Strike!
Well, the writers’ strike is still going on and tvguide.com is continually updating the countdown until our favorite television shows go off-air.
From what I’ve gathered from the articles I’ve read, I am inclined to side with the writers in this one. It may be that they’re asking for too much in royalties, but for the areas that they’re not receiving any royalties, come on, suits! The entertainment industry is scrambling to make laws to stop music piracy, but they’re pirating the work of their employees themselves. It’s kind of unbelievable.
So here we are then–writing a blog about television which, in a couple weeks, won’t be new and exciting. Read the rest of this entry »
the seasons are in full bloom!
i’ve been remiss in posting! all the seasons of the shows i love–and the new ones i’ve grown to love–have begun and really started to develop. with the advancement of online full-episode viewing, i’m able to almost double the amount of shows i’m watching without the grades taking a hit. haha!
this will make for a long post, but the best way i can see to fulfill this blog’s purpose is to go through the shows i’m watching briefly. so sit back, and let’s take a tour through this season’s hit shows:
last night was tv night
last night was the emmy awards. the stars were out on the red carpet looking great and everyone was talking up the starts of their new seasons. it got me so excited!
the grey’s anatomy season 3 dvd was just released last week along with its new soundtrack complete with peter, bjorn and john; mat kearney, ingrid michaelson, feist, and others. it’s fantastic! i’ll be buying the dvd sometime this week and i’ll be sure to review all of the extras and extended cuts.
i said that if a song from a show really stood out to me, i’d publish that along with my analysis and i must say, mat kearney’s brand new “breathe in, breathe out” (original version) from the grey’s anatomy season 3 soundtrack has taken me aback. i am stunned.
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this blog is about television.
Books are critiqued on their intellectual merits: their symbolism, their imagery, the extent to which they serve as a social commentary, etc. Films are even critiqued on these levels.
Television is an unrecognized art. Sit-coms are often funnier than comedic films, dramas often contain more complex and extended webs of relationships and tensions than dramatic films. Reality television offers a rare and exciting view into every day people and celebrities living life just like you and me. Game shows allow us to test our knowledge or luck, all the while we watch someone else be under the gun to win a prize.
Television has adapted so much in the last 20 or so years. If you look at older shows, their plot lines were so much simpler than now. Their casts were smaller. Many shows were episodic. Now, you see shows with 10 or 12 principle cast members with plots that span multiple seasons. Even in sit-coms it can be difficult to begin watching the show half-way through the season or series. Television allows the audience to watch characters develop each week. You know their past and their personalities as if you were their friend. It’s more personal than it’s ever been and critiquing television for its intellectual merits is becoming more and more feasible and appropriate. Read the rest of this entry »
