Even My TiVo's Depressed
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008It’s been a difficult couple of months. I’ve been listless. I’ve been annoyed. At times, I’ve even been desperate. How desperate?
I’ve become a frequent viewer of Deal or No Deal.
As aweful as that sounds, I’m sorry to say, it gets a lot worse. I’ve been brought as low as The Moment of Truth on Fox. (Yeah, I know. Have you seen that thing?) Thus far, however, I’m proud to say I’ve resisted the artfully terrible guiles of Celebrity Apprentice and Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, but only because Project Runway and Celebrity Rehab episodes are running around the clock. (I can’t get enough of Tim Gunn or Dr. Drew!)
This is what happens when writer’s strike. These are the lengths to which viewers are driven. I mean, there have been whole nights that I’ve come home from work, turned on the TV, and simply given up. My spirit has been broken. I don’t even want to try to find replacement TV anymore. It’s like when the last episode of Friends aired and people didn’t know what to do with their Thursday nights anymore.
And then, I swear just to fuck with us, NBC will air an errant rerun of The Office or 30 Rock on an off night, teasing us with the reminder of how good we once had it. That’s right: NBC is the unrequited love that you see cooing at his baby in the grocery store. Bastard. (Not the baby, of course.)
In all seriousness though, the current state of things may change very soon. The word on the street is that a deal is being ratified and the guild members voted this afternoon about whether to continue picketing during that process. And the Trib reported today that SNL will be back with writers on Feb. 23.
For now though, it’s off to watch Hollywood week on American Idol for me. At least there’s that…
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