My favorite summer shows
June 20, 2007I think they might be some of my favorite shows period, they just both happen to air in the summer…I guess that means not everyone thinks they’re that great. I think it just means not everyone knows they’re that great…yet! Either way, The Closer (Mon. 9pm TNT) is officially back and My Boys (Tues. 10pm TBS) is on its way. I got hooked on both of these shows in their first season and am SO happy to have them back!
The Closer season premiere was Monday night, but don’t worry, there’s an encore presentation on Thursday night at 8pm. Why do I love this show? Well, first of all I love all crime-solving drama shows. Add an overstressed team of mostly-male LAPD priority homicide detectives led by a petite, blonde, neurotic, sugar-craving, relationally challenged, tough-talking, case-cracking Deputy Chief (Brenda Lee Johnson, played by Kyra Sedgwick), and I’m completely hooked.
No, I don’t just love it for it’s obvious femi-power undertones. In fact, it’s starting to rack up a nice resume of honors for a show just starting its second season, including a Golden Globe for Kyra for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, and the honor of being the “Most Watched Cable Series of All Time” (or so the ads claim). Add to all this the benefit of watching it in HD…it’s a no brainer! Give it a shot. Check out the encore presentation of the premiere Thursday at 8.
You may be wondering how I got hooked on My Boys since it airs at 10pm, clearly past my bedtime. Well one day last year I was home sick from work and had just picked up my new HD Cable box, and therefore had nothing on my List to get me through my sick day. Repulsed at the idea of watching daytime television, I browsed through the TBS on demand offerings and saw that I could watch every episode of My Boys (for free). Sold. I think I watched the whole season that day.
It’s a clever show. The main character is very Carrie Bradshaw-esque, except that her group of friends and confidantes includes five guys and one girl. She’s a successful sports writer who spends her free time at the local pub or playing poker with “her boys.” The supporting male characters are pretty funny, and her character is pretty endearing as well. You can watch last season online if you want to get up to date. There was a pretty good cliffhanger at the end there. Not so good that I remember it, but good enough that I remember I should go back and watch the last episode before the season premiere.
If you have to choose one, watch The Closer. Mainly because of its awesomeness.
Absolutely agree with you on The Closer, Brenda Lee is a great and different type of character in this genre, have not caught enough of “My Boys” to make a decision
Kyra Sedgwick has eaten at Guy’s brother-in-law’s restaurant. Maybe I’ll put him in the know and get you an autograph