I don’t watch that much anymore- just MY NAME IS EARL (which is back to the list, which was my main hope) and UGLY BETTY are my two “must sees” until American Idol comes on.
MY NAME IS EARL:- now that they’re back to the list I’ll just say I want to see Brett Butler as Joy’s mom return for an episode or two. I didn’t always like her on GRACE UNDER FIRE, but she was great as the whitetrash “don’t you judgggge me!” gambling addict/hypochondriac.
UGLY BETTY:- I wouldn’t mind seeing Henry nekkid anytime they want to show him, but generally I’m tired of the love triangle and think Gio is the better man/lesser wuss.
I thought that they made Marc too cartoonish last season, though when he and Willi came back to MODE the show improved. I want to see more of him and Cliff (the scruffy boyfriend) and him with Justin (as the “gay uncle” curandero- he brings out the soft spot in Marc).
Would love to see Joan Collins brought in as a recurring role as Willi’s mom; won’t happen probably, but would still like to see it.
Would love to see Yoga somehow come to work for Claire’s new magazine HOT FLASH. I loved their interaction and Yoga’s new found snobbery.
Would love to see Octavia Spencer return as deranged social worker Constance. The character was fired, but Ignacio’s a citizen now anyway, so she can be their equivalent of Frank Nelson’s “Yuh-esssssssssss!” man. (She is a major talent and it’s not just because she’s from Montgomery that I love her; check out her mildly-NSFW due to language-Ghetto Lovin’ and her absolutely flawless Jodie Foster impersonation in her improv troupe’s videos.)
AMERICAN IDOL- letting them play instruments added a great touch. I think the new judge, if absolutely necessary in the first place, should have been chosen by the audience. And you’re the most successful show in America, can you be just a little bit less blatant in the product placements (not so much the Ford commercials as things like the Love Guru sketch and the shampoo commercial singalongs- and FOR GOD’S SAKE TAKE OUT THOSE ACCURSED BRADY BUNCH “KEEP ON DANCIN’” singalongs with the finalists or update the songs.
What would you like to see on your shows?
Ah, and one more-
30 ROCK- no baby for Liz Lemon. The cynical but caring single mother career woman plot has never helped a single show.
HOUSE: Stephen Fry as a visiting doctor or patient, meaner than House.
Along the “House” lines - I want the mean, heartless bastard that we’ve all come to know and love back. The kindler, gentler House from last season disappointed the hell out of me.
SUPERNATURAL - Well, of course I want to see heaping helpings of homoerotic brotherly love. MMMmmmm. And maybe in between telling each other how much they love each other they can clean up the legions of demons they released last season.
HEROES - I’d like to see some decent writing for a change. I don’t really want to be able to recite the dialogue along with the characters. It’s still about the most fun thing on tv, though.
BIG BANG THEORY - Leonard and blondie’s relationship should crash and burn hilariously, scarring Leonard for life and making him bitter and crusty.
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY: I hope the episodes don’t end up relying on increasingly outrageous situations our characters happen to be dropped in the midst of. Basically the same thing that happened with Seinfeld.
Whoa. Seconded, thirded and fourth-ed.
BURN NOTICE: I just love that show. But it’s really screaming like crazy for a bigger scope. I realize that TV shows have a limited budget, but there’s only so many crooks to get rid of in Miami. Now, the gang going international, that would be something.
PUSHING DAISIES: I’m just glad it’s coming back. I hope they can maintain the high level of writing they achieved in the first season.
I recently discovered that they are releasing the first season on DVD on Sept. 16!
Call me superficial, but I’d like to see Ugly Betty’s braces come off. She can keep the bad hair and the frumpy clothes, but the braces have to go. It’s been three years. I wince every time she kisses Henry.
On Friday Night Lights, I want to see Tyra in a stable relationship – no more bad boys or pity fucks. Same for Landry – no more bad girls who pity fuck him – he deserves better.
On Dexter, the trailer is very promising, but I want him to dump the girlfriend. She’s distracting. Serial killers can’t be distracted. It affects their work. I’d like to see his sister lose the potty mouth – it comes off as unnatural, like the actress doesn’t cuss in real life.
On Boston Legal, I need everybody to stop lusting after Shirley, and I want Jerry to find a good woman. His romantic misadventures make me sad for him.
Smallville: Do you mean more what we want to see, or what we’re looking forward to?
If it’s what’s gonna happen, then I’m pretty happy:
Doomsday, Justice League, and the motherfucking Legion of Super-Heroes.Too bad no Lex, though. Glad they’re gonna do it right, finally.
What I want…same thing, really. I’m a man of simple pleasures.
What I hope to see:
Eureka - Jo and Allison nekkid.
How I Met Your Mother - Lily and Robin nekkid.
30 Minute Meals - Rachael Ray nekkid.
etc.
Are you hoping that their clothes just fall off, and they try to cover up, but it’s too late, you’ve already seen everything?
Well, on Eureka I want Jo to be questioning Allison about something when a lab accident causes all of their clothes to disintegrate. But just cloth…Jo will still be wearing all her leather accessories.
HIMYM - Maybe a flashback to the weekend when Robin and Lily went on a “Girl’s Night” and after many tequila shooters, returned to Robin’s apartment and gave in to their latent desires for each other.
30 MM - Rachael spills something hot, and tears off her clothes so she doesn’t get burned. Then she spills the EVOO…
Me too. They could spend an entire episode doing nothing but eating pie and I’d be happy.
I want more scenes with Olive and Digby.
I’m not sure if you got my reference or not; if not, you might be interested in watching an excellent British series called “Extras” with Ricky Gervais. The Patrick Stewart scene to which I was referring.
Heroes–Kill off Nikki and Micah. With D.L. already offed, that would rid the show of it’s most useless, unappealing characters. I’m curious to see how they keep the almost omnipotent Peter from singlehandidly saving the day. In season one it was easy because he didn’t know how to use his powers all that well and in season two his memory was wiped and he was later misled by Adam, but now what? I fear that by making one character so powerful they may have written themselves into a corner. It’s hard to buy into any villian causing much trouble when you have a character that just picks up everyone else’s powers. Still, it’s my favorite show.
Wasn’t Nikki killed in an explosion in the Season 2 finale?
Hilarious! I didn’t know about the series, but the scene is brilliant.
HEROES
I would so totally forgive them if the premiere opened with Micah waking up screaming. “Mom, you’ll never believe the dream I just had!” (Forgive? Heck, I’d stand up and cheer! My ghods, but Season Two was awful. Except for Matt and Nathan flying to Texas. “We’re never talking about this.”)
Or, maybe even better, open with Hiro popping into space-time next to Ando, and saying, “You won’t believe what I just had to do to make sure things didn’t go all to hell.”
Anyway – I’d like to see them bring back DL. There’s no reason he should’ve died from that injury. Of that entire family, he’s the only one who might have something interesting going on.
And send the surviving WonderTwin back to whatever country she came from, please? Dull, dull, dull.
Maybe show how a boy morally develops when he has the ability to make ATM’s shoot $20’s. But first, work out how a kid ages three years over six months worth of show-chronology (did they not learn this lesson with Walt on Lost?) Let’s try seeing Nikki both strong and sane while we’re at it.
One workaround could be some ability/capacity limit. He can only absorb so many powers. Or as his capacity in one increases he loses capability in another. Or it wears off without use. Ditto for Sylar.
Ditto with Adam/Claire ‘wonder blood’. It can repair damaged tissue. It also makes cells healthy- damaged cells, cancer cells, plague. A vial of Adam blood can make a 8 cell tumorlette the size of a cheeseburger in 4 hours. Whoops. Apply the law of unintended consequence.