08/05/2007 - Tuesday

For some reason the BBC decided to move Holby City to Thursdays so that they could put the new Holby Blue on in its place on Tuesdays instead. For me this is one stupid decision by the BBC as they obviously had the Thursday slot free so they should have just put Holby Blue on then instead of disrupting the Holby City schedule (it has been on Tuesdays since it started I think). That and the fact that I watched the beginning of Holby Blue last night and was totally disappointed by it. It didn't do anything to grip me to it and it also had the feel that me as a viewer was viewing what was going on from outside, instead of actually being there like with Holby City and Casualty (and even The Bill from the few times that I've watched some of it). This resulted in me changing the channel less than half way from Holby Blue so I doubt I will ever watch that again.

Good news now. Deadliest Catch has returned! The Discovery Channel usually has the show on every day at 1pm so I've been watching it while having lunch (watching the repeats too as it's a good show and I always miss something), but now the new season has started at 9pm. Luckily this doesn't clash with anything else that I watch in the evenings so I was able to watch it. The new season looks to be a lot more intense with one boat already sinking before the season really gets started. It also followed more with the US Coast Guard as they were searching for Survivors (they found one). Previous seasons have only hinted at the US Coast Guard's involvement by just mentioning them and showing the helicopters on land, but not actually showing them in action (other than one helicopter checking out the ice). I think this is good as obviously the trawlers and the coast guards have their work mixed together with the Bearing Sea being as deadly and unforgiving as it is.