Wow! Cool and oh no!

The shows are really running hot.

On Survivor, the older tribe members have been deferring to the wisdom of Jimmy Johnson. The soccer coach seems to have found her missing brain cell and the youngest member of the tribe seems to be hiding behind everybody's skirts. Other people may call it laying low. Okay. The younger tribe continues to think they're in Jr. High school. Nyonka or Nokia or whatever her name is, has crossed over from just being ballsy to being that mean girl. She hates everybody who doesn't meet up to her mean girl criteria. The guy they call Fabio is proving he's a true blonde and the other half of the tribe is sitting around deciding who's going to be the lead dog. I have a feeling there's been a lot of editing because Nyonka's BFF doesn't seem as bitchy as usual. So on to the reward/immunity challenge. I still hate that they don't have 2 but I think they're running out of ideas and also, they don't want to completely kill off the older tribe by having 2 challenges in one week. For the challenge, they had to get big barrels to certain spots and then they'd take turns throwing little sandbags onto the barrels. It really came down to the sandbag toss. Jimmy Johnson made the fatal error a lot of coaches make; letting a player having a run of bad luck stay in the game too long. The older tribe was ahead and then lost the game. The younger tribe also won a crate of fresh fruit. Nyonka and the amputee girl saw a note in the midst of the fruit and as soon as they put the crate down back at camp, there was a tussle and Nyonka was triumphant. I don't understand why they waited. It's not like the older tribe can steal their fruit. Somehow they've decided not to show the dissension in the tribe to the older tribe. So needless to say, the older tribe blamed the coach for the loss and he was booted out. After all, Jimmy did say he didn't really want to win.

Money Hungry had it's last episode before the finale. So far, I can't see a huge weight loss in anybody. I loved the phone call from the Flabulous guy and the guys hanging up on him. They did show the people working out but the level of activity shouldn't have made them sweat that much. Really? Walking made them sweat? Then for the challenge, they had to move huge tires while going through cars. This proved they weren't small people cuz half of them couldn't fit through the car doors hee hee hee. The Grading Curves team won with their better teamwork. So after a lot of plotting and planning, it came down to the black fugly team against the orange fuglier team. Yay! The orange ugly girl team went home. I wasn't surprised to see all the teams of 2, still weigh over 500 pounds. Geez.

For the new season of Two and a Half Men, they're focusing more on Alan. I have to say, it's lost some of it's edge. I know the show is trying to prove to Charlie Sheen, they don't need him that much; but they do. Charlie with his half drunken womanizing and no holds barred attitude, gives the show an edge that keeps it from being too stupid or too sweet. Having the mother on more does help but they haven't utilized her that much and when women are like Charlie, they just seem slutty and bitchy. In order to give Jake an edge, they've made him into a play-a but that doesn't really look too good on a young teenager and it's more uncomfortable than funny. Sorry people. Charlie is worth every penny you're paying him. Unfortunately, Sheen looks like he drinks a lot off the set. He's puffy and worn in the face and moving in a haze.

I'm loving the show Mike and Molly. The lead characters are innocent, upstanding and shy. Oh come on; he's a cop and she's an elementary school teacher. You can't get more upstanding than that. They also have great chemistry and Molly's sister and mother are too funny for words. Those two women are the My Name is Earl in the midst of the Leave It to Beaver show and it's a good balance to keep the show from being too sickly sweet. In fact, both main characters are surrounded by edgy and funny characters. My favorite line so far? When they're looking at a suit for Mike and his friend tells him he'll be a new man in it. The owner/cousin of the friend says, "It's only clothes." I'd like to thank the director for not actually showing Molly throwing up. We don't need that much real-ness on TV.

So on Dancing with the used to be and wanna be Stars, Michael Bolton showed he had no rhythm and was justifiably booted from the show. The viewers are proving they're not as dumb as they used to be. I'm still not watching. None of the people are stars we give a dam about and the dances are the same. Once again, Derek Hough has a great partner and I'm betting he'll probably win again. Boooring!

I haven't watched the crying fatties because there's an awesome new show opposite it called No Ordinary Family. Take a family drama and make them superheroes. It's kind of taken the place of Heroes. Unfortunately, Heroes became too unreal with too much going on at once. You needed a flow chart to keep everything straight. When watching becomes work, viewers tend to tune out. No Ordinary Family had a great pilot and I'm hoping they don't dwell to much on the family therapy stuff (big snore) and show the family coming together out of respect for their talents. When the parents told the kids what they could do, the only response out of the kids was; oh great. What? No Wow? Have kids become so jaded that surviving a bullet to the head doesn't impress them or make them concerned? They'll need to give the kids some warmth and soul in order to make us like them. The special effects are really good and Michael Chiklis is really great. How come he's never been named the Sexiest Man Alive?

America's Next Top Model is sticking to it's high fashion thinking and Ann seems to be winning every week. I was disappointed to see the one sister go because the sisters together really made some fun scenes. Even worse, as soon as she had her makeover, they booted her. I thought it was hilarious that the 3 girls made up the fake makeover list and freaked out the other girls. If they were real models, they'd have taken it in stride. Most models are used to having 3 or 4 hairstyles in one day. It's why you can't recognize anybody in high fashion photos. I'm impressed with most of the girls. They have weird quirks like huge boobs, gapped teeth, knock knees and even kankles but don't use them as excuses. Tyra is still her whack-a-doodle self but we've learned to tune that out. That stupidness keeps the show itself, from being high fashion.

On Hell's Kitchen, the teams are showing they're not too cohesive. I don't know where they dug up Sabrina, but she's major weird. One moment she's an authority in the kitchen and the next, she's asking dumb questions. I think she's one of those people who asks so many questions so you'll just tell her to get out and take over her work. Her voice is also very annoying. Raj on the men's team is a sweatball pompous dumbass. I loved the fact that there were actually 2 women up for the elimiination and Ramsey totally surprised everybody by booting Raj. Just because you're on the winning team doesn't mean you're safe and it shows who's really running the show. In the next episode, the camp cook was booted. I'm tellin' ya, that meat station must really be hard cuz it kills a lot of cooks. I've noticed the planes, buses and helicopters the contestants have been using are not Hell's Kitchen labeled? Whats-a-matter Ramsay? The economy bit you in the butt?

Law & Order has a new show set in Los Angeles. Hence the name Law & Order: LA I miss the usual voiceover beginning of the show that used to be the signature of the franchise along with the doink doink. It lent a dark drama note to the show that said it wasn't your mom and dad's cop show. LOLA (as it's become known) is looking like your mom and dad's cop show. What happened to the witty and wry one-liners? What happened to the casual mulling over the case between the cops? What happened to the ah ha moment when the prosecuters realized who was the real culprit? I think this show won't last. Not only that. We're sick and tired of L.A. The whole state is poor and over run by illegals.

All of a sudden men kissing each other has become a usual thing on TV. Modern Family had Cam and Mitch giving each other a peck and on Project Runway, we saw Christopher give his partner a peck and not on the cheek like Europeans. It wasn't repugnant at all. Actually, I think all prolonged kisses are uncomfortable to watch no matter what the sexual orientation. Whatever happened to the camera kisses of old Hollywood? So on to the Project Runway show. It was quite revealing. The designers made their own fabric design and the loved ones came to visit for a day. According to Nick's Blog on the Runway site, it takes more than one day to crank out a custom material. I was surprised how little of their own material the designers used in their clothes. I think it sends the message that they really didn't like it. I thought Michael's dress was cute with a bit of a glamazon look. If he had put a black wig on his model, it would've looked better. Mondo won with his bright pants and cool top and then we found out the plus symbols on his material stood for his HIV positive status and his outlook on life. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. It's cool that 20 years ago, that kind of revelation would have made people horrified and now it's just heartbreakingly sad. I would think the models would be nervous. Hopefully Mondo doesn't jab a model with a pin he's been holding in his mouth. It's unlikely she'd get AIDS but it depends on how deep the pin would go. At least quick action will help these days. Valerie's luck finally ran out. Her designs were so good in the beginning. I think she was the victim of the severe fatigue the contestants get. The show is a marathon and only the people who can keep a clear head to the end come out triumpant. I liked her individual parting goodbyes to everybody; especially the apology to Michael for being mean to him. If Ivy would've done that, we probably would've liked her more. We still hate Grech the wretch. I wonder if a designer can get Valerie's model cuz that girl is absolutely gorgeous and kept Valeries designs from looking totally hideous.

The Fox primetime cartoons are even better than usual. They've really pushed the boundaries and we're all waiting to see who's going to be slapped by the censors and the uptight Americans. So far, so good. It's hilarious and they say what we're all thinking. Peter Griffin is that kid in the story of The Emperor's New Clothes. He states the obvious thing that we all think may not be too kind to say in real life and we love it. Thank you! The Simpsons is still fresh, intelligent, fun and edgy. Ever since the Moral Majority leader kicked the bucket, we haven't heard much from them. It's so nice in a poor economy when the christians are too poor to pay attention. They're too busy begging for money. They may be moral, but they're no longer the majority ha ha ha.

The Amazing Race went to Ghana and what a difference going from England to there. The women on the show are showing they're intelligent and not wussy. The challenges are more simple but fun and prove, even the simple stuff can be hard if you have no brains. I'm still remembering the watermelon to the face that HSN girl host took. She still completed that task and that was really admirable. I learned from this episode, I don't want to go to Ghana. The people begged and reached into the cars just like Mexicans, tried to gyp the contestants, and seemed lazy and sleezy. Ick! Anyway, the HSN host women's team hit the finish mat first and the daughter/father team had some really bad taxi luck and came in last. Bye.

Well stay tuned people. TV does go on and on. See ya next time.