Juvenall Wilson

The major television networks do a fantastic job at keeping me glued to my computer. It’s not that there isn’t anything on to watch, it’s there too much crap to sift through. So when I find a show I’m willing to take time out of my day to go and watch, that really says a lot. Tonight, there are actually three things on back-to-back that fit that bill.

1. 8pm 24 I’ll be the first to admit I hated the crap out of this show when it first started. You can blame all the hype, really. When a show gets that much press, I tend to believe they’re trying to make up for things like bad actors, shitty plots and ugly writing. It wasn’t until the second half of season two that I started watching when I could. Now that the new season starts tonight, I may become hooked. Viva la Jack?
2. 10pm The Shield This is one of the very few shows I consider great TV. The characters are just amazing and the story is compelling. What’s funny to a lot of my friends is I hate both dramas and cop shows. Anyhow, it looks like the season started this week and the rerun is on tonight at 10pm. It’s about damn time too. The show was AWOL for something like 8 months or more and I was starting to forget about it.
3. 11pm The Boondocks This is a new shows I’ve quickly grown to love. Well written and funny as hell. After a two or three week gap of old episodes, a new one is up tonight about Martin Luther King coming back from the dead or something.