4400 Numbers
I haven't been feeling well, so I've caught a lot of TV lately. Last night I caught the show "Numbers" (10PM, Friday, CBS, http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/). It was the premier of the second season, which I found amazing, considering that intellectual shows seem to have a penchant for getting cancelled by networks who would rather show reruns of Taradise than make new, intelligent, shows. The show is based on two brothers who work for the FBI. One of them is a traditional-type G-man, investigating mob crimes, etc. The other is a Ph.D. in math, who uses mathematical equations and computer models to try to solve crimes. The premise is pretty cool, unfortunately, the story development was a little bit lacking. If I'm home on a Friday night again (way to go CBS, great time slot for this show. Can we say "death sentence?"), I'll give it a second look.
On the other hand, one of the best shows on TV is "The 4400" (USA, between seasons, http://www.the4400.com/). I caught a marathon of the second season, and got hooked, so I bought the first season DVD (Only 20 bucks, but also only a 2 hour pilot and 4 other one hour shows). This show also features a unit of the FBI, NTAC (made up, I think). Well anyway, in the pilot, this meteor is heading toward Earth (think Armageddon, and that other movie that was like the same plot and released at the same time). But, when everyone thinks the World as We Know it is over, the meteor stops just above a lake in Washington, explodes, and then 4400 people who have been missing for 3 months to 60 years suddenly appear on the beach, and they haven't aged a day since their abduction. As the show progresses, you find that the people have special powers, and a purpose for why they are taken. The acting is fantastic, with an especially great performance turned in by Mahershalalhazbaz Ali. I've never really been into sci-fi, never watched the X-files, but I'm hooked. If you're reading this and you have a Nielsen box, watch the show so it doesn't get cancelled.
Speaking of Nielsen boxes, I wanted to try to get a Nielsen box for my apartment, (hoping that would mean we could get free cable) and seeing that my roommate and I fall into the 20-35 year old male beer-drinking, football-watching demographic, I figured Nielsen would want us. But no, Nielsen doesn't accept people applying for boxes. Their statistical approach dictates that they must have a random sample, so people requesting a box would skew the statistics. Problem being, they have difficulty measuring what us young, college grads watch, because we move frequently and we're off the grid (only cell phones, no land-line phone). Checking out the Nielsen site, they talk almost exclusively about being a "Nielsen family." Welcome to the 1950s everybody, I wonder what kind of ratings TV will get when we finally land on the moon? It seems that the Nielsen people don't realize the changes in society in the last 50 years and that their methodology may be outdated, considering the number of non-traditional families and the complaints by networks and advertisers about the Nielsen system. Oh well, as long as they don't cancel The 4400, I'll be cool.
And Dave, use the Pickachu Lightning Attack inn Super Smash Brothers. Cheapest move in the book.
Saturday, September 24 at 6:48 AM
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