Comments on: Our 2009 TV Year in Review (Part II)

By: Mystical Magick » Blog Archive » 2009-2010 Midseason TV Review

Mystical Magick » Blog Archive » 2009-2010 Midseason TV Review — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:41:30 +0000

[...] “Writer Most In Need Of Reigning In: Yes, Glee is one of the most delightful shows to come down the pike in ages. But could someone please teach creator Ryan Murphy a lesson or two in pacing and longterm story telling?” – The TV Addict [...]

By: Chitown_mimi

Chitown_mimi — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:51:51 +0000

Tvaddict,
I think you need a BIGGEST NETWORK BLUNDER 3rd runner up- Placing Fringe on Thursday!! This is one of the best sci fi shows on today, and it is being poorly programmed by FOX!! This show deserves so much more fans and accolades.

By: News Roundup: 90210, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl « TeenDramaWhore

News Roundup: 90210, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl « TeenDramaWhore — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:44:01 +0000

[...] One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl are both mentioned in this TV Year in Review piece. OTH gets a second mention here. [...]

By: Todd W in NC

Todd W in NC — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:56 +0000

Oh, yeah, if someone thought TheTVAddict’s Glee comment was about winning Sectionals halfway through the first season, I don’t have a problem with that at all. Getting to Sectionals is just the end of a mini-arc. There’s still Regionals, probably a State competition, and maybe Nationals, if they really go that far with it. And, as for the fake baby arc, that couldn’t last forever.

Buffy: The Vampire Slayer had season long arcs, and in recent years, a lot of shows, especially those on Syfy have “fall finales.” On Glee, Sectionals is just a checkpoint along a larger path.

Like most high school shows, Glee is probably starting off with sophomores. My guess is, they will only come in 2nd or 3rd in Regionals at the end of season 1, giving them something to work harder for. They’ll win all the way up to State in season 2, making glee club more cool and paving the way for a bigger group and more filler characters. And, in season 3, they’ll “blow the roof off the dump” getting to Nationals before the first group graduates — as the younger filler characters gradually rise to main cast status to take over Glee 2.0. The whole theme of season 3 will be passing the torch. Just my guess.

By: Athena606

Athena606 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:59:24 +0000

i totally agree about Flash Forward i want to love and i should but it falls just short of that

By: Hil

Hil — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:58:49 +0000

I agree on the GLEE point. No one is knocking how they did finally finish off some of the storylines in the final episode…the problem was all the crazy up and down stuff throughout the season. People quitting and rejoining every other episode, character motivations changing each episode (or just forgotten), big moments and conflicts forgotten or even contradicted in the next episode, mood swings, entire plot lines dropped while ridiculous ones that make you think people had to be dropped on their heads repeatedly as a baby to believe it played over and over again (fake baby pad/hot tub?)…

By: BizarroP

BizarroP — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:28 +0000

I liked the Dave storyline on Desperate Housewives…

By: theTVaddict

theTVaddict — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:56:46 +0000

In terms of GLEE, my big issue is not so much as to how everything was wrapped up within 13 episodes, after-all with such an outside-the-box show who could blame the creative team for only planning 13. But with the overall unevenness summed up perfectly via Todd W in NC’s comments. How is it the Tina and Artie storyline fell off the map entirely, we finally see a more human Sue only to forget about it completely. At times it seems the story takes a back seat to which major musical number we can throw into the episode and subsequently sell on iTunes.

By: Josh Emerson

Josh Emerson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:45:47 +0000

I think I disagree with you on Glee, depending on what exactly you mean. If you’re talking about the storylines being wrapped up at the end of the first 13 episodes, that’s something I really liked. I hate when shows drag things out for 22 episodes and sometimes multiple seasons before finally giving the big payoff.

I agree with you on ABC with both V and Brothers & Sisters. The way they promoted a death in the B&S movie and then had nothing was just pathetic. And I’m afraid V is going to lose most of its momentum by the time it returns, even though it’ll be airing after Lost.

By: Todd W in NC

Todd W in NC — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:22:06 +0000

If TheTVAddict means what I think he means about Glee, then I totally agree with him. However, I’m not sure we’re all on the same page with the comment…

Each episode feels a little *too* different & self-contained. There’s not a smooth enough transition between. It has the feel of many outside writers each taking their swing at an episode rather than a consistent team of writer/producers keeping the overalll storyline cohesive.

The main example is how often members of the glee club have quit. At first, it seemed like every episode was going to be about someone else leaving the club and then being coaxed back in. I guess you could argue this is normal for a high school girl, but in a short number of episodes, Rachel has already had crushes on Finn, Puck, and Mr. Schuester. I’ve felt that Sue’s character is often painted as *too* evil. But, they showed her softer side in one episode, and then turned her right back to excessively evil the next week. And, what is the status between Artie & Tina?

I just wish each week felt like it built off the previous week a little better rather than each week feeling like its own distinct little experiment.