TV Series: Psych

	Network:	USA
	First Run:	July 7, 2006 - Present
	Genre:	Drama, Comedy
	Time Slot:	Philippine's C/S Channel, Thursdays 8:00 PM

Remington Steele was a fake investigator although his partner was not. The owner of Blue Moon Detective Agency (Moonlighting) was a former fashion model with zero training at being a detective. Psych runs along a similar vein, the twist being Shawn Spencer is a fake psychic with good, if informal, detective training from his dad. His partner Gus isn't a legit detective either ... his day job is being a pharmaceutical salesman.

What's great about this show? The antics of Shawn Spencer with Burton Guster riding along, sometimes against his better judgement. I also adore Carlton Lassiter, who would rather not believe in psychics, or that Shawn's a legitimate one, but had to admit and deal with the fact that the duo has a good batting average solving cases.

The show's coolness even extends to its theme song, "I Know You Know". It was written by its creator Steve Franks by the way, and performed by his band, the Friendly Indians. Speaking of music related to the show, their website's got a nice video of "On A Whim" by Flying Machines.

I love watching the show ... and appreciate that the episodes being shown in the Philippines are only 8 weeks late (compared to other TV shows from the US that are sometimes aired here 1 or 2 seasons late). I hate the time slot though. More often than not, I get home after 8PM, that means I don't get to watch the episodes from the start. Aargh!

Their website (click the title of this blog entry to get there) is a nice place to hang out. There is the production blog written collectively by its writers and creator, a blog by Gus, and another blog by Lassiter. The last two are a hoot in staying in character ... there would be mind numbing posts by Gus on the pharmaceutical business, and Lassiter would vent about his separation from his wife and his other hangups. The videos are funny.

The forums have interesting topics too. I often a lurker there since I realize I'm only half a fan as most members there: I don't look out where the pineapple appears in each episode, and I don't pay much attention on what's on their corkboard, or what happens to the "blueberry" ... which is what "American Duo" judge Nigel St. Nigel called Gus' car.