TUBE TIME
By Sarah Mayberry
IV Leader Columnist, Sept. 3, 2009
As everyone has probably witnessed throughout the summer, the television has not been worth watching. Many times I have just turned it off and found other things to do or popped in a DVD to get away from the horrific shows.
Normally, I enjoy reruns and catching up on the shows I missed throughout the regular season, but, sadly, I didn’t miss much this past season. I have never been so disappointed with some of my favorites! Thankfully, I at least had “So You Think You Can Dance?” and the ever-so-popular reality TV to keep me entertained.
The worst part — it doesn’t seem to be looking up anytime soon. Sources claim that shows like “90210,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “One Tree Hill,” “Heroes,” and “Grey’s Anatomy” are going to be a huge disappointment this season.
However, shows like “So You Think You Can Dance” (which is starting their new season quickly, coming to FOX in September), “House,” “Gossip Girl,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” and “The Office” are all returning with promising episodes.
Some new television shows that have the audiences buzzing are “Glee” on FOX, “Cougar Town” on ABC, which will bring “Friends” star Courtney Cox back to primetime, and “Community,” starring Joel McHale from E’s “The Soup.”
For every one decent show coming out this fall, there are always the bad ones: “Melrose Place” is attempting to cash in on what “90210” found in remaking a show that can never live up to its original. The CW is also trying to keep the vampire trend going and bring it from books and movies onto our television screens by turning mediocre novel “The Vampire Diaries” into a television show.
NBC has a new medical drama called “Mercy.” And FOX, who isn’t known for its outstanding television, is attempting to recreate the “Family Guy” craze by embarking on a spinoff called “The Cleveland Show” starring the fictional cartoon character Cleveland.
With the fall television season approaching, I hope my sources are wrong and all of my favorite shows return to their roots, giving their characters storylines, drama, humor and whatever captured me in the first place.
And for all the new shows that will fill our TV screens with fresh faces and returning television veterans, please give us something to watch, grab our attention and don't let us, for even a second, think about changing the channel to some horribly scripted, awful excuse for a reality show.