Hermit Hill | #118 | 05/20/09

It's Duncan.

Seriously, what is going on with TV these days? The new concepts I'm hearing about being pitched are such nonsense. What twisted mind thought Dollhouse was a good idea? Find me 5 minutes of plausibility in that series. I admit I like the show Burn Notice on USA, but that show skates by solely on the charms of the lead actors. The entire concept there is totally implausible. I think I saw a character order a drink once and that was the only plausible thing to ever happen in that entire series.

They all rip each other off too. One concept becomes popular and you can bet the next season we'll have twelve wannabes. Remember when Survivor first aired in the US? The next season we're awash with "Reality TV". So this show, Monk, gets popular, now we have a plethora of mentally quirky investigation/mystery shows like Dexter, Psyched and Bones. Where will the madness end? There's got to be a bottom to it all somewhere.

Of course, I'll watch it all. But I won't be proud of it. No sir!