The other morning I awoke with the clear and absolute knowledge that Charlie Sheen’s character on Two and a Half Men was going to be eaten by a bear.
I wasn’t entirely sure how I came upon this preview of events, but there it was.
Now, I’m reading day after day about the funeral of Uncle Charlie and some kind of train wreck and “meat explosion” that describes his death.
You can understand my confusion. Where the heck was the bear?
Obviously, my dreams have been getting the better of me. But there is definitely too much information out there about this season’s programming if it’s filtering off the Internet and down from satellite signals and seeping into my brain whilst I sleep.
TV stars are dropping hints and studio leaks are sprouting like the little Dutch boy’s dyke.
Naturally, it’s all carefully timed and choreographed for the greatest impact without any thought to “less is more.”
Entertainment Tonight and ET Canada are in overdrive dishing so-called first looks at new and returning shows.
Fox’s New Girl has been hyped for months and I’m more than ready to try it out on Sept. 20.
Everyone’s talking about Sarah Michelle Geller’s return to series television in Ringer. And you can’t turn on CBS without staring dreamily into Patrick Wilson’s eyes during the never-ending promos for A Gifted Man.
Needless to say, season premiere weeks are so jam-packed that you might as well plan to abdicate your place in productive society in order to watch it all.
So perhaps this preview-apalooza does help new shows get a fair shot amid the melee.
But what of the returning shows? For those of us who wait through the long summer months for the outcomes to last season’s finales, our patience is not being rewarded.
Because a month before the new season, we hear that (spoiler alert!) Chief Webber takes the fall for Meredith and Owen is named the new Chief of Surgery on Grey’s Anatomy.
Why bother to watch the two-hour premiere? You’ve already got your answers and now you have two free hours to spend with someone new.
The same goes for Two and a Half Men. Do we need to go to Uncle Charlie’s funeral? Well, maybe for Ashton Kutcher, we might.
But the real issue is all the answers we’re getting before the shows ever hit the air.
It’s like getting a beautifully wrapped Christmas present with a note attached that says “It’s a blue sweater!”
Leave us with our anticipation. Your loyal viewers deserve it.
Of course, I still think Charlie Sheen should be thrown to the bear.
I hear a little bloodshed does wonders for behaviour modification.
I wasn’t entirely sure how I came upon this preview of events, but there it was.
Now, I’m reading day after day about the funeral of Uncle Charlie and some kind of train wreck and “meat explosion” that describes his death.
You can understand my confusion. Where the heck was the bear?
Obviously, my dreams have been getting the better of me. But there is definitely too much information out there about this season’s programming if it’s filtering off the Internet and down from satellite signals and seeping into my brain whilst I sleep.
TV stars are dropping hints and studio leaks are sprouting like the little Dutch boy’s dyke.
Naturally, it’s all carefully timed and choreographed for the greatest impact without any thought to “less is more.”
Entertainment Tonight and ET Canada are in overdrive dishing so-called first looks at new and returning shows.
Fox’s New Girl has been hyped for months and I’m more than ready to try it out on Sept. 20.
Everyone’s talking about Sarah Michelle Geller’s return to series television in Ringer. And you can’t turn on CBS without staring dreamily into Patrick Wilson’s eyes during the never-ending promos for A Gifted Man.
Needless to say, season premiere weeks are so jam-packed that you might as well plan to abdicate your place in productive society in order to watch it all.
So perhaps this preview-apalooza does help new shows get a fair shot amid the melee.
But what of the returning shows? For those of us who wait through the long summer months for the outcomes to last season’s finales, our patience is not being rewarded.
Because a month before the new season, we hear that (spoiler alert!) Chief Webber takes the fall for Meredith and Owen is named the new Chief of Surgery on Grey’s Anatomy.
Why bother to watch the two-hour premiere? You’ve already got your answers and now you have two free hours to spend with someone new.
The same goes for Two and a Half Men. Do we need to go to Uncle Charlie’s funeral? Well, maybe for Ashton Kutcher, we might.
But the real issue is all the answers we’re getting before the shows ever hit the air.
It’s like getting a beautifully wrapped Christmas present with a note attached that says “It’s a blue sweater!”
Leave us with our anticipation. Your loyal viewers deserve it.
Of course, I still think Charlie Sheen should be thrown to the bear.
I hear a little bloodshed does wonders for behaviour modification.
