TV Roundup

New Amsterdam was watchable. Certainly not the worst show to come down the pike, but it feels a bit tentative as of yet. (I don't think any of these comments are particularly spoilery so I'm not cutting them.) I'm not sure what narrative purpose the partner serves, since she's not there for UST, and didn't seem to have a lot to do in the ep, but I'll definitely give it time to settle in. Also, they need someone who's better at applying fake facial hair. To my dismay, about 2/3rds of the way through the ep, I realized that Nicolaj Coster-Waldau (I love that name!) looks like a more Hollywood version of a friend of mine's husband so it's a little weird to find him attractive, but I do. ;D

ReGenesis has started it's last season :( and I spent the first episode of it alternating between happiness over all because it's just so darn good, and ( spoilers behind the cut )

And then there was Jericho. Okay, I'll admit it. I was genuinely shocked by last night's ending. I'm so used to them leading us down the garden path in the trailers that I really didn't think anything about their spoilery warning in the commercials. But... but... ( spoilers behind the cut )

More New Amsterdam reminders

Just in case you were trying to actually watch the show, in its infinite wisdom TPTB have decided to schedule an episode on Thursday (check local listings for time), And then next week, to confuse us further, it apparently moves to its 'real' timeslot on Monday (check local listings for time).

Gee, anyone would think a) this is Fox and b) they want the show to fail...

Oh, wait...

(Seriously, I haven't seen scheduling this bad since Space: Above & Beyond.)