I watched the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency last night on HBO. This was a BBC and HBO funded venture and I am assuming that this has already be on in the UK. Definitely a delight and a show that could never make it on the regular US TV networks. Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Misamati, and Desmond Dube are such a delight in bringing these characters to life. This show reminds me of the British series Rumple of the Baily and A Touch of Frost, in the way things are set up and presented. There are five more episodes to go for this first season.
Private Practice, a spin off from Grey's Anatomy on ABC, is a prime example of how US networks get it all wrong and why we need to watch Showtime and HBO for quality TV. First they push for a spin off of a very popular show and then cannot get anything right with it. The latest episode which I watched via DVR, a 12 year old girl wanted birth control pills as she was active sexually and her mother was allowing it as long as she knew what was going on. Horrible parenting, sure when it is on a show like Marcus Welby MD, but the one doctor was trolling on the Internet for sex while the therapist has unprotected sex with two different men, ending up in a pregnancy where she has no clue who the father is. And of course, she refuses to be tested to find out which guy is the father. Talk about the blind leading the blind. If this show stays on the air while good shows like Friday Night Lights struggle to stay on, when it just is not fair at all.
One sports item I wanted to mention, Joe Paterno, HC for the Penn State football team has 383 victories. His nearest rival, Bobby Bowden, HC for Florida State has 382. Now I read in The Sporting News that due to NCAA recruiting violations, 14 victories could be taken away from Bowden. Now I know that JoePa has always claimed that he does not care about this record, but I always have felt that deep down, he does not want to retire until he knows he has it in the bag. In today's college football scene, there is no way anybody would last long enough to get 383 victories. I don't really know if it is fair to take away those victories from Bowden, but JoePa's retirement could come in three years if it happens.
Speaking of the Sporting News, when did it become the New York Yankee Monthly? This past issue which had a MLB preview, they picked the Yankees to win it all over the Cubs due to its great pitching staff? WTF? Great pitching staff? Then what the hell does the Red Sox have, I will take their pitching staff over the Yankees any day of the week. And I think Jason Bay is going to put up some nice power numbers as he gets to start his first full season with the Red Sox.
Oh well.
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