My 15-year-old unhooked himself from the computer the other night to watch House. It was the first time I can remember him ever seeking out a network television series other than The Simpsons or Family Guy. The nets mean nothing to him, they are just low numbers on the clicker. He discovered House by watching episodes shown on an airplane. (Sidebar: he read the NYT the other morning because it had a front-pager on WoW.)
This is the new media universe.
Which reminds me, does anyone under the age of 60 who is not a right-wing blogger really care that much about Katie Couric becoming a network newsreader?
I have recently become addicted to House.
Which is not nearly as the things to which House is addicted...
Posted by: Joe Killian | Sep 07, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Hugh Laurie is so good that the ludicrous plotting becomes irrelevant.
Posted by: Ed Cone | Sep 07, 2006 at 04:20 PM
Who is Katie Couric?
Posted by: Jim Capo | Sep 07, 2006 at 04:44 PM
"Which reminds me, does anyone under the age of 60 who is not a right-wing blogger really care that much about Katie Couric becoming a network newsreader?"
Why do you care what anyone thinks of perky Katie Without The Signoff Sctick?
Posted by: Bubba | Sep 07, 2006 at 05:03 PM
Hmm....left the "h" out of "schtick".
Posted by: Bubba | Sep 07, 2006 at 05:05 PM
Katie who?
Posted by: Billy The Blogging Poet | Sep 07, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Hugh Laurie is so good that you don't even notice that many episodes don't have anything you could really call plotting.
The first episode of the third season worries me a little bit - everything looks more stylish, sexier, a little less real and gritty. I'm hoping this is a conscious decision reflecting House's healing and his kicking drugs -- and that it's all only temporary.
Posted by: Joe Killian | Sep 07, 2006 at 06:19 PM
I watched it last season and was looking forward to the new episodes. Hugh Laurie is good but they need new writers. You know....it is always the writers...grin.
I dunno...just sorta did not do it for me this year. I sorta felt the same way after a couple of seasons of the different CSIs.
I don't think I will ever get tired of Boston Legal. Captain Kirk finally found a new home....though the lady's shoe thing was great.
Posted by: meblogin | Sep 07, 2006 at 09:39 PM
We're also addicted to House, but have yet to watch a broadcast episode. Netflix!
New media universe, yes: my kids didn't want to watch this season's first show on broadcast TV. "Let's wait for the DVDs so we don't have to sit through commercials."
I loved Laurie in "Jeeves and Wooster" years ago; he played Bertie Wooster so perfectly, it's hard to believe that he's the same actor playing an American misanthrope.
Posted by: David Wharton | Sep 08, 2006 at 07:37 AM
My teenage boys have never seen House, but have watched every episode of "Red versus Blue."
Posted by: Daniel | Sep 08, 2006 at 04:35 PM