Monday, February 2, 2009

First Week - What did I watch on TV and why?

This week I didn't get to watch too much television. I never really do, however there are some shows that I just absolutely love and try not to miss. I am a huge reality TV junkie so I definitely had to make sure I watched "The City". "The City" is a spin-off of "The Hills", which in itself is a spin-off of Laguna Beach. Laguna Beach was a reality series about a group of highschool students lives as they finished high school, and ultimately went about their futures very separately. A very real, bittersweet TV series about what it's like being a kid and growing up. "The Hills" became a TV series about one of the students, LC, from Laguna Beach, and her journey into the "real" world in LA. "The City" is a brand new series, which is now mainly about one of LC's co-workers, Whitney, and her journey through life as she pursues her professional career, and makes a huge leap moving to New York City to follow her fashion dreams. Reality TV for me is just so easy to relate to whether it's played up or not, many of the situations are very real experiences that we go through in our lives every day. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I've obviously watched this show way too long now to know the history of it as well as I do, but it has so many similarities to things I deal with at times that I can't help but wonder how they'll handle the situation. I'm just easily entertained by these types of shows, and the drama that so similarly occurs...or maybe it's just the drama period, who really knows?


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Another show I definitley do everything I can to not miss is "House". However, with a DVR it's not too hard to do:) House is a drama series about a pessimistic, sarcastic, pain-killer addicted, and ultimately hilarious doctor whom is naturally talented with solving the most difficult patient cases. He has a set staff of doctors whom work under him as a team, whom he agitates as much as possible every chance he gets. He also has a boss whom he finds very attractive, yet irritating. He can't stand the fact that she has "control" over his practices, and therefore puts her to the test in every situation he can. This show, although repetitive in nature with it's storyline, is well worth the watch. Through the character that Dr. House plays, comes one of the best TV performances on today, and I guarantee that you'll get hooked after one episode. It's not too common that you can enjoy a good laugh about such a serious based subject, but this is definitely one of them!



2 comments:

  1. I'm definetly there with you on reality shows. Even though my Mom is constantly on me about it being "a mind waste" (that is her favorite description), I also find it more relatable. Although, the Laguna Beach/ Hills/ City series is so fantasy like, that I think it makes watchers feel a little bit inferior. Such a small percentage of American's have the money they do and grew up with, so it makes the rest of us feel envious.

    I'm still in love with the shows though :)

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  2. House is a fantastic show, I never miss it myself, I always dvr it too. A great great show :)

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