CBS Mondays…."How I Met Your Mother" and "Mad Love" (a.k.a "Poor Man’s How I Met Your Mother").

"The only debate that we've ever had about

'Tommy Boy' is whether it's awesome

or super awesome. That's love, bitch." 

~Lily, HIMYM



Dear How I Met Your Mother:

I thought you had changed. After the debacle of last year, when you said you were gonna buckle down, fly right, turn things around…I believed you.  

And for a while, it seemed like you had rehabilitated yourself. Sure you weren’t  How I Met Your Mother: Season One or How I Met Your Mother: Season Two, but it felt like you were trying. It was like that last minute of “Intervention” where you find out the addict made it through all of rehab and had a job and was sober and not having sex with guys for money to buy computer duster at Staples and huff it. I was proud of you.

About Last Night...

Quick thoughts on the 1st night of Fall TV!

"Its a sad day indeed...the season of exposed skin is over. Gone are the tank tops...gone are the cute little skirts...the sundresses, the SUNDRESSES Ted!"

I don’t want to get too excited or leap to any conclusions or be overly dramatic but IT’S BACK, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER IS BACK! The camaraderie, the charm, the humor, my god the HUMOR. The show remembered how to be everything that made it different in How I Met Your Mother: Season One

The House and Cuddy hook-up made me uncomfortable. Like remember how the world felt when Al Gore and Tipper made out on TV? That was me, on my couch, pausing, squirming, and finally fast-forwarding through their scenes. Sometimes getting what you wish for is not a victory

Was Adrian Grenier on 90210? I’m sorry, I saw Silver’s haircut and then I was blinded by rage and confusion

"Dan - good shoulder to cry on. Nate - good shoulders" ~Gossip Girl
Katie Cassidy has mastered that old school bitch goddess appeal, that was invented on night-time soaps like Dynasty and Knots Landing and honed into an art form by Heather Locklear. Also she is more appealing and charismatic than Dan, Vanessa, and Jenny combined and then multiplied by a million. WTF was up with Serena’s outfit  when she went to the morgue? She looked like she stole that jacket from Jem and The Holograms. Whereas Blair's dress was AMAZEBALLS. Finally, is it just me, or does Nate have chemistry with everyone on the show, up to and including babies and inanimate objects?

I wanted to like The Event, but I have serious concerns about this show’s ability to develop these characters into people we care about. I watched LOST for 6 seasons, I knew LOST, LOST was a friend of mine, and you show are no LOST.

Side note: I don't watch Dancing with the Stars, but I had a feeling they would be invoking the Swayze, considering Jennifer Grey's presence and his recent passing. Here's "Baby", dancing to These Arms of Mine. And I am not going to lie, it made me feel feelings. Which I hate.

Check back later for instant reactions to the premieres of Chuck, Castle, Hawaii Five-0, and Lone Star!

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!

Sundays aren't just a day for Monster-Truck rallies. Or Church. No, Sunday is actually a great night of television! Well, that sounds excessive. How 'bout Sunday is a night when television is on!

SUNDAY

8pm

Extreme Home Makeover ABC, premieres 9/26

Look I think there’s a time and a place for feel-good entertainment, and Sunday night is definitely it. Having said that, I’m so over Screaming Ty and the rest of his motley crew. Can’t we just bring back “Wonderful World of Disney”? Cause even when that douchebag Michael Eisner was hosting, it wasn’t half as annoying as when the designers find out a kid kind of likes football so they build him a goal post to sleep in and an Astroturf rug…