3). The Staff of Seattle Grace Hospital from Grey's Anatomy
This selection here is one of the many reasons why I dubbed myself "The Anti-Critic". It seems that everyone (TV reviewers/bloggers/fans alike) feels that the Chief of Surgery Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) is the reason for the chaos that is the Seattle Grace-Mercy West merger and are calling for his head.
Newsflash. It's NOT!
The Chief was running one of the top damn hospitals in the country. Then came along a group of interns and doctors with their own baggage of drama, hiccups, and egos. This, in turn, shifted the balance of quality and, ultimately, professionalism that held Seattle Grace in a high position down the sinker. Before the 2005 interns entered the program, there weren't any LVAD wires cut, there weren't any love triangles involving wives who slept with best friends, there weren't any rogue doctors, and there sure as hell wasn't any sex meetings in the on-call room.
So who's really to blame? Hmm... Let's see...
Meredith, Derek, Izzie, Callie, Mark, Lexie, Alex, and even Preston, Addison and George who are no longer with the show. Their drama and unfocused professionalism is the reason why they are staring at a 12 ranking in the polls and steadily dropping. So before people cheer Derek (who the Chief GAVE the COS job to at one time and Derek DENIED it) or Arizona on their endeavors to call the Chief out for his mistakes, you guys might want to rethink the past five and a half years/seasons and put your common sense hats back on. Please and thank you.
4). Carlos Solis from Desperate Housewives
Carlos Solis went from being a prick to a sympathetic character to a world class bastard. Now that's a journey for you!
When Carlos started to circle the 'Ish List, I don't know. I think it was when he constantly had something to say about Gaby's
parenting but is never there to have basis in his opinions. In other words, how can you whine about something that you know nothing or little about? Gaby does the best she can with what she has, which is not much in the "help" department when it comes to Carlos. He unfailingly misses the point that Juanita is a brat and gets away with everything and that as long as he allows that, then Gaby is going to forever catch hell with raising her.
I do remember when Carlos entered the list though. When the principal was going to make Juanita clean up the cafeteria after lunch, Gaby was the only one who thought that was a little extreme for a 7-8 yr old kid. Especially if it means that Juanita might miss class due to this punishment (yes the most logical time would be to have Juanita help out during recess, but who knows that Juanita's teacher has recess scheduled right after lunch?) Carlos just sat there and agreed without asking any questions as to what Juanita would be doing and what would she be missing in the process. It is the precursor to an "absent father" who parents from afar, but not up close.
Then on Carlos's professional side, he uses Lynette's breasts as a means to close a deal. He also seems to be pissed that Lynette is pregnant and wants to get rid of her out of spite. But why would you send a pregnant woman to run a new branch of your newborn business? Doesn't make any sense to me. I want to call Carlos a damn good person again to the point that I want to say that I miss the blind Carlos Solis. He had more common sense.
Step your game up, Solis.
5) FOX Network
They canceled Dollhouse, there are rumblings that Fringe is next, but American Idol still haunts my TV screen each year. They better be glad that they still have Animation Domination, 24, and Fringe to tide me over. Other then that I would sooo be adios.
This is the first five of ten. Tell me what you guys think and stay tuned for the back five!
**They canceled Dollhouse, there are rumblings that Fringe is next, but American Idol still haunts my TV screen each year. **
Here!Here! Not to mention TSCC. ABC is a close second in my books, cancelling great shows and continuing to produce massive amounts of soul-sucking reality TV drivel.
**There weren’t any LVAD wires cut, there weren’t any love triangles involving wives who slept with best friends, there weren’t any rogue doctors, and there sure as hell wasn’t any sex meetings in the on-call room.**
As a nurse, I am morally opposed to watching Grey’s for all those reasons, and many more.
Can’t wait to see the second half of your list, Mark :)
**They canceled Dollhouse, there are rumblings that Fringe is next, but American Idol still haunts my TV screen each year. **
Here!Here! Not to mention TSCC. ABC is a close second in my books, cancelling great shows and continuing to produce massive amounts of soul-sucking reality TV drivel.
**There weren't any LVAD wires cut, there weren't any love triangles involving wives who slept with best friends, there weren't any rogue doctors, and there sure as hell wasn't any sex meetings in the on-call room.**
As a nurse, I am morally opposed to watching Grey's for all those reasons, and many more.
Can't wait to see the second half of your list, Mark :)
It’s hard to fault Fox’s decision to cut shows with plummeting ratings. Everyone’s entitled to enjoy what shows they want, but don’t expect networks to continue airing them if only you and a handful of others are watching them — especially when shows like American Idol are relatively cheap to make and bring in major sponsorship dollars.
I know that American Idol is cheap to make, but the more people feed into cheap reality shows, the more the quality of television continues to fail. I can fault FOX for deciding to axe shows that do well in DVR viewings, which Neilsen and other rating tracking systems strenuously added to their over tally of a show’s viewings recently. Dollhouse managed a 50% bump in DVR viewings during the week after it aired. An easy rebuttal could be that the live viewings count, because that’s what advertisers want to see. But that isn’t even accurate either, because when you DVR a show then you DVR the commercials as well. So if someone chose to DVR Dollhouse or Fringe for that matter other than a reality program against it then there is a better chance that the person will see the commercial on a later date if not during another live program. So in short, the ratings system is not a truly plausible system to follow when you look at the mechanics of the business, which is hard not to look at especially if you are not a Neilsen family.
It's hard to fault Fox's decision to cut shows with plummeting ratings. Everyone's entitled to enjoy what shows they want, but don't expect networks to continue airing them if only you and a handful of others are watching them — especially when shows like American Idol are relatively cheap to make and bring in major sponsorship dollars.
I know that American Idol is cheap to make, but the more people feed into cheap reality shows, the more the quality of television continues to fail. I can fault FOX for deciding to axe shows that do well in DVR viewings, which Neilsen and other rating tracking systems strenuously added to their over tally of a show's viewings recently. Dollhouse managed a 50% bump in DVR viewings during the week after it aired. An easy rebuttal could be that the live viewings count, because that's what advertisers want to see. But that isn't even accurate either, because when you DVR a show then you DVR the commercials as well. So if someone chose to DVR Dollhouse or Fringe for that matter other than a reality program against it then there is a better chance that the person will see the commercial on a later date if not during another live program. So in short, the ratings system is not a truly plausible system to follow when you look at the mechanics of the business, which is hard not to look at especially if you are not a Neilsen family.
What? Fringe might get cancelled? NO!
As for Dollhouse, I really wanted to like it but I just don’t.
What? Fringe might get cancelled? NO!
As for Dollhouse, I really wanted to like it but I just don't.