Desperate Housewives Desperately Accessible
Add comment April 21st, 2008
While Desperate Housewives might have one of the best-looking casts on television, it also has one of the best opening narrations, which lays out the plot with sing-song clarity. One of ABC’s most memorable staples, the accessibility of Desperate Housewives is undeniable. Revolving around a circle of small town female friends, all of the title characters are exceptionally three dimensional: one minute the titular housewives are engaged in acts of desperation, but many times these very acts lead the characters to reconnect with their spouses, family and each other. Desperate Housewives airs on ABC Sunday at 8:00 P.M.
The latest incarnation of the longest-running sci-fi show stars David Tennant as the Doctor, a nine century old space traveler with two hearts, a sonic screwdriver and space ship shaped like a telephone booth (one which ironically precedes Bill & Ted). Much like Supernatural follows the Winchesters as they drive into a different horror story every week; Dr. Who follows a similar pattern for science fiction. Much of the plots are tinged with classic science fiction themes like alienation, paranoia and subversion, but the stories, like the Doctor himself, are written with light-hearted sense of humor and even wonder. One of the most engrossing and compelling science fiction shows of recent memories, Dr. Who airs on Sci-Fi at 8:00 PM.