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You are right, Dub. They spent a lot of money on that episode of the Surface and it did look more like a movie than a TV show at times. On the other hand I had trouble getting into to it. They did everything right, as far as I could see and it just didn't get me going. I can't blame them for my ennui!
I switched after a half-hour and watched Kitchen Confidential. It was much better than I thought it would be. A lot of money was spent on it as well. But I still can't see how it has any future. How many kitchen sight-gags/bad-behavior-gags will people really want to see? They seem to have gotten rid of the one interesting female character in the pilot.
CBS was running on a slightly different schedule. So I got to watch several slices of How I Met My Wife as well. Everytime I switched over N P Harris was making wise cracks just like in the previews. The guy still looks like he's twelve to me. I really don't want to spend much time watching him make young adult wise cracks. At one point Alyson gets out of a taxi and says she's reached her limit with NPH's character's banter. Me too, unfortunately. It definely could be a show that will be on years from now that I still will never have watched a full episode of. Much like Everybody Loves Raymond was it may be clever as heck, but it doesn't do anything for me.
Finally, I watched the premiere of Medium after I gave up on it late last season. It wasn't a bad episode at all, but the show has lost it's appeal for me. I kept asking myself "She won an Emmy for this part?" It's not that P Arquette is at all substandard in it. She's fine. I just don't think it's a part that requires much acting skill.
So in summary, I think I saw at least pieces of four decent shows people will be watching happily for awhile. But I doubt I'll have the TV on next Monday evening.
I switched after a half-hour and watched Kitchen Confidential. It was much better than I thought it would be. A lot of money was spent on it as well. But I still can't see how it has any future. How many kitchen sight-gags/bad-behavior-gags will people really want to see? They seem to have gotten rid of the one interesting female character in the pilot.
CBS was running on a slightly different schedule. So I got to watch several slices of How I Met My Wife as well. Everytime I switched over N P Harris was making wise cracks just like in the previews. The guy still looks like he's twelve to me. I really don't want to spend much time watching him make young adult wise cracks. At one point Alyson gets out of a taxi and says she's reached her limit with NPH's character's banter. Me too, unfortunately. It definely could be a show that will be on years from now that I still will never have watched a full episode of. Much like Everybody Loves Raymond was it may be clever as heck, but it doesn't do anything for me.
Finally, I watched the premiere of Medium after I gave up on it late last season. It wasn't a bad episode at all, but the show has lost it's appeal for me. I kept asking myself "She won an Emmy for this part?" It's not that P Arquette is at all substandard in it. She's fine. I just don't think it's a part that requires much acting skill.
So in summary, I think I saw at least pieces of four decent shows people will be watching happily for awhile. But I doubt I'll have the TV on next Monday evening.