How to Cope with World Series Induced Primetime TV Withdrawal

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Starting Wednesday and potentially running through next week, Fox will be for jocks as they begin broadcasting the World Series in primetime. Unfortunately for Gleeks and Fringeophiles, that means their favorite shows will be pre-empted by baseball. My guess is they’ll be none too happy about this development. But take heart fans of Fox’s scripted programming, here are a few ways to pay tribute to your shows during the unwelcome hiatus on your screens and DVRs.

Glee

Create a mashup related to the Fall Classic:

• “God Bless America” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” for a classic baseball feel.
• “Philadelphia Freedom” and “New York, New York” if you want to represent the cities inolved.
• If you want to completely bum everyone out AND incorporate Bruce Springsteen: “The Streets of Philadelphia” and “My City of Ruins”.

Sneak into the dugout after a game and replace the favored “shaving cream” pie with a Slurpee.

Fringe

Constantly scan the stands for the creepy albino bald guy known as the Observer. He will be there. His undying passion for baseball is a little known fact and the reason he came to this dimension in the first place.

Petition for Walter to be included on the announcing crew. I assure you he’d be as insightful as Tim McCarver.

Lie to Me

Use the lessons from the show to monitor the body language during mound visits, postgame press conferences and awkward in-game interviews. You won’t need those skills to decipher the subtle undertones between Jeter and A-Rod.

House

Buy a whiteboard, white lab coats and a cane, develop an addiction to painkillers, invite some friends over and wait until a player pulls up lame. Then break out the markers and brainstorm his potentially rare injury. Be sure to yell “It’s not lupus!” and verbally abuse everyone in sight.