Wednesday Watercooler

I stayed up way past my bedtime last night to watch everything I'd recorded - American Idol, Lost, The Good Wife, and Parenthood.  I'm not sure any of them were worth losing much needed beauty sleep over.

American Idol - The boys were better than last week.  But that shouldn't have been hard to do since last week was the worst week in AI history.  My favorite of the night was Michael the Strong Man who can bench press 4 or 5 Ryan Seacrests depending on whether or not he's wearing a suit.  Pretty much everyone else was forgettable.  That's a good thing.  At least they weren't so terrible they stood out in my mind.  Well, Casey stands out.  His guitar playing was great.  His singing was not.

Lost - I was really into it, wondering what exactly was going to happen to those who stayed in the temple as well as those who didn't.  Then the DVR crapped out and didn't record the last 10 minutes or so.  I did finally watch it online this morning but it kind of lost something 12 hours after seeing the rest of it.  Still, I'm hooked and will be until the end.

The Good Wife - So, Peter is home.  In an apartment that's 1/5 the size of their previous house and still bigger than most homes.  Does anyone really care about him or his political aspirations?  Not me.  I watch it for Christine Baranski and Julianna Margulies.  I've loved Ms Baranski since Cybill.  I liked Julianna Margulies in ER, really liked her in Canterbury's Law and love her in The Good Wife.  She has an understated acting style that's refreshing and feels real.  She moves one little muscle in her face and it says so much.  By the way, I prefer this ankle bracelet over the one Peter had to wear. 

Parenthood - Disclaimer:  I have never seen the movie or the previous television show by the same name.  I watched only because of Lauren Graham.  So far, Lauren Graham is the only thing I really like about the show.  There are so many characters that I don't know a single one by their names.  Not enough time was given to any of them to care about any of them yet.  Already, though, I'm truly annoyed by the commitment-phobic brother (I think his name might be Cody).  I'll watch a few more weeks to see if it grows on me.  I really want to like this show.

Tonight's DVR:

American Idol (hoping that Crystal Bowersox has recovered!), Gary Unmarried, CSI: NY, and Psych.

So, here's where you click on the Comment button and tell us what you watched, what you thought of it, and what you'll be watching tonight.  Ready?  Set?  Go!