I just learned from
Slippy Lane that NBC is planning to cancel
Journeyman, which I find astounding. Evidently what we need more than an intelligently written and well acted show with compelling characters and original plot lines is
American Gladiators and
The Singing Bee. Give me a freaking break.
If you haven't watched
Journeyman, you should. It's not a flashy show with a lot of big names or explosions, but it's one of those shows where, ten minutes into the first episode, you think to yourself, "Wow, somebody's really put some thought into this." It's like a grittier, better written, less cheesy version of
Quantum Leap, with Moon Bloodgood instead of Dean Stockwell. I think we can all agree that's a pretty big step up.
Frankly,
Journeyman is about the only new that I can even watch. The new
Bionic Woman? Please. It's like
Alias without Jennifer Garner. Casting Miguel Ferrer as the requisite surly father-figure is basically an admission that you've run out of ideas. What, was Michael Ironside busy?
And I keep hearing people gush about
Burn Notice, a show that tries to get by solely on the nonexistent charisma of Jeffrey Donovan. Whose idea was it to cast this guy as a suave super-agent? He looks like a constipated neanderthal. The best thing about
Burn Notice is that if you squint your eyes when you look at the title, you can make it look like it says "Bum Notice." At our house, in fact, "bum notice" has become the standard term for the requisite warning that you're about to rip one. As in, "Dude, did you just fart? You're supposed to give bum notice."
There, now even every time you watch that stupid show you're going to think about farting. My work is done.
Anyway,
Journeyman is a show that doesn't make me pine for Lindsay Wagner or think about farting. It's just a damn good show. You can download episodes
here.
And if you're already a convert, go
here and sign the petitions and whatnot. Hey, they brought
Jericho back from the brink, right? Maybe we can still save
Journeyman.
I'll be back tomorrow with the caption contest results. See you then.
By the way, you may have noticed that I'm having some problems with my comment page. The humor-blogs database is really crawling lately for some reason. I'm working on it.
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