I rewatched the season finale of In Plain Sight last night and have resolved to make it my series finale. I loved those characters and cannot, for the life of me, see how messing with that formula occurs to anyone as a good idea.

So, Mary will become happy-slappy now...no more morose realism? Feh. What a waste.

And I'm with ita. Monk isn't a Debbie Downer? Then again, maybe that's one of the reasons the series is ending. Apparently, success isn't part of their business plan. Again, I say, feh.

If you take a close look at Burn Notice, it's basically MacGyver with some fun sex and buddies involved

As someone who enjoys the show, I would never have described it that way. That whole article felt insulting to people who actually watch their shows.

I would never have described it that way

But... it's in Fun Sexy Miami! How can you deny their vision?

(Also, I don't watch. Does it have a dog?)

No dog.

I would describe Burn Notice as MacGyverish, definitely, but "with some fun sex" certainly doesn't spring to my mind.

There's a lot of sexy, but very little sex. We've had maybe one sex scene I can think of.

Does In Plain Sight have a dog, or was that line a total gag?

There's a lot of sexy, but very little sex

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

Monk had the one episode with a dog, but that's the only one I can think of.

In Plain Sight has no dog that I remember. If Mary gets all happy, the show will be over. Though her relationship with her fiancee could get a little less miserable. Burn Notice has had very few sex scenes, and as I recall they're all the fight-then-fuck kind. I don't like Fiona at all; I was hoping last season she'd go away. White Collar is young yet; the only thing it's done yet to offend me is get rid of the awesome FBI "probie" who was in the first episode.

I get why they think Monk is fun, not a downer; it's because of the "funny" situations that Monk gets into because of his OCD and his phobias, and how "funny" he acts because of them. I am rarely able to watch the show; I spend so much time cringing at things I'm supposed to be laughing at, it's just not ... what's the word? oh, right, "funny". Shaloub plays Monk very sympathetically; he never makes fun of the character, but the scripts do. That Monk retains any dignity is entirely due to Shaloub. I'm planning to watch the last two episodes because I've seen enough of the series to care, but I'll cheerfully say goodbye.

Do those people watch their own shows?

I don't remember any dogs in Burn Notice, in In Plain Sight, or in the Royal Pains episodes that I saw. Maybe (hopefully?) the entire article is meant to be a parody?

I read a similar article about USA a while ago, and it made me curious to see the original concept of Burn Notice, despite liking the show as is.

I don't think I'd like Burn Notice better if it were darker. I like it that USA shows are a little fluffy. I get enough dark.

I stopped watching Royal Pains. I kind of liked the lead character and I liked his assistant, but everyone else was annoying.