She’s blonde, in her 30’s, stars in a new series to be premiering within the next few weeks, has been in other shows and movies, but I can’t place where.
I want to say Mary McDonnell but she’s not the same woman. I’m better than 50% sure her first name is Mary, but it may not be.
Her costar is unknown to me. No idea who he is. Looks like a new face.
It’s a cop or detective show, current day, and they’ve been running promos on one of the second tier networks (USA, TNT, TBS, A&E, Bravo, that sort of network).
My wife is a big fan of “In Plain Sight”. It’s actually been on for a couple of seasons now (as you’ve likely figured out); what’s coming up is the season premiere.
It’s a fairly intense show, by USA Network standards. McCormack’s character is a federal marshal, assigned to the Witness Protection Program. She has a boatload of personal issues, as well as a crazy, alcoholic mother.
My guess is that they’re replaying the old episodes in lead-up to the premiere of Season 3 (which I think may not be starting until April). New episodes will have their first run during prime time.
When USA starts running new episodes, it’s guaranteed to drive me crazy. My wife has the show set for “series recording” on our DVR. The problem is that USA shows each new episode three or four times over the course of the week (at different times), but the program log flags all of those showings as "new’. So, the DVR (which is set to only record “new” episodes) dutifully records the same episode again, and again, and again…
Similar situation here. I’ll do manual setups to get as many as I can of the old ones, see if I really want to commit to it, and then, if I do, manually set the new season for ideal times.
We proabably have 15 (at least) series recordings set up and half the time I’m manually deselecting them. Life’s a bitch, ain’t it?
Me: “The DVR just started recording something…do you know what?”
Wife: “No idea…I don’t think I have any shows on now.” (Note: our DVR has something like 14 series recordings set up…they’re all hers.)
Me: [flipping through the program guide to see what’s being recorded] “In Plain Sight. AGAIN. Have you already seen this one?”
Wife: [looks at listing] “Yup.”
Me: “Stooopid DVR.” [cancels recording]
My favorite time is Thursday evenings, when my wife has overlapping recordings of both “Supernatural” and “Fringe”, neither of which I particularly care for. Even better…most of the time, she’s actually over at a friend’s house watching “Supernatural” there!
So, you ask, why is she recording a show she’s already watching? For repeat viewings, of course!!
So, on most Thursdays, from 8pm until 9pm, I’m home by myself, and can’t use the TV, because it’s busy.
Thursday is definitely the worst night here, too. We have to watch Survivor on “Antenna A” (basic cable with no access to the DVR) while two other shows are being recorded. It’s usually Friday night at the earliest before we see all of Thursday’s stuff. Other nights, Wednesday and Friday mostly, we look around for stuff to watch.
Have you seen my thread about creating your own ideal primetime schedule, network independent? If not, you could fantasize there, if you didn’t already. I forget who all played along there.
A not-infrequent conversation in our house: