I enjoy television but I don't really have the time or inclination to watch it live. We only have access to satellite because my parents pay for a box they let us use, but it doesn't have the fancy recording ability. This is good because I can't tape episodes of Top Chef, The Mentalist, House Hunters, Dirty Jobs, Cash Cab or crazy Japanese games shows and Laker games for my husband. The only things that get watched on "live" TV are cartoons like Olivia and Max and Ruby when I am trying to get housework done and entertain a two year old at the same time.
Fortunately, we do have DSL and I discovered Hulu a while back. Not a lot of shows I used to like are there, but there's still plenty to occupy that hour or so a day I want to mentally check out. My list is short compared to some TV junkies: Chuck, Castle, Psych, Hawaii 5-0, Burn Notice, Drop Dead Diva, Medium, Leverage and the most hilarious show, Raising Hope.
I thought Psych was the only show that could make me laugh out loud, but put Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Lucas Neff and Cloris Leachman together and I can't stop cracking up. Ah, I love TV. Tonight's episode had a barking baby, a flashing grandma and a lot of crazy arrests, all in 30 minutes!
Some people are funny about TV. The other day I heard someone say, in the same breath, "I like taping Glee so I can watch it whenever I want, but I stopped watching Hawaii 5-0 because I didn't want that life being brought into my home." I almost laughed out loud (see, not just TV does it for me!) but I held my tongue. People are funny about what they'll watch and won't watch. Teen sex is okay, but violence is bad. Hahaha.
Of course, I shouldn't judge, right? This is the first season I haven't watched Survivor in all the years it has been on....I finally decided it wasn't worth my time. Took me long enough!
