Well, it looks like its about time for this TVholic’s biennial update. I have to admit, I’m watching more television than ever now that we finally have a DVR. As I’ve said in the past, I’m a bit of a media junkie. And with my new found ability to see Taye Diggs in all his high definition glory whenever I like, well there’s just no stopping me. So without further adieu (that’s right, I said adieu) Lets get on with the shows!
Grey’s Anatomy: Oh Grey’s. Grey’s, with your embarrassingly high rate of cast member turn-over. Grey’s, with your failed attempts to write character’s on and off the show ‘organically’ and ‘plausibly’. Grey’s, with your main star in a hospital bed for, what is it, like, the 6th time since the show started!? Oh Greys. I loved you once. A part of me still does, but I fear when this is all over there will be nothing recognizable left of you. Where is the dark wit, I ask you? What can turn Cristina’s uncharacteristic crying to dancing? What can restore the somber figure once known as McDreamy, to his former charm? Will anyone care when the newly villanized chief is deposed and Shepherd takes over, or be surprised when Katherine Heigl’s ego finally gets the best of her she leaves the show? I don’t know….I just don’t know.
Parks and Recreation: Comparisons and ratings be damned, Knope is dope.
The Office: How cool must that couple feel to have their wedding video emulated (albeit mockingly) on one of the funniest shows on American television !? I mean, for the rest of their lives, Jill and Kevin will get to look back and say, “Yea, Jim and Pam totally copied our wedding entrance.”
The Mentalist: This is one of the few shows that my non TV addicted husband actually watches with me. We try to identify all the little tells that Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) picks up on as he’s talking to suspects. And we argue about which of us would be easier to hypnotize. (ahem, Chris.) Its a fun little show and usually the mysteries aren’t troubling enough to make me lose any sleep. Not like say..
Criminal Minds: I mostly just watch this one because I think they do a great job developing the agents’ characters. However, I often delete episodes from the DVR without watching them because the descriptions alone give me the heebie jeebies. I can’t watch any of the cases that deal with kids, rape or domestic violence…which basically means I only watch one or two episodes a season.
Private Practice: You had to know we’d come back to Taye eventually. I’m pretty sure there are a few other characters involved …but lets be honest here. I watch the show for one reason and one reason alone.
My husband and I have this ongoing argument about whether or not Taye Diggs could take a punch. Second only to time travel, it’s the most hotly debated issue in our household. I say any jaw that chiseled and well defined would take a punch beautifully. Chris says any man who wears a pink, silk shirt to work (or anywhere else for that matter) is not someone he’d want backing him up in a fight. We’ve surveyed just about everyone we know in an effort to resolve this little marital dispute, but in almost every case the men side with Chris and the women side with me. So for now we remain at an impasse. But since ‘Dr. Bennett’ verbally threatened a suspected abusive father a few weeks ago, I am confident my theory will be proven solid by the end of the season.
House: I do so love me some Hugh Laurie. Actually, come to think of it, I love most actors from the Commonwealth who are pretending to be American. Anthony LaPaglia and Poppy Montgomery from Without a Trace, Simon Baker from The Mentalist…and I think there is one more who isn’t coming to mind right now. Anyway, I’ve been watching House for years now. And even though Kal Penn left a bit of a comedic void when he quit to join the Obama administration last season, I am confident they’ll get their chemistry back on track very soon.
Heroes: This is the other show Chris and I watch together. I (like the show itself) am a bit scattered on the plot line. Claire may or may not be starting a lesbian relationship with her roommate, Nathan may or may not be gone forever, Syler may or may not become a carny, Ali Larter may or may not have played four different characters when the show is all said and done….and the list goes on. So many possibilities to explore, so many comic book character’s to rip off.
Top Chef: I totally called it that Padma Lakshmi was pregnant. In one of the first episodes of the season I noticed that her tummy looked slightly less than flat, and called it right then and there. Although, of course, I secretly hoped she was just finally growing love handles from eating all that rich food week after week. Because, well…I mean come on! To eat for a living and still look like that is so far beyond the limits of fair! But anyway, I’m really happy for her about the baby and all. (I’ll bet she’s back in a size two by the time she leaves the hospital, the skinny #%&#!)
Believe it or not, that is not actually a complete list of the shows I’m following. I also watch Family Guy, Burn Notice, NCIS and Project Runway. But in the interest of time, I decided to narrow it down to a nice even 9 
Wait! Gabrielle Anwar from Burn Notice! That’s the other actress pretending to be an American that I was trying to think of. Although in her case, she’s an English actress pretending to be a former Irish spy, pretending to be an American bounty hunter. Man I love that show. The plot is so twisty, and it always leaves me craving a mojito.
