What the Week

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you're already aware that I frequently write about my television likes and dislikes.

While I have some issues with CNN (see my post on Eliot Spitzer's new show at http://akeaston.blogspot.com/2010/10/question-of-credibility.html and my continued disdain of Larry King at http://akeaston.blogspot.com/2010/07/not-really-all-that-surprising.html), I do like my Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta.

I've also recently become a fan of "The Joy Behar Show". She has a refreshing take on many issues.   

And, as a documentary fan and news junkie, I have to commend CNN on their in-depth specials, including the series "Black in America" with Soledad O'Brien.  

In this post, I also I want to give a shout out to a new show on CNN. It's called "What the Week" and it airs on Saturday nights at 10:30e/7:30p with another airing at 1:30e/10:30p.

Hosted by Pete Dominick, it's a humorous weekly wrap-up of the week's events. This past week, Dominick had a great interview with marijuana advocate Tommy Chong about the vote to legalize marijuana in California. It was quite funny when Chong said, "Well, we're getting ready to vote here in California." Dominick didn't even chuckle a little when he pointed out that the vote on the issue had taken place several days earlier and that measure had, in fact, not passed.

If this is a sign of things to come on this show, I'll most likely be checking it out with some frequency.

It helps that Dominick doesn't come off as some stuffed suit talking head, but more like your neighbor that you'd joke about politics with as you met in the street after lunging your trashcans to the curb.

I'm not going  to profess my undying love for "What the Week" yet as I have been burned by a CNN/HLN show before with disastrous results.

I loved "Showbiz Tonight" on HLN when it first aired as it seemed to truly be about the behind the scenes goings on in the entertainment industry, interviewing writers, producers and the like, but then it devolved into a mere gossip show, focusing on celebrity issues, mostly high profile meltdowns.

So while I will give my support to "What the Week",  I will not proclaim it the best show on television or anything like that, but I am truly happy to have a new entry into the news mix on CNN that is not hosted by a loud, rather annoying former attorney or a man who openly frequented prostitutes on the taxpayers dollar.
 (Please tell me, Pete Dominick, that you are neither of these things!)

Dominick is a radio show host on who's show former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez unleashed his anti-Semitic rant. People not in the know, find it ironic that Sanchez was fired and Dominick was hired shortly after their on-air conversation. What they don't know is that Dominick's show was already in the works when the controversy went down.

So let's give Dominick and the new show a chance.

Check out "What the Week" and please share with my readers and I what you think.