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What a depressingly sucky new tv season. None of the new shows on my watch list have become something I have to watch and some of them are sinking down into unwatchable territory. I’ve been trying Chuck, Journeyman, Reaper, Bionic Woman, and Kid Nation and usually at this point in the season at least one would be cancelled, and I would have given up on at least one but this time none of them have risen above the rest, making it hard to figure out which one to cut.

Chuck is awful. Thats what I thought after episode one. After episode two it become Chuck sucks. Then Chuck is a tiny bit amusing after seeing ep 3. Too bad I’ve only had time for three episodes or Chuck might have been chucked by now.

Journeyman has something going on that might become interesting but the producers seem intent on keeping it buried until the viewers quit on it. Right now I’d say it has very little purpose. Our hero just bounces around through time and saves someone each week but it all feels meaningless. There’s very little to tie the season together into a greater story.

Reaper - Reaper is great! Wonderful casting, perfect pilot, and solid episodes thereafter. Ray Wise is awesome as the Devil and Tyler Labine is the perfect wisecracking slacker buddy. Only problem is this is not the type of tv show I like to watch. Comedy/Devil/Underworld combos are just not my thing but its still the best new show I’ve seen this season.

Bionic Woman - Ugh. UGH! This was my most anticipated show and so far (4 eps?) I think its a huge letdown. Michelle Ryan is miscast in the titular role and she has weak dialogue to work with making the show hard to watch. Oh, did I mention that most of the action scenes (already too few) are so fake looking? The bionic woman with the crazies is a lot more interesting. If they hired me to fix the show I’d bring in new writers, team up Jamie and Sarah, kill Jaime, and then Sarah would become the main character who is more good than she is now but still has the crazies sometimes. I’d watch that.

Kid Nation - Not much to say about this. Its Survivor with kids and I don’t like Survivor so its pretty clear that I’m not liking this one much. But the preview for the next episode I haven’t seen is about elections and that looks amusing so Kid Nation continues on my DVR.

I hope the networks start cancelling some of these shows because I can’t figure out what to do with them.

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