hey everyone! gosh there were so many TV choices to make tonight and i had a bunch of things to do today but i did manage to catch the third season premiere of
desperate housewives and the series premiere of
brothers & sisters (don't worry my tivo caught
the amazing race,
cold case, and
flavor of love)
i thought the 'desperate' third season kick-off was mediocre - 'bree' (
marcia cross) keeps getting stuck with creepy guys who at first glance appear perfect - last time 'george' (
roger bart) and this time 'orson' played by
kyle maclachlan who i've
always been a fan of (god bless agent dale cooper) but he was boring on 'sex & the city' and he's a drip on wisteria lane - something different should've be done with marcia's character - poor ms. cross! plus don't forget her real-life pregnancy will be written into the plot so it looks like kyle will be hanging around for a bit...
the other storylines were just your basic continuation of what was going down last season - i did laugh when susan (
teri hatcher) spilled her strawberry shake on that lady in a coma but overall it was just ok - the big hook seems to be the storyline with bree & orson which made me go all
beyonce with a case of deja vu! maybe writers should have given a bigger slice of the story to 'edie' (
nicolette sheridan) - she was
barely on but it was good to see
laurie metcalf who turned up as orson's neighbor 'carolyn bigsby' who tried to warn bree before she marries a killer...blah blah blah
then i stayed tuned on ABC for the new series
brother & sisters which was mildy watchable (better than thursday night's
six degrees -
read my review) but i found it mainly ok for three reasons...
1. it was GREAT to see
calista flockhart back on TV - i used to love 'ally mcbeal' (come on you all did too...) so i really enjoyed her return...but for how long is the question...
2. i loved seeing my dear
sally field in something other than commercials for boniva (some bone medicine) you must know the ones i mean!
3.
rachel griffiths...what else is there to say? i worshipped her as kooky 'brenda' on our dearly departed 'six feet under' - so anything she does - i just have to watch - love her!
but all those good times above aside - the show was pretty weak & schmaltzy (that small mention of 9/11 made me roll my eyes) of course
ron rifkin can't just play the nice guy - he's
always got something evil up his sleeve and the gay brother (
matthew rhys) just doesn't have time to date hence no boyfriend...i'll be tuning in next week to see what happens but i doubt this show will be able to hold its ground...if
invasion could only make it one season (and that show ROCKED) then i doubt this or 'six degrees' will last very long BUT i could be wrong - i'm just stoked for tomorrow's new episode of
studio 60...popbytes over & out for tonight - check you all tomorrow - i can't believe monday is upon us already...ugh!
PS tom skerrit has played sally field's husband before - remember
steel magnolias? doesn't look like his character is going to make it in the second episode - he had a heart attack!
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I have help for Marcia Cross' storyline on abc's Desperate Housewives. Let her son get revenge on her in the most horrible fashion possible. I don't believe in passive wins or defeats. For every cause there is effect..