Monday, January 21, 2008

Writers Strike

I support strikes, unions, better pay and benefits etc, so I am not complaining about turning off the junk on TV or having to wait for my favorite new shows. I found this funny and thought I would share. If you want to read the whole piece, click here.
Essentially this is what could be on TV for the 08-09 season, think ahead 8 months...the author Ray Richmond, is making fun of us (the viewer) most of all.

MONDAY
8 p.m. "The Mentally Ill Say the Darndest Things!" (CBS); "To Catch a Senator" (NBC);"Dancing with SARS" (ABC); "America's Most Audited" (Fox); "Heroes of Facebook" (The CW)
9 p.m. "You Bet Your Kids" (CBS); "What Not to Lick" (NBC); "Something Where Regis Talks About Himself and Gives Away Money" (ABC); "The Next Pointless American War" (Fox); "Repossessing Spaces" (The CW)
10 p.m. "Brad Grey's Anatomy" (CBS); "My Name is Berle" (NBC); "Ron Howard Presents: The Best of 'Happy Days'" (ABC); "Viagra and Cialis Nightmares" (4 hrs., Fox); "Dead Things" (The CW)
TUESDAY
8 p.m. "Child Slavery (CBS); "$100,000 Name That Suspect" (NBC); "Just a Whole Mess of YouTube Videos" (ABC); "Bulimian Idol" (Fox); "Please, Mr. Surgeon, You Must Fix My Hideous Face!" (The CW)
9 p.m. "CSI: Beverly Hills Deli Counter" (CBS); "Scabs" (NBC); "My So-Called Guild" (ABC); "Are You Smarter Than a Striking Writer Who Doesn't Understand His Best Deal is On the Table Right Now and About to Go Away Forever?" (Fox); "Amish in the Ghetto" (The CW)
10 p.m. "Criminal Mimes" (CBS); "My Parents Need to Be Arrested Immediately" (NBC); "I Be Chillin' with My Peeps" (ABC); "So You Think You Can Panhandle" (Fox); "This Whore House" (The CW)
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. "Voice Lessons with Hillary Clinton" (CBS); "I'll Give You a Million Dollars If You'll Just Shut Your Piehole!" (NBC); "Extreme Makeover: Personal Hygiene Edition" (ABC); "My Big Fat Obnoxious Gastroenterologist" (Fox); " America's Next Top Accountant" (The CW)
9 p.m. "When Animals Play Good Cop/Bad Cop" (CBS); "Law & Order: Special Repackaged Episodes Unit" (NBC); "Ugly Betty/"Sleeping Beauty" Digital Crossover) (ABC/ABC Family/Disney Channel); "What the Hell Did Jesse Jackson Just Say?" (Fox); "Busted Pilot Theatre" (The CW)
10 p.m. "M*A*S*H" (CBS); "Celebrity Waterboarding" (NBC); "Desperate Midwives" (ABC); "Illegal Alien Autopsy" (Fox); "Gilmore Girls Gone Wild!" (The CW)
THURSDAY
8 p.m. "Murder, She Illegally Wrote in Shameful Defiance of Her Union Brothers and Sisters" (CBS); "Meal or No Meal" (NBC); "Who Wants to Be My Special Friend?" (ABC); "Picking Up Dry Cleaning For the Stars" (Fox); "Humiliation Nation" (hidden camera) (The CW)
9 p.m. "Paranormal Tonight" (CBS); "Clash of the Network Reality Show Editors" (NBC); "Nanny Swap" (ABC); "Temptation Synagogue " (Fox); "Previously Written For the WB and UPN Hour" (The CW)
10 p.m. "Survivor: Bedford-Stuyvesant" (CBS); "My God Can Kick Your God's Sorry Ass!" (NBC); "Whose Kid Is It, Anyway?" (ABC); "The Real Prostitutes of Orange County" (Fox); "Own a Piece of Barack (paid political)" (The CW)
FRIDAY
8 p.m. "The Candidate Whisperer" (CBS); "Donald Trump Says Lots of Infantile Stuff, Mostly About Rosie O'Donnell's Weight" (NBC) ; "America's Wackiest Home Invasions" (ABC); "Where's Rupert?" (Fox); "My Name-a Borat, and I Like We Do Sexy Time Very Much" (The CW)
9 p.m. "World's Most Insufferable Clip Shows" (CBS); "What Would Seinfeld Do?" (NBC); "Product Placement Playhouse" (ABC); "Honey, Let's Get Divorced" (hidden camera) (Fox); "Television Writers: Portraits of Shame" (The CW)
10 p.m. "People Aged 18 to 49 Sitting Around Talking About Things of Enormous Interest to Nielsen Ratings Families" (CBS); "Last Cleric Molesting" (NBC); "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Oprah in Pictures, Poetry and Song" (ABC); "Prison Bake" (Fox); "A Dr. Phil Special: Hold Me Close, Britney Spears" (The CW)

1 comment:

Ruhiyyih Rose said...

OH my Lord this is FUNNY!!

I have not watched TV in two years! Just DVD's. Now, I am wondering on the good stuff I am missing out on...

I do love The Office though, great DVD's too! :)