It may be TV Turnoff week, but you won't see me anywhere near that for a variety reasons (with work actually being a primary reason). But it does provide a nice segue into some interesting observations:

-- Crossfire has moved to the afternoon, and in the process, it has turned into Pardon the Interruption, complete with a clock. It even had a SportsCenter ad (the bizarre one with Paul Konerko and Tim Hudson and a bunch of people walking around in a circle).

-- As I await the next absurd turns on 24, it was interesting to read this Washington Post homage to Kim Bauer -- one of the most ridiculous characters in TV history. However, it seems like the ambivalence of many (mostly male) fans toward her can be summed up best this way:

"Without meaning to, she has come to represent the vapidity and naive innocence of a Britney Nation caught up in something deadly serious, with only her wits and the occasional visibility of her nipples to save her."