Have I Mentioned TV?

If I have not yet mentioned here that I am a TV
Addict, I'm doing it now. My life is boring - I work,
go home, watch TV and sleep - then start over again.
Once in a while I vary this routine but basically
that's it. I'm single, I live with my brother in a
home we own jointly, I work days/he works nights so we
seldom see each other, most of my friends are
married/living with someone. And no matter what people
say, once friends are Married or Otherwise Committed,
the friendship changes. And, you get to a certain
age, and you, the Single Person, is the exception
rather than rule. So when you become that person, you
spend a lot of time alone.

Anyway, back on track - I love to watch TV. Some of
my favorite current shows are:

The Amazing Race - which just started its 9th race and
is the most amazing (haha) show on TV. And the best
part of TAR is that Television Without Pity (TWOP)
recaps it, AND the recapper is Miss Alli, the most
amazing of all recappers. So watching TAR is a
multi-level experience - start with the show and move
on to TWOP with recaps by Miss Alli and reading the forums.
And ending with TARCon on the last show (look it up on
TWOP - it's a huge get-together of fans and former
racers that happens on the last show of each race, and
is usually joined late in the evening by current
racers and, sometimes, Phil. Pics and stories, who
can beat it?)

Survivor - Always a good show, it's been on so long
it's hard to remember how startling it was when it
first came on and we were exposed to the Survivors for
the first time ("exposed" certainly to Richard Hatch).
And how innnocent they were in their alliances and
strategy. The premise is the same but the Playing has
certainly changed. Again, this is a show recapped on
TWOP by Miss Alli, which is another excellent reason
to watch it. She's the best.

Is there a theme running through my list? Can I
possibly admit to liking REALITY shows? Isn't it more
fun to BASH them than to admit to actually enjoying
them? Stay with me, here's some more of my list:

American Idol - Love it! Even the Simon Snark and the
Paula craziness. Even Randy's "Dawg". Love the
auditions and hate the auditions. Love the
eliminations. Hate the eliminations when they don't
go my way. Love the singing - hate the singing.
What's not to love about this show? What's not to
hate? It has it all.

You know what I don't like? I don't like that the
reality shows really are more interesting than the
scripted shows. Just how exciting do the networks
think lawyers and doctors and the FBI and the police
really are? That's it. That's what the networks come
up with in scripted drama - lawyers/police/doctors.

BORING!!!!!!!!!!

Been there. Done that.

In my youth it was Westerns. Westerns, westerns,
westerns.

Give me unscripted TV anytime.

Or a good comedy. But those are few and far between
and right now the only sit-com I like is "Three and a
Half Men." But most sit-coms can't get the likes of
Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer to be in their shows and
that's what places this one way above most of them.
Actual Experienced Actors.

So, on with reality TV.

Looking forward to: Big Brother. The show I love to
hate. There's really no redeeming value to this show
- even I can't justify it or explain why I like it.
But when it's on I become absorbed with these people.
I don't order the 24/7 feed that CBS provides but I do
follow the forums and find out what's going on at all
hours in the house. Mostly I use "Hamster Time" to
keep up with all the shenanigans. Hamster Time is an
offshoot from Television Without Pity, and was formed
when the forums and chitchat for BB took all the TWOP
bandwidth and caused so many problems that they were
asked to leave - most of the TWOP people for BB are
still at Hamster Time. Hamster = people stuck in the
house day after day after day. That makes the house a
Hamster Cage, I guess.

I do like a couple of scripted shows though:

Veronica Mars: I don't know why this EXCELLENT show
has not caught on with more people. It reminds me of
"Buffy, the Vampire Hunter" in that the writing is
consistently excellent, the acting is good, the
storylines and continuity are wonderful. Buffy was
one of the best shows ever conceived and written for
TV and even Buffy never caught on like it should have.
"Veronica" is a lot like that. I'll watch it as long
as it's on.

Supernatural: I like the premise - it's less
excellent than Buffy or Veronica, but it's still
pretty good if you like creepy stuff, like I do.

Medium: This is usually a very good show.
Unfortunatley, it comes on at 10:00 and I don't always
stay up to watch it. And, I'm too dorky to remember
to set the DVR to record it. Duh.

Lost: Unfortunately, I'm beginning to lose interest in Lost as there are too many untied loose ends that just go on and on and on and on.

Most Haunted: On the Travel Channel. Oooh, good
spooky show. I never miss it on Friday nights.

Derek Akorah's Ghost Towns: Or something. Brand new
show featuring the meduum from Most Haunted. Spoooky.
Love it.

I always watch Antiques Roadshow when it's on.

And, that's about it.

I watch a lot of crap when these shows aren't on.

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Current Music in case you care: Arctic Monkeys -
"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not".

Just got it today - still forming an opinion, but, at
first hearing, there's better out there.

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