Not caring too much about the writer's strike

Well, okay, I do care. I care that Lost won't have enough episodes and that there's no more Heroes and that Dirty Sexy Money is out of new episodes. And maybe a few other series.

But thanks to Celebrity Apprentice, Paradise Hotel 2, Survivor F vs. F and Big Brother 9, it's not that important. And I guess I'll admit to watching AI when it gets to the 12 finalists (though I spend about 20 minutes watching, zipping past pretty much everything else).

Celebrity Apprentice has been the best Apprentice since season 1, with Gene Simmons and Piers and Omarosa and the crazy Baldwin. And of course Ivanka, who is the toughest girl on TV, ever. I'm a little bit tired of the whole "do it for charity" thing, 'cause it's boring week after week, and this past week's living window challenge was lame. But it's not about the challenges on CA, it's about the celebrities and how they interact with each other. Good stuff.

Paradise Hotel 2 is still an unknown, but Paradise Hotel in 2003 was the best trashy reality TV ever, and for whatever reason I really liked host Amanda's "you'll have to leave Paradise...forever" line. The contestants this time seem like they have a lot of potential, though I did miss the attitude of season one's Charla.

Survivor Micronesia with the Fans and the Favorites could be really good, and maybe with Johnny Fairplay gone right away it will be even better. The Parvati/James/Amanda/Ozzy foursome should theoretically be guaranteed a winner, but of course things like that rarely happen. China was a nice upswing for the series, hopefully this will go even further...

Big Brother 9, with the new "death do us part" slogan could be really good, sort of has an X-factor vibe to it. Though coming off the great dick/danielle season 8, it has a lot to live up to.

And hopefully we'll get more good stuff because those writers have had a 3 month vacation, and all of them are brimming with good ideas...


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