Hi, Matt. I have two issues ...
Question: Hi, Matt. I have two issues after watching Monday's
Prison Break: Considering all the guys on that show, why does it seem like it's the lawyer chick who makes a majority of the stupid mistakes? She's starting to remind me of the stereotypical teenage girls on TV who keep doing stupid things, like the daughter in the first two seasons of
24. Also, why doesn't Fox create a two-hour action block with
Prison Break at 8 ET and
24 at 9? I can't see that the early hour is the issue since the show isn't that violent (it isn't
Oz or, as a better example,
Alias). Also, the subject matter and dialogue of
House seem better suited to the 9 pm hour. Is this really all because of
American Idol? Is
AI still that strong? Can't they push that show to March instead of
Prison Break? Argh!
Answer: First off: the annoying "lawyer chick" Veronica. It's pretty clear to me that
Prison Break is at its best in the prison and dealing with the caper, and not in the subplots on the outside dealing with the conspiracy, especially where Veronica and L.J. vs. those idiotic psycho-agents working for the lady VP are concerned. But to the meat of your question: Lots of frustration in the mailbag about
Prison Break's hiatus, which on the positive side isn't quite as long as we initially feared. I'm assuming your final questions were ironic where
American Idol was concerned, because there's no way to avoid the fact that in the second half of the TV season, it's all about
Idol on Fox. Nothing is more important. Nothing. I would also argue your point on the violence level of
Prison Break, which for many weeks was intense enough to send the person I live with out of the room, vowing never to come back (although we both watched the cliff-hanger "finale" avidly). But as Fox announced earlier this week, they also like the idea of an action-themed Monday, so now
Prison Break will be leading into
24 starting in mid-March. I agree that
House, being a truly adult show, is better suited for the later time period, so I'm glad to see it's staying put on Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET and not moving to Mondays in front of
24 (as Fox originally had planned).
