What's on the ol' boob tube RIGHT NOW.... or close to now

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I really want to start season 4, but I haven't seen season 3 yet.

Season 3 is a real drag, I had to struggle through it.

I'd say skip it and just read some recaps online

[transformers2]

Season 3 was up and down, easily the weakest of the three. The finale was completely amazing though.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

The finale was completely amazing though.

I was going to tell W to skip the season, and watch the finale. Because it's probably the best episode of Sons ever.

[W]

I'd rather not skip episodes, let alone entire seasons, unless it's something I've seen all of or something that resets every episode/season (Twilight Zone, Survivor, etc). Between Netflix/Blockbuster Online/Hulu/the rest of the internet I've gotten a little spoiled in that respect. I'll catch the whole season eventually.

[W]

Well, Entourage is gone... at least for a couple years... maybe.

The ending was completely forced, though I loved the post-credits stuff and the song at the end was pretty perfect and probably cost a pretty penny.

[transformers2]

The finale was completely amazing though.

I was going to tell W to skip the season, and watch the finale. Because it's probably the best episode of Sons ever.

It is one of the best episodes for sure. I am really liking how this season is shaping up, the first two episodes have been awesome.

[undeadmonkey]

funny, i haven't watched a single minute of tv since i started this thread. I think i'll check out Up All Night tonight though. To be honest, the previews look awful, but i loved Samantha Who? and Christina Applegate was pretty good in it, so i'm willing to give it a chance.

[Buscemi]

Up All Night is basically Raising Hope on another network. Sometimes, Lorne Michaels has terrible ideas (such as having a white guy play President Obama) and this is one of them.

Whitney isn't going to last either. No one knows who Whitney Cummings is and from the clips that I've seen, it looks too raunchy for its 8:30/7:30 time slot.

[undeadmonkey]

yea, like i said. i don't have much hope for it.

agreed, i don't know who whitney is and the clips i've seen were awful, she is an annoying personality. at least to me.

[Buscemi]

To me, she seems like a less raunchy version of Sarah Silverman. And I hate Sarah Silverman.

[NSpan]

Sometimes, Lorne Michaels has terrible ideas (such as having a white guy play President Obama) and this is one of them.

The other way of saying this is "having a mixed-race guy play a mixed-race guy"... What is the issue here? If anything, Obama is more "white" than Armisen. Even if that wasn't the case, it's not like the guy is doing black-face. He does (in my opinion) a good impression of a person--race isn't an issue here.

[Buscemi]

Barack Obama is a mixed-race man who identifies himself as black. Armisen does not have any African ancestry in him (half-Latin and a quarter Asian does not count). Therefore, it's blackface and should be considered as such.

We should have grown out of this long ago.

[W]

The way that we use race to justify and unjustify actions of individuals is ridiculous. So, Fred Armisen is not able to play a person that he's frankly good at not because of the color of his skin, but because his ancestors weren't from the same continent? If it is someone dressing up as another race to specifically demean or make fun of that race, it is wrong. If it's because someone does a good job portraying that person, then it's perfectly fine.

[Buscemi]

That's part of the problem. Reportedly, there were black actors (one of which joined Mad TV) who auditioned that did better than Armisen but Michaels chose not to cast them.

This is acting, not a desk job. If you have a character based on a real life black man, cast a black man in the role. Casting anyone else is an insult. Look at all of the backlash over The Last Airbender and the racism over the casting (many white actors got cast as Asians, the casting director asked for Korean actors to wear kimonos, etc). Sure the movie was terrible but you get my point.

As I said, we are not in 1927 anymore. This isn't Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. Blackface is insulting and should in no way be resurrected.

[Geezer]

Good ol' Boush. Always fighting the good fight! You tell em'!! How dare they hand a white man a black man's job!! Riot in the streets!!! March on Washington!!!!!!