Make friends by watching television.
It's a small screen soirée. At least that's what CBS is hoping for in launching "social viewing rooms" that allow viewers to engage with one another while watching shows online. The feature will let people interact with the streaming content, friends, and other viewers. While watching, they can chat, take polls and quizzes, and throw virtual things at the screen (tomatoes, kisses).
"This takes people 3,000 miles away and makes them feel like they're sitting on the couch next to each other," said someone weird at CBS. And that's where we felt a "yeah, but" coming on.
Do we really want to be interacting with strangers while watching Blair and Chuck do their dance of seduction and destruction? Isn't television best supplemented with Rocky Road...or sauvignon blanc...or Steve from the gym?
Survivor, Big Brother, and The Amazing Race are expected to be big viewing room hits, which we can kind of understand. Other potential contenders we think would work well for CBS, and whatever networks follow? Project Runway, Dancing with the Stars, Fringe, Monday Night Football, Oprah.
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Your week in TV.
Gossip Girl: Seduce and destroy was a little light on the seduction. Sorry, B, looks like you're going to have to chase Chuck Bastard for a while. Up for destruction: Little J. Does the devil wear Eleanor Waldorf? Be careful, Jenny, only one can rule the runway.
Dancing with the Stars: Toni's heart was broken last week when viewers bid her farewell. America can unbreak our hearts by giving Cloris the boot this week. If Leachman continues to linger, we predict Erica Cane (Susan Lucci) will return to Pine Valley.
Fringe: Did anyone else feel the heat coming off Peter and Olivia last week? They seemed moments away from a monster make-out, which, of course, didn’t happen (way too early in the season for that). We'll have to hang onto our frustration; Fringe returns in three weeks.
90210: The West Beverly Kids (2.0) are back, hitting up the Homecoming dance. The drug raid fallout continues--some are exposed, some confess, some just want to take their driver's test.
Ugly Betty: Turns out Kimmie (Lindsay Lohan) is still the giant ball of beyotch she always was. In her last Betty appearance before the boot, Leggings Lohan gets knocked down to size. That's one episode we can't miss.
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What's fun on TV this week.
Gossip Girl: Blair had her sights set on Yale, but this week she has a new target: Vanessa. You didn't really think you were going to get off that easy, Home School, did you? Spotted: Queen Bee bringing back the social sting.
Dancing with the Stars: No Rio for Rocco. The time has come DWTS voters, Cloris must leave the ballroom. We predict, and are our keeping our fingers crossed, she'll be eliminated. It's not mean; it's competition.
Fringe: Olivia gave in to the ghost(?) of John Scott who borderline proposed to her from beyond. Every girl's dream, right? This week The Pattern grows more intricate, as the crack(pot) team discovers that humans are being made radioactive.
90210: If you missed the riveting "Hey, who likes bowling?" episode, you can catch it again this week. Two back-to-back reruns this early in the season? Do you want this show to take off, CW? Adrianna's drug overdose is fading fast.
Ugly Betty: She of the Leggings returns. Betty's high school nemesis, Kimmie (Lindsay Lohan), goes from the deep fryer to high fashion, trying on a Mode career for size. Kimmie's past torments might prove too much for Betty. We know the feeling.
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