-Still, there was one newsworthy item that I'm writing about days after its announcement, which means it's the equivalent of dinosaur news but whatever: The fifth season of Mad Men premieres on Sunday, March 25 on AMC, though the network declined to confirm the date. The hour is unknown. Jon Hamm will direct the anticipated premiere. Indeed, America wants to know what happened after Don proposed to that woman. Alan Sepinwall's New Year tweeted stated that we'd all remember what the money is for in 2012--a Mad men tweet intended to arouse excitement and anticipating, but it just horribly depressed me for several seconds.
-NBC President Bob Greenblatt promised the critics that Community would return in the spring on an undetermined night. The future of the series is less rosy. Greenblatt pointed towards the dreadful numbers, but celebrated the show's ability to maintain a consistent and loyal audience. Greenblatt hailed the world of cable television probably because he wished NBC was on cable; the network's numbers would be splendid on any cable network, but alas they are a major network.
-I watched Guillermo Del Toro's Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark. Troy Nixey actually directed it. Del Toro co-wrote the screenplay. I originally read about the film in the now-defunct Creative Screenwriting magazine. The CS piece interested me in the film. Del Toro made the film sound more interesting than it actually is. I don't why I trust the storytellers when they're promoting a film. Of course the writer of No Strings Attached would think much differently about her film than the audience. Writers, directors, and producers spend more time with the project, and they invest more money than the audience. Any Rob Schneider film is going to suck, but the ones involved will sell the film like its Waiting For Godot or Uncle Vanya. Del Toro sold the film well in CS. The visual execution of the story sucked, though. The beats were boring. The suspense died whenever the camera showed the small creatures creating the chaos. If Del Toro couldn't direct The Hobbit, because he took too much on with this film, then WOW.
-Anyway, back to TV: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will broadcast new episodes across television. NBC's comedy lineup returns Thursday sans Community. ABC's comedy block is all-new tomorrow night, followed by a new episode of Revenge. Tonight, of course, includes new episodes from NCIS and Parenthood, as well as ABC Family's Switched At Birth & Jane By Design. Of course, I'll watch the Flyers and 76ers tonight. The Flyers are in Raleigh to battle the Hurricanes. The 76ers are in the midst of their first 3-games-in-3-nights stretch and 5 games in 6 nights, though two games will be against the Wizards, so it could be more grueling than it is (still grueling, though). The quality of the NBA's been down this season. The league always had too many below-average or average teams. Now, it's worse because of the condensed schedule and shortened training camps. Luckily, the 76ers have been as fun to watch as they were last season.
While I'm writing about sports, I'll mention that the Raiders fired Hue Jackson. The franchise makes no sense. The dumbass front office needs to realize the team itself lacks the talent to win more than 8 games. Back-to-back 8-8 seasons is a talent issue, not a coaching issue. Stop drafting undersized wide receivers with a top-15 pick, Oakland. Don't trade 400 draft picks for Carson Palmer. The Raiders would probably be a playoff team if McFadden remained healthy, but the front office probably didn't connect the dots. Usually, I'd wait to write about football in the Thursday football post; however, the non-playoff teams essentially fall off of a cliff in my mind once Week 17 ends. I don't think about the Cleveland Browns until the first week of September--that's a solid 9 months of zero thoughts about Cleveland. But, whenever the Raiders screw up, I want to comment.
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