YOU ARE WORTHLESS, ALEC BALDWIN!

You see how well my new AICN catchphrase works?

Surfing and cancer and gay-ass vampires? I use to think that HBO could do no wrong. But they haven't done right in so long that I'd really like to know what's going on over there. Was it a change of management? And if so, from whom to who? I wish this site could illuminate us on things like that. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who use to be in charge of HBO's original programming are now working over at Showtime. Seriously, if anybody has a clue what's been going on, please share. At least with Star Trek, I knew to blame Brannon and Braga.

Also, on Abrams, I gave him a pass over fucking up Alias, but now that he's been doing the same thing to Lost, I have no desire to watch anything by him anymore. I'll likely finish out Lost but at least it had an interesting premise (like Alias which I didn't make it to the end of), why on earth would I ever want to entertain myself with cancer? I gotta imagine he's not cheap either. That might mean they have to cancel one of their good shows to get him. Oh right, they already canceled all their good shows. For HBO, the grass is always greener on the other side, they need to grow the fuck up already. Maybe take some ritalin.

Now on to JJ. An R-rated show about Cancer patients, huh? My first thought is: maybe he's grown tired of making fantasy shows like "Lost" and "Alias" and needs a more reality-based drama to fire him up again? Maybe. Maybe it'll be a dramedy (drama-comedy) along the lines of "Six Feet Under". Could be pretty cool if it goes there.

But if this show goes the way of "Alias" and sets up a million convoluted storylines that by the third season fall apart, I'll be disappointed. But if JJ injects a creative, dramatic, profanity-laden take on reality into this show, using his wacky mind to give us characters worth caring about, I'll check it out.