Good Night, Gracie

It's weird...I mean, every year we go through this, saying goodbye to our friends, those that have been there for us since September, helping us through everything, all the way until May, then they leave for the summer, but we wait, faithfully, until they return the following fall. No, I am not talking about friends from college, or professors or anything like that...I mean our TV friends. You know, before it was Ross, Rachel, Monica, etc....we had George, Jerry and the Seinfeld gang, there is the entire staff at County General (ER in case you don't watch), the women of Wisteria Lane...these are our friends (no pun intended) for an entire season of television we laugh with them, cry with them, can't wait to see what happens to them next, but we know that someday this relationship will come to an end. These are characters after all, not real people...right???



Tonight was the final episode of Will and Grace. It was, IMHO, the best episode of Will and Grace ever. Not the funniest, certainly, but the best. I love that it allowed us to see into the future of Will, Grace, Jack and Karen, I loved the way they left it, how they handled it...everything about it and I am certainly going to miss it next fall. Doesn't seem like it was on for eight years, and I know for a fact that in year one I didn't think it would make it this far, but it did...brilliantly. I feel all sappy writing about a show like this, but it was good comedy - that is a rarity these days...I don't think any 1/2 hr. sitcom has what it takes to make it 8 seasons anymore...not even My Name is Earl which I find supremely funny...

Several of my favorite shows are ending for good this year and it is strange, because every year I say that I am not going to watch as much TV as I did last year because I don't have as many shows to watch, but for me, this is what I do...and I only hope that one day I can be a part of a show that is as good as Will and Grace was...although I will have to actually get a job writing for ANY show before I can write for a good show, but I am working on that.

I hope that next year brings about some more good friends to join with my current ones and I will probably watch MORE TV next year...I like TV, deal with it.

-- Kelly

Too Much TV...

As the new fall television kicks into full gear I am reminded of one very important fact - I watch entirely too much television...

For the last couple of years I have been able to hide behind the "film degree" preparations, claiming that I was simply "studying"...let's be realistic here...I love television.

I always look forward to the new season, there is so many choices and it is tons of fun trying to figure out what will make it and what won't...I'm usually right (thank you film school)

So far I have seen five or six (lets just say a bunch) new shows and with the exception of Kitchen Confidential tonight I'm not sure...Kitchen Confidential was fantastic! Bradley Cooper, Nicholas Brendon and a great cast - you should really check it out!

I have strayed from sitcoms after Friends and Seinfeld with a few choice favorites that I have always loved (Family Guy, The Simpsons, etc.) but this year I really think that Kitchen Confidential will be truly great! (On a side note I am hoping that My name is Earl will be great tomorrow night too...the reviews are fantastic for it) The other four shows...they can go either way...some of them need to just find their niche, others will need substantial reworking and some change of pace in order to stay afloat...only time will tell with these. For now, I look forward to watching new casts find there places within the small screen.

-- Kelly ( :