What Is The CW Good For?
As much as I love Gossip Girl and escapist shows, some of the television trends among younger-geared shows (and many of these air on the CW) is starting to sound alarm bells.
1) Where are my colored folks?
Both Jezebel and I would love the answer to this question. Since the merger of UPN and WB, the new CW has become a reincarnation of the WB as shows with minority protagonists were removed from the line-up. Only Everybody Hates Chris and America’s Next Top Model remain. Aliens in America, a show about a Muslim Pakistani exchange student who joins a Wisconsin family, had potential and was a charming – if not perfect – show. It got canceled in May and won’t be returning for a second season.
I came across this article from Salon.com writer Heather Havrilesky on Jezebel as well. I love Gossip Girl, but reading this just further accentuates the depth of Veronica Mars’ awesomeness. It helps that I recently rewatched the spectacular Season 1. The heart of the show, the relationship between Veronica and her dad Keith, remains one of the best, most accurately portrayed parent-child relationships out there. Veronica Mars had it’s share of narrative problems by Season 3, but even on its worst day it was superior to many.
3) In comparing the cast of the original 90210 and the new 90210, Shalya Thiel-Sterm of University of Minnesota does a critical analysis of the feminine body and the transition over the last decade.
Welcome Back, Brenda Walsh
After a bajillion promos and ad spreads, the ONLY reason why I can care even a little bit about the revamped 90210 show this fall is the return of Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and Brenda Walsh aka crazy-as-all-hell Shannon Doherty. Just boot those kids off, I say! As if we don’t already know Brenda Shannon Doherty will only accept total domination, as she rightly should.
CW is trying so hard to make me care about the teens in this promo, but meh….Here’s the Fug Girls take.
Really, it’s this promo that’s got me interested:
