Bravo’s PREGNANT IN HEELS — Oh my f-ing God!

The show centers around Rosie Pope, a willowy opportunist who calls herself a “Maternity Concierge” to the “million dollar mamas” of New York’s Upper East Side. These rich sheep now have consultants for everything. I imagine these self-proclaimed experts are selected by which cable network their reality show is on.

Read the rest of his review, it’s brilliant.

Update: The Bears fell to the Aztecs 50-68. The Bears played well, and should be proud of their season. Congratulations to the team!!!

I have no problem with this. Since, like many of you, I primarily use my Tivo to watch TV, I don’t pay much attention to commercials these days. If product placement helps CBS pay the bills, I say go for it.

The thing that was amusing about this week’s episode was Microsoft’s attempt at genericizing their trademark by writing a line for Grace Park that uses “bing” as a verb.

The funny thing about this is it’s absurdity. It would have been so much more natural if Chin had told Kono to “google it” on Bing…

Sidreel.com is reporting that Chuck has been renewed, but with some concessions from Warner Brothers. NBC only wants 9 episodes, and production costs must decrease. Hopefully the quality of the show won’t drop off too much.

If you did see last night’s episode, you noticed we have a new receptionist. Yes, Pam quit her job to join the Michael Scott Paper Company. Of course Dunder Mifflen’s Scranton Branch can’t do without a receptionist (or a new love interest for Dwight and Andy) so Kelly “Erin” Hannon, played by Ellie Kemper, has been hired to replace Beasley.

Ellie Kemper has a history in comedy including performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade and writing for the Onion, so she may be more than just a temp. Based on her performance in last night’s episodes, I think she will be a great addition to the cast.

After watching this, it’s no wonder the rest of the world is thinks America is full of morons. In the series John is in high schools (16). The major storyline seems to be centered around John’s inability to listen to his mother, and Sarah’s inability to control her son on any level. I’m continually amazed that John can’t seem to understand that scary future robots are trying to KILL him. He constantly runs off by himself, doesn’t follow protocol on predetermined code words and is generally a moron. I’m also flabergastted that Sarah is doing such a poor job of preparing John to be the savior of the human race. She communicates poorly with him, not telling him when he is actually in danger which prompts him to run around and do dangerous things. She also isolates him from all other human contact, not really a great method to train him for his future role as leader of the human resistance.

Fortunately the enemy Terminators also seem to be equally incompetent by encorporating elaborate plans (inspiried, I’m sure, from vintage Batman TV Villans) to stop the Connors, rather than going for a straightforward well planned approach. Appearantly the all knowing Skynet doesn’t need tactical ability in it’s drones.

If the writing doesn’t get better soon, I may drop this off my Tivo schedule…

Honestly, I’ve got to hand it to the writers of the show. This was one of the funniest episodes yet. I particularly like the dynamic with Jim and Pam. As we all know, two main characters hooking up often kills the show. The sexual tension drains out and takes most of the comedy with it. Not so with The Office. I think Jim and Pam are funnier and better as a couple than they were individually.

The best scene in last night’s show was when Jim tried to fake a call from his landlord, ditch Michael’s dinner party and ultimately ditch Pam:

Jim Halpert: You’ll never guess. I just got a message from my landlord. Apparently my apartment flooded. Something with the sprinklers.

Jan: Oh no!

Jim Halpert: Pam we should probably get going to see the damage.

Michael Scott: Well you don’t need two of you to do that.

Jim Halpert: [pause] That’s… true, um. [pause] Dinner sounded delicious. Pam, see you at home? Thank you so much.

Pam Beesly: Oh Jim I don’t think you’re going to abandon this party here all by itself.

Jim Halpert: No, ’cause everything I own is there.

Pam Beesly: You can buy new stuff but you can’t buy a new party!

Michael Scott: That’s true! That is a great point. Come on down here. Sit down, on the couch. We’re your friends and we’re not going to let you think about all your stuff being destroyed alright?

Wish I could find a youtube clip of that scene, it was classic. The look on Jim’s (John Krasinski) face when he decided to bail on Pam (Jenna Fischer) was classic. Her comeback was even better. “You can buy new stuff, but you can’t buy a new party!” is going to be a catch phrase for a long time.

If you want to read more quotes from last night shows, www.theofficequotes.com is a site dedicated to just that.

Sounds like most of our shows won’t be back. Chuck, the awesomest new show in 5 years, probably won’t be back until fall. 24, the awesomest show EVER, may miss the 2008 season completely. At least Leno will have better jokes, and Conan won’t be doing any more ring spinning. I guess that’s something.

A rare find, the original pilot for 24 from 1994. Enjoy

Anyway, the new series looks to be much more fun, except for the annoying deaf sister angle. Here is a trailer, but a spoiler warning, this appears to comprise most of the pilot episode.