First week without Idol. What, me, withdrawl?

[jlh]

Things that amused me this week:

• The new E! Network promo, which ran 245 times during this weekend's Top Chef marathon on Bravo. (If anyone can find it online, I will love you a dozen times.) It's set at a carnival and has everyone you want to see, plus a lot of Ryan—first shot, many transitions of him looking at other people, and the final shot of him toasting us with champers—that only proves that he does, in fact, own the network. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
  
• Ryan on vacation this week, fill in the blank of why I find that amusing. Though you know wherever he is he's sweating the numbers on the Denise Richards: It's Complicated premiere. Bummer that cable doesn't have overnights, Ryan, but you want the demos anyway.
  
• David Cook trying to get Ryan to say "chicks, man."
  
• Top Chef, for Richard's admission of past failures. He's such a grown-up, and that's fallen a little too far out of fashion now-a-days. I also love Stephanie's steady professionalism and positive demeanor, and Antonia's fun-loving sass and refusal to bring up her kid until the challenge where they worked with kids. Any of them are fitting heirs to Harold's crown, which neither the punk Ilan nor the bitter Hung were.

I am so glad that at this time tomorrow the LJ election will about 40 minutes from being over because I'm sort of done with watching people on my f-list screaming over it. Like any other election we sometimes find that we have different priorities than our friends and that can lead us to a different candidate. And again, like any other election, it's about making the decision that feels best for you and not worrying overly much about the choices that other people you know are making—which is why I'm not saying who I voted for. I do hope that as many of you vote as possible, whomever you vote for.

Comments

[eilujspark.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Ryan's Show did pretty well:

Denise Richards/Dina Lohan. Compared with the approximately 900,000 viewers who caught last October's debut of Kim Kardashian's "reality" series, the unveiling this past Monday of "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" and "Living Lohan," starring Lindsay's mom, represented an upgrade for E! network in celebutante train-wreck TV. At 10 p.m., the Celebutante Formerly Known as Mrs. Charlie Sheen attracted an average of 1.5 million viewers, after which, at 10:30, Mama Lohan copped not quite 1.5 million. Richards also had a slight ratings advantage across most demographic groups. Except, interestingly, young men between the ages of 18 and 34, who favored Mother Lohan. Ick

From here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803126.html

And why is Ryan's vacation amusing?