Reviews – Television: D
RATINGS KEY
0/5 – Terrible. Start a campaign to have it cancelled.
1/5 – Bad. Better than golf, but that’s about it.
2/5 – Okay. Watch it if you’re too lazy to change channels.
3/5 – Average. Watch it if you catch it, but don’t rearrange your schedule for it.
4/5 – Good. Do rearrange your schedule for it.
5/5 – Excellent. Work it into your weekly routine—and buy the DVDs, too.
Desperate Housewives (2004–)
1/5 | Reviewed 11.12.07
At first, I wasn’t watching this show because it was popular, and I am always at least two years behind the trends. Then I wasn't watching it because of their title sequence, in which they make the common mistake of assuming that the lady from The Arnolfini Portrait is pregnant—petty and snobbish, yes, but I just needed an excuse to go with my gut feeling, which was that this show sucked, without actually having to sit through an entire episode.. And now that everyone’s talking about how the show has gone downhill and sucks big time, I can say I was ahead of the trend—heck, I started this trend. So suck on that, trend-setters.
The Dr. Keith Ablow Show (2006–2007)
1/5 | Reviewed 1.03.07
He may be tall and bald, but he ain’t no Dr. Phil—and I’m not even a big fan of Dr. Phil. I have my doubts as to whether “Dr.” Keith deserves his title at all, but even if he’s a legitimate psychotherapist, he’s undoubtedly the worst one I’ve ever seen—he’s judgmental, close-minded, and sensationalistic. And despite all that, his show still isn’t entertaining! You won’t even get a guilty-pleasure thrill from this show. If you’re going to waste an hour on pseudotherapy, save your time for Dr. Phil and let this guy’s show drift gently towards cancellation, unwatched and unmourned.
