God Damn Me!

So I wanted to use this post to plug my new favorite sitcom that Netflix just suggested to me: "Better Off Ted."

I watched several episodes over the weekend, loved it, and wanted to tell you how great it was in hopes of garnering support for it.

But I cant; ABC already canceled it. (just this Month, too!)

I really want to be angry at the Network for canceling this one, but I realized recently that it's partially *my* fault this show got axed.

See, I'm too cheap for Cable TV. And too lazy to get one of those Digitial Converter box things. Plus, I'm usually not home during the evenings (I'm an active twenty-something, y'know) so what's the point?

I still like watching TV though, so I usually rent TV series through Netflix or watch them through internet sites like Hulu.

But since TV shows depend on people actually watching them during their designated time slots (especially if they want to get renewed) this doesn't really help them, does it? Can Networks even calculate ratings through the internet? (Nico - help me out here)

I guess what I'm trying to say is if we don't start paying for things like Cable (and TIVO) I think Networks are gonna stop producing TV shows that are catered to our audience. After all, why should they invest in something that "no one's going to watch"?

In any case, I still reccommend watching 'Better Off Ted" - especially now that it's on DVD. I would go so far as to say you should maybe even buy it if you like what you see.

Don't do the easy thing and just watch it on Hulu.

But if you have to, email the network everytime you do.

My "Pilot Season" Age

If TV has taught me anything, it’s that life begins at twenty-seven.

Think about it: Look at all the great sitcoms on TV: Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Friends, etc.

The main characters of these shows were all twenty-seven years of age when they began.

So now that *I'm* twenty-seven, I’m wondering when my life will spin out of control and start me down a hilarious roller coaster of situational comedy.

• Will I start a new job and have to endure the antics of my crazy co-workers?
• Or will my best friends get married and inspire me to find the love of my life?
• Maybe a sexy new neighbor will move in next door and bring me out of my nerdy shell?
• Perhaps rumors of redundancy will cause my boss to come up with zany reasons to boost morale?

Personally I’m hoping to download a top secret government computer into my brain.

Now before you go and say “But Stuart, that’s TV; it’s not real!” let me just say that art imitates life as much as life imitates art – so I believe that if I live my life as wackily (is that a word?) as the people on TV do, I will somehow go through major character development on a weekly basis. (There’s gotta be a method to the madness, right?)

As long as I throw in funny sarcastic quips about everything that happens around me as I do.