If you like TV and haven’t checked out Hulu.com yet, do it now. The site has a wealth of classic and current shows. A lot more clips than full episodes, but the things they have full episodes (and some full seasons of) is pretty impressive.
The video quality is OK. I noticed a bunch of artifacting and some distortion during scenes with a lot of movement in them. It was even more noticeable when watching an older show at full screen size. Still, better than having to get them from a torrent (especially now that writers actually get paid for us viewing them).
Speaking of places to watch shows, while your over there, check out the new Fox series, The Return of Jezebel James. As with mots sitcoms, the basic plot premise is a little contrived and the first couple of episodes are more than a little rough around the edges (particularly jarring in the first two episodes of this series is the massive change in living arrangement for the main character).
The show has a lot of potential. Most of that potential comes from the two leads in it: Parker Posey (from a whole lot of things) and Lauren Ambrose (best known from Six Feet Under). Another dash of potential comes form the show’s creator: Amy Sherman-Palladino (who gave us Gilmore Girls among other things).
Hopefully in the next couple of episodes, after all blatant exposition is done with and the characters established and settled into, this will be one of those half-hour gems that I look forward to every week.
Speaking of half-hour gems, two of my personal favorites are back and all new this Monday. Be sure to pop on over to CBS and check out the new episodes of The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. Big Bang was kind of a surprise as I hated the first episode, but every one after that has been beautiful. How I Met Your Mother was spot on fantastic from the start. If you haven’t been watching these shows, you’ve been missing prime examples of what modern sitcoms should be like (hint: they’re a lot like classic sitcoms–funny and not insulting).
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