Even at this point, two weeks out from Katrina, it seems a bit crass to be typing silly blog posts about a show that calls itself Survivor. But in this, the time of television rebirth (whether that’s a good or a bad thing), it seems like a good time to start. Squeamishness of this sort certainly hasn’t stopped CBS from advertising the crap out of the show. And certainly, the show will start airing in two days, whether we talk about it or not. Barring pre-emption by another Bush speech, of course.

So with that in mind, stay tuned to this space for commentary (don’t call it a recap) on the show during the season. Um, yeah. Sorry about that, we know we promised “hope” in the title. We’ll try to do better in the future. Really.

But the start of Survivor: Guatemala is certainly not the only (or even “the main,” or perhaps even “a”) TV-related thing to look forward to this week. CBS is also airing the Emmy awards this Sunday. And by “hope” and “things to look forward to” here, we mean we’ll be glued… glued, we say, to… the next morning’s newspaper. For about a minute. Looking up whether Arrested Development got any of the awards it so richly deserves. And we expect we’ll be cursing the stupid Emmy voters shortly thereafter.

But on the plus side, Season Three of AD will be starting up that (Monday) night. And this, truly, is something to look forward to. Even if this season promises Scott Baio (!) in the place of Henry Winkler. Oh cruel TV gods! First you tell us that Charlize Theron has a recurring role this season (which she actually does), then you give us Scott Baio?!? Why hast thou forsaken us?

Oh well, we shouldn’t complain. With our, luck, FOX will jerk the show through twelve different timeslots, then pre-empt it with Nascar for the rest of the season.

So wait, where was that hope, again?