The Upcoming TV Season

Our DVR is going to be going nuts with the upcoming TV season. In addition to the shows we already watch (Regis and Kelly, Ellen, E! News, Nancy Grace, The Soup, Best Week Ever, Samantha Brown and lots of home shopping) it is going to get packed with all the new episodes. Our current plan is to watch the following shows: The Office, Desperate Housewives, LOST (not till February booo), Pushing Up Daisies, American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, Survivor: China, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, and probably a lot of other stuff I can't think of right now. The point is that our DVR is going to be busting at the seams!! I think that we should get another DVR. One of the perks of homeschooling is lots of time to watch tv...but it is a curse for the DVR.

P.S. If someone reading this does not have a DVR or Tivo or a similar device, go get one right now. Seriously, get in the car and go buy one right now.

P.P.S. Comcast is a stupid name. I miss Time Warner.

24

We finished season 5 and are now watching season 1 of 24 (we started with season 2...). Season 6 does not come out on dvd for a while. I am hoping that season 1 will be able to give us enough of a fix so we don't have to resort to buying the entire 6th season on iTunes.

24

So we finished the fourth season of 24 over the holiday weekend. We could not wait for our Netflix so we had to buy the end of the season on iTunes. Season four was, like all seasons of 24, amazing. We had season five next on our Netflix queue...but could not wait for the first disc to arrive. So we bought the first four episodes on iTunes. We are addicted. We need to go to 24 Addicts Anonymous. Anywhoo, season five is so far the most amazing yet. Seriously, everyone reading this right now go start watching 24. I cannot express just how amazing it is!

So after we have watched all the 24 there is on dvd to watch, what should we watch next? What should our new obsession be until LOST comes back in February? Please write a comment with a suggestion for The Nut House. It would be greatly appreciated!

24 Update

So our next Netflix disc of 24 came and we just finished watching three amazing episodes! Any doubts I had about season four have been washed away. It is amazing. Everyone reading this needs to go to Netflix or whatever rental service you use and get 24 on dvd. It is the best thing since LOST...even though it came before LOST...but whatever. Btw, I should not have talked about LOST because it reminded me that I have to wait till February for the next season to start! BOOO, ABC! And if you have never seen LOST, go Netflix it or get it another way immediately.

Netflix

Here at The Nut House we love Netflix. It is an amazing service. They pride themselves on having a shipping time of one day. I love that! I hate it when they lie!

The last couple weeks have been full of lies and decent from Netflix. They have not been having shipping times of one day, two days, or even three days. On most of our discs it takes them between 4 and 6 days to ship from Houston to The Woodlands (roughly 30 miles). I can ship a package to someone in Illinois via the snail mail in that amount of time.

I understand that every so often these things happen and a disc may come a day or two late. But consistently more than 4 days late? It is atrocious!! I am going to be witting a spirited message to Netflix tonight to tell them what is going on. While I know it most likely will never be read, it gives me peace of mind.

Don't let this discourage anyone from getting Netflix! It is a wonderful company! I recommend it to everyone in the world. Except when it takes 6 days to ship me something. I could drive to the shipping center, get the disc myself, and get back home in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Ok...my rant is now done.

Wait...one more thing...It could turn out that this is The Woodlands post office fault because they are the worst post office in the world...oh wait...no, I mean post offices! There are two! And things are frequently late...I am splitting the blame between the two...

I need to find out what happens to Jack Bauer next! Netflix hurry up!!!

24

We are currently obsessed with the tv show 24. It is enthralling, suspenseful, and just plain amazing. We started with season 2 on dvd (thank God for Netflix!). It was so amazing. We then, of course had to watch season 3 on dvd. During during both those seasons sometimes we would not have a disc from Netflix to watch so we would not be able to control ourselves and we would have to buy episodes from iTunes.

The season 3 finale ended with no cliffhanger. I was surprised but was sure that season 4 would be just as amazing. So the first disc of season 4 comes from Netflix and we are so excited! We start watching and it is a dud. It is so bad so far. We have only watched 5 episodes, but none of the them have left me (John) wanting more! I am very disappointed! Things better shape up soon! I do have faith in the creative team behind 24, but am starting to loose my patience. I will not be revealing any plot lines when I blog about the show, just in case anyone reading is also watching.

I am very disgruntled! I will continue to blog about the show and let all of you know if it gets any better.

For those of you who have not seen the show. Get in the car right now (or go to Netflix) and get it on dvd. It is so amazing. Except for the fourth season, so far. And now I am just rambling. Ok, bye.