Television in 06

01.04.2006

I'm interested in four TV shows this viewing season. So I figure I'll spell them out here briefly, perhaps someone else is watching, too.

The West Wing

I've only been watching The West Wing for the last year or so, but am kicking myself now for not watching it sooner (here's the wikipedia entry). But the last season (and the current one) are still going strong, w/ some great "insider" looks at the American political process. Especially now that it's an "election year" w/ the interesting Santos (Jimmy Smits) v. Vinick (Alan Alda) campaign. I'm also curious to see how the show adapts to the recent & sudden death by John Spencer, the actor who played Leo McGarry (Santos' VP running mate & a longtime favorite character). That's Sunday nights.

The Shield

Of course, longtime favorite, The Shield (here's the wikipedia entry). This season the guest star is Forest Whitaker, playing a tough & smart Internal Affairs investigator who's out to finally bring Vic (our favorite dirty cop) down. That's Tuesday nights.

Lost

I only got into Lost (here's the wikipedia entry) over the holidays. K8 (who'd also not seen the show before) decided to get the Season 1 DVD set, and we set to watching it over two weeks. A group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious South Pacific island that certainly has polar bears & perhaps also ghosts of some type & was part of military-scientific para-psychological research. Oh, and the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 mean something, somehow. Wow. We both got hooked. That's Wednesday nights.

Battlestar Galactica

I've been watching BSG since the start, and it's been an amazing roller coaster ride through the best scifi I've ever seen (here's the wikipedia entry). Seriously, it's on almost every TV critic's top 10 list. And if you're looking for a gritty human drama (often directly allegorical of the post-911 world), you should tune in. Right now, the less than 50,000 human survivors (all that's left of the human race) are on the brink of a civil war. That's Friday nights.

Posted by Miguel at 06:47 PM

Comments

just got season 2 of Battlestar for xmas. (i am also a serious Lost fanatic as well)

Dont you watch Smallville?

did your neice like her book?

Posted by: rhipp at January 5, 2006 12:27 AM

I'm quite seriously excited for the season premier of BG on Fri.

Posted by: tom at January 5, 2006 02:26 PM

Welcome back. Interesting choices, save I would recommend you to watch first three seasons of The West Wing, when you do, you'll know I recommended this to you. I may not make my list, it would be way longer than yours, lol. N.

Posted by: Nenad at January 5, 2006 06:59 PM

Oh, I've seen all the back issues of West Wing (even own a few DVD sets). So I'm way ahead of you on that one.

Posted by: mcentellas [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 5, 2006 07:50 PM