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( casting spoiler ) to Supernatural. Shit fuck damn. Why do they taunt me with something to make me watch this show in Season 6?

Let there be positivy by rho.

The Internet as a Forum for Debate (Or: Living in Fear) by icarus_chained I was pretty, um, unimpressed with this entry as originally posted. As amended, I'm still not impressed, but I'm a bit thoughtful.

HL would get the boot too… about the Washington Post letting go a reporter for a posting to a private e-mail list. cofax analyses how this relates to fandom

The Scifi Channel remake of Being Human is chugging along with things like casting. I am withholding judgment, but would love it if a Smallville fan could say about what Witwer was like as Doomsday.

I asked why bingo and people answered. Reasoning seems to break down along (1) Yummy, yummy prompts! (2) but not tied to a particular fandom (3) or a disappointed exchange recipient if you flake out (4) but with a deadline. Also, points are fun, either as a way of measuring oneself or competing against others. And kink bingo got several mentions with kink, specifically, being something people wanted to support, explore, or promote. But don't just read my summary, the answers are worth reading themselves.

So, victoria asked the other day, being a fan, What episode of a show I love haven't I watched more than 5 times? Well, I'm a fan, and I'm fairly certain that I haven't watched a single episode of anything* five whole times. In fact, I'm not sure that there's any tv series which was on for more than one season which I've watched in its entirety. I'm the sort of media fan who finds television less enjoyable than other fan pursuits, like reading fic, reading meta, and writing meta. (I do like watching TV much more than I like writing fic, but I find writing fic actively painful, so.) I mean, if I had to gauge the intrinsic pleasure of TV watching, it would probably rank about up there with icon making. (I think I've made about 30 icons in my whole life.)

*If someone were to do an actual complete audit of everything I have ever watched ever, it might turn out that I've watched one or two episodes of Law & Order five times each. I submit to the gentlebeings of the jury that, for the purposes of this discussion, that's brainwashing by TNT, and doesn't count.

Also, femslash10 assignments came out last night, and I plan to write a Dear Writer letter in the next few days. Also, to do those frakking panel write ups.

Diana's coming back to White Collar!

I wonder if we're getting a bigger cast, or if we're getting rid of either Jones or Cruz. *ponder ponder ponder*

Not that I ever watched more than a minute of this show, but TNT has picked up Southland. They'll start airing the first season's 7 in January, following up with the six second season eps that NBC ordered but never aired. Depending on ratings, they may order more.

It'll be rolling Tuesday nights at 10, opposite Leno. 'Twould be lolarious if they garnered bigger ratings than Leno, although it seems a trifle improbable. Anyway, I suspect that, with The Closer and Saving Grace and Raising the Bar, a scripted cop drama with pretensions of grittiness is a good network fit.

So, those of you who know me in real life may have mistakenly assumed I don't like Project Runway. It is, after all, a television show entirely about clothes. (I hate clothes. And fashion. And have questionable taste.)

But you are wrong. I love Project Runway. I watch the show and have opinions about the clothes and I thought Laura and Michael from Season 3 should totally have their own tv show of hilarity.

So, you know, I depend on you you, flistwankenobi, to let me know about exciting PR news which is not shown on an episode on Bravo.

Like, for instance, the awesome Project Runway Canada. Normally, I don't care about Canadian television which is not a science fiction property filmed in Vancouver, but this is very, very important to me, because it is hosted by Iman. Come on, people. Project Runway, beautiful black woman, incidental connection to David Bowie, celebrities that I don't know (but it's okay because no other Americans know them either!), a charming not!Tim Gunn, what more could I want?

In any case, I have now watched the first seven episodes on YouTube, courtesy of MsRoyalT and had a blast. (Also, if you're curious, she's done Britain's Next Top Model, Canadian NTM, and Aus NTM. I, myself, cannot watch AusNTM because in Australia they do not have background music and it freaks me the fuck out.)

P.S. Someone on my flist posted about Project Rungay, which is how I found out about PRC, but I can't for the life of me remember who. Thanks, someone!