There are so many forensics shows but hey let's have some more! Elementary (Sherlock Holmes) was not really interesting to me. The season premiere of NCIS was pretty blah with a tedious ending. Made in New Jersey (did this girl go to law school?) wasn't really any less standard (elementary?) than Elementary, but perhaps the cute face and breed of it all worked for me somewhat better. Both have -- "hey, I know that actor." Season premiere of Homeland was good, but I didn't feel up to a week by week loyal watching of that show -- rather intense.
Meanwhile, caught Stephanie Miller (daughter of Goldwater's running mate) a few times recently. She's cute as a button, but her show is somewhat bland. This isn't too surprising -- she's fairly successful and that requires a bit of that. Still, though the show is a decent time waster with some interesting guests (she had the birther woman on, e.g.), with a p.o.v. that will be appreciated by some, don't see that much depth overall. On that front, good pair of weekend shows from Chris Hayes, including the Egyptian American I talked about recently. She got a bit of push-back for her actions ('don't feed the trolls"), but no one noted what might happen if posters we didn't like became open season. She did note she used pink paint since it is non-violent and would not cover the text. MHP also had a few interesting segments.
Week 4: Some interesting games, including Carolina and Tampa both blowing it in the final minute (Carolina doing so in more devastating fashion) and New Orleans going 0-4 after missing 48 yd job* and actually being ahead after a good comeback. Dolphins played tough but lost in OT against the plucky Cardinals, while the surprising Viks won again. Peyton decided to get a big lead early, the Pats got one late and karma probably got Seattle. Three no losses, one no win (Browns).
The Jets were doomed anyway, but were embarrassed, even though their defense (and perhaps SF's offense) actually kept them in the game for longer than deserved. The Giants anemic offense didn't take advance of the Eagles' and when scoring finally began, they lost by two points (19-17). Particularly if they squeak into the playoffs this year somehow, a Super Bowl sorta gives them a pass, but games like that (after losing to Dallas) are annoying. Meanwhile, Yanks (come from behind) and Orioles are still tied for first. Unbalanced final series, advantage Yanks. [Playoff race update.] Still, I'm pretty surprised it comes down to this (or a tiebreaker -- the loser would have two one game playoffs of sorts, the second against the WC).
All in all, a pretty good sports weekend.
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* Some drama in the game with Rodgers out temporarily with a hurt eye (never a good thing to see a back-up QB for most elite teams in when the score is not totally skewered) and a controversial call, but the kicker (after corresponding penalties eventually pushed things back five yards) sealed the deal in the end. Also, I kept up with various scores online, needing to leave to catch a train right before the end of the Redskins game. The last two late games ended late.
Meanwhile, caught Stephanie Miller (daughter of Goldwater's running mate) a few times recently. She's cute as a button, but her show is somewhat bland. This isn't too surprising -- she's fairly successful and that requires a bit of that. Still, though the show is a decent time waster with some interesting guests (she had the birther woman on, e.g.), with a p.o.v. that will be appreciated by some, don't see that much depth overall. On that front, good pair of weekend shows from Chris Hayes, including the Egyptian American I talked about recently. She got a bit of push-back for her actions ('don't feed the trolls"), but no one noted what might happen if posters we didn't like became open season. She did note she used pink paint since it is non-violent and would not cover the text. MHP also had a few interesting segments.
Week 4: Some interesting games, including Carolina and Tampa both blowing it in the final minute (Carolina doing so in more devastating fashion) and New Orleans going 0-4 after missing 48 yd job* and actually being ahead after a good comeback. Dolphins played tough but lost in OT against the plucky Cardinals, while the surprising Viks won again. Peyton decided to get a big lead early, the Pats got one late and karma probably got Seattle. Three no losses, one no win (Browns).
The Jets were doomed anyway, but were embarrassed, even though their defense (and perhaps SF's offense) actually kept them in the game for longer than deserved. The Giants anemic offense didn't take advance of the Eagles' and when scoring finally began, they lost by two points (19-17). Particularly if they squeak into the playoffs this year somehow, a Super Bowl sorta gives them a pass, but games like that (after losing to Dallas) are annoying. Meanwhile, Yanks (come from behind) and Orioles are still tied for first. Unbalanced final series, advantage Yanks. [Playoff race update.] Still, I'm pretty surprised it comes down to this (or a tiebreaker -- the loser would have two one game playoffs of sorts, the second against the WC).
All in all, a pretty good sports weekend.
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* Some drama in the game with Rodgers out temporarily with a hurt eye (never a good thing to see a back-up QB for most elite teams in when the score is not totally skewered) and a controversial call, but the kicker (after corresponding penalties eventually pushed things back five yards) sealed the deal in the end. Also, I kept up with various scores online, needing to leave to catch a train right before the end of the Redskins game. The last two late games ended late.