TWO FREAKIN’ MONTHS I’ve been waiting for new Fringe, and what the frak happens? Instead at starting at 9:01 PM, the complete insult to not only television, but music as well, dim-witted reality/competition series American Idol, goes on for about another eight or nine minutes, causing anyone who had DVR’d Fringe to miss the last, well, eight or nine minutes. Now, luckily, I wasn’t at work (and I would have been infuriated, since I would’ve set my DVD-Recorder and get the digital OTA signal instead, since it’s much much clearer (and I have my DVD-Recorder set to letterbox, so I get the whole show), and I too would’ve missed the ending).

But this has got to stop. There has to be some way to convince these Idol worshipers to turn on their brains and watch something a little more fulfilling, such as NCIS, or how about the totally unappreciated Reaper. The truth is, I don’t care how well brain farts do on TV, it doesn’t give them the right to screw up everything else, ’cause some of us, actually have brains to watch engaging TV.

I don’t want to keep complaining about American Idol, and I know it’s my opinion, and blah blah blah, but, the only thing that has a right to pre-empt in this manner, are major sports programmings, at least with those, one would know to extend their recordings (though I myself have missed a few because of NASCAR), but I try to check Sundays for any possible sports on FOX that could screw up my TV viewing an adjust accordingly (at least an extra 30 minutes). But another weekly series should NOT do this, and the producers of that dumbass show need to get their heads together and get it into the hour, because I used to watch House when it was after, and can’t remember a time when it was delayed by almost ten minutes. Plus, last year, and the year before, I happen to know Idol didn’t have so many two-hour episodes, so FOX is really, really, really, EVIL!

Death to American Idol. Bring back quality scripted shows. No more reality! No more reality!

Watch NCIS on CBS Tuesday at 8PM! We can do this! We CAN do this!

Of course, what we really need is a better TV Rating system, one that’s less reliant on a very, very, very, small fraction of the TV Viewing public. And networks are gonna have to factor in DVRs and online viewership (legal ones, not the illegal variety). Then maybe show like Pushing Daisies could make it. And shows like Dollhouse and Chuck can be a little safe for renewal, at least.

We want QUALITY, not STUPIDITY (okay, not a good chant, but I’m tired and must watch Criminal Minds…now