About two months ago, I wrote a post about what TV shows I planned to watch this season. This is what I wrote about ABC's "Boston Legal":

I've watched this show going back to the days when it was "The Practice". Back then, it was a compelling, intelligent show about criminal law. It's creator, David Kelley is an ex-lawyer and a big Hollywood Liberal, who unfortunately seems to use every episode in some way to take potshots at President Bush, his Justice Department, his Adminstration in general, the Patriot Act or Iraq. It's starting to get on my nerves. And the only reasons I still watch it are 1) my wife loves the show and 2) the outstanding performances by James Spader and William Shatner. They make the show worth watching. (UPDATE: And BTW, they both just won Emmy Awards) But I'm keeping it on a short leash this season and if the gratuitous Bush-bashing becomes to much to tolerate than the wife will be watching this one alone too - after Gilmore Girls.

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1 I don't blame you. I personally find the show *much* more enjoyable when it's just about Shatner and Spader talking about hookers.

Posted by: Cynical Nation at November 17, 2005 05:01 PM (n3swU)

2 Well you hadn't seen nothing until he topped it off with the liberal Hurricane/poor people rant this week, December 6th. What a joke David E. Kelly has turned into.

Posted by: Chris at December 07, 2005 02:10 PM (IG8QD)

3 "But the bottom line is that the show's ability to annoy and even piss me off outweighs any enjoyment I get from it. " Well said. I've reached that point with Law and Order, SVU. (and posted about it, of course. http://rightfromnewfalluja.blogspot.com/2005/12/is-michael-moore-writing-law-and-order.html) I used to love Boston Legal too until I saw the writing on the wall with the "let's bash conservatives" pattern starting. Too bad, though. Please tell me CSI isn't going to go down the same road any time soon or I'll have to start...READING or something.

Posted by: Detroit Patriotette at December 09, 2005 01:38 PM (qmL8y)

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That's what I want in tonight's episode.

Not nearly enough Kate last week.

Must.have.more.Kate

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OK, in this episode Kate (Evangeline Lilly) was featured in only three scenes. And in every one of them she was smokin' hot!

Oh, and apparently there's another hatch on the island where the survivors in the tail section of the plane are living.

Did I mention how awesome Kate looks dripping wet wrapped in a towel?
:-)

Also, for anyone interested in watching that "Dharma Initiative" orientation film again, it's online here. Notice at the begining it says "3 of 6", which would lead me to believe that since the guy on the film identifies that location as "station 3", there are a total of 6 hatches/bunkers on the island.

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Or don't. I just wanted an excuse to post a picture of Evangeline Lilly.

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Time for one of the very best shows on television to premiere. If you didn't watch last season, it's not too late. ABC willing be showing a one-hour "summary" special at 8pm EST that will bring anyone not familiar with the show up to speed enough to understand what's going on. The new episode is at 9pm, which is its new time slot.

OK, guys, still not convinced? Click the "read more" link for a better incentive... more...

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First off let me point out that having the opportunity to watch any television between changing poopie diapers, reading stories, helping with homework, performing various domestic chores and maintaining two blogs is a miracle unto itself. So if there is a particular show that I watch it's only because I really, really like it or my wife does and I love her enough to endure it so we can share the alone time together.

So there aren't that many to list. And please don't bother making suggestions for anything that doesn't appear below because though I have no doubt it's good, I just don't have the time. Thanks anyway.

Also keep in mind that any specific night and time of broadcast is irrelevant as I'm most likely going to tape it and watch it another time. more...

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Arthur Chrenkoff alerts us to a documentary scheduled to be broadcast this Sunday - September 11 - on The Discovery Channel.

It's called "The Flight That Fought Back" and it focuses on Flight 93, which crashed into a Pennsylvania field on 9/11. Chrenkoff has seen a sneak peek and not only recommends it but testifies that it is a "must see".

You simply cannot miss it. I never type in capitals to make a point, but you can take it that I am now. Extensively researched and drawing on some previously unpublished information, "The Flight That Fought Back" provides the most complete and comprehensive recreation of events onboard Flight 93. It's a stunning, immensely moving production.

The film, part re-enactment, part interview with family members, fleshes out the stories of those ordinary men and women who had found themselves in a situation that was far from ordinary, and who performed, too, in a way that was far from ordinary. Those onboard were a cross-section of America - young and old, all races and walks of life, everymen and everywomen - they were America. The sadness at so many lives interrupted and so much potential destroyed can only be mixed with the admiration for the spirit of the 33 passengers and 7 crew members, and the hope that springs from their sacrifice.

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