Got some unfortunate news this morning: Psych! will not be returning until FEBRUARY 2013. Those dirty liars. They said fall. It’s fall. February will be winter.
I don’t understand it. They have their shit together on Burn Notice and have a new season or new mid-season premiere date almost as soon as they end the last one, but Psych! seems to push back their premiere dates almost every year. I was hoping for a November return at least, but oh no, no Psych! ’til February. So frustrating.
On another tangent, this is the first week I’ve been seeing Christmas commercials–Target being the primary offender. I love Christmas as much as the next person, but I wish they’d have the decency to contain their capitalistic desperation until after Halloween at least.
I have a couple of engagements tomorrow, so I will not be able to catch up on Chicago Fire until tomorrow night, which means I’ll cover Nashville now rather than running the two shows together like I originally intended.
On to the Wednesday catch-up:
Animal Practice
Honestly, I think I’m going to scratch this one from the line-up. I’ve been saying that a lot this week, but this one just doesn’t do it for me. Too much schtick, not enough truth to the characters. There has to be heart to it–depth, and this one is all skin deep.
Guys With Kids
I still enjoy this one, even though it does go for some cheap laughs and familiar plots. I’m waiting for a Jimmy Fallon guest appearance 🙂
Nashville
Since I skimped on the first two shows, I’m really going to get into this one. It focuses primarily on Connie Britton’s character, Rayna James, and Hayden Panettiere’s character, Juliette Barnes. Both are country music singers: Rayna being the established, seasoned musician whose fame is waning, and Juliette being the crossover newcomer whose popularity is skyrocketing.
Rayna has her issues–she cut a record and is going on tour to try and steady her family’s financial situation. Her husband is struggling after business went south in the economy. Her father is an overbearing manipulator. And she has a connection with one of her crew (song writer/guitarist?). Love triangle implications are pretty obvious.
Meanwhile, Juliette is basically portrayed as a spoiled little diva with a complaint for everything, and when she’s not performing, she’s playing the heartbreaker/tease. She’s purposely rude to Rayna when they meet the first time, and clearly believes her to be a has-been trying to keep up in a new, glittery country music industry. However, as the show goes on, we discover that the sexuality she flaunts is sort of a mask or a coping mechanism for her own family troubles, centering on her mother and a substance abuse issue.
Rayna is a great character. Funny in a sarcastic or dry kind of way, but completely beautiful and strong despite her awareness that she is trying to keep pace with a rapidly changing industry. Juliette, at first, seemed a little two-dimensional, but her shallowness was redeemed when we learn more about her family and her history.
Scarlett and Gunnar, getting in tune.
The show only really gets into a couple of the other main characters, Scarlett and Gunnar, at the end who will likely be the “next great thing”. They perform in a little bar with live music with a poem put to music and it was the only piece of music I actually liked in the entire show. The other stuff was a lot of bouncy, pop, pulp crap for my taste.
What’s the consensus? Jury’s out, I’m afraid. I love the characters and the challenges they are going to face are really relatable and will be interesting to watch them play out. However, I would like to see the show focus more on the characters and the music industry and the family problems than on the music itself.
So far, it seems to have accomplished that, but I can’t help thinking that they might try to use the music to appeal to viewers rather than the story, and should that happen, I don’t know if I could keep watching after that. I can put up with the music as it occurs through the storyline, but if it becomes the focal point, I will probably have to turn it off.
This week:
Seeing as tomorrow is a lighter schedule with the vice-presidential debate, I will include Chicago Fire in the Thursday night recap. Last Resort, Beauty and the Beast, and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia are on the bill for Thursday. However, the networks have entirely rearranged the schedule for the debate, so both Beauty and the Beast and Last Resort are airing at 10 PM ET, as well as Up All Night, airing at 10:30 ET. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is on at 10 PM ET as well, but in MT, they’re on at 8, while the other are all on at 9 or 9:30.
With that, I think I will have to do a two-part recap, one Friday morning and another later on Friday or possibly Saturday. Ridiculous network scheduling! Oh well. Hopefully the episodes will be good!
Til tomorrow!
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