird Dreams”
On Doctor Who Viewing
Last night BBC America showed the third season Doctor Who two-parter, “Human Nature”/”Family of Blood,” in a two-hour long block. If you missed it last night and you have BBC America, have no fear — they’re repeating it again this afternoon. Watching the two-parter in a single sitting last night, it occurred to me howContinue reading “On Doctor Who Viewing”
On House and The Beatles
Let’s rewind a few days. Back to Tuesday. House returned to FOX on Tuesday for its final three episodes of the fourth season with a Very Special Christmas Episode. Unlike previous Very Special Christmas Episodes, Dr. Gregory House didn’t OD himself into oblivion. He had case. He had his new team. He had new mindContinue reading “On House and The Beatles”