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Sunday Night TV is Back

May 6, 2007 by  

When Grey’s Anatomy moved from Sunday to Thursday I mourned my Sunday night television. Desperate Housewives was a shell of its first season and I hadn’t yet given Brothers and Sisters a shot. Well I’m happy to report that Sunday night TV is back and it’s something to look forward to again. Actually there’s so much great Sunday night TV I don’t know what to watch on the TiVo first.

I’m really looking forward to the SNL special tonight, if for no other reason that Adam Sandler signing “Red Hooded Sweeeeaaatshirt (ramamlamding dong)”. Let’s remember when SNL was funny – every week shall we.

Entourage is back and I’m hoping we get a bit more of the funny tonight. With the exception of the first episode of the season, I feel like the writers have been relying on just Turtle and Drama for laughs. The show is at it’s best when the four guys (and Ari) are together. Bring it on.

Brothers and Sisters has become a serious contender for favorite drama. It’s right up there with Friday Night Lights and Grey’s Anatomy (which has fallen off a smidge for me lately…so soap operay). I’m not sure if I like the evil little biatch Rebecca is (but only because I love Emily VanCamp).

And then finally we have the season finale of The Amazing Race: All Stars. As I’ve said before, this show lost me when Rob and Amber were eliminated. That being said, I still watch it every week, but not with the passion I once had for it. I’m hoping Charla wins the $1M and gives none of it to her annoying partner Mirna.

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7 Responses to “Sunday Night TV is Back”

  1. Elle on May 6th, 2007 12:21 pm

    I am so excited for the SNL special tonight. I’m not quite old enough to remember the brilliance of 90’s SNL, but I’ve seen enough of it by now to know that I was really born in the wrong decade.

    The episode with “Red Hooded Sweatshirt” also had a skit about french teachers, so my french teacher in high school taped it at the time and she shows all her french classes… she doesn’t know, though, that we wait all year to see it so we can watch R.H.S. right after it. R.H.S. day is the highlight of the year, and we go down the hallways singing it and laughing. God, that thing is funny.

  2. Brian on May 6th, 2007 2:57 pm

    What, no love for The Sopranos, GMMR?

  3. Thursday Morning on May 6th, 2007 7:28 pm

    Bless the SNL 90’s edition! Too bad I gotta miss the first half hour–chicken fight on Family Guy…LOL

    I love the title of Desperate Housewives…I was actually in “Into the Woods”

    “Into the woods and out of the woods, and happy ever after!”

  4. Denise (ddker) on May 6th, 2007 10:46 pm

    I loved the kitchen scene with Holly and Nora on Brothers and Sisters tonight. Too bad nobody got to eat the cake (except Holly), it looked pretty good!

  5. emily on May 6th, 2007 10:59 pm

    i just got finished watching that!

    “i need more cowbell!!!”

    and

    “you’ll be rollin plenty of doobies when your livin in a van… by the river!!!!!”

    and soooooo many more!

    its so funny!

  6. Jennifer on May 6th, 2007 11:28 pm

    I just got finished watching the SNL special. It was great. I enjoyed the Sandler/Spade/Farley years but I realized tonight that I appreciate the late 1990’s-2000+ shows a bit more because it is more satirical about politics than the pre-Clinton 1990’s were. I prefer the Tina Fey years also because now the writers are my age-ish so I get it on a different level (same reason I :::heart::: the Office)

  7. Natalie on May 7th, 2007 9:23 am

    I have a red-hooded sweatshirt, and I still have to sing the song to it every time I put it on!