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• No, Not Schaumberg On tonight’s SNL Weekend Update, Tina and Amy were trying to prove their Chicago cred with someone from the Sox (this is me, not a sports fan). He was kind enough to donate the World Series win to all Chicagoans. Southside, Northside, Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, but not Schaumburg. Ha. (For the Minnesota readers unfamiliar with Chicagoland geography:
• House is Better than Boston Legal When James Spader started on the Practice, his dialogue transformed the show into something worth watching. The same is true of Boston Legal, well, was true. The “We’re firing Alan Shore” storyline is tiresome. Firing Alan Shore would make all the fans stop watching. The threat alone turned me off. Fortunately, Jen introduced me to House.
• Asks: Should We Buy a HD TiVo? Our Series2 TiVo is on its last legs. With each passing day, its over-the-air recordings (we’re a no cable household) are more and more unwatchable, while digital over-the-air recordings are getting more stable. But seriously, TV without TiVo is like email without a spam filter. Back in January, I replaced our DVD player w/ a Mac
• Why Bother Blogging TV? I just read the Entertainment Weekly for Oct 21, 2005. They nailed both why I stopped watching Boston Legal and why 2-people teams in The Amazing Race was better. That, and the Stupid Questions were actually stupid this week.
• House: Nothing’s Changed They finally ended the ridiculous series-killing storyline (House v. Detective). This puts Hose back where I prefer it: bizarre medical mysteries and a predictable - even Encyclopedia Brown-esque - routine with snarky dialogue. Just the way I like it.