The Schmoes http://theschmoes.com Not Your Average TV Schmoes--We Really Matter. Chronicles of a Nielsen People-Metered Household. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Soundstage on palladia http://theschmoes.com/?p=79 http://theschmoes.com/?p=79#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:56:54 +0000 admin http://theschmoes.com/?p=79

Tom Petty in hIgh def with specatacular music.  Just what you want when you tune in to “see” music. Shows end early but the intersticials are usually worth watching. Tonight’s are Cream, Robert Plant with Alison Krause, and Coldplay

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Last week I watched Fringe.  It sucked so this week I’m trying Primetime: UFOs.  Tuesdays are bad for viewing.

Bored after half-an-hour.  It’s the same as the two or three other UFOlogy investigation shows I’ve suffered through.  Same videos.  Same claims.  Same aliens.  Same images of the same greys.  Same this.  Same that.  Same “I’m turning it off.”  ABC needs to hire someone more creative to make their Primetime decisions.  ABC, give me a shout. I have some free time, especially on Tuesdays.

]]> http://theschmoes.com/?feed=rss2&p=63 Project Earth. Project Formulaic. http://theschmoes.com/?p=43 http://theschmoes.com/?p=43#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:33:29 +0000 admin http://theschmoes.com/?p=43 What had potential turned out to be so, so canned. It follows the formula of reality garage shows. Better yet, it reminds us of a MythBusters wannabe,  even down to the narration. Too bad. Will only watch if nothing better is on. Might continue to DVR, though, and save it for an hour in need of background noise.

]]> http://theschmoes.com/?feed=rss2&p=43 The Full Monty: Always Worth A View http://theschmoes.com/?p=24 http://theschmoes.com/?p=24#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:49:36 +0000 admin http://theschmoes.com/?p=24 Saw the last 20 minutes again.  Last scene is one of several to not be missed.

]]> http://theschmoes.com/?feed=rss2&p=24 Fringe No More http://theschmoes.com/?p=9 http://theschmoes.com/?p=9#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:11:40 +0000 admin http://jschmoe.com/?p=9

Watched episode #1.  Won’t watch again. Despite coming from the people that brought us LOST, it’s an over-played, cliche-ridden Heroes derivative, down to the “Company” and a skinny Jamaican-stand-in. Heroes works;  Fringe doesn’t.  Wanna guess the real reason the commercial breaks are short?

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