The Tubeys

[sigma7]

Much as I give the TWOP staff crap for self-importance and misinterpreting interest in their recaps as interest in themselves as people, they often do know what they're talking about. Witness the staff picks of the Tubey awards, which I think they got moreso than the reader picks in most categories. A lot of love for Arrested Development (which makes me laugh aloud during reruns -- "Loose seal! Loose seal!") and Battlestar Galactica. No Veronica Mars love, as opposed to the readers' reactions. I'm still warming up to VM (not having a UPN affiliate here), so I have less of a fervent response to it than I do to the last 47K humans in the galaxy.

But considering this was both BSG's and VM's rookie seasons, and they're both about as different as one-hour prime-time dramas can be (I wonder idly if there's a crossover fic, but no, suddenly I realize I don't want to know) I'm happy that they're both coming back. Nothing I love got cancelled. For a change.

And AD's Franklin won (okay, tied) for Best Inanimate Object. Sweet.

Edit: I have just amused myself to no end by imagining switching the opening themes of BSG/VM. I think BSG would be a bit more peppy with the Dandy Warhols' "We Used to be Friends" playing over the march of the toasters.

Comments

[anw.livejournal.com]

Battlestar Galactica is mmmokay.

Veronica Mars is one of the best television shows America has ever produced. There is a chasm of greatness between it and BG. It may even be better than Arrested Development, which I love like a wayward brother.

[motteditor.livejournal.com]

Friend showed me on Whedonesque a post from Joss himself raving about VM. Called it the best show in television history (I think; it's not letting me get on now to doublecheck and to figure out the URL).

Also, I watched all of season 2 of AD, but what the heck is Franklin? I'm drawing a complete blank there.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Franklin was G.O.B.'s ventriloquism dummy, first seen, I believe, in the ep with Alan Tudyk....

Lucille: They’re not going to let you in at the country club with that.

Buster: (As Franklin.) I don’t want no part of your tight-ass country-club, you freak bitch!