We’re reminded that, barring some miracle, the last handful of episodes of Arrested Development are upon us. There’s not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it (much as we felt about Freaks and Geeks).

Wait, maybe there is.

It took us long enough to figure it out, but Survivor has outlived its watchability by about three years. So, we will not be picking up the option of covering Survivor 12, or an future edition, here at the True Dork Times. Let’s just say we’re cutting our order back from 14 to 11 (minus the ones we already ignored).

That felt good.

While we’re at it, we won’t be paying any attention here to FOX’s 24, either. It’s never regained the brilliance of its first season, and as it ages, it slips more and more embarassingly into the many combustible cliches of Action Movie Excess emptiness. So… no game, no Life Expectancy, no spoilers. Jack Bauer, you’re on your own. Although we’re sure you’ll still be perfectly capable of walking into any room and slaughtering all 99 people inside with nary a scratch. Whatever. Call us when you want someone to write a story arc where Jack tortures someone, they tell him what he wants to hear, and millions of people die because the info was bogus. We won’t be holding our breath, but the option’s open.

We’re not sure what we’ll do with all our newfound free time. Perhaps we’ll have to pick up an unhealthy habit, like reading books or something. Nah, probably just more Sudoku.