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Hi, my name is SR Phoenix. You might remember me from such blogs as (nearly) internal dialogue. What do you say we skip the formalities of introducing this blog, dear old friends, and just jump in in media res, seeing as the fall season is well underway.

Being that this was the first night in history that the Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars were on back-to-back on the same network, you’re gonna have to just trust that I’m usually more capable of speaking intelligently about television, if nothing else. As it is though, please pardon my teen-like gushing for two of my new most favoritest shows on television.

Ohmigosh, I totally love the G Girls and V Mars! They are just so cool and funny and witty and their boys are so cute and sweet. Can you, like, believe that Lane is preggers? Or what Luke said to Lorelai in the middle of the street? I was so about to cry at the end when he said what he said in the grocery store. It is just so sad! Why can’t those two just work it out? And Veronica’s in college! Of course, she’s taking criminology. How funny/obvious is it that that TA is named Foil or whatever? What is up with V and this new guy Piz? What did she tell him about Logan? What is gonna happen with Keith and that guy? And how sad is Dick? Words I never thought I’d type. I can’t believe he said that to Mac! Is Weevil still in jail? Are Veronica and Logan gonna break up already? I love her and Logan. Oh, Logan is such a sweetheart, giving V the keycard to his heart and luxury penthouse hotel suite.

So many emotions and questions in two short hours. Thank you, the new CW! You have filled the void of Tuesday night that has been in my life since the grand old age of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Before the respective season premieres this week and last, I had never seen either show on television. Because I’m so supercool, I spent recent weeks watching all the previous seasons on DVD, catching up just in time for the new seasons. (And given that both shows just studded their hours with Battlestar Galactica references, that’ll probably be the next show I watch in marathon form.) It’s excruciating to now have to watch them with commercials and one week at a time. Still, it’s worth it because, I’ll just go ahead and say it, in case you couldn’t tell my opinion from the above, these shows rock! And I’m curiously excited about their pairing (and followed by Law & Order: SVU on NBC to top off the night... how did Auseillo get this night to happen?).

I can’t believe I never watched them before and I can’t believe that they don’t do better than they’ve done. To give you an idea, 45 million people tune into Grey’s Anatomy and just over 2 million viewers were watching Veronica Mars over its past two seasons. It’s a travesty, I tell you. I hope you do your part to right this wrong and tune in next Tuesday at 8pm on the CW.

In closing, I’d like to bring up the issue of each of these two CW shows having its very own Logan love interest. Let’s declare right now, to avoid future confusion, Logan hailing from the Gilmore Girls will heretofore be referred to as Huntzberger, or girly Logan, whichever just feels right at the time. And Logan Echolls of Veronica Mars will be crowned the reigning Logan. Long live the Logan!

p.s. I did not enjoy the Aeirie stuff.

Posted by SR Phoenix on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 9:46 PM | Permalink