The Amazing Race All Stars- I’ve been clamoring for this show for the last year or so and we finally got it. TV’s best and purest reality competition has finally given us an all star edition featuring some of our favorite teams. There’s Joyce and Uchenna the married couple that got lost during every leg of their season and still managed to win. There’s Charla and Mirna the condescending, preachy, cousins one of which happens to be a little person. We even get the beauty queens and the Kentucky folk from this fall. Oh yeah there’s also this little team called Rob and Amber that just might be the best team ever that didn’t win their season. The first couple of episodes have weeded out some of the less interesting teams so we should have plenty of good racing from here on out. Plus for those of you that forgot or didn’t see them in action before you’ll quickly get sucked into the personalities of the remaining teams.
The Hills- I haven’t been giving this show the coverage I did during its first season but that doesn’t mean that it’s off my radar. Actually I’m prepared to say it’s the best guilty pleasure on TV right now. Lauren (LC) seems to have matured leaps and bounds compared to last year. I’m guessing the albatross that was Jason is a big reason for that. However don’t think The Hills is drama free just because some of the girls have grown. No my friends the drama is huge. First you had Heidi vs. Audrina, which was really just a warm up for the big battle of Heidi vs. Lauren. The common thread in these conflicts is Heidi’s boyfriend Spencer who gives all of us men a bad name just by breathing. The season is winding down but since it’s MTV you can catch repeats, weekend marathons, and online eps at your hearts desire.
Lost- Do you feel that? It’s subtle but if you pay attention you can almost feel the quality of Lost shifting back from good to awesome. The first two new episodes this year focusing on Juliet and Desmond were my favorites since the 3rd season premiere. They didn’t answer a ton of questions but they gave us some clues and more importantly they got back to great character stories which are what makes the show work. Sure the show took a step back last week with Jack’s tedious tattoo trip but even that was not without some positives. Last night’s Hurley ep was a great reminder that when the show wants to be, it can be one of the funniest around and still give us moments that progress the story. I know I’ve proclaimed that Lost is back before and then it’s gone on a slide for a couple of weeks, but I really think we’re seeing a trend that will lead to as satisfying a conclusion to season 3 as we can hope for.
The Sarah Silverman Show- I heart Sarah Silverman. She’s like some kind of dream woman for me. She’s got the sense of humor that I dream about finding in a mate and she packages it in this beautiful body that screams both hot and cute at the same time. With that said, I really didn’t care for her movie Jesus is Magic from last year. I thought it was bloated, self serving, and most importantly not funny. I blamed it on Sarah’s involvement with Jimmy Kimmel and since they’re still together I figured we were in for more of the same when it came to her new show on Comedy Central. The first two episodes seemed to support my fears as while there were funny moments, the show had poor timing and was down right boring at points. However, the last two weeks have been SO funny that I’m prepared to assume that Kimmel is out of the picture because this is Sarah at her best. The AIDS episode two weeks ago and the daughter episode last week were offensive, over the line, rude and were hilarious all at the same time. The supporting characters are getting more time as well and are equally funny especially Sarah’s sister. A second season has already been ordered up so hopefully the good Sarah is here to stay.
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