Color me unimpressed

I’m starting to think it’s just me.  Maybe my taste in TV is finally changing.  But maybe it’s the TV.

I posted yesterday about how everything during this season is just mediocre… and that holds true for every show, not just Heroes and How I Met Your Mother.

I watched Pushing Daisies and Private Practice last night.  At best, Pushing Daiseis was on par.  There was nothing spectacular about last nights episode.  Candy colored sets and Olive humor aside, the episode was following a runaway girl through the circus, and 15 clowns died.  The stand-alone episodes are not a new format for the show, and there are plenty of story arcs that follow through from episode to episode, and the writing has been fantastic.  But I’m just not impressed.  I think I’m at a point with this one where if I miss an episode, it won’t be the end of the world.

And it’s not just Pushing Daisies that I’m unimpressed with.  There is no real drama, there’s not action, no intrigue… there’s conflict, but it’s nothing to write home about. 

I guess I’m waiting for something to really grab my interest and hold onto it for a long stretch.

AND I almost preferred watching Bones last night instead of Pushing Daisies.  Which almost never happens.

I’m pretty much feeling the same about Private Practice, which I never really like to begin with.  I love Grey’s Anatomy, and the idea of a spinoff was enticing at first.  But I never liked Addison.  She was always the passive agressive wife/ex-wife/wife that got in the way of Derek and Meredith’s love… and she was dramatic and perky.  But I don’t like Private Practice.  And the only reason I’m even watching it is because there is nothing else on.

I’ll admit, last night’s episode was actually pretty interesting and jam packed with controversy.  But aren’t all doctor shows full of controversy?  Maybe that’s why I keep coming back to them. 

Last night, a husband and wife found out they were brother and sister and still wanted to have children, and if not that then still have sex.  AND a father was willing to pay whatever he could to keep his son alive, who did not want to stay alive and suffer.  It wasn’t very emotional, but it was entertaining at best.  I didn’t even feel sorry for any of the characters, which I feel is important with a controversial storyline.

So, maybe it’s me.  Maybe I’m expecting too much from TV.  Maybe I need to take a break, and do something else with my time.  Maybe it’s time to explore different genres of television… or focus or writing to make the show I love better.

But for the moment, I remain unimpressed.