On The Air

Thursday’s upfronts are a double-dose of blah. Both the CW and FOX made their announcements today, and I’m finding it hard to even find anything to say about them.

American Idol and House are both coming back, of course. There was no doubt since they’re FOX’s two biggest shows. And also the only two I watch. The Loop is on the canceled list, which is funny because its second season still hasn’t premiered yet. I watched the first season last year, and thought it was an enjoyable enough show, but I was shocked last spring when they renewed it. But it was being held back “for midseason”, they said, and now here it is May and it still isn’t on the air. And now it’s gone. I guess they know how to treat a show they don’t like.

There was nothing on The CW that I watched last year. This spring brings several cancellations that are big news, but I never watched the shows so I can’t really get worked up about them. The only reason the cancellations of Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars register at all in my brain is because I listen to the TV Guide Podcast, and they love those shows over there. So it’s sort of sympathy by association for me to look at the news and go, “Huh.” Other than that, it’s the CW, so who cares?

As for the new shows? On either network? I saw an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, the British version, when I was in Canada, and it was funny but mostly because of all the cussing, which you can’t get away with in America, and because the restaurateur that Gordon Ramsey was helping looked and sounded just like the Travelocity gnome. So maybe I’ll give that show a watch, although it should be on the Food Network. And Reaper, on the CW, might be worth one episode, but it’s going to have to go a long way to prove itself.

And that’s about the level of excitement I have for those two networks. If you want to find out more, here are the links.

Fox: TV Squad coverage, Zap2it coverage, new shows.

The CW: TV Squad coverage, Zap2it coverage, new shows.