Watching The CW

Just to keep up with strike issue and holiday programming, I’ve checked out the prime time schedule on the CW for the next couple of weeks. The CW shows its own programming from 8 to 10 pm Sunday through Friday, and local programming on Saturday night. Here’s the scoop:

Sunday, November 25
Tonight, they are showing a repeat of New Life is Wild and, as always on Sunday, an encore of the latest ep of America’s Next Top Model.

Monday, November 26
Monday is the night of the sitcom at the CW and this week there are all new programs all night, which are Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America, Girlfriends and The Game.

Tuesday, November 27
Both Beauty and the Geek and Reaper are new this week. Of course, being reality TV, Beauty and the Geek will be new regardless of the strike. There probably aren’t too many weeks left though.

Wednesday, November 28
Wednesday has another reality show, America’s Next Top Model, which has about 3 weeks left, plus this week, a new Gossip Girl. At first, I thought of watching this, but somehow, I never got around to it. Some of the previews I’ve seen, though, have not at all captured my interest.

Thursday, November 29
Unfortunately, both Smallville and Supernatural are repeats this week, which makes me very sad.

Friday, November 30
The CW has the Friday Night Smackdown each week, and being a form or reality TV - or do they consider this a sport? - its a new ep.

Sunday, December 2
New Life is Wild and encore of ANTM.

Monday, December 3
All the sitcoms are all repeats.

Tuesday, December 4
Both new Beauty and Reaper.

Wednesday, December 5
All new ANTM and Gossip Girl.

Thursday, December 6
Again, *sigh* repeats of Smallville and Supernatural.

Friday, December 7
New Smackdown.

Sunday, December 9
Once again, we are treated to a new Life is Wild and an encore of the latest ep of ANTM.

Just for fun, here’s a link an Ausiello report of the 20 things he’s thankful for this year. It’s worth it, just for the link to the what could have been Season 4 Veronica Mars trailer, so check it out.

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Supernatural was fun again last night. I actually stayed up late to watch it. Just cause I wanted to, and that’s the first time I’ve done that for Supernatural since sometime last season. Of course, I’m a big fan of vampire stuff, so that was a draw, but I really wanted to see what was gonna happen. At first, I was just going to watch a couple of minutes and before I knew it, I’d watched the entire show. That’s a real positive.

Probably my favorite bit of dialogue was when the vampire, Dixon (guest star Matthew Humphreys), was whining and moaning on about spending eternity alone (Question: Why are vampires generally portrayed as so depressive, mopey and dramatic?) and he says “Can you imagine a worse kind of hell?” Dean respond “Um, hell?” Just the way he said it was perfect. Right. Hell itself would most definitely be worse than, you know, hell on earth. That was perfect. You gotta love the writers and Jensen’s wonderful line delivery.

That’s the kind of stuff that makes me watch this show. I love a well put together sentence, either written or spoken, and, even more, I love a good comeback line. Plus, of course, I love Dean, so that was really pretty much a win-win scenario.

I liked that Sam got to kill Gordon as a vampire and not as a human. But now I wonder what the deal was with that storyline, since they’ve been building up that Gordon was hunting Sam. Now that Gordon and Kubrick are dead, I wonder if that’s just a done deal, or if other hunters will be coming after Sam.

I guess I could read more about the show and see what they have in mind, but I’m not that much of a spoiler whore. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind reading spoilers, but I also like to stay unspoiled, so I don’t go looking for them. Besides, I like having readers comment and tell me what I don’t know, cause then at least I know someone is reading this!

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I’m starting to like Supernatural again. Almost as much as I did in the first season. Almost. I am getting a little confused with all these random chicks, though. Who are they and why are they here?

I’m not against them adding more people, but I was liking Dean’s interaction with Ellen’s daughter, Jo (Alona Tal), and then they just dropped her out of sight entirely. Where did she go? Did she die in the fire at the bar? Did she get another acting gig so she’s no longer available to Supernatural? What happened to her and why don’t they ever mention it? I really want to know.

Now, they are adding all these other chicks, like, they had the crossroads demon, plus that demon who’s “helping” Sam, and now Bela (Lauren Cohan). And what’s her deal exactly? I mean, does she take the place of the yellow-eyed demon as Sam and Dean’s number one antagonist?

Also, I much prefer to see someone who has an interest in Dean rather than Sam. Pretty much only because I think Dean is just way, way better looking. I mean, just look at Jensen Ackles. He’s like a perfectly perfect specimen of a man. He’s just beautiful. Not that Jared Padalecki isn’t cute, but in my opinion, Jensen is just so much more gorgeous. I actually remember being surprised when I first started watching that Jared was considered the star, rather than Jensen.

Checking out what’s coming up, I see that this week, the ep (Fresh Blood) is about vampires, always a favorite subject for me, and it stars Mercedes McNab, another Buffy/Angel alum. I’m looking forward to it.

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So where does the term Grim Reaper come from anyway. I understand the context, I’m just wondering about the origination of the term. Does it have something to do with the Brothers Grimm? This past week, Supernatural based their episode “Bedtime Stories” on the Grimm version of some fairy tales. So is that the origin of the word “grim” as well? I’m gonna have to do some research.

In any case, it’s not my favorite show, but I do like Reaper. Although, I guess I wouldn’t call it grim. Ray Wise really makes such a great devil. He’s just perfect in that role and he’s so much fun.

I’m even liking Sock better. At first I thought he was so annoying and over the top, but he’s growing on me. I also enjoy the relationship between Sam and Andi. I like how they brought them so close together, then created a situation which kept them apart for a couple of eps, and now are bringing them back together. I think it makes things better, creates more interest and tension on a show, to keep the main characters apart.

I’ve mentioned it before, I know, it’s that whole Moonlighting, Remington Steele thing. There’s probably some more modern shows where the same thing has happened, but I think they were the start. A show with all this great tension between the main characters that’s ruined by their eventually hooking up. There must be a way that it can happen and maybbe there are shows where it works, but I always worry about it messing up a show I like.

Also, I happened to catch an ep of Grounded for Life over the weekend with Bret Harrison. I didn’t realize he was in that show. He was such a little doll.

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Sooooo much better. Supernatural, that is. It was so very much better this week. Creepy, funny, and everything else I expect it to be each week. I did feel a little bit sad for the people who died (the two little pigs and the guy in the woods), though. And I wondered why they kept asking the survivors how they escaped, like it meant something, when in the end it really didn’t. Except, I guess it did, cause the point was that Dr. Garrison’s daughter allowed someone to escape to be treated by her father, so that he’d understand what she was trying to communicate to him. OK, so it took me a while, but I finally got it.

It’s too bad that the evil stepmother was already dead, though, cause it would have added some fun to be chasing her down. Although, I have to admit that I am also an evil stepmother. Did you ever notice that pretty much every Disney flick has an evil stepmother, ergo, all stepmothers are evil? I did, since my stepdaughter was six when I married her father and every movie we watched just reminded me what a terrible person I must be to have become a stepmother. I’m not that good of a stepmother anyway, cause I have little to no maternal instincts and I’m way too immature. So maybe I really am evil.

I guess they didn’t want to waste time on punishing the stepmother, cause they still needed to move the overall story line ahead at least a little bit.

I loved that Sam killed the demon at the end. It does make me wonder, though, about how much he’s changed since he started. Killing always seemed to come easy to Dean, but not Sam. So maybe he did come back a little changed. I mean, yes, demons lie all the time, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tell the truth.

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I was a little disappointed in Supernatural last week. The ep “Sin City” just didn’t live up to my expectations. I sorta felt the same way last week, as well, as you can see here.

But I’ve read some other reviews about Sin City and they seemed to really like it, so maybe I wasn’t paying good enough attention, but I just had the feeling that last weeks ep, which was neither scary nor all that interesting, was like a place holder. Like they had to do something to fill up the 44 minutes that week so they wrote that episode. It was like when a show has so much random stuff happening that they have to make an episode that’s mostly exposition, so that you, as the viewer, can get from where you are to where they want you to be in terms of the storyline.

I don’t like that. I’d rather they had less going on and didn’t waste an entire episode on nothing. But like I said, other people seemed to really enjoy it, so maybe I need to go back and watch it again to see if I missed something. Also, I don’t think a nun would scream like that just cause someone committed suicide in front of her. OK, that sounds crazy, but I’m serious. I just think that priests and nuns work with people and probably see and hear some pretty upsetting things. I think they just know how to deal better than that. But I guess it did make for a moment of excitement in what I thought was an otherwise dull episode.

I’m hoping for better things tonight with the episode “Bedtime Stories.”

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Well, things change, and as of today, the change on WatchingCW.com is that I’ll be the new blogger.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to provide you with lots of fun info, along with my occasionally slanted take on the CW’s shows. Please feel free to comment, discuss, argue, cajole, and whatever else you’d like, in the comments section. I love to have feedback.

Just so you have some background info about me, I love scifi stuff, so I’m a fan of Reaper and Supernatural, and to a lesser degree, Smallville. I also watch America’s Next Top Model, whenever I get the chance, and not, as you might think, because I believe that chicks that skinny must be aliens. Well, I’m not positive they aren’t, but I’m pretty sure.

If you hang around me long enough, you’ll know that my absolute favorite show of all time, is, was and always will be, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That probably tells you something about me that you may or may not even want to know. Either way, get ready for lots of random Buffy quotes and Whedonisms, as well as comparisons to Buffy and why, in my opinion, it was so much better than any other show out there. Ever.

I hope we’ll all be very happy together for some time to come and get to be great friends. Or at least that you will read my blog and post comments so that I don’t think I’m just here talking to myself and that no one cares.

You can also check out my other blog at www.watchingsitcoms.com.

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Okay it’s not much but it is better than nothing… Ausiello over at TVGuide.com has pictures of the lovely ladies Ruby and Bela (played by Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan respectively) and reinforces the party line that these gals are NOT love interests for the Winchester brothers.

I was asked what “CW” stands for - I am afraid that it is just an initial from each of its parents. The “C” comes from CBS Corporation and “W” Time Warner.

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I am having serious Supernatural withdrawal and can’t wait for season two to be released on DVD on September 11th - something to pass the time until October 4th and the start of the third season. In the meantime there are some goodies to be had at the CWTV.com.

- Interview with Jensen Ackles and Eric Kripke at Comic Con
- Supernatural widgets to be downloaded
- Get the Supernatural look

And if that fails has anyone read the comics yet?

CW, Supernatural, Comic Con, Jensen Ackles, Eric Kripke, Supernatural Origins, comics

There is a fantastic interview with Kristen Bell at TVGuide.com and she will be doing 13 episodes of Heroes but this wont infere with her voiceover duties at Gossip Girl.

Ausiello as a wee Supernatural scoop regarding the demon whom Dean sold his soul to last season - just tell me it has a happy ending!

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Digging back into even more Superman heritage it is reported on TVGuide that Helen Slater will play Clark’s bio-mother. Yes, the former Supergirl will now be Supermom. I wonder if she has any tips for Laura Vandervoort?

Gossip Girls is now going to debut on September 19th moving up a week to grab our attention before the premier of Bionic Woman.

Check out SciFi to see how excited Eric Kripke is about the forthcoming season of Supernatural. (He even teases us with an anti-Christmas urban legend - how cute would Dean be in a Santa hat?).

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TVGuide’s Matt Roush has some praise for the forthcoming season of scripted shows on the CW. He is excited about Reaper and positively glowing about Aliens in America.

Apparently all us Supernatural fans are getting our knickers into a twist over the two new female characters that will be regulars in the third season. In an interview Eric Kripke, series creator, addresses our fears and promises that “We are not turning into One Tree Hill with monsters”. There seems to be a fair amount of hand holding going out to us fans to reassure us that Ruby and Bella will be rivals, or equals, to the Winchester brothers BUT not love interests.

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I am marking off the days on my calendar till the fall 2007 season kicks off, in the meantime there is a repeat of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 7 (I think) and the odd spoiler about my favorite shows…

Check out Watch with Kristin on EOnline for scoops about a mysterious blond stranger saving Lex and the other hunter chick to be joining the Winchester brothers.

BTW, I totally agree with kg’s comments about how the Supernatural chicks must not upset the balance between Dean and Sam. I think Lauren Cohan should be an interesting addition to the team (but maybe I am biased as she went to school in Britain).

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The lovely Ausiello at TVGuide.com has news of the actress who will be playing Ruby the Demon Hunter in third season of Supernatural - Katie Cassidy (daughter of David).

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It looks as if spoiler season is kicking in as SciFi reports that a cousin for Clark has been cast, and we can look forward to Canadian actress Laura Vandervoort as Kara (aka Supergirl). Over at SpoilerFix it looks as if Dean and Sam will be joined by a husband and wife hunting team, and rumors of two female series regulars going by the monikers Ruby and Bela. But, more importantly Supernatural will be doing something creative with the seven deadly sins and give who their spin on vampires, werewolves and genies it will be something to look forward to.

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