OK everyone, it’s confession time.I’ve given up watching the new “90210.”For about a month, the last three new episodes sat on my DVR, mocking me every time I scrolled through the list of recorded programs.Never in the right mood to cue it up, I’d finally had enough. It was time to say goodbye to Ethan, Annie and the rest of West Bev’s most recent inhabitants (I think I’ll miss you the most, Rob Estes).As we speak, those episodes have been deleted, and the season pass is cancelled.The sad part is that “90210” isn’t the only offender (though it is probably the only one that will be getting the old heave-ho).It’s embarrassing to admit how far behind I’ve fallen in my TV viewing. Right now, my DVR is clogged with four episodes each of “Desperate Housewives” and “Damages,” three “Gossip Girls,” and a whopping seven installments of “Heroes.” Seven.I promise I’ll catch up soon, if only to restore my good, TV-watching name.In the meantime, here are some thoughts on what I have been watching over the past month:
PrivilegedIt was, well, a privilege to watch this great show, which aired its season finale in February.The main attraction was Joanna Garcia’s Megan, who has officially been inducted into the Cool Female Character Hall of Fame (already populated by the likes of Buffy Summers, Veronica Mars and Lorelai and Rory Gilmore). It would be easy for the neurotic Megan to be annoying, but she never is, and that’s thanks to Garcia’s charm.While I’m unhappy Megan and Will called it quits in the finale —and that Megan acted completely out of character by hooking up with a stranger — it does set things up nicely for more drama next season. And there better be a next season.Dancing With the Stars/The BachelorI’ve stayed mum about “The Bachelor’s” conclusion for too long, mostly because I needed time to calm down and rein in my absolute disgust with Jason.But after two weeks, those feelings remain. What kind of a guy dumps a woman — in this case, Jason’s fiancée, Melissa, whom he proposed to in New Zealand — on television in front of millions of viewers?Jason claims the producers didn’t give him a choice, but I’m not buying that for one minute. He could have and should have said no to humiliating a woman he supposedly, at one time, loved. If that were ever even true.The silver lining to all this is that our girl Melissa has totally rebounded as a replacement contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.” The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader seems perfectly at home and is, in fact, thriving in the ballroom. I’m rooting for her every quickstep of the way.
DollhouseAfter its first episode aired last month, I wasn’t so sure about this show. But because it comes from the brilliant mind of Joss Whedon, I kept watching (in case you’re not a fangirl like me, Whedon is the man who gave us “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly”).And it’s paid off, as “Dollhouse” has quickly become must-see-TV.The show centers on Echo (Eliza Dushku), a member of a highly illegal and underground group of people who have their personalities regularly wiped clean, so they can be imprinted with new ones at the request of wealthy and powerful clients.Dushku, whom I never really liked much as Faith on “Buffy,” has done an admirable job of channeling Echo’s ever-shifting personalities. So far, we’ve seen her as a backup singer, a tough-as-nails safecracker, a fun-loving adventure seeker and a blind woman on a pilgrimage to join a cult.Meanwhile, she’s got two men after her: a handsome FBI agent investigating the Dollhouse, which most believe to be an urban legend, and rogue doll Alpha, who escaped from the facility, but remains obsessed with her.We haven’t even seen Alpha’s face yet, but he’s already become the show’s most intriguing character.It can only get better from here.
American IdolI’ve finally accepted that I will never feel about any of this season’s contestants the way I did about David Cook last year. He rarely faltered, giving one inspired performance after another, while this season’s contestants have been anything but consistent.Then there are the judges, whose critiques have baffled me more than ever this time around.My current favorite is nice guy Kris Allen, whose take on Garth Brooks’ “To Make You Feel My Love” was pretty darn near perfect this week.
The CloserI would just like to thank the writers for letting Brenda and Fritz get hitched without incident.We’ve all seen too many stalled or interrupted nuptials on television, and it was refreshing to see one couple, especially one as cute and compelling as those two, make it work — and in true Brenda fashion, as she and Fritz both took the time between the ceremony and reception to wrap up their respective cases.We wouldn’t have it any other way.
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