No More 'Idol'

Let me just go off on a side rant for a moment and ask if anyone has noticed that most TV critics are men. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me considering that most of the TV shows they are reviewing are made for a female audience. Most men I know are watching sports not "Desperate Housewives" or "Medium." It's time for a female's voice.

OK, I'm back from my rant. So, after Julia's failed NBC show "Watching Ellie" came and went, I would have thought she would have given up and admitted the "Seinfeld curse" was not a myth.

Remember Jason Alexander's "Listen Up" and "Bob Patterson" or how about Michael Richard's detective sitcom, "The Michael Richards Show"' So, maybe it wasn't a curse maybe it was just "bad show syndrome."

Either way, Julia has broken the spell by delivering a mostly funny traditional sitcom about a single-mother raising a son while dealing with the fact that her ex-husband has coupled up with a younger gal, also named Christine (hence the show's name).

My guess is the show's success has a lot to do with being placed after Charlie Sheen's "Two and Half Men", which is the number one comedy on TV right now.

I just hooked up my brand new 32 inch HDTV after watching it sit on the bookshelf for 4 months. It was one of those impulse Super Bowl party buys. So, I'm surfing through the channels over the weekend and I stumble upon what could possibly be the most idiotic show on television on the Fuse Network, a competitor to MTV.

Are there really no new ideas out there when a show like "Pants-Off Dance-Off" makes it on the air' Basically, the show takes people of every size, shape and age and sticks them in front of a music video. They then proceed to strip off their clothes down to their skivvies while the music video plays behind them. Their wobbly bits are censored out fortunately. Then its up to the audience to vote for their favorite and I guess there is some type of prize involved.

Are people really so desperate to get on television that they would be willing to get naked for a few bucks'

Obviously, the show is looking to cash in on the dance craze started by "Dancing with the Stars." If you are looking for some good clean dance fun then check it out when that show returns to ABC in the fall. So far, I've heard that Harry Hamlin, Tamera Mowry, Beth Ostrosky and Melissa Joan Hart are in the running for season three.

WE: Women's Entertainment is getting into the dance craze with a just announced new show, "Dirty Dancing: Living the Dream", based on the 1987 film.

This dance contest will be hosted by Cris Judd, and will team up inexperienced female dancers with professional male dancers. After whittling the original 30 women down to just one, the winner gets a featured role in the theatrical production of "Dirty Dancing: The Musical." The WE program is set to debut in December.