This pretty much nails it.  It was interesting enough to get me to watch week 2.  But I hated all that relationship stuff with the associate producers as well.  It just comes off as tiring.  I didn't really mind the Will/McKenzie backstory/relationship stuff probably because it's in the hand of more capable actors.

I found the producing of the news show as it's live pretty interesting too.  Sam Waterson is enjoyable as always.  Glad to see he wasn't playing a news version of Jack McCoy.

Anyone been watching Yankees-Nats series?  The series has been intense.  As a neutral observer, I enjoyed the intensity in these games.  Washington's bullpen is quite good.  They probably could pick up a C like Ryan Doumit (or someone like him) to help the offense.

I think Colorado might be close to firing Jim Tracy.  His club has been brutal in interleague play.  I think Bud Black might get canned too in SD but he might stick around longer than Tracy only because the Padres are up for sale.

On a rather unrelated note:  Is there any pitcher you hate watching pitch?  I realized I hated watching Kevin Millwood pitch because the guy takes forever in between pitches and he always throws a bunch of pitches per start.

Manny Ramirez got released yesterday by the A's.  Unlike Vlad, who got released as well this week by the Blue Jays, I don't see anyone picking him up.

Man, what a week.  Cain pitches a perfect game on Wednesday against the Astros.  Either signs an extension to stay with the Dodgers.  They overpaid as he isn't worth that much.  And he's 30 years old and has only hit 30 homers once.

Cubs sign Soler to a 9yr deal worth 30 million dollars.  That's about the going rate for a top Latin American prospect.  I think he's listed as an OF now, I could have sworn he used to be a SS.

The Pirates begin their usual descent into the toilet by getting swept in BAL.  I guess they won't finish in last this year with the Cubs and Astros stinking it up.  Just hurry and trade Hanrahan for any decent young hitter.

Detroit has been playing better this week and the White Sox (and Indians) have fallen back.  The back end of the White Sox rotation  (Humber and Floyd) have been horrible lately.

Willingham will attract a lot of suitors.  Two years at a 7 million per year is a very affordable and offense is down league wide so that can't hurt his value.

Dodgers are said to be very interested in Ryan Dempster.  There's nothing an opposing fan base likes to hear more than Ned Coletti is interested in one of your players.  The dude gives away prospects/valuable young players like candy.  I'd suspect that they would probably get a Top 10 prospect (most likely a pitcher, they don't have minor league hitters of note) and maybe another interesting young player.   And SF is closing in on them. 

It will be real interesting to see what Philly does.  If they're out of it, they could quickly reverse course and deal Hamels and Victorino and restock their minor league system.

Yeah, Dark Shadows looked really shitty.  Not even the prospect of seeing a blonde Eva Green could compel me to see that turdfest.  To be honest, outside of the Burton films and the Verbanski Pirates films, Depp films don't really make a lot of money.  I don't say that as a sharp criticism Depp takes on interesting characters and roles that others don't bother with.

I find the bit about the handcrafted train intriguing though. 

Disney also has the yearly Pixar film they can rely on for profits.  I'm not sure how much Brave will do though.