I can’t wait for January 6, 2013, as we all know is the season premiere of Downton Abbey. Like everyone who loves a TV show, I think everyone should be as excited as me (well, every woman and gay or sensitive man, I suppose). I know my best friend who lives in Denver, would love Downton Abbey– she loves period British movies, she likes drama with a tinge of soap opera and has been known to watch a Lifetime Movie. I want to shake her until her teeth rattle and tell her: “YOU MUST WATCH DOWNTON ABBEY! IT’S OKAY IF YOU TUNE INTO SEASON 3. YOU CAN CATCH UP. I WATCHED SEASON 2 BEFORE SEASON 1 AND I DID JUST FINE, IN FACT, I THINK IT WAS BETTER THAT WAY!”
I know people want to shake me until my teeth rattle when they mention some storyline from Modern Family and I am like, “meh.” I’ve tried Modern Family, and it is too sitcom-y and dare I say, trite, for me. I am not in love with the characters like everyone else seems to be. I sometimes say, “ok, I’ll try again.” But I won’t. I won’t try again.
Then, there’s Homeland. I watched the first episode of the first season of Homeland. Claire Danes all beautiful and crazy eyed, I just didn’t believe she was in the CIA. And I was tense the entire time I watched it, but not in a good Sopranos kind of tense.
And, HBO’s Girls. I have one word for Girls: Gross. Those girls on Girls are gross. But the girls from Juniper Creek on Big Love are not gross.
What do I like, you may ask? The TV snob that I seem to be? I watch all things Bravo, I love every single Housewives show. I like me some Pattie Stanger here and there (Millionaire Matchmaker) and Top Chef. I know it’s all trash. But it is still keeps me more entertained than Modern Family. And I can sleep after Million Dollar Decorators but can’t sleep after watching the guy from Malcolm in the Middle shoot someone outside of his meth lab.
I will watch a sitcom: I used to like The Office and 30 Rock. I love Nurse Jackie and can believe Carm is a nurse/junkie who endears herself to every down-on-their-luck patient. I like Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom which reminds me of Sports Nite and Studio 60, what with their rapid fire dialogue (both cancelled too soon) but I never got into West Wing. I am Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm’s number one fan. And I quote lines from Seinfeld and Arrested Development on a regular basis.
Which TV show do you love that you can’t believe not everyone is watching?
last resort,modern family,scandal, bob’s burgers,2 broke girls,the middle, larry david,family guy, general hospital….i think they are watching the others