Brothers & Sisters

Last year, Brothers & Sisters fans had to make do with one little official blog, the writers’ effort “Bloggers and Sisters.” And it was okay, but patchy in terms of quantity and quality, sometimes lots of fun, sometimes seeming like an afterthought, like somebody said, “Oh, crap, we forgot to put something on the blog. Just go over there and ramble a little, okay?” (An attitude I would never take on this blog. Um, very often. OK, fine, but they’re getting paid more than me.) It’s also been plagued by some really loopy comments.

Now, we come to season two, and a second official blog has been added, “McCallister and Me,” purporting to tell the story of the schlub who’s been sent by the Senator’s competition to dig dirt against his presidential campaign. The second installment is up now, exposing our blogger to be the camera-phone-guy in the “Kitty and Nora in the wedding shop” scene being shown in previews. I still find this blog really pretty icky. Just entirely forced, and not even a tiny bit as cute as it thinks it is. Has anybody here read it? What do you think? (Plus, just based on the clip in the preview, doesn’t it seem more fun if camera-phone-guy is just some opportunistic jerk who happens to be there with his fiancee?)

And yet a third blog has begun as well, this one “The Brothers & Sisters Writers’ Blog” for TV Guide. Hey, wait a minute … isn’t “Bloggers & Sisters” supposed to be the writers’ blog? Should the fact that the writers haven’t seemed able to do even one blog consistently make us concerned that there are now two? Cliff Olin’s first entry on the TV Guide blog is more informative than the latest entry on “Bloggers & Sisters,” I think, though the latter isn’t bad for the general run on that blog.

Meanwhile, one blog has apparently closed down: the one Jon Robin Baitz was writing for TV Guide. It hasn’t had an update since May, and Olin mentions in the TV Guide writer’s blog that it replaces Baitz’s. Too bad, cause that guy always had something lengthy and interesting to say. We’ll see whether this new set-up expands on that or represents diminishing returns.

Speaking of TV Guide, they’ve got a pretty nice landing page for Brothers & Sisters. You’ll notice that my poor little non-official blog is linked to from the “Related Websites” box, so you’ll know how to come right back here when your wandering is done.

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