I think you are right Amy. Since I only get Fox on the TV these days, Masterchef and SYTYCD are mainstays of my summer TV.
You turn on any of my crew, you turn on me.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
quester - May 26, 2014 1:06:21 pm PDT #21891 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
meara - May 26, 2014 7:58:50 pm PDT #21892 of 23273
SYTYCD does start this week, two hour season premiere! Woohoo!
What's scary is the kids who are not just "I wanted to be on the show for years" but "I STARTED DANCING because of the show" It doesn't SEEM like it's been going on that long! They're babies!!
kat perez - May 27, 2014 5:40:41 pm PDT #21893 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
SYTYCD comes back on Wednesday and I will be work traveling so I might miss watching it live. The horror! The horror!
I cannot deal with the SYTYCD babies. This show started in 2005, y'all! I am old. Damn.
meara - May 27, 2014 7:24:10 pm PDT #21894 of 23273
Super excited about SYTYCD, just checked that my TiVo will get it in case I don't make it to watching it in the hotel.
...and in doing so realized "Extreme Weight Loss" is back on TV. I'm ashamed, but I kinda love it. Even as I watch it going "God, why am I sitting on the couch watching this crap instead of doing something healthy like the people on the TV are??"
Amy - May 28, 2014 4:38:16 am PDT #21895 of 23273
Because books.
EW on this season of SYTYCD: [link]
le nubian - May 28, 2014 2:38:33 pm PDT #21896 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy, I couldn't get past 2 minutes of reading and Nygel dissing hip hop dancers.
Fuck you, Nygel. Dare we mention, and there were plenty, of ballroom dancers who couldn't dance other styles for shit?
Amy - May 28, 2014 4:14:26 pm PDT #21897 of 23273
Because books.
Auditions: The dad-off was hysterical. I love when the dancers' families are so supportive and enthusiastic.
kat perez - May 28, 2014 6:53:49 pm PDT #21898 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I heart dancers. They make me smile.
I couldn't take good notes because I'm in a hotel and not in my natural watching habitat, but so far, so love. Cat is here and crazy talented dancers are here and there weren't that many bad auditions and there were some really good auditions and my show, man! I miss it when it's not around.
Not loving the ABDC rip off. One, I don't want Beiber on my TV. Two, not only is it an ABDC rip off but they are also using recycled contestants (Poreotix were already contestants on ABDC). And three, did I mention Beiber? On TV? On my favorite show? Hell to the naw.
Mary needs to go back to the weave if the alternative is the deep fried mess she is rocking right now. It's like yellow highlighter colored.
I want more than one day of auditions per week. Dammit!
Also, I totally watched Extreme Weight Loss last night and justified it by saying that the female candidate was a dancer - plus she looked fabulous at the end of the night and not like a crazy, dangerously skinny bobblehead. In other words, while I don't seek it out, I will absolutely watch the hell out of that show if I stumble across it and nothing better is on.
meara - May 28, 2014 7:31:21 pm PDT #21899 of 23273
Hah--Kay, I'm with ya, on being in a hotel (though that's more my normal habitat anyway). And I feel like extreme weight loss isn't as bad as some because it lasts a whole year?
Jesse - May 29, 2014 2:36:49 am PDT #21900 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not loving the ABDC rip off. One, I don't want Beiber on my TV. Two, not only is it an ABDC rip off but they are also using recycled contestants (Poreotix were already contestants on ABDC). And three, did I mention Beiber? On TV? On my favorite show? Hell to the naw.
Yuuup. I was watching on some tape delay, but not enough, so I watched some commercials on purpose to be able to ff through the Beibs.