What New Fall Shows are Actually Good? And Who’s Watching the Emmy Awards?

Cassie from Skins

I have become a huge fan of Skins, which airs on BBC America now. Hands down, my two favorite characters are Cassie and Sid, played by Hannah Murray and Mike Bailey. I seem to talk in a British accent after I watch an episode, which is fun for me – maybe less for anyone else around me.

Here are some random thoughts on Fall TV shows that have premiered or returned:

America’s Next Top Model: Oh man, it’s just the most shallow and petty season ever! I don’t know if I can watch it anymore, even as a guilty pleasure. I didn’t even watch it this week to be honest. Anyone else notice how they have no plus-sized girls this go around? Could that be because they finally had their first plus-sized winner so they feel they’ve filled that gap for now, and instead decided to make the ‘daring decision’ to cast a transgendered individual named Isis. I highly doubt they have any intention of letting her get too far, let alone win. My Dad says that whenever he sees the show he can just hear all of the girls muttering ‘Yes master, yes master, thank you master, you are wonderful highness, our oh holy one!’ to Tyra Banks from the way they scream at her every arrival and tremble at her presence. We should all host a reality show like this so we can boost our egos!

Fringe: What’s wrong with this picture? I was so hyped for it, and I feel it is falling flat! I love J.J. Abrams and Joshua Jackson, but as my friend Ali put it, the female lead seems like the ‘poor man’s Cate Blanchett’. She has ZERO presence on the screen. Everything plot-wise is very X-Files in nature and I gotta say, I don’t dig that so much. I like Jackson’s character for his snark, but I’m not feeling very excited by this show.

Supernatural: AMAZING. AMAZING. AMAZING. I watched it with surround sound, in a dark room. This is like, the ONE show on right now that I really get into and get excited by still. I just LOVED the premiere, I mean – loved it! Oh, our boys are back. One mental note I made was that while Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a pretty wimpy ‘crawling out of her grave‘ scene with like, one leaf in her hair – Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester was visually stunning as he crawled from his grave. The special effects in this episode? Oh man. Eyeballs burned from their sockets! CRAZY. And RUBY - oh, we were so fooled! ‘Cause she’s still around, and boy is Sam Winchester a liar! To his BROTHER! Ahh. And, ANGELS, GOD, WHAT? The show is taking risks and it’s awesome to the point where I’m going to need to make up new words to use instead of ‘awesome’. On a final note, cause otherwise I won’t shut up – I love how Supernatural continually, even in a major episode like this, manages to balance and INCORPORATE comedic moments with the dark, deep stuff. The Supernatural season 3 DVD wants to be owned: Supernatural – The Complete Third Season

Sage and Rose on Privileged

True Blood: I had such low expectations that when I watched it alone at night it felt like a really fun, albeit sometimes cheesy, horror movie. I’ll watch some more episodes. I love the Southern-Gothic feel it has. Fans of Twilight who say this show stole the premise of those HORRIBLE BOOKS (oh dear God, I read the first book and it was the worst thing I ever read EVER EVER EVER) well, the answer is no. Unless you want to admit to Twilight stealing all of its ideas from everywhere else. The idea of a vampire and a mortal girl? Gee, where have I heard that before? Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Forever Knight, Moonlight - um, a million places? True Blood is better than Twilight.

Privileged: Cute, and I’d rather watch this than Gossip Girl. The CW seems to think we only want to watch rich people. When I thought this show was called How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls I thought it sounded so dumb, but I do like it now.

The 60th Emmy Awards are coming soon! When do the Emmy Awards air? On Sunday, September 21st! For Outstanding Comedy Series, The Office and 30 Rock are both nominated. They both have episodes nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, as well. The lovely and uber talented Tina Fey of 30 Rock is also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. I will be watching the Emmy Awards, what about you?

Before it airs, head over to TVGuide.com and look at their Emmy Trivia organized by numbers.

P.S. 30 Rock: Season 2 Season 2 of 30 Rock is out on DVD on October 7th. I received this to review, and I’ll post that review asap!