Did I just pick that quote because it has Xander wanting to be gay? Yep! I'm all jittery right now because I have a performance review at my work in half an hour. So because I can't concentrate on work, I thought I'd reflect on the TV I've watched this week so far.

**FYI: I am cutting for spoilers (which I always do *g*) but I rarely include significant spoilers when I talk about my TV shows.**

The Simpsons - Jazzy and the Pussycats 18:2
- Bart as amazingly good drummer? Meh. Not as good as last week.
- I'm hoping for a good Homer-centric episode next week.

The Amazing Race - Real Fast! Quack, Quack! 10:1
- I had tried to resist watching TAR this year but ... I got sucked back in! And how could I not? There's so much diversity this year. TAR has always been much better than other shows about having some diversity in the contestants and this year it's particularly impressive (very much the opposite of Survivor's creepy attempt to be diverse, or that's what they claim they're doing).
- This year there's a wonderful variety of contestants with different races, classes, abilities, sexualities, and a variety of relationships. Even the male models are recovering drug addicts - now that's interesting (and when they were introduced I thought they were dating, but they're not).
- Sadly a couple of the teams who got eliminated right away were ones I was excited about (the two Muslim guys who are friends, and the Indian-American couple who were definitely the nicest contestants).
- Fortunately it was still awesome to cheer for the single moms, the woman with the prosthetic leg (and her boyfriend) and the married couple from Kentucy (he's a coal miner) as they struggled - and succeeded - to scale the Great Wall of China.
- I'm also intrigued by the father and daughter team. When they were introduced he talked about how he loves her but he's disappointed in her, because she's a lesbian. I'm really interested to see how this plays out.
- I loved the very very gay team (boyfriends) bonding with the cheerleaders.
- I'd forgotten how much I missed Phil! Although I was very distressed by the twist of the early elimination, that just sucked.
- Can't wait for next week!

Corner Gas (Canadian sitcom) - Hair Comes the Judge 4:1
- Not the best episode but still nice to see all the Dog River inhabitants again.
- My favourite part was Oscar trying to bond with the kids by attempting car talk.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Pilot 1:1
- This is probably the show I was most looking forward to and it lived up to my expectations. I'm definitely excited about it and hope that it does well enough to survive. (Of course I'm excited by a show about TV!)
- I really loved the cast, especially Matthew Perry. And any show that starts out with Judd Hirsh playing someone who can't take it anymore and rants (on live TV) about the problems with the television industry, is a show that I have to love.
- I'm particularly taken with the cast and think everyone's excellent. [ETA: heeee! I didn't re-read this before posting so just noticed that I say TWICE that I love the cast. I've decided to leave it in because I clearly was impressed by the cast!] And the guest stars were great - very cool that they had Felicity Huffman.
- There were a few times when I felt that things were a bit too easy or pat, but I'll give a lot of leeway for a pilot - it takes shows a while to get their groove.
- Excellent music, it really drew me and got me excited about the show.

How I Met Your Mother - Where We Were 2:1
- I'm very pleased by the second season premiere, it suggests a strong season for the show. I thought they wisely focused on Marshall trying to deal with his (so very sad) break-up with Lilly, instead of the Ted & Robin romance.
- There was a sad absence of Lilly in the episode which I think was purposeful - to help us empathize with Marshall.
- Although the Barney content wasn't high, it was good! Loved his hatred of the coupleyness of Ted & Robin.
- Loved the ending - I totally teared up.

House - Informed Consent 3:3
- Another good episode.
- Loved when House was talking about the patients and his staff was talking about him using his cane again - very well-done.
- There were a bunch of good lines (as always) that I wished I'd written down.
- Joel Grey was very good, and kinda creepy.
- I liked how Cameron in particular actually looked like she'd been up all night. And it's very cool that she's the one who did it in the end.
- I'm not that keen on the whole young girl hitting on House thing.

Dancing with the Stars - 3:2
- Joe Lawrence (note that he's no longer Joey with a "y") totally was the star last night. Very very impressive job at the Quick Step!!
- Again, I found this show best to watch with savoytruffle because she actually knows dancing (unlike me who was impressed by Mario Lopez and didn't know that he hadn't done enough of the actual dance).
- The only reason Jerry Springer is still in this competition is because of his massive fan base. He's trying but he's not nearly as good as any of the other contestants.

The Daily Show & the Colbert Report
- I'm really enjoying watching both of these shows right now. Both are consistently good.
- I especially loved the 'gays in the military' segment and the clips from Even Stephens last night.

Well, I have killed time before my review. It is just a few minutes away now. Oh, and should you be wondering, my icon is for How I Met Your Mother.