I almost never post on LJ anymore, but I wanted to share something and make one last plea to anyone who might be reading this.

Salon has given its annual Buffy Award for the most underappreciated TV show to . . . you guessed it, Friday Night Lights.

If you aren't watching this show, why not?

If you've never even seen an episode, check out the wonderful picspams by typicrobots to see what you're missing. (She's done the first seven episodes so far.) How can a show about football -- FOOTBALL! -- be the most beautiful show on TV? I don't know, but it is. It's so beautifully shot, beautifully directed, beautifully acted.

Yes, I know, you hate football. So do I. But I love FNL.

If you are still mourning the loss of Everwood, or Once and Again, or My So-Called Life, or heck, even Party of Five, you owe it to yourself to try this show, at least two or three episodes. It isn't about football, it's about people. (People who love football, okay, but some of them hate it. So you won't be alone.) It doesn't have vampires, or demons, or serial killers on the loose, or strange and obscure medical mysteries -- it's just about regular people, living regular lives, and doing the best they can with what they have.

If you are already on the FNL bandwagon, what do you love most about the show? And what have you done to try to convince others to try it out? Any luck so far?

I get a lot of raised eyebrows and "I can't believe you of all people are watching a show about football. You hate football!"

I know! But doesn't that tell you something about how good it is?

I so want to be mad at NBC for screwing up The Office last night and going over (damn it!) . . . but then they go and renew Friday Night Lights, so I can't.

Thank you, NBC, for bringing us another year of the Dillon Panthers.

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose.

If you aren't watching FNL, you should be. (And this is from someone who HATES football.)

Am I the only one who was pretty disappointed with the 30 Rock season finale? That must have seemed funnier on paper. Or something.

But The Office was hilarious. It never disappoints.

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Oh, man. I knew Alec Baldwin had a bad temper, but this is pretty appalling.

Have y'all heard this? Wow.

It's going to be hard to look at him as Jack Donaghy without thinking of him calling his 11-year-old daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig." And threatening her in a very menacing tone.

All this time, I thought Kim Basinger was the nutty one. But I wouldn't want that man around my child either, if that's the kind of tone he takes with her on a regular basis.

For the parents out there, what do you think?

I know that you probably wouldn't want anyone to record you when you are yelling at your kid, but I honestly can not imagine talking to my child like this, no matter how mad I was.

And her crime was failing to answer the phone? Yeah, that's not something you'd expect from an 11-year-old. Sheesh.

You just know Kim Basinger (or more likely her lawyer) leaked this to the press, but I can't say that I really blame her. It's only going to help her in their custody fight. This is going to be a PR nightmare for him.

Oh, Office! How I missed you. {{{hugs it}}}

Angela's reaction to the fight was the best part of the episode.

I think I also have a crush on the Law Stylist. Anyone else? Floyd (he has a name!!) is all kinds of adorable.

Thank you, NBC, for renewing 30 Rock. Yea!!

And Thomas Jefferson flipping off the Maury crowd was the best part of that episode. Where do they come up with that stuff?

Lesson of the day: Spelling counts, people!

( I'm an attorney, so I know when someone's lying to me. )

In other news, Saturday (March 10) was the 10th anniversary of the the airing of the Buffy pilot. That was some good TV. Entirely pointy, you might say.

ETA: Oh yeah, Battlestar Galactica was on last night also. I have absolutely nothing to say about this episode. I was kinda bored, actually. (Although sad about the noticeable change in the credits. *sniff*) Next week better be good!

NO!! Say it ain't so!

( Bad news for Prison Break fans. )

Also, Tweener is charged with vehicular manslaughter.

I'm many days behind on LJ and I'm trying to catch up.

I haven't read any of the BSG reactions but I'm looking forward to seeing what people thought about "Maelstrom."

But I have a quick question.

( BSG fans, help me out. )

Is anyone watching The Amazing Race All-Stars (aka The Amazing Race with a lot of annoying teams you didn't like much the first time around, except for Rob & Amber and Cha Cha Cha)?

Mirna and Shmirna need to GO.

And Mirna needs to be punched in the face. Preferably by a "native" after she yells something at him/her in that awful fake accented pidgin English ("less-o of the rapid-o!").

What was Jamie Bamber doing on Cold Case?

I thought my eyes were deceiving me for a minute, because, dude, isn't he like a REGULAR on another show about pilots in space and stuff? I could understand if maybe he was on another NBC/Universal show, but CC is on CBS. How'd that happen?

I don't normally watch CC, but I saw the beginning because I padded The Amazing Race. (Damn football and how it screws up my TiVo scheduling.)

(ETA: It wasn't actually football that ran over -- because football is OVER, duh! -- but GOLF. Whatever, CBS. Start your damn shows on time! Grrr. You are no friend of TiVoers, CBS.)

Go Team Cha Cha Cha. I forgot how much I hated Mirna, oh she of the pidgin English that she thinks is "communicating with locals." STFU, Mirna.

So The Office was on last night.

Michael was a jerk, Pam and Jim pined for each other, and Dwight was weird and funny. And none of these things are spoilers, because they apply to every single episode. But for the people who don't want to read about how Michael was a jerk, I offer a cut tag.

( There are too many people in this world. I wish there was another plague. )

. . .

I am still loving 30 Rock. I really only like the Liz/Jack stuff, but that's enough to love.

( This would have worked on Ugly Betty. )

It's very sad about Anna Nicole Smith. But nobody is actually shocked at her death, are they? C'mon now. In her last ET interview, she was barely coherent. And looked like death warmed over. Pun intended. It was only a matter of time.

EW asks: Who should be killed off Heroes? (Spoilers, I guess. But nothing solid is revealed.)

"Someone is Mo-hindering my ability to enjoy the show!"

Heh.

I keep wanting to love this show like so many people do. But the clunky dialogue, uneven and downright bad acting gets in the way. It's still fun, though.

The SAG Awards were a big old snoozefest, weren't they? I kept waiting for a big surprise, but it didn't really happen.

Okay, Little Miss Sunshine winning Best Ensemble Cast over The Departed was sort of a surprise. I haven't seen LMS, but I can't imagine a better overall cast than The Departed. Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen were the minor supporting characters, y'all! President Bartlet and Jack Donaghy! I guess I'll have to see LMS, but I'm afraid it can't possibly live up to expectations now.

How great is it that the cast of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (RIP, Ted) gave the Comedy Ensemble award to The Office? Did y'all see John Krasinski totally chatting up MTM herself right there on stage? Heh. The Office folks must have been so excited. I know I would have been. I need to go find the photos to see who posed with MTM because you know they were all getting photos backstage.

One thing I did like was the bit between Steve Carell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. One Day at a Time. Heh.

Speaking of the '80s, Marky Mark and the Fresh Prince are nominated for Oscars! Not to mention one of the Bad News Bears not named Tatum. Next year I expect a nomination for Vanilla Ice after he shows up as a heroin addict in a gritty indie film by Joe Carnahan.

Seriously, though, Marky Mark? Whoda thunk it? He was great in The Departed, but he was fortunate to be given such a colorful role. Matt Damon had the bigger, tougher, and more subtle role and he's getting ignored in favor of the praise for everyone else. The entire cast was superb, really and it's too bad The Oscars don't have an ensemble category.

Note to Forest: Now that you've won a couple of awards, you might want to think about preparing a speech next time. Just a thought. Still love ya though!

Why don't they just re-name every awards show this year The Helen Mirren Show and be done with it? Give 'em all to her already.

Julie Andrews is awesome.

Please don't let it be Starbuck who is the Cylon. Or Roslin.

I am totally UNSPOILED on the identity of the Cylon, so please don't spoil me if you know who it is. (Does anyone know for sure? I don't keep up with BSG spoilers in general.)

Speculations and theories are always welcome.

Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood? Huh?

Okay, Office fans. I have three questions for you:

1. Can this show get any better?

2. How much is Angela going to make Andy suffer? When I saw Angela's face, all I could think was Oh, Dear. [/Phyllis]

3. What do we think about Jim's "confession" to Karen? Is Jim a liar? 'Cause his definition of a "crush" may be different from mine. But I don't want to call him a Big Fat Liar because he is JIM. ::sigh::

You can pay me back later for the makeover.

ETA: And how awesome was that photo of young Jim&Dwight? What a great team they were! A well-oiled sales machine. Heh.

Have I mentioned how much I love this show?

So the SAG Award Nominations have been announced.

I'm thrilled to see two nominations for Leo DiCaprio (shut it! he was great!), but can someone explain to me how he is considered a "supporting" actor in The Departed? Who was considered the "lead" then? Jack Nicholson? I thought Leo was the lead, or maybe Leo and Matt Damon were co-leads, with support from Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg.

I'm also happy to see a nomination for Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock. He makes that whole show. I still laugh thinking about the video of Jack's outtakes.

Is any of this usable?

Speaking of which, did anyone see Beauty and the Geek last night? Tori's attempts at reading a teleprompter reminded me of Jack's video. Except she was being totally serious.

The O.C. = Officially Cancelled.

ETA: Has anyone seen the movie Primer? I meant to include this in my last post, but I don't remember the last time a movie had me more confused. Oh, wait, yes I do. Mulholland Drive. But I expect total confusion from a David Lynch movie.

Why was there a Thursday night with no Office?

Damn NBC.

GIP. Part Deux.

Thanks again to wisteria_.

I couldn't stop at just one BSG icon, and I love Roslin's expression here. I wish I could work for her. She'd be such a great boss. Yeah, she does have to order executions on occasion, but who doesn't? All in a day's work.

GIP.

Thanks to the awesome wisteria_ for the most awesome icon. Simple and perfect.