Get Turned On: Summer shows don't disappoint
Carrie Wood
Arts | 7/6/08
Well, we're in the full swing of the summer programming season.
That means return of the endless rerun, return of the lame game show and return of lots of terrible reality television.
Despite all of this, I can't say it's all bad - I find myself compelled to sit in front of the tube and absorb the mindless shows that flash by.
Reruns, while certainly repetitive, still manage to provide a level of entertainment. I can sit and watch "The Office" - which runs on both TBS and NBC now - all day, if given that option.
Something about watching the ever-awkward Michael Scott sit in an uncomfortable silence is always funny.
That, and until season four comes out on DVD, I have no other way of being able to recap the crazy in-office romances between Jim and Pam, Dwight and Angela, Angela and Andy and whoever else was in a hilarious (and possibly doomed) relationship.
While we're on the topic of "The Office," I should mention that the season finale blew my mind. If there had been any doubt that the writers were really back, that is now totally erased.
I didn't think Dwight still had any game left.
The cast of "The Office" is also making an appearance on one of NBC's new game shows - "Celebrity Family Feud." It's classic "Family Feud" game-play with faces the current television-addicted generation is more likely to recognize.
I can't say the show is really all that compelling, but the entertainment value is still there.
The episode airing on July 8 will feature the Dunder Mifflin crew facing off against the men and women of "American Gladiators." The cast of "My Name is Earl" will also be participating.
The other big summer game show so far has been "Million Dollar Password," which airs on CBS. Another rehashing of a classic game show ("Password"), I can't say this one's as great.
Maybe it's because I'm sick of Regis Philbin.
Probably.
I really can't stand to see his face on TV anymore.
That means return of the endless rerun, return of the lame game show and return of lots of terrible reality television.
Despite all of this, I can't say it's all bad - I find myself compelled to sit in front of the tube and absorb the mindless shows that flash by.
Reruns, while certainly repetitive, still manage to provide a level of entertainment. I can sit and watch "The Office" - which runs on both TBS and NBC now - all day, if given that option.
Something about watching the ever-awkward Michael Scott sit in an uncomfortable silence is always funny.
That, and until season four comes out on DVD, I have no other way of being able to recap the crazy in-office romances between Jim and Pam, Dwight and Angela, Angela and Andy and whoever else was in a hilarious (and possibly doomed) relationship.
While we're on the topic of "The Office," I should mention that the season finale blew my mind. If there had been any doubt that the writers were really back, that is now totally erased.
I didn't think Dwight still had any game left.
The cast of "The Office" is also making an appearance on one of NBC's new game shows - "Celebrity Family Feud." It's classic "Family Feud" game-play with faces the current television-addicted generation is more likely to recognize.
I can't say the show is really all that compelling, but the entertainment value is still there.
The episode airing on July 8 will feature the Dunder Mifflin crew facing off against the men and women of "American Gladiators." The cast of "My Name is Earl" will also be participating.
The other big summer game show so far has been "Million Dollar Password," which airs on CBS. Another rehashing of a classic game show ("Password"), I can't say this one's as great.
Maybe it's because I'm sick of Regis Philbin.
Probably.
I really can't stand to see his face on TV anymore.
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