Amazing Race 7 first impressions
I love that we're back to "normal" this season! And am I being too specific, or did the Philiminator's introduction mean what I think it means? He clearly said that the last team to arrive at each leg "will" be eliminated. Does that mean no non-elimination legs?! That would be awesome!
Now for the teams...
Favorite team by FAR - the dorks. They are fantastic and did far better than I'm sure even they thought they would. Go dorks!
LOVE the hippies. Didn't think I would, but they're great.
On paper, the old couple are unstoppable. Just goes to show how important those detour decisions can be. Hopefully they perform better in the next leg.
Wanda and Desiree (mom & daughter) are obnoxious, the pink girls and frat boys are just dumb, but the frosties are annoying as hell (and I'm amazed they aren't gone).
Lake & Michelle - I see shades of Johnathan and Victoria here. Keep your eye on him.
The other few teams didn't stick out much to me. The young white couple started out a little bratty, but sucked it up as things went along. The black couple - I see sparks flying here later on. He was about to go after those guys catcalling her during the motorcycle building.
The gay guys were a little trying but I like that the big guy was in it to challenge himself. I'm not surprised in the least that they are the first team out.
SO glad to have the Race back! Woohoo!
Posted by tivogirl at 11:00 PM
Another busy night for the Tivo
Thank goodness for multiple Tivos and multiple tuners! Tonight we have three rival programs all on at once: American Idol, Scrubs and the season premiere of the seventh Amazing Race!
What if you don't have multiple Tivos? First on the list to skip is Idol. It's like watching the NBA before April -- nothing really matters at this point. (If you have a die-hard favorite, just Google their name about 9 tonight and you'll get the number to call and vote for them.)
I won't recommend missing either Scrubs or the Amazing Race, but if you must choose (in a heart-wrenching, Sophie's Choice-esque manner) you gotta pick the Race. After all, Scrubs will rerun at some point (or, hopefully, eventually show up on iTunes) and the Race is, well, the Race! It's tivogirl's favorite show, ya know, and the premieres are great for getting to know the contestants and the new season. Bonus - no more family groups and back to international adventure!
I'm tempted to even watch it ::gasp:: LIVE!
Posted by tivogirl at 10:21 AM
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Posted by tivogirl at 10:37 AM
Not much of a showdown
So the big story last night was that, really for the first time ever, there was something worth watching on all four major networks at once. I'm not sure if it's sad that this is the first time that's happened in 74+ years of television or if it's just really cool.
In any case, it wasn't much of a contest for me. Theoretically, with three Tivos and five total tuners, I could have recorded all four and re-recorded the Everybody Hates Chris reruns on UPN, but my point is it wasn't even worth it. Let's see... we had:
American Idol results show on Fox - Bloated to an
hour of recaps, inane blathering from Seacrest and repeat performances from the people we didn't like enough to vote for in the first place (please someone tell me how that makes sense), all to get to what we really want to know, which is who was cut. I can get that online an hour before it even airs here. No thanks.
Dancing With the Stars on ABC - The first season was amusing in a train wreck sorta way, but without John O'Hurley's mugging it's just no fun anymore. Sorry, Jerry Rice.
Survivor on CBS - Through many, many seasons I was a diehard Survivor fan, then three seasons ago it completely lost me. I quit watching and though I always checked out the new season pilot, it never pulled me back in. This season was almost different. I dug the new division of four tribes. But then in episode two they merged things back down to two tribes. Huh? Same old crap wrapped in new and uninteresting challenges and no compelling personalities to root for. I'm outta here.
which leaves...
Ladies Long Program Figure Skating on NBC - I admit, I'm a huge Olympic junkie, and I especially love figure skating. I attended this event here in Salt Lake in 2002 and even made a sign for Michelle Kwan ("Kick Ice, Michelle!"). tivogirl = dork, yes I know. But that aside, this was a compelling competition with just .03 points separating the top two skaters, one who barely missed the podium last time and another who though she should've been one step higher. But the dark horse loomed - in third, and just .7 off the leader was a sprite from Japan, a country who had never gotten gold in the event and who hadn't won a single medal this entire Olympics. What drama!
The overnight ratings still haven't been released, but my bet is Idol won in viewership. The Olympics have been down this year, mostly due to idiotic time shifting by NBC (more on this in another post) and the fact that everyone knows the results before anything airs. Survivor is still big, as is Dancing, but Idol has been king since it returned. I don't see any reason for that to change now.
Posted by tivogirl at 10:03 AM
Bad tivogirl, bad!
How awful of me to leave this blog hanging for oh so long! Forgive me, tivoreaders, for I am back!
Posted by tivogirl at 10:02 AM
Handicapping the contestants