World peace? Nah, more TV.

So yeah, I've been seeing post after post on blog after blog about Christmas and I've been feeling some serious pressure to reply in kind. But, given that this blog is almost entirely devoted to TV, I really haven't been able to come up with much. Seriously, I don't even have label for a post about Christmas. I keep staring at the empty space next to the "Labels for this post:" title and I gots nothin'... Although it totally just made me laugh that the list of examples blogger gives next to the labels designation includes "scooters." My god, if I had a nickel for every blog entry I post about scooters! Seriously? Scooters? I have to seriously question the life choices of anyone who has enough scooter-related activity in their lives that they need a label for it. Wow. And the thought that anyone would need a quick means of accessing all the thrilling scooter posts is just as sad... And that's coming from a person who has three labels that have "TV" in their titles. Sad.

But then again, I just blathered on and on about scooters for no apparent reason, so what does that say about me?

Oh well, in the spirit of the season, and in sad, pathetic conjunction with core interests in life, here is my Christmas wish list.

My TV Christmas wish list, that is... Here's what I'd like to see:

1) I'd like to see Grey's Anatomy return to its former glory. I'm not sure that's even possible at this point, but killing off Izzie would be step #1, Shonda. I haven't watched the past few episodes (we broke up a while back), but I hear Izzie and Denny are having a secret affair. Didn't Denny die a few seasons back, you ask? Why yes, yes he did. But, after having slept with all the other doctors, 3/4 of the patients, and at least half of the greater Seattle area, what's a girl to do? Hook up with your dead ex-fiance, that what. How sad is it that this relationship is somehow less disturbing than her relationship with George? Wow.

2) I'd also like to see Heroes return to its former glory. The latest episode is still sitting in my DVR list, untouched, and completely untempting. I seriously just re-watched all of Gossip Girl season 1, made my way through all the holiday classics that were on hand, and started knitting a hat rather than watch a new episode of Heroes. I'm no TV producer, but that's more than likely a bad sign. Quick fix? As with GA (Grey's Anatomy, as opposed to Georgia), I'm not sure this one is salvageable. Bryan Fuller's return will hopefully help things along, but I'm not holding my breath. I'd start by killing off Peter, Mohinder, Maya, Tracy, Claire (who seems to be wearing a wig for some reason... so ugly), Father Patrelli, the annoying speedy runner girl, Matt, and, well, after that many deaths, you may as well just spin the show off into a Sylar-based show where Elle is still alive and HRG is the only other character from the original show who made the jump. When the prescription calls for killing off the entire cast, you've got even bigger problems than GA, and that's a really high bar.

3) I'd like House to regain its footing. While still a solid show that I thoroughly enjoy, the revamp did more harm than good as far as I'm concerned. I was never too fond of the former ducklings (Chase, Cameron, and Foreman), but the new crop of underlings actually makes me nostalgic for Cameron's holier-than-thou rants. The newbies are dull and just don't seem to get any interesting-er. The hostage episode was supposed to showcase 13 as a real character with real depth and personality, but all it did was give me false hope that she'd get shot in the head or medicated to death. Way to dangle a carrot and then just take it away, Show. That's just mean.

4) The only way to make Gossip Girl any better would be the inception (which suddenly doesn't look like a word, for some reason) of a 52 week season. Oh, and the dismissal of Vanessa and Aaron. Oh, well lookie there, ask and ye shall receive. Well, ye shall receive at least half. The greasy, unwashed, scraggly half. Yay! :)

5) The resurrection of Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money. Hmm... maybe I should wait till Easter for that request... (I'm always a little uneasy about making religious jokes because I just don't have the background to make them accurate all the time. Not that Moroni 11:17 isn't a very important passage or anything, but Ann seems to think it doesn't exist...)

6) I'd really like to have something, anything, to watch on Sundays. It used to be such a good night for TV and now it's got a whole lot of nothin'. Bah!

7) I'm really wishing that the new slate of midseason replacements will have some winners. I'll be posting about what's to come in the next couple of weeks. So far, there are definitely a couple I'll be keeping my eye one, but there's also a whole lot of crap to be avoided.

8) Scooters.

9) I miss that wonderful, joyous feeling I used to get by watching The Office and want it back. I still love the show, but I defy anyone to tell you that the current season can really stack up against past seasons. I know, I know, it's blasphemous to say such things (and believe me, I've gotten more than enough heat for uttering such unutterables), but it's true. Just accept it.

10) I'd really like to see American Idol die a swift, yet agonizingly painful death. With the national embarrassment that is American Idol comes a ridiculous viewing schedule that leaves some shows off the schedule until February and forces other into time slots that make me want to impale the brass at Fox even more than usual (there's a good chance that House will now be on opposite Chuck and Gossip Girl--seriously?!). Die American Idol, die! [Oh, no, that's not a threat, it's just written in German. "The American Idol, the!" "Well, no one who speaks German could be evil!"]

There are a lot of other things I'd like to see happen with my shows, but I have accepted that good things will never happen, so I should just give up now. Words to live by.

Happy Holidays!!!