Sunday, November 8, 2009

(Online) Channel Surfing

I watched a lot of television via the web tonight. Online TV has to be the greatest invention since real TV.

"Ugly Betty" (ABC, Fri., 9:00): I was beginning to think they had changed the name of this show to "Everybody Hates Betty" with the horrible way she's being treated. Last week she was being tortured by lover-scorned Matt. Now she has to deal with feelings of being replaced by Natalie, Daniel's new assistant slash grief counseling buddy. It sucks that she has to be everyone's go-to person but when she needs a shoulder to cry on, no one shows up for her. Thank God she has a supportive family.
Wilhelmena is being blackmailed to protect her daughter Nico, who supposedly killed her boyfriend. Turns out, she didn't kill anyone. She's using a fake murder plot to get her momma dearest to pay up. Talk about someone not being hugged enough as a child. Willy must have done some pretty awful things for Nico to come after her this way. Too bad her mom is broke. Pause it: This storyline wreaks of Wisteria Lane.
I'm starting to feel a little empathy for Amanda. She wants so badly to be taken seriously. If she would stop worrying so much about Betty's exterior, they could forge a really strong bond together. I know they're getting along much better now, but I don't like to see Betty being dumped on like that.

"DCC: Making the Team" (CMT, Sat., 9:00): I missed the makeovers, but I did catch the girls doing a 16-story free fall into a net. What that has to do with being a cheerleader, I have no idea. But my whole body was shaking as I was watching it. I even let out a scream at one point. One girl says, "Oh my god, it is so much scarier than it looks." Looked pretty darn scary to me, honey! After the Minshew sister mishap, Kaime is asked to join the training camp. She's only ... oh... a MONTH behind the other girls. Kelli says she would've made the cut the first time, but her look was off. Wow. Way to set women back about 50 years. Poor Cathleen gets the ax after being called into the office for the 3rd time.

"Medium" (CBS, Fri., 9:00): Allison is forced to rent a car after someone rams into her parked station wagon. She starts hearing conversations through the car's navigation system, which helps her solve a bank robbery case. See, she doesn't just talk to dead people. And that's why I won't own a car that has a GPS in it. Mapquest is fine by me.

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