Fun with TV Listings

Just a few items I saw in the TV listings last week:

First off, an episode of "Miami Vice" called "Bad Timing" that aired on Centric. The description read:

"Crockett is ordered to take time off his job, only to have his vacation cut short when he is kidnapped by a group of homicidal prison escapees."

Darn, don't you just hate that? I hope Sonny bought travel insurance. Now, the "bad thing happens to the good guy while he's on vacation" is a common TV plot, but the absurdity of the coincidence coupled with the relative dryness of the episode description amused me.

Next up is a series that airs on Current. That's right, Current, the new home of Keith Olbermann. Remember when Current launched and was all social relevance that and awareness this and good citizen that?

Yeah, not so much anymore. Current started airing movies, and while for now some of them are actually good, but I think we all know a sure sign a channel is going downhill is when it suddenly adds movies.

But in addition to flicks like "Syriana" and "Good Night and Good Luck," Current apparently likes a reality series called "What Did I Do Last Night?" in which people see video clips of the stuff they did the night before when they were presumably wasted.

Yes, watch this show, which aired in a mini-marathon one weekday morning last week, and marvel as the subjects live up to some of these phrases from the episode descriptions:

"leave her inhibitions at the door"
"outlandish partying"
"paint the town red"
"shocking incident involving self-induced vomiting"
"she is sure to regret witnessing the following morning"
"embarrassing footage that is sure to shock her when she awakes in the morning."

Current: The new home of Keith Olbermann!

I haven't watched this series yet, I confess. Perhaps the sordid activity has some redeeming value. Maybe the participants promise to plant a tree or register a new voter for each time they see themselves hurling in a given episode.