now, nothing is official yet, since the stupid retarded monkeys at ABC haven't made the announcements yet, but word on the street (meaning the Ho chat-room - thanks Keke, for the heads up) is that the STUPID FLYING MONKEYS AT ABC have decided to give us more STUPID HOUSE MAKEOVERS WHERE PEOPLE GET PIRATE SHIPS IN THEIR BACK YARDS JUST SO THEIR NEIGHBORS CAN THROW A FIT AT HOA MEETINGS, along with a TERI HATCHER (???????? am i the ONLY one who is STILL annoyed by the MEMORY of her STUPID commercials with HOWIE mmm LONG????????) comedy called Desperate Housewives or some other lame-o show that's going to be cancelled 5 eps in....
yes, folks, if the advance news is correct, those MASTERS OF THE JERK-THE-VIEWERS-AROUND TALENT at ABC are pushing ALIAS's season 4 to JANUARY '05. not that it's a big change from the "let's skip 4 weeks at a time" trick that they like to pull anyway, but what? you think you're going to push the entire season to the spring and compete with ------- THE SOPRANOS ---------- without first getting viewers hooked before the Sopranos premiers? isn't that show on opposite ALIAS? don't they have one more season coming? or are you going to rathole the best show not on television in a Friday night at 8 time-slot? speaking of shows ratholed in that time-slot, they're also saying goodbye to Life w/ Bonnie, Bikermommy.
do you know how many fake episodes that means i'll have want to write????? do you??? do you???
what, you say? i am getting way too upset over a stupid TV show?? THAT'S RIGHT, and i don't care if you think that's lame; you try losing half your friends and being the only single person among your remaining friends and living alone for the first time in your life and see if you don't get a little attached to your favorite show; and if you don't, GOOD FOR YOU. i'm also addicted to the computer, do you have a problem with that??? if you do, you may exit the way you entered, because i DON'T GIVE A FLIP.
there are 2 upsides, AND ONLY TWO UPSIDES, to ABC's flying monkeys treating ALIAS like an unloved step-child... 1) JJ's new drama "Lost" is supposedly going to premier, but who knows what kind of treatment it will receive? 2) when ALIAS's 4th season does appear in January, the monkeys are supposedly going to run the 20-ep season uninterrupted (that's right, they're also cutting 2 eps out) [UPDATE: there will be 22 episodes, that's better. but the robot is still bad.] ... let me see... how are you going to run it uninterrupted when you always have the Oscars on a Sunday night? just asking the question.
i should never read anything before my morning Coca-Cola; i don't handle STUPID MONKEY news so well before my caffeine.
bah. btw, if the advance info is wrong, though i don't think it is, as i've now seen 3 different sources w/ the same story and confirmed w/ Mr. Entertainment himself - Juan - this rant will be completely unfounded. but if not, the tough-love stationery is coming out, and don't be surprised if i actually mail a letter to the wretched monkeys.
Ok DOM - settle down...wait...did you say they were canceling Bonnie as well? Those rat-faced weasel commies...let's all write them...you have to remember this is the network that condones the anti-American - Petered Out Jennings - so you have to expect this kind of idiocy...on the sunnier side - you are doing just fine on your own,the computer addiction is okay, and you didn't lose half your friends...you just found out who your friends really are (they are the smart ones)...love MoDe
Posted by: Bikermommy | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 11:41 AM
yeah, i briefly saw something about this this morning. i didn't figure you'd take it too well. actually, you seem remarkably restrained. ;)
Posted by: Jeffrey | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 12:49 PM
Sarahk,
As long as Extreme Makeover - Home Edition continues to give to those in need; the pirate ship I believe was for a family whose little girl had leukemia, or the family who got the elevator so the teen could get to all levels of the house, then the show is an example of those who can (ABC, SEARS) giving voluntarily to those who need. Much better than those other reality TV shows (look at me, I'm stalking my boyfriend).
Sure, it's about self-promotion for the "designers" and for the sponsers. So what, they're doing some nice things.
Posted by: Michael | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 10:42 AM
i'm sorry for not making clear the point of my rant, Michael. my point had nothing to do with the fact that they make over a nice 2500 square foot house into an even nicer 2500 square foot house; you're right, it's nice to see ABC and Sears, et al, so generously giving to those in need in their bids for self-gratification (sorry, but i have a hard time believing that the network that allows such cowardly and self-serving news/ruse-casting as ABC does cares anything about morality).
anyway, i don't care; let them give away pirate ships (i even caught the end of one ep, since it comes on right before ALIAS, and it was the one with the lady having triplets, and that made me cry like i was watching a Mastercard Priceless commercial), let them put in mother-in-law suites and elevators, etc, that's all fine and good.
my point was that they've been jerking faithful viewers of ALIAS around, viewers who even stayed with the show through the first half of this season, while it downright sucked, and now that we've showed our willingness to support and forgive, they're going to thank us by putting off the season premier an extra 4 months.
that's all i was saying. but thanks for the comment.
Posted by: sarahk | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 12:49 PM