Since we're nearing the dregs of summer programming (with my favorite show ever, SYTYCD, ending tonight), I thought I'd share my new favorite shows to last you until all the good stuff comes back in September.
The absolute best bang for your buck in gratuitous reality programming is I Love Money on VH1. You may recall my love for all the Love shows: Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, and I Love New York. Well, they have all been eclipsed by my fandom for I Love Money.
And why shouldn't they be? I Love Money is the best of all possible worlds - combining the dirtiest "talent" from all three shows.
My favorite part is how everyone is "in love" with each other after only 6 days. Oh yeah, and watching them degrade themselves in weekly challenges while doing body shots off each other ain't too shabby.
If you haven't yet tuned in, it's never too late to get started. I'm sure there's a marathon scheduled. Plus they show mad flashbacks every episode to make sure you are properly acclimated.
But I Love Money is just one hour in the entire TV landscape. But have no fear! I have some other gems too.
If you are a horror fan like me, you should check out Fear Itself on NBC. It's like the Twilight Zone in that the storylines are rip-offs of classic horror tales, and the cast changes every week. Some of the episodes were pretty lame, but the recent tale about Brandon Routh (yes, Superman has been reduced to a schlocky NBC horror show) and his wife in a creepy suburban neighborhood had even CinS engrossed.
One episode even featured two stars from one of my other favorite summer shows, Psych on USA. Psych's not a new show like the others, but I sometimes get the bad feeling that no one else is watching but me and that it will be cancelled like my other two USA favorites, The Dead Zone and The 4400. Please watch Psych. It's really funny and involves both crime and over-the-top mugging to the camera. What more do you want people?
But the hidden gem of my summer is a show that I'm just now discovering after its original air date back in 2005. A friend of mine told me that I would like it, and I'm glad I listened. No, I'm not talking about The Closer. I'm talking about Bones.
Yes, Bones. That show on Fox with Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Zooey Dechanel's square-jawed sister. It's really good. And the re-runs are on EVERY DAY on TNT. This makes me sublimely happy.
Procedural crime drama? Check.
Mildly attractive cast? Check.
Creepy skeletons and other miscellaneous body parts? Check.
Mulder and Scully-like sexual tension? Check.
On every freakin day? Check.
I rest my case. Bones is the best show ever.
Now if only there was a reality show in development on VH1 called "Boning for Love...."
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I absolutely love Psych. I'm talking Tivo-reruns-and-own-the-DVDs love it. I miss The 4400, too. It was definitely B-level scifi, but it was coherently written, had a compelling story, and the acting was surprisingly decent for the kind of show. C'est la vie.
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