“Veronica Mars” will be on hiatus until mid-March and I, for one, am actually proud of the UPN network. Dawn Ostroff is giving “Veronica” an ounce of dignity. I commend you, Dawn!
The recent rating problems plaguing “Veronica” are not our sleuth’s fault. It’s from the hideous “South Beach” airing just before it. Ok, I’m sorry, I haven’t given “South Beach” any credit because who am I to say anything against it when I haven’t given it one minute of my attention. I wanted to, I even recorded some of the episodes, but too many far more important shows needed space on my DVR, and they was quickly deleted before even having me attempt to watch it. The commercials the first fifty times enticed you, like right before “The O.C.” on Fox debuted. The fifty-first to hundred were nauseating and I could not, for the life of me, bring myself to give it any more minutes than I did when I watched the commercials. So, any bad opinions I have are validated by other more renowned (ok, just plain renowned) television critics’ opinions.
Ostroff and the UPN bigwigs are waiting until “America’s Next Top Model” to return to broadcasting as a lead-in for Ms. Mars. Tyra Banks and her “Top Models” have the demographic and better audience that stays past 8:59pm to watch our current version of the Scooby Gang solve this season’s mysteries in Neptune. Finally, someone is showing a little respect to our petite blonde detective and company. Giving “Veronica” a chance with a better lead-in will hopefully solidify “Veronica’s” place at the new network in shape, currently named (and hopefully changing during the summer), The CW.
Current gossip, slyly winked-winked but never confirmed by Ostroff, has pinpointed and commented that The WB’s “Gilmore Girls” and UPN’s “Veronica Mars” will most likely be paired together on The CW’s Tuesday night line-up. Fans, critics, cast and crew of “Veronica” agree the outlook of the pairing would be sensational for both shows and for grabbing the audience and drawing them to The CW.
I will miss brand new episodes of “Veronica Mars” but airing reruns for the newly converted and faithful fans will give the audience more chances to figuring out who killed Felix and who planned the bus crash, or most likely confuse them more and have fans demand “Veronica’s” return. Plus, having the hiatus now will mean less break time later and a lengthier string of brand new episodes airing.
So, buck up, relax and enjoy this break to catch up on “Lost” and any episodes you missed of “Veronica” because, before you know it, the feisty P.I. will be back and you won’t be able to touch that remote.
Olympics are still on, so not much for new programming on a Friday night. I say…
8pm The WB “What I Like About You”, NEW
10pm CBS “Numb3rs”, REPEAT
Catch up on DVR recordings, like last night’s “Smallville”. I heard Lee Thompson Young (“The Famous Jett Jackson”, “South Beach”) was excellent last night as Cyborg and that people are saying since “South Beach” stinks, they would rather have him continue with his own spin-off as this character than have the planned Aquaman spin-off. Let me know what you think.
The recent rating problems plaguing “Veronica” are not our sleuth’s fault. It’s from the hideous “South Beach” airing just before it. Ok, I’m sorry, I haven’t given “South Beach” any credit because who am I to say anything against it when I haven’t given it one minute of my attention. I wanted to, I even recorded some of the episodes, but too many far more important shows needed space on my DVR, and they was quickly deleted before even having me attempt to watch it. The commercials the first fifty times enticed you, like right before “The O.C.” on Fox debuted. The fifty-first to hundred were nauseating and I could not, for the life of me, bring myself to give it any more minutes than I did when I watched the commercials. So, any bad opinions I have are validated by other more renowned (ok, just plain renowned) television critics’ opinions.
Ostroff and the UPN bigwigs are waiting until “America’s Next Top Model” to return to broadcasting as a lead-in for Ms. Mars. Tyra Banks and her “Top Models” have the demographic and better audience that stays past 8:59pm to watch our current version of the Scooby Gang solve this season’s mysteries in Neptune. Finally, someone is showing a little respect to our petite blonde detective and company. Giving “Veronica” a chance with a better lead-in will hopefully solidify “Veronica’s” place at the new network in shape, currently named (and hopefully changing during the summer), The CW.
Current gossip, slyly winked-winked but never confirmed by Ostroff, has pinpointed and commented that The WB’s “Gilmore Girls” and UPN’s “Veronica Mars” will most likely be paired together on The CW’s Tuesday night line-up. Fans, critics, cast and crew of “Veronica” agree the outlook of the pairing would be sensational for both shows and for grabbing the audience and drawing them to The CW.
I will miss brand new episodes of “Veronica Mars” but airing reruns for the newly converted and faithful fans will give the audience more chances to figuring out who killed Felix and who planned the bus crash, or most likely confuse them more and have fans demand “Veronica’s” return. Plus, having the hiatus now will mean less break time later and a lengthier string of brand new episodes airing.
So, buck up, relax and enjoy this break to catch up on “Lost” and any episodes you missed of “Veronica” because, before you know it, the feisty P.I. will be back and you won’t be able to touch that remote.
Olympics are still on, so not much for new programming on a Friday night. I say…
8pm The WB “What I Like About You”, NEW
10pm CBS “Numb3rs”, REPEAT
Catch up on DVR recordings, like last night’s “Smallville”. I heard Lee Thompson Young (“The Famous Jett Jackson”, “South Beach”) was excellent last night as Cyborg and that people are saying since “South Beach” stinks, they would rather have him continue with his own spin-off as this character than have the planned Aquaman spin-off. Let me know what you think.
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