TV Mailbag

Here are my answers to some email we've gotten over the summer......


1. What will happen with Glee? --Wes- Philadelphia

Interesting question. They will be faced with a huge problem that has faced high school shows for as long as I can remember......the kids have to graduate at some point. We've seen it with shows like 90210, Dawson's Creek, Saved by the Bell, Friday Night Lights and more. The thing is, if the show is more about the story/plot than the characters, you can graduate kids and introduce new ones. This has worked with Friday Night Lights. FNL has kept around 1 or two graduates who are "townie" now. The show is about football and middle america, not the characters. This is where 90210 failed after high school. The show was about these kids living in Beverly Hills and their lives. Even new character introductions seemed weird on 90210. Hopefully Glee will take the path that has kids graduate and move on. If not the show will just get awkward. The only problem I see is Rachel is clearly the star of the show and replacing her could be tricky. On a side note, will the Asian Guy and the other guy in the glee club get any lines this season?

2. What was on your summer TV? - Galen- Spokane

Big Brother dominated my summer TV. IT was a great season with lost of laughs. House guests like Brittney, Hayden and Lane made me laugh 3 times a week. The Wire also dominated my summer TV. I watched the 1st 3 seasons and came to a realization. I would never want to get stuck in inner city Baltimore. Which led me to this old thought. About 10 years ago I was in Baltimore for a bachelor party. Leaving out names, 2 of the guys brought some girl back from the bar and she wanted drugs. Thinking they were gonna get some action they took her into the inner city to find such drugs. They were gone for a long time. Nervous long. After watching this show I would never let them do this. The show almost makes me scared to go to the good parts of Baltimore, b/c I know the bad parts cant be too far away.

3. What was the best movie of the summer? - Patty, Chicago

You must not know me well at all b/c you know I don't go to the movies.....ever. I take that back. The best movie I saw in the theatre this summer was a kids flick, Cats & Dogs: The Return of Kitty Galore. Why was it the best? Because it was the only one I saw. And I missed a chunk b/c I was chasing Jackson around the theatre and out in the lobby. I do Netflix. Big Fan. I like it so much I would do free advertising. The addition of the ability to watch instantly to your TV with some titles is a great addition.

4. What shows are you excited for this fall? --Kyle, Queens

The Event looks like it could be a cool show. I;ve heard its the new Lost. Big problem there. Nothing will be the new Lost. If you are gonna compare it to Lost you will probably be disappointed. How about we just watch it and see if we like it. Why do things have to be "the next" anything? Can't they just be what they are on their own? I am also curious to see if Modern Family can keep it up. They were the break out show last year. And I feel like the office knocked it out of the park last season. Just funny all the time. There are also like 15 other shows I cant wait to watch, but those are 3 i'm really looking forward too.

5. Will the MTV challenge be awesome as usual? -- Tina, Hoboken

Yes. I saw some sites with cast and there are a lot of people from recent challenges & RW cancun/dc.
This show just gets more and more ridiculous each season. Hopefully there are no gimicks and they just battle it out. I would love to see some Jersey Shore people on it one of these years. Just make it an MTV challenge and people from any mtv show can be on it.

6. When will someone die on a reality show? --Eric, Clark NJ

Quite frankly I'm shocked it has not happened yet. My guess would have to be Biggest Loser. I thought it was gonna happen a few seasons ago when an old man passed out on one of the 1st days. Those people are just not used to that type of activity. Its not a gradual process yet. They work out harder on day 1 than most people who are in decent shape work out. we've seen things happen on Survivor where people are removed and even a guy got thrown off a ledge on Real World D.C. The better question is, will the incident be the end of that TV show?

7. What are your feelings on this season of Jersey Shore? ---Sal-,Pt Pleasant

Pure enjoyment. This season has exceeded my wildest expectations. The episode with Uncle Nino was hysterical. An older man speaking jibberish and laughing....you cannot make that kind of stuff up. I thought this season was gonna flop, i could not have been any more wrong. Now the "Sich" is on DWTS, yes I am taping it just to watch him and the Hasselhoff of course.

8. How bad was the Bachelor Pad? --Ali, San Fancisco

How can a show with such promise turn out so bad. The answer is ABC. All reality shows should be on HBO, Cinemax or Showtime. There had to be so much they could not show. A bunch of single people living in a mansion with booze. It would have been 1000 times more entertaining. This show can be summed up best by my wife. During the finale she stated, "this is the gayest ending to the gayest show this summer"