Finally!

We're finally into 2012 and I'm just excited for my shows to finally come back! Just going to post the TV watching schedule of my household:

Monday, Jan 2
2 Broke Girls [8:30pm]
Two and a Half Men [9:00pm]

Tuesday, Jan 3
NCIS [8:00pm]
NCIS: LA [9:00pm]
Parenthood [10:00 - OnDemand]

Wednesday, Jan 4
Modern Family [9:00pm]
Revenge [10:00pm]

Thursday, Jan 5
Vampire Diaries [8:00pm]
Grey's Anatomy [9:00pm]
Private Practice [10:00 - OnDemand]

Friday, Jan 6
A Gifted Man [8:00pm]
Merlin [10:00pm]

Sunday, Jan 8
Once Upon A Time [8:00pm]
Pan Am [10:00pm]

Monday, Jan 9
Castle [10:00pm]

Thursday, Jan 12
Bones [8:00pm]
The Finder [9:00pm]

Friday, Jan 13
Grimm [9:00pm]
Person of Interest [9:00pm - OnDemand]

Monday, Jan 16
Being Human [9:00pm]

Tuesday, Jan 17
Glee [8:00pm]
New Girl [9:00pm]
Raising Hope [9:30pm]
White Collar [10:00pm]

Wednesday, Jan 18
American Idol [8:00pm]

All items that are italicized are shows that someone other than myself will be watching [read as: Mom]. All the shows that have OnDemand next to them will be watched the following day or when available OnDemand and not at the initial air time.

Top 5 Shows I'm excited for, in this order:

1. Once Upon A Time
2. Vampire Diaries
3. New Girl
4. The Finder
5. White Collar

I used the TVLine.com January Calender to make my list - Items in bold are season/series premieres.

Bones [SPOILERS]

I've been on and off with this show for a few years now. I usually catch old episodes on TNT [though I think I've seen most of them by this point]. I've never been committed to watching it once a week even though I really like Bones.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about the Bones/Booth couple with a bun in the oven. It just seems kind of strange after so long for them to finally be together.

Even still, Brennan and Booth are two very different people. Tonight's new episode ["The Memories in the Shallow Grave"] seems to be showing us a lot of the obstacles that they are going to face not only as a couple, but a couple with a child on the way.

Brennan is very factual and scientific. Her way of thinking has not changed much since the first season give or take a smidgen. She has no belief in a God and has never really had a functioning family or anyone else to depend on.

Booth is a very emotional and bases his decisions on gut instinct. He is as open to ideas as he can be. Family and friends have always been #1 in his life and he is a bit more in touch with people than Brennan. And while he didn't grow up with the conventional family [his grandfather raised him], he still understands the functions of a family.

We can already tell that the following topics will need to be discussed/resolved this season:
- Finding a new place
- Religious upbringing
- Brennan working far into her pregnancy [because I can't imagine she'll be able to sit or whatever]
- Picking a name [which I think will be hilarious]
  ~ In relation, deciding on the child's last name
- Dealing with Parker [Hopefully this will be addressed because I feel like Booth's son is so easy to forget]
- Brennan's hormones [which I'm sure will come up the entire season]
- Money [which will probably come up more than once]

I'm sure there are more but those are what are coming to mind right at the moment. Any other ideas are welcomed.

First episode back was pretty good. We got to see Brennan have a few awkward moments and the kissing between Booth and Brennan were cute as oppose to weird.

The murder was so strange that it was kind of boring. I was more interested in the relationship aspect then the murder aspect. It is usually the other way around with me. I'm excited for what is to come and I'm going to try and keep up with the show, which will probably be difficult once Vampire Diaries goes on hiatus.

The Secret Circle

So, after semi-watching a what-could-have-been a fabulous episode of The Vampire Diaries [I'll explain at the end], I decided to stick around the CW and watch The Secret Circle.

Now, my luck with CW shows are hits and misses... Mostly misses to be honest. And this show is, as of this moment, hanging on the miss side as well.

The story is basically about this girl [Cassie] who moves back to the town that was once her parents' hometown. Her mom just died and her dad has been dead since she was an infant. She's come to live with her grandma. Sounds pretty normal-ish, right? Yeah, well what she doesn't know is that she is a witch... And part of this "secret circle." Her parents were also a part of a "secret circle." And something with this circle is the reason that 1) her father is dead and 2) her mother never told her about the "secret circle."

So basically, there are a bunch of kids of the people who were in [a] secret circle with Cassie's parents [?]. And kind of throw all this information at Cassie... Who has decided to reject it all. And who can blame her? As if having to grow up with only her mother's support and then to have her ripped away, this is kind of much. And of course she can't just talk to anyone about all of this. Remember the "secret" part.

And of course, because it is an CW show, there is lots of normal teenager drama.

I'll probably watch this show, if only for the fact that it is after The Vampire Diaries until at least November 3rd [which is when my friend pointed out that Bones comes back that night]. But on the topic of TVD, the reason I missed a good half hour of the beginning is because brother #3 called to wish me a happy birthday and to talk a bit. I'll hopefully be able to watch it online soon.