Tube tops, er, Top of the Tube

[Otokichi]

Summer TV is either dull (Network reruns rampant) or interesting. Once and a while it's fantastic. PBS' Nova featured "Bone Diggers," a look at how an email attachment led a team of archeologists to a treasure trove in Australia. Many kilometers East of Perth, a previously unexplored cave system yielded the complete skeleton of a marsupial lion, known only by a few fragments in the 19th century. Then there were the numerous kangaroo and wallaby ancestors, one that had sported horns! Shades of Roy Chapman Andrews, this was a science adventure.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

I'm all up into Man vs Wild. It is fantastic. More about the show.

[Otokichi]

Lately, I've been ditching network TV for PBS, Discovery, etc. On WGBH's Mystery! "Foyle's War IV" continues to mix detective work with Morality. "History Detectives" have found some things don't add up, but when they do, it's National Treasure time! On "Nova," there's evidence that the Spanish Conquistadores had local help to crush "The Great Inca Rebellion." On P.O.V., a closeup look at "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars," some of whom lost limbs to barbaric rebel paramilitary forces. Simon Schama has looked over the shoulders of a number of artists: Van Gogh, Picasso, and that criminal, Caravaggio. Then there are the music shows, starting with Austin City Limits and Soundstage. Although one has to put up with pledge drives, 12 Girls Band, La Lupe, Ella Fitzgerals, Donovan, Yanni, Il Divo, Roy Orbison, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon are a great substitute for reruns and "reality TV" Summer fare.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

I am soooo into Degrassi: The Next Generation.

[Otokichi]

Snow is falling, writers are on strike, and NBC is going to UN-Reality shows. While the appeal of "Desperate Housewives" eludes me (if these were Iraqi housewives, that title would fit.), I'm in Elmo, AK and SFO. "Men In Trees" and "Women's Murder Club" continue to remind me that not all network TV is forgettable garbage. So, as "It's A Wonderful Life" follows "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!" it's time to play "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Series One to Three."

Edited December 15, 2007 by Guest

[blue_n_white]

I was inside for most of the weekend because of the weather and watched more TV than usual. I was dumbfounded when I kept running across movies from the "Halloween" series. Maybe it's just me ,but seeing Michael Myers chase after topless teenage girls is something I enjoy in October,not December.

[Otokichi]

The Discovery Channel marathons are running this week. Yesterday it was "Survivorman," today it's Jamie & Adam, the "Mythbusters." Thursday, roll up your sleeves for more "Dirty Jobs" than you can mess up, and, on Friday, it's "Bear" Grylls and the "Man vs. Wild" crew.

[Otokichi]

For Jane Austen chick flick fans out there, public TV is running "The Complete Jane Austen" series on "Masterpiece (Theater)." This "anti-Bodice-ripper" set includes new and old/classic productions of: "Persuasion," "Northanger Abbey," "Mansfield Park," "Sense and Sensibility," "Emma," "Pride and Prejudice," as well as a look at the life and loves of the author. :sleepy: