TV TALK: Monday Musings – 7.10.08 – The Hills, Big Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, HEROES,

November 11, 2008 by J!-ENT

My TV watching started at 6:00p.m. for a quick hour of Monday Night Raw which took place in the UK. Interesting change of events with title changes. I like the pop that Santino Marella has gotten. Because he’s one of the most popular to watch on TV, sucks to see him lose his title belt.

On to MTV at 7:00 p.m. for “The Hills”. For Season 4, Episode 16 titled “Back to New York”, this is an episode that helps set things up for Whitney Port’s upcoming reality TV show on MTV focusing on her life in New York City and working in the fashion industry. As well as the men she has in her life.

But the interesting part is watching Spencer Pratt confronting Brent of Bolthouse Productions regarding the firing of his girlfriend Heidi. And Brent not taking crap, really putting Spencer in his place. Calling him “bad news”.

The Aftershow featured Whitney Port and talking about this episode.

At 8:00 p.m, it was time to switch to CBS for “The Big Bang Theory”. In Season 2, Episode 7 titled “The Panty Pinata Polarization”, Penny has enough of Sheldon’s rules and decides to see what happens if she pushes Sheldon’s buttons. Sheldon bans her after her third strike and thus the war is on between Penny and Sheldon. Another hilarious episode and I swear, this show is my favorite comedy online right now.

At 8:30 on CBS is “How I Met Your Mother”. In Season 4, Episode 7 titled “Not a Father’s Day”, one of Barney’s one night stands might be pregnant. While Lily and Marshall contemplate having children. But are any of them ready for a baby? Another fun episode.

Was totally stoked because the DVD’s for both series are on sale at Target this week. All three seasons of “How I Met Your Mother” are $14.99 and “The Big Bang Theory” is $19.99.

At 9:00 on NBC was “HEROES”. In Season 3, Episode 8 titled “Villains”, Hiro is now under the dreamtime and seeing the past in his mind. We now know why Syler became a killer, we know how the Petrelli father died or who set up the accident for Nathan Petrelli. We know who Meredith’s brother is and the people who became agents. Pretty much a setup of what took place months before the first episode of Season 1 of “HEROES”.

The episode definitely tied up some loose ends but at the same time, I felt a little disappointment that everything that has happened was related to other characters. As if a puppetmaster controlled everyone with the strings. I was hoping that Syler was that way because he’s psycho. I did not want to know that he his freakish way was being supported by the agency. I didn’t like that Meredith and that blue flame villain was her brother and the fact that they worked for the agency.

Why can’t thinks just be left alone without having to be tied to the agency. It seems that everything is interconnected and why does another Black hero have to die from the show. Granted, the show has featured many people of different ethnicities and it’s good to see East Asians and South Asians still on the show but the Latinos and Black heroes, tend to get the short end of the stick. But then again, maybe I was starting to dig another hero with the ability to paint his dreams on the show but to see another just get killed of so easy.

Then at 10:00 on NBC was “My Worst Enemy” which I had to DVR because I had to get back to work.

But that was my Monday night TV talk.