Friday nights used to be really busy for me, if you can believe it. That's when the "Friday night death slot" was reserved for kooky science fiction and spooky mysteries. Nowadays, not so much, though a couple of things still pique my interest.
Soon After Airing (thanks, internet)
- NEW: Constantine (10/24), 10 PM on NBC
I know I once owned the Keanu Reeves version, but I don't think I ever watched it. Based on what people have said about the comic, it sounds like this will fill in the Supernaturalesque void in my life. Which means, I will want to watch it, but will be terrified when I do. Yay?!
I'll Get Around to It
- NEW: Cristela (10/10), 8:30 PM on ABC
Out of the preview clips I watched, I laughed wholeheartedly at only one bit, but it was a hell of a bit. Cristela is part of the surge of pilots that add more diversity to the line-up, but it feels like a pretty standard family-oriented sitcom. The titular character is an adult woman slowly but surely pursuing her dream of being a lawyer, all the while having wacky adventure as she lives with her sister's family. Lots of broad comedy in the Full House vein, I imagine.
The bit that I enjoyed is killer, though. It comes up at around 0:30 in this clip on Hulu:
Basically, Cristela works as a paralegal, and one vacuous client first assumes she's a custodial worker, then apologetically switches gears and asks Cristela to validate her parking. YOWCH. It's awful and funny and it happens all the time, and then Cristela, eyes wide, says, "I think you've been validated enough!" If they can manage something like that bit twice an episode, I will watch the whole season.
- Grimm (10/24), 9 PM on NBC
Grimm is another one of those shows that I like to watch in batches of three or so. It's got lots of interesting ideas--and the recent development of the world outside of Portland has kicked things up a few levels. It's still groanworthy at times, but it's yards and yards better than it was the first season.
Bookmarking for Future Downtime
- Hawaii Five-0 (9/26), 9 PM on CBS
I watched this show pretty devotedly for two seasons because, as I told my friends, where else would I get to see a cast that included a majority of actors of Asian descent? Plus, y'know, procedural. I fell out of practice with this one, but I still dig it.
And that's it for Friday! Tune in tomorrow for my thoughts on some streaming shows, current and not-so, plus
Doctor Who.
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