What I'm Watching....

I thought I would tell you about some new TV shows I started watching, which I love. I meant to do this blog last week, but nevertheless here it is...

Ugly Betty
I think of this show as the Devil Wears Prada meets Mary Tyler Moore. I love this show!! Its about a young lady who works at a high fashion magazine called Mode, as the assistant to the Editor. Well, lets just say that poor little Betty is from Queens and her fashion sense is not quite Manhattan fashionista, but she has alot of spunk and is entirely adorable in a kind of can't help but love her kind of way. Ugly Betty, played by America Ferrera is a great little actress (she was in that movie The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and won a Sundance Jury Award for her perforance in Real Women Have Curves) plays this character full tilt and I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes the TV breakout star and gets nominated for an Emmy next year, at least i hope she does. I also understand the show is doing very well and I am sure glad people are watching. Its on Thursdays at 8pm on CTV.

30 Rock
This is the spoof show about Saturday Night Live starring ex-headwriter of SNL Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. I watched it last Tuesday and let me tell you its laugh out loud funny. Alec Baldwin is absolutely hilarious as a kind of knuckle head TV executive in charge of the show. Its a great little show and worth checking out.

The Nine
You may have heard of this show when the new fall programming was coming out. The Nine is about a group of individuals who get caught in a bank robbery that lasts for 52 hours, afterwards they are bonded through their shared experience. The show is shot in a non-linear fashion, meaning their are flashbacks showing some of what happened inside the bank and then in the present when they are coping with their ordeal. I found this show entirely gripping, wanting to know exactly what happened inside the bank, already we have glimpses of what may have happened. The show also focuses on how this event has affected each of the people and we see their very different responses. You will recognize some familiar faces in this show, like Tim Daly (Wings), Scott Wolf (Party of Five, Everwood), Kim Raver (24, Third Watch) and Chi McBride (Boston Public), just to name a few. Its a great show and is worth checking out. Its on Tuesdays at 8pm on CTV.