Not that I don't watch too much TV...

My TiVo is once again overflowing and we've seen some more new TV shows now that the writers' strike is over. I'm afraid the news isn't all good.

Fox brought us two new comedies, Unhitched and The Return Of Jezebel James. Neither is as bad as CBS' Welcome To The Captain, but Unhitched isn't genius, despite the genial charm of lead Craig Bierko and a little production help from the Farrelly brothers. It's not fun watching this sex farce. Of course, that's a far better experience than watching Parker Posey star in Jezebel James. The plot's logic, which isn't a critical item for a sitcom, is so riddled with holes, it doesn't even hold together to help the characters make sense. And Miss Posey's performance is so mannered and artificial, I can't even figure out what she was thinking.

The remaining sitcom for this spring is Miss/Guided. It's structured a bit like NBC's The Office with reality show-style interview commentary by the characters and a painful awkwardness that runs throughout. It's not that great. Still, Judy Greer is charming in the central role and Brooke Burns is gorgeous. I may keep watching. Final note: a couple of colleagues keep talking about how they enjoy The Big Bang Theory, so I've been taking another look. I still find the characters all grate and there's precious little imagination here. How could the creators of Two And A Half Men come up with this junk?

I promise to run down the dramas (oops, I mean discuss) soon.

CDs listened to today:

• Antonio Albinoni: Adagio In D
• The Beatles: Alternate Rarities
• Bill Watrous: Manhattan Wildlife Refuge
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano, disk 2
  
• Digital Underground: Sex Packets
• Juraj Filas: Sonata For Trombone And Piano (At the end of the century)