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Please help a TV addict recover

I watch too much TV. Don't worry. I'm not making some kind of sociological argument about the dangerous influence of television. What I mean is, between work, socializing, reading, hobbies, etc., I simply don't have enough time left to watch all of the TV shows that I record on a weekly basis. Plus, since I spend all my time watching previously recorded shows, I don't get the chance to randomly watch movies on the premium channels for which I pay a small fortune. And I love randomly watching movies on those channels. Regular readers may recall that I dropped several shows from regular viewing this past spring, including 24, The O.C., CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY. Well, the time has come to drop some more. Many more. Problem is, I need some help figuring out what shows to eliminate. Here's a (frighteningly long) list of what my TiVos record every week: Sunday The Simpsons, Cold Case, Family Guy, American Dad, Law & Order: CI, Extras, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Monday Cheap Seats, Arrested Development, and How I Met Your Mother. Tuesday Nip/Tuck, NCIS, My Name Is Earl, The Office, and Law & Order: SVU. Wednesday Veronica Mars, Lost, Invasion, and Law & Order. Thursday Joey, CSI, and Without a Trace. Friday Best Week Ever, Threshold, and NUMB3RS. Saturday Saturday Night Live (In addition, the following shows are not currently airing new episodes, but I watch all of them regularly when they're on the air: Scrubs, The Sopranos, The Wire, Entourage, Penn & Teller: Bullshit, Rescue Me, Battlestar Galactica, and Monk.) At the moment, my top five contenders for elimination are: Without a Trace - these incessantly horny FBI agents are really starting to annoy me Law & Order (the original) - too formulaic in recent years Threshold - started out great, but fell quickly into a rut; ABC's Invasion is much better Cold Case - emotionally manipulative Nip/Tuck - still recording every week, but I have yet to watch a single episode this season Before I make any final decisions, however, I'm opening the floor for suggestions. What shows do you think I should cut and why?

5 comments so far...

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Sean said...
I think you should practice arpeggios. Then practice odd time signatures. Cactus and Phil don't watch T.V.!
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mshellion said...
"American Dad" is resoundingly disappointing, if you ask me. I'd also skip the "Joey."
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eek said...
Regular Law & Order sucks. Ditch it. You already have the twitchy yet beautiful D'Onofrio CI and SVU, where Ice-T proves over and over that even though pimping isn't easy, by any stretch of the imagination, it is definitely a vital component of our economy and national culture. T-Bone... JOEY? I can't wait for Resuce Me to come back ... and Starved, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? F/X is killing me with the long dark teatime of the hiatus! I can't watch Nip/Tuck. El grosso. No slicey on the girlie!
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FuzzyDan said...
Kill Cold Case. That show has gone sooooo downhill. I can see your point about Law & Order. Uhhh..Joey?
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Angela said...
You should get rid of Nip/Tuck just on the "ew" factor. I also am voting for you to dump Joey just because it's Joey. And, How I Met Your Mother is just bad. I really wanted to like it, but it's not funny.

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