What's Wrong With This World

The person who can come up with the one true answer could perhaps win the Noble Peace Prize.  There’s a lot wrong with this world and on the top of the list I would say Greed.  Somewhere along the list I would write “bad television” and here’s why.

This season’s offerings has got to be one of the worst of have yet seen.  Let’s start off with the comedies “Superstore”, “Speechless”, “Kevin Can Wait” and “The Good Place” all of which have one thing in common, they are filled with horrifically stupid people.  This is supposed to be funny?  I love America Ferrara and I just have to wonder how she got herself into a show like Superstore.  Awful.  Minnie Driver is a terrific actress but why is she in a show that is anything but edifying.  Again, Kristen Bell is wonderful but this show is the pits.  Kevin James is a funny guy but this show is not.  I’ve watched several episodes of each show but had to give up as they were just too noxious for words.

On to the dramas, “Notorious” is notoriously filled with horrible people.  ABC has put it between Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away with Murder so you can be filled with sleaze all Thursday night, if that’s your taste.  “Secrets & Lies” is back and I am watching this one only because Juliette Lewis is so good at being awful but the other characters are always less lovely than they look.  “This is Us” I hold in reserve as the people aren’t completely awful and it seems to be going in a nice direction.  “Designated Survivor” is slow to get moving but I always love a survivor style setting and this looks like it could have some good storylines but of course being politicians there is going to be sleaze.  So out of 8 new shows I am watching 3 but will likely drop 2 of them if they don’t go first.

 In our house we try to limit our television to after 5 p.m. and to less than 3 hours per night.  Since 90 minutes go to our 2 soaps that doesn’t leave a lot of time for viewing but with the offerings we have seen we feel that we aren’t missing much.  It’s so much nicer to pick up a good book.