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Well, it's about time.

There is a chance that you may not remember when I was blogging about television. I started a web site called TVgasm with a friend of mine. It was awesome, we sold it, I left blogging about TV for a year, and now I feel I can start again. No longer J-Unit, but feel free to call me Mokers, or Joe, or Jo-Jo, or whatever you prefer. Since I do have a full time job, I will most likely post very sporadically. But enough about me, it is time for some America's Next Top Model. We're only a few weeks in, but cycle 10 may be the best ever. I get a bit of a chubby just thinking about it.

The beginning of March marks the end of my semi-exile from the world of television blogging. Since I left TVgasm, a lot has happened. I miss it, a lot, but it has been nice not having to set my schedule to what is happening on TV. However, I do still have a lot to say about television, and while I don't know if I'll be doing recaps like at TVgasm again, I will be posting my thoughts about some of my favorite shows (Heroes, what happened to you?).

I am going to start out with a few words on ANTM Cycle 10. It's no secret that I love Tyra, but I think Cycle 9 was demonstrated the show was getting a little bit stale. As Tyra has become busy with her other show and making Top Model a brand all over the world, I think the show has relied more and more on gimmicks and wild theatrics than producing good models. Yeah, it was never really all about modeling, but it certainly hasn't been getting any better. However, with the show returning to New York, it should give everybody a chance at a fresh start.

A lot of the theatrics would have been a lot more tolerable if the show was still wacky in the right places. I am, of course, talking about the loss of Janice Dickinson. Twiggy as awful, and so I like that we get to try Paulina Porizkova on for size. She is not Janice, which sucks, but she is not Twiggy, which rules. I give her three cycles before she is gone. By that time, Janice will realize her modeling agency doesn't make her enough money and she'll come back to judging ANTM. Long shot, I know, but one can hope.

I've always liked to wait until the girls have had makeovers until I make my predictions, so I'll say a little bit more then.