I would say the only difference between them is that Springer embraces the lowbrow image while Maury still tries to pretend he's making a difference in peoples lives.
For our 19th Round selection, in the Drama category, Team Sequoia is happy to select, Party of Five.
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The show centered on the five siblings of the Salinger family, who become orphans after their parents are killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident. Charlie (Matthew Fox), is the eldest, a 24-year old who struggles with the responsibility of being the new head of the family; 16-year-old Bailey (Scott Wolf) is the rebellious teen turned substance abuser; 15-year old Julia (Neve Campbell), is a sensitive teen facing issues on her own; 11-year old Claudia (Lacey Chabert) is the precocious and a talented child prodigy, and Owen is the baby.
The siblings take over the running of their family's restaurant, with Charlie serving as manager and later with Bailey as a waiter. The struggles faced by the Salingers over the years included cancer, alcoholism, physical abuse, and the long term effects of parental loss.
As the series progressed, romantic relationships became plot points and new cast members joined the show, including Hewitt as Bailey's girlfriend Sarah, Jeremy London as Julia's husband Griffin and Paula Devicq as Owen's nanny who developed an on-again-off-again relationship with Charlie.
I almost picked Party of Five. I really liked that show. Scott Wolfe just might be too cute. I bought Season one on dvd but have yet to watch it. I am still trying to work my way through four seasons of Dawsons Creek on DVD
Team Idiot box will select in the category of talk show, The Maury Povich show or simply Maury.
Maury has gone real lowbrow lately, basically milking one of three topics, DNA tests (his real bread and butter), out of control teen girls who want to have babies and will inevitably be forced into some kind of bootcamp, and Caught on Tape episodes where cheaters and liars are caught in the act then confronted by some enraged boyfriend or girlfriend.
I really only watch the DNA tests. Why? I don't know. It's cheap entertainment I guess.
Sad, cheap entertainment.
Sad, cheap, completely stupid entertainment.
For the final pick in Wildcard 2, Watching Through the Static, we choose - Greg The Bunny
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Seth Green Jimmy Bender
Eugene Levy Gil Bender
Sarah Silverman Alison Kaiser
Dan Milano Greg the Bunny / Warren "The Ape" Demontague (voices)
Drew Massey Count Blah / Dr. Aben Mitchell / Gay Bear / Herbitta Hymina (voices)
Bob Gunton "Junction" Jack Mars
Dina Spybey Dottie Sunshine
Victor Yerrid Tardy The Turtle / Cranky / Mr. Hygiene
James Murray Rochester Rabbit/ Susan the Monster / Jamaican Guy
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
With our 19th pick, Vic Mackey and the Strike Team are proud to select in the EDUCATIONAL slot, Ken Burns' made for TV documentary masterpiece Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.
4 hours of pure history presented in a very beautiful film. Very few major historical events in American History are as well documented as this journey. As a result, Burns was able to present the facts as you are looking at the spots on which they became facts. For a geography geek like myself, this is grand. Yeah, I'm one of those guys who'd like to take the trip that these guys took, even though I have been many of the same places along the Marias River and the Yellowstone....at the Three Forks of the Missouri and Lolo Pass. Still, it would be exciting, at least for me, to follow in their footsteps and try to imagine the wonder of seeing some of the things they saw for the first time. This film, does as good a job of that as can be done without actually taking the journey yourself. Highly recommended!
The Death of Meriwether Lewis
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
Peak Practice was a British dramaseries about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the DerbyshirePeak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover, and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Gary Mavers who starred in series 5 as Dr Andrew Attwood is the brother of Lee Mavers, lead singer of The La's
The series was axed in 2002 and ended on a literal cliffhanger when two of the series main characters plunged off a cliff. Viewers wrote to ITV in their thousands and a petition for one last episode was set up by website Peak Practice Online. However, all pleas were unsuccessful and ITV said they would not make any more episodes. Peak Practice was replaced by Sweet Medicine, another medical series set in Derbyshire. It lasted a few episodes before it was dropped from the schedules.
Cardale was based on the Derbyshire village of Crich, and the series was filmed there and at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock and Ashover.
Not a reality TV watcher really but I have seen this show a few times.
For Reality (Ongoing)Where's The Remote? selects
Little People Big World
Little People, Big World is a reality television series produced in the United States that airs on TLC. The series follows the six-member Roloff family living near Portland, Oregon. Many of the show episodes focus on the parents, Matt and Amy, and one of their sons, Zach, who all have dwarfism. Little People, Big World debuted on March 4, 2006 and began its second season on October 7, 2006,[1] continuing with the remainder of the second season on April 9, 2007. On October 15, 2007, Little People, Big World began its third season, and ended on December 17, 2007. The continuation of the third season premiered on March 3, 2008.[2]Little People, Big World returned for Season 4 in the fall of 2008 on October 13, 2008. [3] Season 4 will continue in February 2009. The show is also available for download on iTunes.
Where's The Remote selects, in the Education/Information category
Location Location Location
Location, Location, Location is a popular Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer and produced by IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group. The reality show follows Kirsty and Phil as they try to find the perfect home for a different set of buyers each week. It first aired in May 2001.
The 2007 series had a major revamp. The opening titles logo was changed and the format of the show altered. Instead of only one couple per week looking for a house in a town, two couples with different tastes look for a house in the same city with the presenters going back and forth to the different househunters. Each episode was extended to 60 minutes from the original 30. The first episode featured Glasgow and the second Sheffield.
The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The Vicar of Dibley aired from 1994 to 2007. In 2004, it came third in Britain's Best Sitcom.
In May 2007, Richard Curtis received a BAFTA 'Academy Fellowship' award for his humanitarian pursuits as well as his creative work including The Vicar of Dibley.[1] The Vicar of Dibley is set in a fictional small Oxfordshirevillage called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted Joy Carroll, one of the first female priests,[2] and garnered many character traits and much information.
In ratings terms, the programme is amongst the most successful in the digital era, with the various Christmas and New Year specials in 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 all entering the top 10 programmes of the year.[3]
In the Medical category, The Channel Surfers select Dr. Vegas starring Rob Lowe.
Man, do I ever regret not making my Medical pick early. It seemed that whenever I had decided on one and was going to pick it, it got taken just before my pick. Anyways, many thanks to GirlySports for yet another fantastic draft, and to all the other GMs for reminding me of how great television is and was.
I'll try to get around to it once the storm ends.
