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THE TV PREMIERES (PART TWO):

Private Practice ~ Oh my. Private Practice was very Grey’s Anatomy with different people. It’s actually somewhat of a marvel that they made the initially shrew like Dr Montgomery an incredibly likeable and sympathetic character. Moving her out of Seattle Grace and throwing her into new surroundings provides an interesting enough spin off, but really the episode was VERY grey’s and not really different enough. However, I suspect my love of Grey’s will carry me through until they find their feet and own voice. Or it just gets interminably dull. Whichever comes first. I’m always a little dubious about spin offs. I mean CBS plug their schedule with whatever location they can find for their latest CSI show and NBC are only now just filtering down Law and Order... so i think this is a case of wait and see...

Grey’s Anatomy ~ Oh my. Grey’s Anatomy was very Grey’s Anatomy and actually there is nothing wrong with that at all. The addition of a sister as an intern for Meredith was a little annoying, and of course McDreamy had to have flirted a little bit with her. Yang is so not dealing with the loss of her homophobic pig husband to be. Alex’s hair is way bouffant and out of control. Meredith is her usual whiny self. McSteamy just wants to be friends. Izzy and George are in love. Nothing has changed yet everything is different. Grey’s always takes a little time to get going, but this was a fine season premiere...

Ugly Betty ~ Ah the most outrageous outlandish hour of tv soap opera returns with a fairly somber heartbreaking hour. Of course there are some appropriately hilarious moments, but all the characters are mourning for one loss or another. It’s not immediately apparent what the fate of Santos is, and there are some touching Betty/Daniel moments and some nice Amanda scenes (really, could they not make her fat all over like fat monica? Lazy lazy lazy!). The return of Henry can only bring more heartache for the lovely Bets and the old amnesia scene at the end had my dying to see how they are going to handle this one... i hope people get happier...:)

Reaper ~ I was most dubious about this show, thought it sounded extremely similar to Brimstone which aired on Fox some years back – about a guy who had to send escaped hell residents back to the great down below. I mean aside from the preposterous premise (satan lets people escape from hell?!) it was a dour hour of television that left a lot wanting. Reaper manages to give the premise a bit of heart and a whole lot of comedy, with classic lines like “college made me sleepy” and a nice love story percolating underneath. Obviously, with shows like this, if you accept the premise, you can operate within the confines of that, and because of that Reaper ended up surprisingly enjoyable. Plus Brett Harrison comes across as a loveable layabout who wants to do the right thing....

Quick Bits: Is it me or have Hiro’s adventures in Japan turned into Hercules: The Legendary Journeys...

Quick Bits2: Gossip Girl is increasingly addictive. It’s the new crack. Whitney loves it then....