I Suck At CW Shows

I'm a sucker for television. This week, the CW was premiering two new shows for the season: Ringer and The Secret Circle. Now, I suck at CW shows. I just couldn't resist watching the two new shows.

Ringer, which premiered on Tuesday, was a must watch for me. After all, the show was Sarah Michelle Gellar's return to network television since Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Being a fan of the greatest show ever on television, I naturally had to watch it... or at least give it a try. I must say, the show was intriguing.

The show is about a recovering addict who witnesses a murder. She flees witness protection to meet up with her twin sister to repair their broken relationship. Everything seems good until her sister mysteriously disappears during a boat trip. And naturally, the addict panics and assumes her sister's identity. From there, hilarity ensues. Just kidding. Actually, the addict soon finds out that her sister has been hiding some secrets of her own.

Like I said earlier, the show was interesting. I'll give it a shot. While watching the debut of Ringer, I got sucked into the CW commercials. The commercial that sucked me in... The Secret Circle.

So naturally, I had to watch The Secret Circle when it premiered on Thursday. The Secret Circle has some of my prerequisites for watching shows: 1) a blonde; and 2) high school. Just kidding.

Apparently, the show is based on the book series of the same name by L. J. Smith. The gist of the series is that a teenager moves to the tiny town of Chance Harbor, Washington to be raised by her grandmother after her mother passes away in an accidental fire. While in Chance Harbor, she quickly meets new friends and learns that her family, and her friends' family, have a secret... that they all come from a lineage of witches. And hilarity ensues. Just kidding again.

I thought the episode was pretty good. I'll most likely watch the rest of the season. One of the main reasons I was even interested in the show (aside from the prerequisites, of course) was that the show was created by Kevin Williamson, who was the person responsible for Scream and Dawson's Creek. (I'm still on the fence about the Vampire Diaries, which was developed by Kevin Williamson. That show is also based on a book series by L. J. Smith.)

All in all, it was a good week of television. Hopefully the rest of the season will be good.