missizzy

For the past seven weeks, I've been watching Dancing with the Stars, even while I have continued to think that when I decided to walk away from the show last fall, I made the right decision. Besides the most idiotic change of host, the dances largely don't feel as good, and something feels lost in general. (Though it might be the loss of Len, which obviously couldn't be helped.) But now is when they got Johnny Weir on, so I have been watching at least until he's eliminated. That they stuck him with one of the newcomers made me think the producers might not have wanted him to last too long; he does, after all, belong to a rival network. But he's still on, and he may well last until I stop seeing the whole thing live because I'll be watching His Dark Materials instead. It has at least been interesting to watch him be presented to the world which had probably forgotten him by now, and he's certainly as good a performer as he ever was.
I've also been exposed to the commercials, including the one for The Good Doctor, where the title character's lament pretty much sums up everything. I've seen bits of the first season, sometimes liking the moments with identifying with its autistic lead, but also sometimes having to turn the TV off because something hit a little too close to home. It actually doesn't conflict with His Dark Materials, so maybe I'll watch bits of it again. If I feel like watching such things by then...