Anti-Dora the Explorer 'Modern Family' Promo & New 'Sex and the City 2' Trailer

It's Friday which, for me, means deadline time for a bunch of stuff, so I'm normally in dire need of a laugh of some sort.

The promo for the upcoming Modern Family episode -- where Mitchell is miserable being an at-home dad while Cameron is miserable working and longs to be at home and serve as Mitchell's "trophy wife" -- made me laugh, particularly the bit about Mitchell reveling in plotting the death of Dora the Explorer, something about which I've pondered on more than one occasion lo so many years ago.



Not so much providing laughs as providing me with questions was the latest trailer for the Sex and the City 2 flick which provides a bit more context for what's going on with the infamous gal pal foursome in their upcoming film, including the fact that Carrie's worried that, two years into her marriage to Big, they've lost that "sparkle" and she couldn't help but wonder, "What happens after you say, 'I do'?" Plus, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha travel overseas in what looks like a ridiculous excuse to get the gals out of NYC for no apparent reason other than to have an excuse to put them in a different variety of clothing and make a joke about hot flashes in the desert.

Trailer for 'Sex and the City 2,' Sadly, Bores Me

When I saw the trailer for the first Sex and the City movie last year, I was intrigued, and very, very interested. Couldn't wait to see the film. I entered the date of the movie's premiere in my Blackberry.

Would Carrie and Mr. Big actually wed? Did Charlotte adopt the baby and then get pregnant? Did Steve actually cheat on Miranda? What was all this talk about happy, fairy tale endings not working out and what did that mean in Carrie World? These were all questions to which I wanted answers.

But after seeing the just-released Sex and the City 2 trailer (originally saw the news on the Huffington Post), it felt so, what's a good description for it . . . same-old, same-old, with the exception of the scene with the foursome walking in the desert. This time, it seemed as though this second installment -- if you go by the trailer -- just didn't have the allure of the first film.

And I couldn't help but wonder . . . has this Carrie-centric franchise worn itself out?

Compare the new trailer below, to the trailer for the first movie and you tell me.