FOX REPORT CARD!
FOX was supposed to revolutionize the network schedule with it’s year long scheduling of original programs. Instead, most of the shows that premiered have been canceled, shuffled, or forgotten. I for one think the year long schedule is a great idea, and I have been telling anyone who will listen for years now this is what the networks should be doing. As always, no one listens to me. Of course, it didn’t help that I was only telling the cashier at Sav-On the idea. Well, moving right along… Here is how FOX shapes up in the eyes of T.A.G. :
HOUSE: Thanks to my Hollywood insider friends, I was able to screen the pilot of House before it aired. Ok, that’s a lie. Entertainment Weekly had a free DVD in it. So I went to the local newsstand & jacked it. Regardless, I wasn’t blown away by this show. It was too heavy on style and too light on substance. Pilots are always a tough sell, and to be honest I have yet to watch a second episode, but the way FOX was promoting this show you’d think it was a masterpiece. Well it was a piece alright… Ok, maybe not that bad, but still not that good either. Hugh Laurie plays “Dr. House” a doctor who hates people. Just what I like in my physicians. He’s smug, cold, and has an irritating semi-beard. The show has a solid cast, but that’s about it. I’ll check out another episode, and if it’s any better, I’ll amend my review. Until then this show is Dr. Feel bad.
MY BIG FAT OBNOXIOUS BOSS: Most people are watching “Desperate Housewives” on ABC. But I think this Obnoxious Boss program is pretty damn funny. If you’re anything like me, and you should be, I mean who doesn’t want a couch potato as a role model? Anyway, I’m getting sick of these damn Apprentice rip offs, and I’m even getting sick of The Apprentice itself. So this mockery of the whole genre is a nice change of pace. I dig it.
NANNY 911: FOX just ordered more episodes of this show. Which makes it official: Network television is now airing worse programming than most basic cable shows.
THE REBEL BILLIONAIRE: I saw the premier episode of this clunker & swore I was watching the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Never watched another.
RENOVATE MY FAMILY: FOX should be more interested in something like “Renovate My Network.”
QUINTUPLETS: 5 reasons not to watch: (1) Lame (2) Not funny (3) Bad (4) Mind numbingly stupid (5) Weak. One good thing about it: Andy Richter. Can you believe FOX canceled the hilarious “Andy Richter Controls the Universe” Yet they picked up this dreadful sitcom for a whole season. Oye.
I think there were other shows that premiered some time between June & October with names like NORTH SHORE and MEET YOUR MOMMY. But who really cares? If it weren’t for “The Simpsons” “Arrested Development” and “American Idol” I’d probably forget FOX even was a network. Oh, and “Cops.” Gotta love white trash getting hauled off to the slammer.
FOX gets a C-
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