Sunday Night TV

Bunch of stuff on, highlight for spoilers:

• Simpsons: A few ok moments. I thought the home schooling was too easy a joke, which they didn't do much with. Bart's therapy storyline didn't do much for me either. Some decent jokes, but a below average episode, I thought.


• Family Guy: So I love Airplane! One of my favorite movies ever. While doing a parody of a parody move seems kinda silly, I loved it.. mostly cause of the music. It's also nice to see Quagmire get a story that's not entirely about being a perv. And Peter's redneck story was weird, partly cause The Simpsons had just done a blue collar comedy joke earlier in the night. Weird. The callback to the Goodfellas "gimme my money" joke was nice, too.


• The Winner: So I'd caught two episodes online earlier, but somehow neither was the pilot. I missed the whole hypochondriac element, and there were some real laugh out loud moments in this one. Two of three episodes were reasonably funny... it's not the greatest of sitcoms, but definitely entertaining. Rob Corddry carries it with his performance.


• Battlestar Galactica: So... wow. Good episode, but I'm shocked they'd kill off Starbuck in a weird "not afraid of death anymore" suicide. Is she a cylon? Why the shot of her grabbing the ejection seat lever? Is she just dead? Were the visions supernatural or just her being crazy? Did Katee Sackhoff just ask for too much money in contract talks? I don't watch promos or read spoilers, so any of the above could already be widely known to be true or untrue. Either way it's fun to think about it. I dig characters dying. But only if it's handled right. If she stays dead or comes back in a non-stupid way (which is hard), it's all good. If she comes back in a stupid way, I'll be pissed.
  
  Overall, it's been a good week for women going nuts... Las Vegas, Friday Night Lights, and now BSG. Also, I guess Sci-Fi will continue pimping the bonus scenes, and I will continue watching them cause I'm a sucker.

On the Tivo: Nothing.

I guess American Dad is off while The Winner blows through its six episode run? Also caught Talk Show with Spike Feresten on Saturday since there was no SNL. I really love getting the guests into the scripted bits (this one involved Jason Alexander and a straitjacket). It'd be nice if this lasted into the summer, when SNL's on hiatus.