January 11th's Weekly TV Thoughts

It's been an interesting week for TV watching here in LA.  Only one night was the show I was planning to watch not interrupted for fire coverage.  (Not that I wound up watching that night's shows that night.  Got distracted.)  I get it, the first was definitely more important.  I wouldn't have it any other way.  But that's also why Happy's Place isn't on here.  I'll catch up next week.

Wipeout – I didn’t have the dads pegged as making the finals.  I wish they had won over the team that did.  I wasn’t paying enough attention to see how they were selected to replace the team that got injured.  I guess they had come closest to finishing their heat.

Deal or No Deal Island – Well, that was kind of a boring opening.  I wasn’t that surprised that Luke left.  He just didn’t seem that bright at all.  And, if he had taken any deal, he would have been able to stay.  But he was 100% the reason his team was in that position, so it doesn’t upset me at all.  Oh well, hopefully, it will be more interesting going forward.

Shifting Gears – That was pretty funny.  I hope they get away from the politics, but I really felt the leads played well off each other.  I didn’t pick up on the fact that we were having a Galaxy Quest reunion with the cast, but that’s fun.  But the fact that I was laughing at some of the lines through the entire episode makes me hope for a second good sitcom on TV.  Could it be possible?

The Challenge – I’m definitely okay with the winners.  Appreciated that they had a tie for the women.  I felt based solely on the final challenges these were the people who deserved to win.  Next week should bring lots of drama with the reunion.  We’ll see how long I last with it.  But I do have to ask why this show has so much more drama than other reality shows I watch.  Is it because they have the same people over and over again so they really get to know/irritate each other?  Or just who they cast?

Only Murders in the Building – So, we’re going with the same plotting as the first season – focus on one person and then eliminate them each episode.  Not how I usually like my mysteries, but I am here for it.  Interesting getting to meet Lucy.  And see Jan again.  I feel like the second episode was more personal than about the mystery itself.  That’s probably because I didn’t consider the artist a real suspect.  Either way, both were great episodes.