Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

As the subject line suggests, I was LESS THAN THRILLED when I tuned in for "Smallville" and "Angel" last night (which my TV Guide, cable guide, and the TV Guide Channel all ASSURED me were to be shown last night between 7 and 9 PM) only to find that, without so much as a "by-your-leave," the WB affiliate had decided to air a basketball game, instead. To make matters worse, "Star Trek: Enterprise" was also pre-empted for a DIFFERENT basketball game on the UPN affiliate (UPN carried the Vanderbilt Commodores vs. 'whoever' game, while the WB had apparently decided that its viewership couldn't live without seeing the University of Tennessee Volunteers square off against the Razorbacks of ... wherever they're from). As the final insult added to injury, my WB affiliate announced that they'd be showing "Smallville" at 9 PM last night and AGAIN on Saturday evening at 7, but that the new "Angel" would only be seen Saturday at 8 -- apparently the WB viewership also couldn't survive having syndicated re-runs of "That 70's Show" replaced by a shiny new "Angel" episode last night at 10. Arrghh!

All of which goes to explain why I will be averting my eyes from the Live Journal world for the next few days (at least as far as reading all the fascinating "Angel" posts and joining in the conversations). Now, I have to go and officially anathematize whoever it was who decided to mess up the schedule last night ... as soon as I remember what I did with my "Orgiastic Temple of Fandom" papal vestments after the LAST time I had to pronounce an anathema against some miserable excuse for a vertebrate lifeform.

Very DISAPPOINTED! (Sorry, I think I was channeling Kevin Sorbo as the evil Hercules/Sovereign for a moment there.)