I'm sick of Will They or Won't They "plots". Aren't you? Say no to Will They or Won't They!

[gategrrl]

Who else has started hating "will they or won't they" situations on television shows? The Watcher (Mo) who writes for the Chicago Tribune has stated she's dropping Bones from her list of shows to watch and review. The comments to the article are interesting, too.

Comments

[sars.livejournal.com]

It's not even the wtowt aspect that annoys me for the most part. It's shoving the male and female leads together regardless of whether the actors have any chemistry together which bugs me the most.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's endemic. I wish studios and producers and lazy writers would stop demanding it.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

That and somehow refusing to see the positive side of having men and women being just friends. Even *best* friends. There's a recipe for drama right there if they just wanted to go for it. My kid runs into trouble with that right now. Her best friend is a guy and his girlfriend is sometimes freaked by it. Kid has zero interest in him as a boyfriend and vice versa.

[sars.livejournal.com]

This is where a lot of kids television is doing a much better job. We watch iCarly and the three leads, two girls and a guy, are all just friends.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my kid likes that one, too and partly for that very reason.

[sars.livejournal.com]

iCarly is pretty fabulous. I don't know who's more excited when we get a new episode, myself or my daughter :)

Nickelodeon seem to be really good at this type of show. Wouldn't touch anything Disney with a ten foot pole. They're just as bad as the adult networks.

[tejas.livejournal.com]

I confess, I always liked Fairly Odd Parents more than my kid did. :-)