My DVR is getting quite a work out this new television season. So much so that I've had to go in and delete dozens of episodes of Star Trek: Voyager that I've accumulated.
On the "scheduled recording list" are my returning favorites Brothers & Sisters, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. I'm still high on those, although B&S is getting a little too soapish, and I'm not sure how much longer GA should really go on. But I'm still really into Private Practice, if for no other reason than I am mesmerized by Kate Walsh.
This season, unlike last, there are a bunch of new shows on the list. Modern Family is a smart show, to be sure. I caught the premier of Three Rivers, the new medical drama that focuses on a leading transplant hospital with high tech toys that I can't imagine any hospital in this country actually has.
For anyone who knows me, it should come as no surprise that I love Glee, a total mind confection that deliciously brushes up against the absurd. But who cares? There's singing, dancing, and great Broadway cameos.
But the one new show that has me riveted is The Good Wife, with Juliana Margulies as Alicia Florrick. For those not in the know, Alicia is a lawyer who returns to practice after 13 years of staying home to take care of her now teenage children and her US attorney husband, played by SATC's Chris Noth.
This is no mere legal drama. In the pilot, we see Noth admitting that he hired prostitutes and resigning his position, before being hauled off to jail.
The Good Wife is about how Alicia pulls her life together personally and professionally, balancing home and work, and at the same time, her emotional health. The second episode added to the richness of the drama, with Alicia's kids starting to delve into what has happened to their father and their stable home life.
If that wasn't enough to make a great drama, add Christine Baranski to the mix, as the firm's top litigator. Baranski is always good, but it's not often we get to see her in a strictly dramatic role. It fits her well. I think this is going to be a wonderfully nuanced show.
So lots to watch. But what to do about all those Voyager reruns?
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