He's waiting...

Why is he alone on the cover????

cos the others are playing a practical joke on him? :)

HEADS UP arse -- if you're a Seven executive

Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth are finally getting Miracles. It starts on Monday at 10:30PM.

ETA - I've been meaning to mention this for a couple of weeks: In their infinite wisdom, Channel 9 have elected to screen Witchblade at 1:30AM (2AM in Perth) on Wednesday nights. I finally caught an episode last night and it wasn't too bad -- it certainly didn't deserve such a late timeslot. Of course, this is from the station that puts DS9 on after midnight and moved Enterprise to 11:30PM and put the exceptionally unfunny, Merrick & Rosso, in its place.

Not that I give a rat's arse about Enterprise but there is a principle involved here; how shamefully are they going to treat Firefly?

(prediction: so shamefully that I probably won't bother watching it, especially if it gets screened within a week prior to the DVD release, which I'll be ordering)

prediction: so shamefully that I probably won't bother watching it, especially if it gets screened within a week prior to the DVD release, which I'll be ordering

Damn people and their regionless DVD players. *shakes tiny fist at evil jimi*

Not that I give a rat's arse about Enterprise but there is a principle involved here; how shamefully are they going to treat Firefly?

Probably as shamefully as Channel 7 has treated Futurama. May they rot in hell. And by hell I mean a giant, boiling vat of Slurm.

put the exceptionally unfunny, Merrick & Rosso, in its place

I wouldn't go that far. I think it's mediocre. Of course, although I don't like them so much now, I tend to be kind of forgiving of them because I used to adore them back when they did afternoons on Triple J. They gave me a couple of hours of much needed levity on weekdays during the HSC and I used to listen to them on the bus on the way home from uni in first year. Good times.

I stopped being a fan through a combination of a) them moving to mornings, which would actually require me to get up before 10am in order to listen b) them moving to Nova, which, despite disliking myself for being a snob, I couldn't help seeing as selling out and c) their style humour does get very repetitious after a couple of years (or for many, minutes) of solid listening.

And there you have a fascinating little foray into What Emlah Thinks of Merrick & Rosso.

On another note, did anyone watch the Emmys the other night? They were pretty boring. But they showed a clip of John Ritter's appearance as Ted on Buffy during his memorial montage/tribute, and I squealed like the little piggy fangirl that I am. Wow, won't be using that metaphor again.

I know Merrick & Russo by their names, but I think they were on triple J before I was welcomed to the beautiful 80's-rock-free fold after an unfortunate summer of AC/DC speckled listening. I'm overly fond of Adam & Will, though. I don't know what I'd do without them some mornings (no, wait, I *do* know--it's called sleeping in and missing all my lectures).

They were pretty boring. But they showed a clip of John Ritter's appearance as Ted on Buffy during his memorial montage/tribute, and I squealed like the little piggy fangirl that I am.

Heh. Me too. Well, there wasn't squealing per se. There was internal squealing. On another Emmy's note, I can't believe Six Feet Under got so many nominations and then didn't win a single thing. I'm not a big SFU fan, but...jeeze, all the awards went to the really, really safe choices this year. Though I'm glad Debra Messing won, since her dress was the only one that didn't make my eyeballs itch and that sort of thing should really be rewarded.

I'm overly fond of Adam & Will, though.

See, there's that earliness factor again. Plus my growing dislike of Wil based on entirely unfounded rumours and too many live performances in which he's repeated jokes as if they were new material, which is a totally unfair reason to dislike a comedian since they ALL do it, but for some reason it irritates me more with him and now my sentence is done.

Though I'm glad Debra Messing won, since her dress was the only one that didn't make my eyeballs itch and that sort of thing should really be rewarded.

Oh yeah. I'm not a particular fan of hers, but she looked utterly lovely.

Also? I'm really, really looking forward to Monk.

Plus my growing dislike of Wil based on entirely unfounded rumours and too many live performances in which he's repeated jokes as if they were new material, which is a totally unfair reason to dislike a comedian since they ALL do it.

Yeah, not a big fan of his live stuff, really (I've only seen in him those charity things they show on Ten, though, so I'm no judging on an extensive viewing or anything). He seems really uncomfortable, and rote. But the banter he and Adam get going in the morning is hilarious--very spontaneous and non-irritating.

Also? I'm really, really looking forward to Monk.

Mmm, are we going to get it here, do you think? An emmy for the lead actor can only help, but who knows? I am really pleased that we're going to see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, though. It'll be interesting to see what the general Oz public thinks of it, but the state of tv at the moment indicates that we'll watch anyone do over anything, so I'm not too worried. (Whether they can pull off the proposed Aussie version is another question altogether.)

It wouldn't work in Melbourne; straight men have better taste than gay men here!

straight men have better taste than gay men here!

Typical Melbourne, ruining perfectly good stereotypes.

M&R started on JJJ as a fill-in while Roy & H.G. were on holiday and from the moment I first heard them, until this very day, I've never found them funny. They sure as hell belong more on commercial radio/TV than JJJ ... though in truth, they belong under a slab of concrete. Adam is good and Will is okay and as a morning team they're not bad but I still miss Helen and Mikey. Hell, I miss Maynard!

Leigh ... Monk debuts on 10, 7:30PM this Saturday. Oh and keep your eye out for an email that tells you where to put that tiny shaking fist!