Its Monday...

Now that Real Chance of Love has gone off the air, I'm kinda wondering... what now? What can I fill my Monday nights with? Well I got my answer: Trust Me.

I'm looking forward to the TNT drama Trust Me starring Eric McCormack (Will and Grace) and Tom Cavanagh (Ed). The show is about two friends that work in a Chicago ad agency. I still don't quite understand where the conflict is coming from, but the chemistry between Cavanagh and McCormack seems like it'll hold my attention long enough to find out.

Also, premiering this Wednesday (Jan. 21) on Fox is Lie To Me, starring Tim Roth (The Incredible Hulk, Pulp Fiction). I'm interested to see how this show unfolds. Roth plays a "deception expert" who can look at a person's face and body and know whether or not they are lying. Now, I know there are people who do this for a living, but supposedly he is 101 percent correct all the time. Frankly, I can see the certainty getting old, quickly. I'm curious to see how they add some guess work.

And of course, last but most importantly, I will be watching (soon to be) President Obama's inauguration tomorrow and I would urge every one else to as well. Even those who supported McCain in the race for the White House. This is such a monumental event in American History and something that you should want to carry with you for the rest of your life. So, all that to say, I'll be watching.


Happy Viewing!!

"No, you're a tool."

VH1's Tool Academy aired yesterday. Here's the premise:

9 frustrated girlfriends have enrolled their duchebag boyfriends into the "Tool Academy" to see if there is any possibility that they might change. The girlfriends are unappreciated, used, cheated on and degraded. For many of them, this is the last straw, and if their men can't get it together, they're going to get the boot. So, through a series of challenges (suprise suprise), the girls will try to change their tools into men.

I'd been looking forward to this show since I first saw the commercial for it. The first episode was great! Great premise, great drama, great characters... but I'm hoping it will sustain. Now that we've seen how dumb and inconsiderate some of these guys can be, are now in for 9 weeks of useless I Love Money challenges or will we see some progress with these guy? The first episode really tugged at my heart strings (at least more than any other VH1 reality show) and I'm hoping to see more of that. I hope it doesn't reach the shallow depths of Rock of Venereal Disease. Only time will tell, and from what I've seen so far, Tool Academy looks to be promising.

Watch it on VH1, Sundays at 10

Bye Bye Becker

This past Saturday, I woke up to watch my weekly installment of VH1's Top 20 Countdown to find that my favorite VJ was missing. Instead the show was hosted by the formally lovable but recently lackluster Jim Shearer.

I was stunned actually. I hadn't heard anything about Alison Becker leaving the show. She was my burst of sunshine on Saturday mornings. Aside from the fact that we're both "single L" Alisons from Jersey, I felt kind of a connection with her, a connection that I'm sure most people feel with their favorite television icons. But I got her humor and thought maybe some years from now, when I was making my NY rounds, looking for a job at VH1 or NBC, I'd bump into Ms. Becker and say, almost in passing, "I used to watch you, ya know. Thanks for the good times."

But alas, she is moving westward. My only hopes are that she finds what she's looking for out there and finds her way back to small screen (or big screen) so that she might brighten our days again.

Good luck Alison!

(Check out her blog.)