Hear that? That is the sound of my TV remote going crazy over the return of a good Monday night lineup. With 24 back for yet another season of fighting terrorism, and CSI:Miami fighting local terrorism, and pro wrestling (still) fighting the good fight, you can’t go wrong no matter which way you turn.
After sitting through the 4-hour first episodes of 24, I am happy but still disappointed. For one, I wanted Jack Bauer to blast his way out of a Chinese prison. Seriously, we’ve done the Mideast terrorists in LA before — and I’ve only watched 24 for one season. The good thing, however, is there is a good chance this season will not revolve around the president quite so much, and - hey, we already blew up a nuclear weapon!
In the first two shows it looks like 24 will be more of the same. I was quite into last season’s, from which I saw beginning to end. I was hoping for a little less of the same this season, but I guess I’m still watching so it must be working.
CSI needs to get their act together and start showing continuous new episodes. We don’t need this new-rerun-new-rerun-new-rerun pattern. It going to kill the following eventually, as I am already to forget the storyline from 2-weeks ago and am beginning not to care if I miss a new episode.
And wrestling…well, it’s wrestling. Wrestling doesn’t change. You can go away for 10 years and come back without missing a beat. Just a few more new faces…if you’re lucky. So wrestling is always a good filler - the perfect commercial flipping show.
So it seems 24 leads the pack, and with promised new episodes all season we can only hope it will keep Mondays exciting.
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