Watching Sitcoms

Even when I didn’t have any actual sitcom stuff to blog about, I used to at least talk about what I was watching. But as it turns out, I’m not watching much of anything. Mostly cause there’s nothing much on to watch right now. Well, there is Doctor Who (on Fridays at 9 pm ET on SciFi), which still has a few more weeks. But other than that, its all repeats.

Luckily, next Friday, July 18, is the start of the seventh season of Monk and the third season of Psych on USA, at 9 pm and 10 pm ET, respectively. In the meantime, remember there’s always hulu.com, where you can watch all sorts of sitcoms and other shows as well. I went through the list tonight, just to see how many sitcoms were actually on there. I counted 8, just in the A’s and the B’s. I had actually started watching Arrested Development and I haven’t finished, so maybe I can keep busy with that until next Friday.

I also noticed that they had ALF on there. I have an ALF story. Back when ALF was on, it was opposite MacGyver (which, unfortunately, is not on hulu). I loved MacGyver, but didn’t care for ALF, however, my mom insisted on watching ALF, even though she generally fell asleep during it and I ended up watching it alone. There’s actually no moral to that story, or even much of a point, it’s just that I always remember that when I think of ALF.

Oh, there are also a few eps of both Monk and Psych on hulu as well. Hopefully, there’s enough to keep us all busy until Fall.

So last Friday started up new eps of Monk and Psych on USA. I’m happy that the new season (or the second half of the season, with all new eps) has started. I watched Psych first cause I was busy watching Moonlight at 9 pm.

I really love Psych. I forget that sometimes, cause it seems like there’s just a few new eps before it’s all over and then such a long time between new eps. But whatever, I’m over it.

The entire cast is just so funny. They all seem so perfectly in tune with each other so that everything is right on cue. The ep itself, about Gus having been married once before and now his wife wants a divorce, was pretty funny, but it was made even funnier by the antics and repartee of Shawn and Gus. I think maybe one of the things I like the most about it, is that it’s just quietly good. It’s not one of those loud splashy shows that makes a big deal about itself and wants everyone to know.

Monk, on the otherhand, was just OK. Somehow I expected better. Maybe it was the topic or just that I saw it after Psych and when I was tired, but it wasn’t too funny. I guess I really needed funny. The ep was about a cult leader that the police believed had murdered a young girl who ran away from the commune. The ep was just so seriouis, Monk gets sucked into the cult, denounces his love for Trudy and turns from his friends. I just couldn’t find the funny in that. Hopefully, this week will be better.

Psych, Monk, USA, Moonlight