Monday Night TV

[kelliem]

I watch NBC pretty exclusively on Monday nights right now, at least in primetime. Chuck continues to amuse me. I loved the whole exchange between Ellie and Morgan about Chuck last night (which I don't think counts as spoilery so I am not tagging it):
Morgan: "He's a fragile little gelding..."
Ellie: "Do you know what a gelding is?"
Morgan (indignantly): "Yes! It's one of those little guys from The Dark Crystal..."
Me: ::splorfle::

I had a special moment of squee during the opening credits for Heroes, which I will There I was watching the guest credits blipping past and I see "Nichelle Nichols." Woot! First Sulu, now Uhura!? I had not heard about this and I was so excited to see her name! She only had a cameo last night but I think she'll have a larger role overall as the series continues. And she looked absofrickinlutely gorgeous! She has always been one of my favorite actresses and it was so great to see her in something again! Here's a pic to show just how fabulous she looks:


And then later we get more of the 3Ms (Matt, Mohinder & Molly) which make me grin every time. I love that Matt slept through Mohinder coming home and then nearly shoots him. ::snerk:: The hazards of being married to a cop. ;-D

And then there was Journeyman. Which I still like but man, could his wife be any more annoying and less trusting? That is getting old, fast. Now granted, Dan was kind of an idiot to tell his brother he saw Livia but not his wife, but still. They finally have Katie believe that Dan is time traveling (how can she not, after the plane?) only to dredge this up? I get that they want us to know how hard this is on his relationships but... it just felt really contrived. (And how much do I love that there's a "Livia" in Journeyman? Kevin McKidd must feel right at home. ;D)

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd read about Nichelle Nichols joining the cast. Who will be next from the original Trek? What's Walter Koenig doing? :) We're still on the first year (BBC2), so I'm way behind you. I'll have to see when we'll get the second year (they're starting to show popular shows sooner than they used to here due to downloading); I may be tempted to download if it's a while.

I don't know about Chuck; we don't have that one yet. We just started with The Riches on a new channel Virgin1 (Minnie Driver has the accent; sadly, Eddie Izzard isn't quite as good, darn it) and I just saw It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia -- I know, we're three years behind. But it was fun watching it with Ian and him recognising some of the exteriors. :)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I found a pic of Nichelle and added it to the post so you can see what she looks like. They do have one other Trek alumni already this season, but it's someone from Enterprise not TOS or TNG.

Chuck is slightly reminiscent of Jake 2.0 if you ever saw that, but for some reason I like it better. More humor, in part.

I haven't seen either of the others you mention, though I have heard great things about The Riches.

[silme.livejournal.com]

I kind of like the Riches, although I've only seen the first two episodes.

Jake 2.0 was aired over here -- Sky One bought it on a risk, then it was cancelled. I was reading an article about how international rights to brand new shows have to be purchased well before the shows air in the US, so often the networks are taking risks.

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I think Eddie Izzard does a pretty good job with the American accent in that show ;)

[silme.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, my work colleagues (English) think they still hear too much of Izzard's own accent, but Americans with whom I've spoken on-line think he's all right. I may have lived in Britain too long to judge. ;)