You owe me
So, I’m getting ready to watch a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy. I’ve been watching other shows on ABC (Sunday night reality shows that make me cry every single time) and I’ve seen the marketing gurus’ attempts at a heartfelt commercial with the leaves and growth and good thoughts. I was thus led to believe that new episodes would be coming soon, as soon as this week. As I’m writing this JD and I are suffering through Miss Guided – a show shamelessly aimed at my demographic. And only during this show did I realize that Grey’s Anatomy would not be following at 9:00 pm. This led me to ABC’s site to inquire as to when new episodes would start. April(FREAKIN’) 24th?!? Are you kidding me?
So, unfortunately, thanks to the writer’s strike, I’ve been without my fav show for months. I know they’ve made the re-runs available, but seriously, I haven’t missed an episode since the show started. Catching up is not exactly what I needed. I needed to know what my kids were up to at Seattle Grace. I needed to know how Meredith and McDreamy were doing. I needed to know if George and Izzy were still each other’s best friend. I needed to know how Christina was coping. I needed to know if Bailey’s marriage is going to survive. A re-run was going to solve nothing.
A few weeks ago I read an article that stated post strike only a few hit shows would be returning to finish out the season. After being concerned that some of the shows I’d already grown attached to (think Dirty Sexy Money, Private Practice and Big Shots) were possibly in danger of being canceled I realized something slightly unspoken yet completely implied in the article. I realized that with the few shows finishing out the season that’s all they plan on doing… finish out the season.
WHAT?! They owe me. Shonda Rhimes and her staff owe me a FULL season of shows. What is that usually? 23/26 shows? I think they maybe got 10-12 episodes in before the strike. THEY OWE ME!!! I’ll be here all summer, I’m ready, bring it on. 12 new shows would easily pull me through the hot, humid, BORING TV, summer. I know they were plotting, scheming and writing during the strike. You know, not officially, but just enough so that they are completely and totally caught up. Taking the summer off is not an option. 90210 did it years ago, it was a beautiful thing appreciated by fans the world over. Are new shows throughout the summer such a bad thing? I think not. Besides, they owe me!