I'm Baaaaack!

Well, I know it's been 2 years since I've posted anything, so much has happened that I could write 10 blogs about it, but I am not....so here I am to tell you what's happening NOW!

Sad to say that two things happened that will make this blog a little harder to write but no where near impossible. First off, my Direct TV has been shut off. *sad face* I am on disability and couldn't pay for it anymore so down it went and my favorite pastime was in serious danger. However, the good news is that these days many of our favorite shows are now posted online. Some are easy to find, like GLEE! (Thank you FOX!) and some are a little more difficult (BOO CBS!). I have found many programs on www.hulu.com and on http://tvshack.net/.
So between those two and Fancast, which I haven't really had to use yet, I can still watch most of my favorite programs. I am saving Fancast for True Blood, which is an HBO show and Fancast is an HBO site. Some of these programs you have to wait a few days to a week for, and a couple of shows are on the same or next day. GLEE is available on fox.com and hulu, usually the next day. Makes me so happy! The Real Housewives franchise usually takes a couple of days and the most recent episodes are on TV Shack. The City can also be found on TV Shack within a day or two. Same with The View! And if you are a Soap Opera fan, those are on there, usually on the same day. :0

My other sad news is that my beautiful 42 inch Flat Screen TV has blown something, I have sound and no picture. Seems that according to the TV guy I talked to on the phone, from the Geek Squad, said that it will cost between $250-$500+ to fix....well for that price I'll buy a new one, an LCD this time instead of the Plasma TV I opted for originally. Big regrets there. So depending on what the exact part is that went out, which it will cost me a $150 visit just to find out, will determine what I have to pay. Well I don't think I'm going to go there. Especially since the technician thinks it's the higher priced problem. So anyway, at first I ended up watching a 19" TV which I haven't had as a main TV in like 30 years! Then, thankfully, my friend had an older TV that she used to have in her bedroom and that one is more like a 30"-32". The color isn't pure, runs a little on the green side...but it is definitely watchable and I appreciate it so much! So lately me and the fam have been watching DVD's, thankfully I re-watched True Blood season 1, just in time to get True Blood season 2, that I had pre-ordered months ago. Now my son is addicted to True Blood. :-) I love DVD's of TV shows! DVD movies are cool, but they are over too soon, but DVD TV series are the best and last a long time!

So this week will be pretty exciting with a couple of finales that I have been waiting for, like GLEE and The Real Housewives of New York City, as well as the season premiere of Drop Dead Diva, which is a new show that I LOVED last year! Not sure how long it will take for it to show up on either Hulu or TV shack, but I will be looking for it! Also, if you are looking for CBS shows, it is tough...they usually only release clips. However, if you are a big fan of some CBS shows, my personal favorite is Criminal Minds, you can watch most of them on TV Shack. I was so happy that my son turned me on to that site, I was going to cry if I didn't get my last glimpse of Dr. Spencer Reid for the season! So check it out. Also, a little hint when watching shows on computer. Let the show load a bit before you start watching so that you can get the full show without a bunch of starting and stopping, which face it is hella annoying. Also you can watch it full screen but many times that can be a problem on some computers. All in all it's great though if you are like me who would die without my TV....or my computer. LoL

Tune in tomorrow....cuz I'm back!!!!!

Give the Writer's What They Want and Deserve!

Did anyone watch "Desperate Housewives" last night? I know that I didn't. I was going to, had my Direct TV primed to click to ABC at 9:00....but then I thought about it and decided not to. One of the biggest reason's? Marc Cherry. I was already debating watching it as I knew there was only going to be that one episode until the end of the writer's strike. Then I saw a brief Q & A with Marc Cherry and he said that fans would be really upset, too many things were still unresolved. That is exactly what I was afraid of. I love the show, but I knew that my frustration level would likely be very high so I opted out of watching.



This has been a frustrating season for TV with the strike going on. Just when you get into some shows they pull them because there are only a few episode's in the can. I know that "Lost", another of my favorite shows, is supposed to come back next month for about 8 un-aired episode's. Does anyone feel the same frustration that I do with "Lost" as it is. I mean, the network keeps moving the show around and for awhile they would air about 3 episode's and then be off for 2 or 3 months before airing anymore. With a show like this, you just can't do that. It breaks up the continuity and makes people lose interest when they can't remember what happened in the last episode that aired months ago. Critics were saying that the ratings were down....well of course they were, nobody new half the time when it was on and by then many fans were invested in other shows. The same thing happened with "Heroes" and I kept thinking, "Has NO ONE figured out the obvious reason?". Seriously it doesn't take a brain surgeon, bu then again it may take someone who has the pulse of the people watching the show. The executive's at the major networks do not seem to understand something as basic and as simple as, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." and "leave well enough alone". It isn't that hard to figure out why ratings on former hit shows are down. We, the viewer's, need consistency. We desire some respect. You cannot expect loyalty from us when you keep jacking our shows around. I mean, who wants to invest in a show that may or may not be where you last left it? We are creature's of habit, many of us schedule things around our favorite shows. God knows we are loyal, give us something we like and we will watch it until it's over....but don't make us think it's over by putting on the shelf for two months, expecting us to not find an alternate in the meantime. If you are not careful you will lose us to the alternate. I know that I got hooked on another network's show while waiting for "Lost" to come back and now I am not sure if I am going to be able to choose between the two if they are up against each other...The "other" show is a good one too, "Criminal Minds" anyone?



That being said, we need the Writer's back, doing what they do so well. Is losing THIS much money worth it? Obviously there are some shows, not to mention film studio's, that have been able to work out a deal with the writer's. It's time to stop being stubborn and start being practical. I can tell you that the last time there was a writer's strike it played a critical role in the downturn in the classic format of the Daytime drama, also know as the Soap Opera. Between the OJ Simpson trial and the Writer's strike, Daytime drama's have not recovered. Something that has become a tradition in many household's is about to go the way of the Dinosaur and I for one will be sad to see them go. They can't afford another hit like this. This strike is affecting a lot of people and it's just ridiculous. Give the writer's their due! They deserve it, without them what do you have.....