JPTV: What Mrs. Tuned In Is Watching Tonight
NBC Photo: Craig Busch
The things we do for love. In the course of our marriage, Mrs. Tuned In has endured a number of TV programs not to her taste which I have inflicted on her for professional and personal reasons: Big Brother, Carnivale, 24 ("that loud show"), and various programs involving alien or magical creatures killing things. But a relationship is about give and take, and on behalf of Mrs. Tuned In--who blew the roof off Saint Saviour's Roman Catholic Church Saturday with the Bella Voce Singers while I quietly explained the Crucifixion paintings to Tuned In Jr.--I have set the TiVo tonight for NBC's week-long Clash of the Choirs. Does Nick Lachey know choral music better than Patti Labelle?
OK, I'm a teeny bit curious too, but don't tell her that. I want to get credit for this one.
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well, that was certainly not very good television....
except for the last half hour that Patti Labelle elevated through her sheer force of personality, the whole thing was too much of a pastiche of all the cringworthy elements -- both the "embarrassing bad" singers, and the mawkishness -- of American Idol.
(and of course, Patti's choir blew the roof off the place in a way that no one else came close to doing.)
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They never told us, growing up, that TV Compromising was so important in a relationship.
I never thought I would know most of the characters on General Hospital, or what Oprah's Favorite Things are this year (that fridge was over the top), or that Cash might be a better choice than Jack on Men in Trees.
Then again, she's never let me forget that she dutifully watched every episode of The Prisoner ("wait, that made no sense at all!"), or innumerable baseball games.
- poniewozik Loved the season. Mrs Tuned In wd have put u on the main list RT @boredtodeath Thank u for incl us in Time's Top 10. We'll take hon mention. - 5 hours ago
- poniewozik @carr2n Virgin is the best, LAX-JFK - 6 hours ago
- poniewozik Did NPR interview abt multiscreen multitasking. After, automatically reached for iPhone in pocket. Like don draper wd have for cigarettes. - 7 hours ago
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