Catching up on TV

... Out of work for the afternoon, I finally caught up on my Sunday night TV ...

I watched the new Apprentice first ... and I liked it.

The last couple seasons of the show were getting so bad, Kates and I bailed out ... But I like the new twists. The first task of setting up a tent in the mansion's backyard was comical, and seeing the losing team try to camp out there was even more entertaining. Plus, Ivanka is surprisingly fun to watch. At the first shot of her sitting next to Daddy Trump, I was thinking, geez, this can't be good. Not only does she look ditzy, she looks like she's 14 years old! ... Then she opened her mouth and spoke. Man, that is one intelligent, head-strong woman ...

And all I gotta say about the first episode's main players: Martin is a pompous dope who deserved to be fired, but Frank -- holy cow -- is a bomb waiting to explode ...

Next up: "You're The One That I Want"

Aye.

I'm not hot on the fact that the leads of a Broadway musical -- Grease -- are being picked via a TV show ... but the judges/Broadway top dogs seem like they know their stuff, they know what they want and they're not giving into any pressure to pick someone on a thin notion that they make good TV -- that was evident when Billy Bush swayed the judges to give a wannabe Sandy a second chance audition, and the judges booted her just as fast as they did in her initial try ...

... Kudos to David Ian and the other judges for being far more respectful and straight with the hopefuls than the crew from American Idol will ever be ... But the drama of David telling the hopefuls " ... (long pause with dramatic music and shots of people staring at each other) ... You're not Sandy" is enough to make me scream ...

... I'm not head over heals for any of these shows. The problems is now I've watched the first episodes and I want to see how it all unfolds!