Mid-Season Report Card

With the mid-season press tour and schedules being unveiled I figured I should get my mid-season thoughts out there. When the season started in September 2005 I had 31 non-cable shows on my schedule, 11 of them were new. Today 5 of those new shows (Reunion, Sex, Love, & Secrets, Killer Instinct, Kitchen Confidential, and The Night Stalker) have been canceled. And one of them My Name Is Earl I'm not watching on a regular basis anymore.

As for the new stuff I am still watching:

Ghost Whisperer still a great show. It gets better every week and they've done a terrific job of coming up with different types of stories. I hope they can keep it up.

Surface is just a fun show. It twists in ways you never quite expect and if it's something you expect they throw something a little extra in there. And Nimrod is the cutest thing ever. Why is NBC being so lame about not making little toys of him.

Related it's way funnier than I ever thought it would be. Love how different all the sisters are and that their age differences are more than a year or two so they are in such different places in their lives. It does a nice job of blending the drama and comedy together.

How I Met Your Mother still a decent show. I'm not quite as fond of Barney as everyone else on earth seems to be but he's not annoying which is good.

Out of Practice is a laugh riot. I don't know why the critics are so mean to it. It's the first show in a long time that has made me laugh so hard my stomach hurts.

Other shows:

NCIS you could never truly describe this show and why it's so good. It's strength is not just in it's overall concept but in it's characters and the actors that play them. None of these characters could step into the others shoes. They all have their strengths and those strengths perfectly complement the weaknesses of another character. I still wish they'd get rid of Tony but what're going to do?

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation still the same strong show it is but it's not doing as good a job lately of letting you in on parts of the characters lives. Except yippee we get another episode pretty soon that's all about Cathrine and her family. Talk about getting old.

CSI: NY some better stories this year. Like the new set and the brightness of it. And they did a great job with the new character Lindsey.

Cold Case liking the case and the characters. Love the softer side of Vera that they are showing this season. But what is up with them bringing in that first new female character and then she up and disappears and they bring in anoter new female character? Not that I don't like the latest character but come on just explain stuff a little bit.

Charmed still on fire. I love that they have so successfully gotten back to what made this show a success in the first place the comedy with some drama. The girls are clicking together better than they have the last couple seasons. And again they have done a great job with the new character of Billie.

Desperate Housewives what the hell is wrong with this show this season? Get the women together more and focus the individual storylines. And enough with Bree's evil and manipulative kids.

Crossing Jordan still a decent show. The crap with Macy and his drinking problem is lame though and bringing back his daughter is even lamer. No one cares the show doesn't need new characters. What it needs is for Woody and Jordan to not be together, for Woody to be gone, for Lilly to get more screen time, and for her and Bug to be together.

The O.C. again focus people. Julie living in the trailer is great. Bringing back Kaitlin bad. Ryan and Marissa together, bad. Seth and Summer GREAT! Johnny stupid male version of Alex. Just bring back Alex and send Ryan away.

Will & Grace a lot more consistent this year than in recent years which is great since this is it's final year. Always nice when a show can go out on an up note. Lets just hope they come up with a good finale unlike so many shows in recent years.

ER stop bringing in big names for short stints. Just focus on the characters you already have. There are plenty of storylines to be explored with them there is no need for new characters that just cause problems. And stop knocking everyone up.

Medium always solid stories and good acting. Although I do seem to figure out the outcome a bit earlier than other shows. That isn't really a bad thing.

Gilmore Girls once they got the girls back together it took off. The stuff with Luke having a daughter is really dumb though. And Rory putting her life back together because of Jess was stupid. They have got to stop brining him back he's just a bad character and actor. Logan was a bit of a jerk but overall he's a good guy and I hope they get back together.

Veronica Mars so good there are hardly words to explain it. Everything from top to bottom, infront of and behind the scenes on this show is top notch. The only problem is has is viewers. Hopefully that will change next season with the new network and not having quite as much competition for viewers. Seriously people you've got to watch this show.

Lost still as stupid and boring as the first time I watched it. Everyone seems to hate Ana Lucia so I wouldn't mind if they killed her off so I wouldn't have to watch it anymore. That's if you can even call it watching. This is what I do. I record it while I watch Veronica Mars, I then fast forward through it stopping only for scenes with Michelle Rodriguez. Which lucky for me the last couple weeks has only been a minute or two at the very end of the show.