Michelle's Quickies

Ok, there's a lot of TV stuff I want to talk about. Haven't written about Gossip Girl and want to very much, but there's too much. I will sum up: if you're missing your O.C., and I mean O.C. classic, this is the show for you. It is deliciously trashy. And Kristen Bell does the voiceovers. Check it out.

Journeyman's second episode was better than the first. The first episode was weighed down with backstory, but it slowed down a bit to fill in some gaps. I like the way he jumps through time, that it's completely jarring and disorienting for him. I do get a Time Traveler's Wife vibe from the show though, even though the premise is completely different.

I haven't had a chance to watch Pushing Daisies yet, and I didn't watch Dirty Sexy Money last night because the finale of Top Chef was on. (Meh. Don't get me started. I'm OK that Hung won, but I would rather eat at Dale's restaurant. I love you, Dale.)

Really what this post is for is to tell you that I'm forgoing recording Survivor on the DVR so that I can watch 30 Rock instead. (I'll catch Survivor online.) I watched the entire first season of 30 Rock over the weekend and I have to say, it is one of the smartest, funniest sitcoms I've ever seen. I love everything about it, from Tina Fey's Star Wars-obsessed geekitude to the sweetly bizarre relationship Alec Baldwin's character has with Kenneth the Page ("Good morning, Mr. Donaghy!" "Go to hell!" "No, thank you!"), to the absurd-yet-almost-believable show pitches, to the absolutely believable den of writers...and that's just for starters. I highly recommend getting the first season of this show and spending a weekend with it. Maybe you'll want to take it behind the middle school, too.