Don't judge me because I watch a lot of TV

So, Fall TV.  Where to even begin?

We had several old favorites from last year in the Tivo Season Pass Manager, and I proposed that we adopt a "No New Shows" policy for the fall.  Read my lips, no new shows!  Yeah, that didn't work any better than "no new taxes".  Joel added a bunch of shows "just to see if they're any good" and somehow we have now added hours of extra TV to the weekly schedule. 

And we are woefully behind.  The fact that Joel goes to bed at 10 (or shortly thereafter) and that I have been gone almost every weekend this past month hasn't helped.  Anyway, here's what we'll be watching when we find the time to devote to worshiping the DVR gods:

Monday

Prison Break: I'll be the first to admit that Prison Break is getting a little ridiculous.  Season 1, break out of prison.  Season 2: On the lam.  Season 3: Break out of a different prison!  But, hey, it's TV.  Whatever.  Michael Schofield is still smokin' hot, and I'm still finding it entertaining.

Heroes: I know a lot of people have lost interest, but I am still hooked on Heroes.  I am a mainstream sci-fi geek at heart.  You won't exactly catch me watching Star Trek, but almost all of my favorite books and TV shows have some magical or sci-fi element to them, and Heroes is no exception.  I really thought that it was going to turn out that Hiro actually WAS Takezo Kinsei, and honestly, would it not been a lot cooler than him just helping the real Kinsei find his inner hero?   Peter Petrelli's identity-in-a-box annoys me (but I'll always love you, Jess Mariano), Clare's toe-chopping grossed me out, but I'm still hooked.  This is one of the only shows we're all caught up on.

Journeyman: OK, so I broke my own rule and added this show myself.  I couldn't help it!  The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my all-time favorite books, so how could I pass up a show based on it?  Ok, you got me again.  The show is not technically based on the book.  But it practically is!  I was both terribly excited and a little bit afraid to watch the pilot, because I thought it would either be the bestest show evah, or else I would hate it for not being as great at the book.  I was pleased with the pilot, although I did find myself saying things like "Hey! He's not supposed to be able to take anything with him when he time travels!  How come he has all his clothes and his blackberry?" a lot, but I'm going to keep watching.  So far I've only seen the pilot.  I know, I know... I'm so behind!

Tuesday

NCIS: I don't know why more people don't watch this show.  All you people watching CSI out there, ditch that bimbo Calleigh Duquesne (even her name is annoyingly hard to spell) and watch NCIS instead.  I heart Tony, I adore Goth Abbie, and I've even warmed up to Ziva. .

The Unit: I shouldn't like this show.  But I LOVE. THIS. SHOW.  Again, why don't more people watch it?  You've got "Bob Brown", who I still call Noel, but instead of being a dorky R.A. following Felicity around, he's a terrorist-killing black ops soldier.  HOTT.

Wednesday

Bionic Woman: This was 100% Joel's pick, but it didn't suck as much as I thought it was going to.  In fact, much to my own chagrin, I liked it.  Shoot me now, I've officially become a fan of comic book adaptations (this was a comic book... right?).  Add that to the quasi sci-fi geekdom, and I think I'm in trouble.  I can't make a true judgment call on this, though, because I've only seen the pilot so far.

Thursday

Smallville and Supernatural: I am irrationally attached to both of these shows.  They're symbolic to me.  I started watching Smallville at The Boys' House in college, before Joel and I started dating.  I watched our box set of Season 1 DVDs in our first apartment, when we'd just started working and Joel was working 16 hours a day and I was home alone with no cable, no cats, and waay too much time on my hands.  It's gotten kind of ridiculous over the past few seasons: I was PISSED when it turned out that Lana wasn't really dead because I cannot stand another pouty word out of Ms. Lang, and seriously? These kids are supposed to be in college? When to they go to school?  How does Chloe zip back and forth from Metropolis to Smallville several times a day when they're supposed to be, like, two hours apart?  And why does Supergirl have to look like a Barbie doll?  But alas, I still love it.  And I always will.   Supernatural has not been on nearly as long, but I love it just as much.  I've always loved ghost stories (Poltergeist was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, we used to rent them for every birthday sleepover).   I really wish that they didn't have to name the brothers Dean and Sam, with Sam being Dean from Gilmore Girls, but that's a small matter. 

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Love, love, love, love it.  Do you watch this?  Why not?  Who doesn't love a good comedy about a group of really stupid friends?  Every episode I try to decide whether I love Mack or Charlie more.  I can't make up my mind.  At the moment I'd say Mack, but if Charlie draws another map of the ventilation system he'll move back into first place.

Friday

Moonlight: This was another of Joel's adds, but I love me a good vampire show.  Buffy, anyone?   So far I've only watched the pilot, and I'm teetering over whether or not we'll keep it.  Like the concept, didn't so much like the reporter chick.  She looks too much like ex-ADA Serena Southerland, and it freaks my shiz out.

And it goes without saying that I'm watching all three Law and Order franchises, right?  I don't associate them with a particular day of the week because I just save them to watch when Joel isn't around.  He doesn't appreciate a fine crime drama when he sees one, which is a real shame since I have apparently turned into a sci-fi/comic book fan under his influence.

I am fully aware that some of the staples of modern American television are missing from my list.  Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, The Office... I don't know what to say.  I've never seen the former two and I really don't have any desire to get into them.  I've seen Office re-runs and I thought they were absolutely hysterical, but... it overlaps with Supernatural.  And we have the Tivo that can only record one thing at a time.  Don't tell me to watch one show live, because I just can't do that anymore.  Tivo has set me free, and I can't go back to commercials and start times. I'll just wait til it's over, order all the season DVDs from Netflix, and then lament the fact that I have no one to talk to about how awesome it is.   That's exactly what I plan to do with the Harry Potter books, too.

Shows that we tried out and ditched: K-Ville and Life.  K-Ville was OK, but there is only so much time in the day and only so much space in the cache, and it just didn't make the cut.  The guy on Life reminded me far too much of Horatio Caine, one of the most annoying TV characters to ever grace the small screen (in my book, he comes in right after Ms. Duquesne), so that got the axe after the pilot as well.

Jeebus, does that ever look like a lot of shows.  Ten hours a week.  That's like a part time job. And Nip/Tuck hasn't even started yet!  (Not to mention 24 and Lost, both of which I'm so over but I'll still totally be watching)  Well, it's a tough job, this being a TV addict, but someone's gotta do it.

Comments

[RA]

What in the world - our TV schedules don't overlap AT ALL! I am shocked and amazed. If only Gilmore Girls was still on.

I watched "NCIS" just one time and was so thoroughly irritated by the team leader guy that I can't even sit through a commercial without crying out, "Why is this show still on?!" Sorry. And "The Unit" took the place of the prematurely-cancelled "Love Monkey", with Tom Cavanaugh and Teddy Geiger (squeal!), so I cannot forgive it.

I know you have no more room in your life for another commitment - because TV is totally a commitment - but seriously, where is the "How I Met Your Mother"? Add the Season 1 DVDs to your Netflix queue. You won't regret it. Especially not the Pineapple Incident.

[Marriage-101]

I don't have Tivo so I only watch a couple of shows - mostly comedies like Two and a Half Men, and Rules of Engagement. That's about where it ends, except for the occassional CSI Miami on Mondays. Actually, I think I only watch TV on Mondays.

[janet]

I don't watch any of those! Either that makes me really lame or super cool :)

[alyndabear]

So many US shows I've never even heard of before. I know most people either love or hate Grey's, but I LOVE it. I have all three season on DVD and I could watch 'em over, and over. I just want to slap Meredith, is all. ;)

Love Smallville, Love CSI, Love Nip/Tuck, Love Supernatural, Love NCIS. Not sure about Prison Break, it's driving me crazy the way they prolong it. (Yes, I know that's the point but BLARGH. Can't stand it!)

[Erika]

OKAY. I'm not watching any of those shows and that's okay. But JEN - you have nothing on Sundays and you're not Tivoing Brothers and Sisters?!?!?!? GIRL. GET ON ABC.COM RIGHT NOW.

[Mary]

There is nothing wrong with watching a lot of TV. The regular TV season didn't start up untill the 4th week of school and I felt like a little lost puppy. Now I have a schedule and I can better time manage.
If you like the magical, supernatural sci fi stuff, trying Pushing Daisies on ABC on Wednesdays. If you know the Walgreen's and Splenda commercials, its like this show comes straight out of that world. I am a sucker for whimsical.

[Lindsey]

I'm sending Edgar to your house...he likes watching all of those superhero/supernatural themed shows that I can't stand!!!! I don't know why, but I just can't get into the whole super power thing. The only one remotely like those that I love is Ghost Whisperer on Friday nights. It's an awesome show and the best thing going on Fridays.

My week is:
Sunday-Desparate Housewives
Monday-The Hills (I know, I know)
Tuesday--Tori and Dean Inn Love and House (you HAVE to watch House. If you add one show to the list, it should be House)
Wednesday...once Idol comes on, I watch that when it's on Wed.
Thursday--The Office
Friday--Ghost Whisperer if I remember to watch it.

Oh, and Sunday night is also Girls Next Door, but they did a few episodes and then stopped. WTF!

I'm like you, my fall/winter is jam packed with TV that when all of the seasons end, I feel a great relief at not being tied to my TV anymore!

[Lindsey]

Oh, I watched Pushing Daisies the other day and as far as super powers go, I didn't mind it. I also don't mind Dead Zone (I think that's what it's called. And 4400 is okay SOMETIMES) Smallville sucks, but I think Lex is hot and I love Lana...but I don't know if Lana is still on anymore. Okay, I'm done now.

[PstLyfDiva]

Have you noticed that writing this season has seemed cheesier/hokier? I have loved Prison Break, but the dialogue this season has seemed contrived a bit.
I also love Heroes. It would have been cool if Hiro had been his own hero!
My gf got me watching Bionic Woman, and I agree, it isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. But like PB the dialogue seems a bit contrived.
I agree on Pushing Daisies and House, they must be added to your Tivo! I don't know what my gf and I did before our dvr, we are regularly recording 2 shows at a time and catch up on weekends.

[Isabel]

Oh sweetie, I watch WAY more tv then you do. Well, maybe I don't actually watch it...but it's on the DVR. I PLAN on watching.

(You can't tape more then one show at a time? We can tape two and watch something else at the same time. AWESOME.)

Have we talked about Sunny? We "found" the show when it first started and have been hooked ever since. In fact Ken just called me and I answered the phone by saying "hey oh" and then he said "what's up bitches". Yes, it's romantic. Anyway, Ken is always asking me if the guys are good looking. I've given it a lot of thought and while I think they are all idiots, Mac is the hottest. (Do you know that the girl from the coffee house is married to Charlie in real life? That makes it even funnier!)

You must watch How I Met Your Mother. We were late to start, so we never saw the Pineapple Incident, which I hear is awesome. But still, the show is super funny. It's all Barney!

Also, have you seen Mad Men on AMC? So good. Unfortunately, for you, it was a summer show. So there is only one more show until the season is over. Hopefully you can NetFlix it.

Okay...I need to stop with this comment.

[Angela]

That is so funny about Journeyman, because I make the exact same comments every time we watch it and it drives my fiance crazy since he's never read the book ;)

And I'm also a lover of Bionic Woman, which is surprising since I was expecting to just suffer through it weekly in repayment for making Colby watch The Hills and Gossip Girl.

And we've been recording Moonlight and finally got around to watching it last night, but I'm just not a fan. I thought it was really surprisingly slow moving, and the blond drove me nuts--so the season pass has been deleted. Which is probably a good thing since we're already about 3 weeks behind on our tv watching ;)

And I am totally hanging on to the hope that Lost is coming back with a vengeance this year. I thought it really improved toward the end of last season, so I'm trying to be optimistic...

[Angela]

Oh, and if you're at all a fan of Tim Burton, I think you'd really like Pushing Daisies--it's sort of sci-fi meets fantasy... Plus I have a little crush on the leading man ;)

[Nap Queen]

Hmmm, I've always thought I would love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but I've never watched it. I think I'm going to have to start. Do you like 30 Rock? I swear that is the BEST show ever, but then again, I have a girl crush on Tina Fey.

[-R-]

We only have one show in common - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I love that show!