wear me like a locket around your throat

so, i wanted to quickly talk about the tv i watched recently and haven't posted about! and...i was going to use cuts, but really nothing i want to say is spoilery, so.

how i met your mother was cute but felt like filler. although NPH should get to sing something in every episode. how is he so awesome, you guys?

chuck continues to be made of love and adorableness and lolz and everything good in the world, and zach levi, christ, you are cute. if you aren't watching this show, you really should be even though it's on at the same time as everything else ever.

annnnnnnnd i watched the pilot of true blood last night *waves to slodwick* and i loved it! i've seen a lot of people on my flist who were lukewarm or just plain didn't like it, but i was definitely into it and promptly acquired the next three eps, which i'm about to start watching. :D

ALSO, DIRTY SEXY MONEY TONIGHT!!!!! out of all the returning shows, this is the one i'm actually most excited about. this show totally does NOT get the love it deserves, which makes me really sad, because it's soapy and sexy and scandalous, but also funny and touching and smart. there's intrigue, you guys, so much of it. and pretty people and decadence and omg, so good. ♥_♥

here, click this and watch the "starter kit." it's like three and a half minutes, and it'll get you caught up so you can watch tonight at 10pm on ABC. :D :D :D i believe the season one eps are available to stream on abc.com as well. season one was only, like, 10 eps due to the writers' strike, so now's the time to catch up! \o/


PEE ESS: GO BUY DAVID COOK'S SINGLE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.

( gossip girl 1x05 - dare devil )

( dirty sexy money 1x04 - the chiavennasca )

i missed pushing daisies because bina called and then i was talking to scott. i'll watch it later or tomorrow or something. i have to say, i love a LOT of things about it, but for some reason when i'm watching my mind tends to wander. weird.

( gossip girl 1x02 - the wild brunch )

( dirty sexy money 1x01 - pilot )

I NEED DIRTY SEXY MONEY ICONS.

dude, where are the leaked pilots? i feel like i had pilots this time last year. WANT PILOTS.

anyway, i was just poking around in fallpreview and it reminded me of the sneak preview thingies i saved on youtube, so i thought i would post them here in case anyone wants to be prematurely excited about tv that may or may not end up sucking ass with me.

anyway, four shows about which i am particularly enthused:

dirty sexy money (ABC): Power, privilege and family money are a volatile cocktail thrust on an idealistic lawyer when he inherits the job of tending to the legal (and sometimes illegal) needs of the absurdly wealthy Darlings of New York City. Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland, Jill Clayburgh and William Baldwin star in this younger, sexier, redheaded stepchild of Dallas and Dynasty.

(soapy goodness y/y? and i kind of heart samaire armstrong.)
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chuck (NBC): Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect) plays Chuck, a nerdy computer tech who has a database of government secrets downloaded into his brain. Chuck soon finds himself recruited by John Casey (Adam Baldwin), a veteran NSA Agent, for espionage work with his new partner (and first date in ten years) Sarah (Yvonne Strzechowski) -- leading Chuck to live a split life of computer geek and secret NSA missions.

(chuck is kiiiiind of adorable. also OMG JAYNE! ♥)
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pushing daisies (ABC): Pushing Daisies is a love story about a pie-baking young man with a very special gift... the ability to return dead people briefly back to life with just a simple touch -- enabling him to help a P.I. crack murder cases by asking victims to name their killers. Director Barry Sonnenfeld, writer-producer Bryan Fuller, and the producers of Fish blend romance, crime procedural and high-concept fantasy to create a fairytale in the spirit of Amelie, Stranger than Fiction, and Chocolat.

(i ♥ high-concept tv.)
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gossip girl (CW): Based on the popular book series of the same name, this drama gives viewers a peek into the world of privileged teenagers on an elite private school in New York City. The story is written by The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and directed by Mark Piznarski who has worked on series like Everwood and Veronica Mars. (fyi: kristen bell is the voice of gossip girl.)

(i'm thinking this might make me miss the oc a little less. maybe. hopefully.)