Tag: television

The Bachelor (again!?!)

As you know from my past posts, The Bachelor/ette is one of my (stupid) guilty pleasures. 

One of my favorite Bachelors of past seasons was Brad Womack.  While I was shocked and disappointed that he didn’t choose anyone, I respected his decision NOT to choose; NOT to be pressured into doing something he didn’t feel was right.

Although I thought it was a sneaky, dirty trick the way ABC led us sheep to the slaughter – thinking there was going to be a proposal and everything without a hint that there might be something wrong in La-la Land, I understood it was just their idea of theatricality.

I felt bad for the girls and for Brad after it was all over. He was vilified and they came across as pathetic and sad.

Last week ABC announced Brad is back as the next season’s Bachelor.

My first reaction was surprise. I mean, didn’t he learn his lesson last time?

And he wants to come back for more?

Goodness Gracious!!

Doesn’t he know better?

I thought he was a (fairly) intelligent man.

Now, I’m not so sure.

Is he in need of money? Is that why he is doing this?

Does he want fifteen more minutes of fame?

Does he think this will redeem him in the eyes of the Bachelor-watchers around the world? (and why would he care what those people thought, anyway?)  I feel pretty sure Mike Fleiss will throw him under the bus if it means good ratings. I’m thinking Mike Fleiss doesn’t really care about anything BUT ratings.

Does he really think he’s going to find True Love on this show?

One never knows. And we may never know his real motivation for re-joining the Bachelor franchise.

But, I do know one thing. It will be interesting TV viewing.  And I’ll be right there in January – watching to see what unfolds.

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White Collar

We watched a great new show last night.  The premiere was actually a few weeks ago (I love DVRs) but we finally sat down to watch the recording last night.

White Collar is a combination of mystery, adventure, and comedy all rolled into one.  The premise is this: an incarcerated con artist who offers to help an FBI agent (who just happened to have arrested him four years previously) capture various white collar criminals.  The premiere episode was very entertaining.  The mystery/chase of the “bad guy” almost becomes the back story to the interactions between the main characters.  The suave, debonair Neal Caffery has the ability to charm (con) almost anyone into doing or giving away anything.  His connections to the underworld of con artists proves valuable to FBI agent Peter Burke as the case progresses.

Burke, your typical somewhat stuffy FBI agent, is charming in a Darrin (from Bewitched in the 70’s) kind of way. (He even looks like a modern-day Darrin to me)  He struggles with his decision to let Caffery out of prison to help with solving the crime and doing the “right” thing by letting him stay in prison and serve his time.  He is a great foil to Caffery’s smooth talking and together they make a great pair.

I think this one will go on our roster of shows to record and watch on a regular basis.  It’s definitely worth checking out this Friday night (on USA) if you haven’t seen it yet.

My general ranking for a TV show goes something like this:

whitecollarDoes it make me laugh?    Yes

Did it entertain me the whole hour?   Yes

Was it worth staying up late for (i.e. losing sleep)?  Yes

Will I watch again?  Yes, definitely

*oh, and Matt Bomer is definitely worth staying up for – just looking at him is fun. 🙂