TV

Huzbend and I don't get to watch a lot of TV anymore.

I'm not sure we actually watched a lot of it when we didn't have a kid. Okay, maybe we did. Before she was born we ate ALL of our meals in front of the TV. Those days are LOOOOONG gone.

All I have to say is, the DVR is a great thing.

Most of our TV watching occurs on the weekends when K-T goes down for her big afternoon nap. We usually take those couple of hours to watch all the programs that we've recorded during the week.

I used to watch a bunch of 'reality' TV. American Idol, The Apprentice, Survivor, Amazing Race etc. But, I find that my interest in them has waned a bit. Sure, American Idol is fun to watch when you've got Joe Shmoe claiming he is Freddy Mercury reincarnated. But, I just don't have the time to invest in picking a favorite and then supporting them. Survivor 'jumped the shark' with the whole Castaway Island thing. How lame. It used to be my favorite show. Oh well. I still watch Amazing Race. But, I think they are destined to lose my interest too. This season they are doing a 'AllStars Edition'. LAAAAAAME, once again. Why do I want to watch people that I have ALREADY watched? I have two words to explain why I don't watch The Apprentice anymore - THE DONALD. Sigh.

Because we have so little TV time, we have to pick and choose our favorites. I'm gonna list out my favorites. You must watch them. Okay, you don't have to. Just give them a shot so they don't get cancelled or anything. Nothing sucks worse then getting sucked into a show only to have the ratings plummet and have it go bye-bye.

This has happened a couple of times. Last season there was a show on ABC called 'Invasion'. It was a decent show. It wasn't spectacular, but we watched it from the beginning. Its ratings tanked and we never got to find out what happened. It's like investing the time to read a so-so book and then finding out someone ripped out the last chapter.

This also happened with a comedy on FOX called 'Arrested Development'. That show rocked. It was freakin' hilarious. 'Arrested Development' won, like, six Emmies and it still got dropped. There aren't many sitcoms out there that are laugh out loud funny. This one was. It's a damn shame it got cancelled.


Hmmm, let's see.

I like sitcoms with no laugh track. Laugh tracks are just ultra-cheesy. A sitcom should be funny enough on its own without the network having to prompt me to laugh at the appropriate time. Most of these laugh track shows are built on stupid one liner jokes that you can always see coming from about 400 miles away. Boooooooooring. Anyways, the shows below are anything but boring. Check out my favorite non-laugh track comedies:
The Office - NBC
My Name is Earl - NBC
The Knights of Prosperity - ABC
Extras - HBO

There's a couple of dramas that I like too. Listen, I like complicated plot lines. I like NOT knowing where things are going. I like surprises. I like witty and fast-cracking dialogue. I like shows that don't treat you like you're an idiot. I like a little romance here and there. I like hot guys. Well, I do. Okay, in the case of all you dudes out there - you like hot ladies, right? Most of these shows have some or all of the criteria above. Let me break it down for you:
LOST - ABC - tons of surprises, very complicated plot, hotties galour.
ROME - HBO - complicated true life drama, men in Roman armor, ladies that sleep around to get what they want, lots of sex, blood and guts. COME ON, it's ROME for cripes sake.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - NBC - here's your witty dialogue and your romance.
CSI - CBS - witty dialogue and complicated plots. A mystery each week. Nice.
Heroes - NBC - complicated and people with cool super powers. A nerds dream show.

As for talk shows, there is just one: Oprah. When I get the time that is. Seems that she's spent a lot of this season talking about eliminating your debt and shedding extra pounds. Not that she doesn't give out good advice. I find that I say. "Well, on Oprah they said.....". Huzbend rolls his eyes when I begin a sentence like that. I guess I deserve it. I do the same thing when he starts a sentence with, "I read in Playboy.....".

You can tell a lot about a person from the TV that they choose to watch. Let's see, what can you learn about me? You can find clips of all these shows on YouTube. Check 'em out if you want and you'll see.

What, are you chicken?