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In an attempt to combat my general feeling of blah and to avoid a lot of the distressing news in the world, I've watched a lot of (non-news) TV recently. Whenever it's the beginning of the season, I always get excited about new shows & new seasons, and watch a lot of first episodes just to check the shows out. So, I'm dividing up my thoughts on TV in three sections (behind the cuts are brief possible spoilery comments about The Simpsons, Bones, House, Celebrity Duets, Dancing with the Stars, Family Guy, American Dad, Til Death and Happy Hour):

Worth Watching

The Simpsons - "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer" (18:1 - yes, you read that correctly, it's the 18th season!)
- Sure it wasn’t the best The Simpsons episode ever, but it was a fun one. I like that the show stays fresh by exploring the other townsfolk in Springfield. I was amused that we discover the mob boss guy (I’m too lazy to look up his name) has a son who wants to be a chef.
- My favourite episodes of the show are ones that focus on Homer, so I’m hoping they’ll still be doing that this season.

Bones - "The Boy in the Shroud" (2:3)
- I continue to really love this show, and DB just shines on it. He was so adorable with the kid. *swoons *
- I loved when Brennan was all confused by Angela and Camille bonding, and said that she “marches to the beat of a different drummer.” Also her comment about not respecting “mulling” was great!
- Hodgins and Angela are very cute.
- I loved Zack’s recited analysis of Romeo and Juliet.
- During a commercial break my friend said something about Cam, and I was all “Who’s Cam?” This is more about my bad memory than her character being forgettable.
- The Brennan and Cam (see I remember now!) scene at the end of the episode was excellent and very slashy!!

House - "Cane and Able" (3:2)
- I hated that whole storyline of Cuddy and Wilson not telling House that he’d cured the guy. Mostly because people thinking they know better and making decisions for someone else annoys me. (Even if House is really dysfunctional.)
- The whole needle & eye thing icked me out.
- The alien thing was good and creepy.
- Wow, I do not have any exciting analysis about the show! But I like it!

Fun but Not Vital to My TV Schedule

Celebrity Duets
- I was disappointed that the wrestler guy got eliminated last week instead of the gymnast girl. Oh well.
- I was trying to remember who was eliminated this week but realized that I haven’t seen that yet (it’s PVR’ed).
- All I can remember is that I was most impressed by Jai Rodriguez, and I’m sure he won’t get voted off.
- ETA: savoytruffle just reminded me that Lea Thompson was eliminated last week, which I clearly had totally blanked on. I have the worst memory ever. I now remember that my PVR cut out before revealing who was off the show, so I had to search the net to find the answer.

Dancing with the Stars
- This is definitely better to watch with savoytruffle giving her ballroom dancing insights. Of course the only words of wisdom I now recall are “It’s harder to impress people with the Foxtrot than the Cha Cha”. (And I admit to cheating and confirming that with her, which is a good thing I did because I actually had gotten it mixed up – I’ve noted it correctly in my post though.)
- I was very impressed by Mario Lopez – which is an impressive statement because I never thought I’d be saying that about a Saved by the Bell alumn. Oh! I do remember other advice savoytruffle gave: “Watch his hips.” Which I did – and it was hard to look away. He’s good! I was amused by the judge who asked if he had a battery in his pants!

Not Worth Watching (Why did I waste my time on these show?)

Family Guy - "Stewie Loves Lois" (5:1)
- I just don’t find rape funny. No matter how it’s spun or how satirizing the show is trying to be. Maybe I’m just a feminist with no sense of humour. But you know what? I don’t care. I’m continuing to be unimpressed.

American Dad - "Camp Refoogee" (2:1)
- I’m trying to pretend I never saw this episode. And will never watch that show again (no matter how amusing I normally find Roger the alien).

Til Death - "Pilot" (1:1)
- Let’s see: sexist, clichéd, boring. Definitely not watching again.

Happy Hour - "Pilot" (1:1)
- See above.