Hi everyone (no one):
So it’s summertime, which means while all the other channels are a complete desert of quality programming, ABC Family is on fire. Here is my update for summer indulgence guilt shows.
Switched At Birth
I feel like I waited FOREVER to this come back. It was totally worth the wait. I keep telling people that this is a legit good show and no one believes me. Or trusts me? Anyway when ABCF started promo-ing this show’s return, I realized I never watched the first 10 or so episodes of the first season. I’m so glad I went back to start at the beginning. This season so far, boyfriends are back (hey la!), a new British (of course) love interest is introduced, there was a truly great “What if it happened this way instead?” alternate reality episode, and FINALLY I hope please come on Toby is going to get rid of his stupid 18-year-old fiancée. With Revenge and VD on break for the summer, this is my top can’t wait-for-it-every-week show.
This pic is for Leah:
Season grade so far: A
The Fosters
The Fosters is a new show and I sadly found out tonight that next week’s in the last episode before the “summer break.” Summer Break is a weird ABC Family concept that I find annoying but it completely works on me. Anyway the ABCF motto is “a new kind of family” and this show hits on all cylinders: biracial lesbian couple with a biological son from one of the women’s first marriage, adopted Latino twins, and a foster brother and sister that they take in on the first episode. One mom is a cop and the other is a principal at a charter school. The first few episodes seem… too much somehow, but by the middle of the season I was completely hooked. It’s sweet and simple and charming, yet it deals with serious and complicated issues facing a lot of young people in our country now. Of course the family is perfect and it an be a bit incredible, but at the same time I really like it. I will miss it when it’s over for the break and I am going to lean hard on Lorelai to catch up before it returns.
Season grade so far: B
The Vineyard
What is this? Is it a reality show? A fake reality show? I don’t get it yet. It’s half Laguna Beach/The Hills, half The Real World, and half this weird internet show I watched all of in one night a couple of years ago. These 20-somethings all flock to Martha’s Vineyard to work over the summer. One girl, who seems to be the main narrator, is BFFs with the two girls who manage an “iconic” restaurant (store? bar?) and they hire her to work for them and live in this weird party house with their other “employees.” I’m only five minutes in and it’s horrible. I truly can’t tell if they are awful actors in an awfully written show or just awful people in an awful reality show. So far everyone is shirtless all the time and everyone is already super jelly of everyone else. I guess I’m in.
Season grade so far: ????
Is there a grade for "I am stupider for having watched this show"
Random CW Update – Breaking Pointe
I am super excited that this show is coming back; I had completely forgotten about it. Rebecca never watched it but I’m going to peer pressure her about it now that I know there are two seasons. Instead of posting about the first season of this, I’ll try to find weird comments I IM’d to Rebecca during the few afternoons it took to cruise though the episodes at work. This looks like our friend Raisin Bran and his brothers:
I just like this picture:
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