TV Thursday: What I'm Watching

So with this quarantine, you would think I'd be getting in lots of TV watching! NO! That is not the case. Instead, the TV seems to be monopolized by the kids. I don't mind much. It at least brings noise to the house.

And since most of my shows are usually rather graphic, gory, or just SO not appropriate for kids, I've found it VERY difficult to watch anything around them. There are certain things I just don't want to explain.

So what am I watching? A couple of different shows.

CSI: Las Vegas -- Yes, the original one. I think I'm in season 10 or something, I'm not sure anymore. I know Grissom has left and Langston is there for the time being. So I'm definitely into episodes when I quit watching the show on a weekly basis.

Criminal Minds -- I'm in season 6. I think this when I quit watching regularly. I know JJ has left.

Star Trek: Voyager -- I'm in season 4 of this one.

Feel Good -- I just found this one on Netflix. Definitely one of those ones I cannot watch around the kids. It's MC, Mae, is a lesbian and it's focused around her relationship with Georgia. There are lots of inappropriate language and sexual references. So NOT appropriate for the kids! There's only one season and I think I'm in episode 5.

So yeah, I've got lots to choose from. Now if I could just stay awake long enough after the kids go to bed. Or find some other time to watch these things!

The Orville

A new season of The Orville started on Fox last Sunday. I can't wait! I watched all of season 1 on Hulu and have already streamed the first episode of season 2. I had to wait a whole year for this show!

It is the brainchild of Seth MacFarlane. Yes, the guy who came up with shows like Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad! Because of the humor on said shows, you would think The Orville wouldn't be something I'd watch, but you're wrong.

Yes, there's adult humor, but not like his animated shows. And it is set in space, on a spaceship. Oh, and he picked the absolute best executive producer to help him out with a show like this: Brannon Braga! Braga goes all the way back to Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he started as an intern. He's since had his hand in a bunch of Star Trek creations. And also, MacFarlane brought in Jonathan Frakes (William Riker on TNG) and Robert Duncan McNiell (Tom Paris on Voyager) to direct in the first season. So, I mean, obviously, the guy is doing something right.

The show is cute, has enough sci-fi/space elements to keep it moving and deals with things with humor. And then there is the long-term plot they have that Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson are divorced and he still loves her.

I cannot wait for more episodes of this to air. It's actually going to give me something to kick the kids off the TV for.