View From the Bushes

The fall TV season is starting to kick off. The season premiere of Scrubs was on Tuesday. I almost missed it, and if my observant wife hadn't pointed it out I'm sure I would have. Season 2 of the Apprentice is also starting next week. And yes, you guessed it, if I have to resort to talking about TV the well really must be dry.

I'm not sure if it's a mild form of ADD or if it's some other horrible psychological problem, but I find that it's easier to work (though not necessarily faster) if I have the TV on. Of course, if it's actually something engaging like Nova then it slows me down too much. The ideal TV program is something that I have already seen before or something that doesn't require I pay attention every minute. In this respect, Fear Factor is nearly ideal. It's pretty sad that that's what I'm reduced to watching, but I find the wall of sound, images and other stimuli helps take the edge off.

As long as we're on the subject of TV, Ken Jennings, the winningest Jeopardy player ever, returns on the 6th. I think Utah has gotten as much press off him as just about anything else this year. The big speculation among fans is how he will end up being defeated. I read an article which said that it had already happened (the shows are pre-recorded) but maybe they were just talking about the summer re-run break. If I were the producer of Jeopardy I would start doing shows live, but that's just me.

Well, there you go -- another entry; I think this one was an all-time low in terms of appeal, but they can't all be great (which begs the question, have any been great?)

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Ross