Something interesting that I noticed is news that Mr. Forest Whitaker will be joining the cast of E.R. for a while. Mr. Whitaker has been on quite a run recently. He is incredibly talented as I mentioned recently, and if he can bring the same kind of intensity he displayed on the FX cable television program The Shield, E.R. is going to be good again. I haven’t seen the show since the loss of Mr. Noah Wyle, another actor I wish would get more work, but this could be a reason for me to start again.
Also in the news is a hint at what you can expect in the new season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It seems that the season will start in a 2 part episode, revolving on the death of a character played by Mr. Danny Bonaduce. For those not familiar with Mr. Bonaduce, he played the 2nd son on the Partridge Family from the 70’s. He is also known for his rocky teens, filled with addiction and run-ins with the law. Most recently he has been a radio host. I wish Mr. Bonaduce the best, and hope that this is the restart of his career. I can’t say why, but I’ve always though he should have done better. Of course he generally meltdowns after any form of exposure on television so who knows what may happen. He and other child stars of the 70’s and 80’s really bring the negatives of Hollywood to light. But perhaps their stories, like Mr. Bonaduce’s are not over yet.
And lastly in television and cable program news is the happiest thought yet. Stargate SG-1 will be ending its prolonged run with its 10th season. While it is great that a sci-fi program finally made it to this landmark, I wish it had been a better program. Yes, I for one never liked SG-1. While the movie with Mr. Ken Russell and Mr. James Spader was quite well done, I never felt a connection to the series. Considering the number of cable networks and television stations that ran this program first run, I don’t think I was alone.
So yes I am glad it will end, though this comes with a tinge of pain as it means the end of another program for Mr. Ben Browder. Of course I think he was only added to the show to try to draw back Farscape fans that abandoned the SciFi channel like the bloated water-logged corpse that the network is. While some may have returned out of loyalty to Mr. Browder, most have not stuck with the channel that has neither appreciation nor understanding of its core audience.
And in the world of reality programming, which I do not consider a real show nor entertaining, the question of what to do to generate ratings in a realm of useless ideas? How do the ratings stay up? Segregate the players. Race is a polarizing issue in the U.S. and few things get our blood boiling like race issues. Thus the next [how many have there been now?] marathon in the Survivor series will focus on teams divided by race. In a program created due to its cheap cost and low production value, this is an even lower shot to pump up ratings. Please just end the bloody thing and move on to something actually worthwhile. Even another wrestling program would be better, marginally.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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