It's always sunny in Philly - kinda going down hill, 2nd season was the best by far, but it's still my kind of show. seen every episode a few times. Green Man!
The Soup
Weeds - Love Weeds, very entertaining. that chick is so hot! I usually don't like older women but those eyes man... is this show still on?
Chealsey Lately - pretty good. not great
Real Time with Bill Maher - don't get the premium channels, but the clips I see are usually entertaining
30 Rock - best show nobody watches. download the first and second seasons and watch it from the start, the characters need some time to get used to, but they are sooo good. It wins tons of awards and acclaim from critics, but it gets really low ratings, and I can't get any of my friends into it.

Shows that are starting to tank:
- Family Guy
- Simpsons (it's been on for 20 seasons though)
Lost don't get me started on lost man. WAS a fantastic new show, typical greedy SOBs at ABC: gets good ratings and awards the first two years, so what do they do? they extend a show that should have ended in it's third or forth season, 3 more years. I watched the first two seasons in about 2 weeks back in 2005 (thank you Isohunt) great story, deserved all the hype and more. but now they've adjusted the story to make it last 3 more years and added way to many characters and plot lines. each of the like 20 (seriously around 20) plot lines inches along, and you get like 5 minutes of each story per episode. here's a typical plot line for one episode: Lock and Hugo walk through the forest and find some interesting piece of shiit on the ground. the end.
Whats does the bastardization of a great show like lost was, result in? the episodes don't have a central theme like they used to, there's no direction to the overall story, you get confused easily, and just stop caring. and for every answer they give to "the mystery of the Island", they ask 10 more. As some online said once, "call me in two years and tell my why I watched the first season".
it's unfair to loyal viewers and they're paying the price (ratings).
oh and I know the secret to the island (not confirmed but makes complete sense). you can look it up online. it's good. really good. but you won't look it up right? Will Power.
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Lost rant over
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Survivor's still on? who the F still watches that? I could barely get through the first season without losing interest.
I think the problem with these popular shows isn't that the original concept is bad, it's just that people go on just to become famous these days. Real World Hollywood (Hollywood, wonder who that attracts), Big Brother, Survivor, Bachelor/ette - they all want to be famous and get their own spinoff show.
I was listening to NPR a couple months ago and they had a pop culture analyst/sociologist on. she brought up to big trends of the new millennium decade:
1.) mass exclusivity - a product should be luxurious
yet available to the mass market. the idea that you can have something mass produced, but is still unique
2.) Instant Fame
Mass E. = things like the Ipod, Nike Basketball shoes you can customize online, anything you can buy and then customize has been popular this decade.
Instant Fame = things like YouTube, Facebook, Myspace, Reality television, I'd even say music (rappers and emo bands) ANYONE CAN BECOME FAMOUS. after all the sit-coms, and laugh tracks of the 80s-90s, real people with no script was refreshing and new. now it's old.
Interesting how cheaper to produce is in. Ipod - has my music in it, but I bought the same exact thing as my friend, which results in lower production costs (over CDs). Reality TV - don't have to pay writers, just let a crazy b!tches go at it and make sure your always recording.
I wonder what the new trend will be?
sorry I got off on a tangent, survivor made me think of all this sh!t.
Oh and btw does anyone agree with me that the new episodes of South Park suck? old crappy animation is way better if you ask me
give me the Nambla episode over the "Imagination land" trilogy any day. North-American-Marlon-Brando-Look-Alikes! priceless. Mega-Barbra-Streisand (w/ Sydney Pottier and robert smith of the cure)! Cherokee Hair Tampons. all priceless. Bring back the good old days!