I send you tivo vibes brenda. I can download and burn if need be.

I'm not sure I deserve to be rescued from my own laziness and failure to make simple phone calls, but thanks for the vibes.

I'm not sure I deserve to be rescued from my own laziness and failure to make simple phone calls, but thanks for the vibes.

if you really don't deserve it, either my tivo will screw up or I'll already be recording something and won't be able to help;)

Survivor!

NY Waitress Chick is not going to last long. If you don't want to deal with people who are all "rah rah team!" you probably shouldn't be on Survivor.

Im catching up on Kid Nation now. My power went out last night, so I don't have the last 15.

It's interesting watching this as a teacher of 9-12 year-olds.

I hate the adult intervention. Particularly that intervention that's not about making it work, but about making better tv. The color thing sucks a lot: it's not creating unity, it's creating division. 40 is not an unworkable number, with other organizations (and the wages should be kid-decided, not adult-decided).

Also, also, tests of speed and strength are not fair indicators. Put the kids where they're the most effective. The one girl who cooks needs to cook. This is just silly.

The mugging for the camera is no fun.

And the damn teenagers are making me never want to teach Middle School.

Kid Nation is available On Demand.

I'd like them to cut off the "host" - no more manicures, tanning sessions, tooth-whitening. No more snagging money out of the till. Sell his fancy watch, make him actually work. I really disliked that guy. And the "bill collector" probably was a loan shark - obviously the restaurant wasn't making enough to support that guy's lifestyle. (yeah, I really disliked him)

I really wanted Ramsay to make him sell his car too, plus everything you said. He has done it on the UK version. I think he knew that would be a losing battle though. I couldn't stand him. He wasn't even good a schmoozing the costumers. The only thing he seemed good at was orderin an espresso.

I liked Kitchen Nightmares, too. Peter was insane. I was waiting for Ramsey to rip that gaudy watch right off of his arm and sell it to pay back the loan sha . . . I mean "bill collector". I remember him making one of the guys in the BBC version give up his "A-1 Chef" vanity plates. So wanted that to happen here. I think he has got to be one of the worst owners ever to be on this show. I doubt the turn around lasted much longer than it took the cameras to stop rolling.

I caught a few minutes of Kid Nation when flipping during the ANTM commercials. I liked enough of what I saw to watch the repeat on Saturday. I loved Taylor, beauty queen comment and all. She's 10, so she gets a lot of slack.

As for Survivor, sorry but I was bored out of my mind tonight. None of these people seem even remotely interesting. I hate the wrestler woman and the card player intensely already. I kind of dug the grave digger and thought the conservative Christian DJ woman was very cute kinda being a mother hen with him. Supremely annoyed by the 4th grade teacher who is now running around in her bra and panties with her dress wrapped around her waist. Helloooo, have you never seen this show before? Why in the hell would you wear that to your first day of Survivor? I barely even remember anyone else.

Survivor had a few people that could turn out ok. A lot of obnoxious people were featured tonight. I'm almost amused at how ill-suited the Coffee Shop waitress was-- the definition of hangry. She can't last long.

OMG! Laura on Tim Gunn's show. The fabulousness, it is too much. Second awesome life coach in a row.

Survivor: I'm going to try to reserve judgement, because I hated the beginning of last season, too, and then BAM! Earl, Yau Man, Crazy!Dreamz and an awesome second half pick up. But honestly, even the camps this season are underwhelming. It looks like generic jungle 101. Why go to China if you're just going to plop them in the middle of what could be anywhere? And no, using dragons in the first challenge and giving them the Cliff Notes version of The Art of War don't make up for it.