The title of this post is a sentiment I’ve shared with The Boss for many years.\u00a0 With few exceptions, my TV watching over the past 25-30 years has consisted mostly of live Sports.\u00a0 I’ve enjoyed a lot of non-Sports TV over the years.\u00a0 Mostly documentaries and Science Channel type stuff, but rarely any episodic TV.\u00a0 It’s just dawned on me recently that, over the span of the last few decades, very few shows have made it to the level of “Must Watch”.<\/p>\n
As best as I can recall, here are the only shows (I’m thinking since high school in the early ’80s) that I carved out time for each and every week they were on.<\/p>\n
The Sopranos was the big one.\u00a0 The show itself, along with the advent of the DVR, changed television viewing forever.<\/p>\n
Entourage.\u00a0 Another HBO show.\u00a0 Jeremy Piven was worth the price of admission each and every week.<\/p>\n
Rockstar: INXS.\u00a0 In 2005, reality TV helped my favorite band pick a new lead singer.\u00a0 I’m still blown away by how great the House Band was during that show.\u00a0 It was only on during the summer, but I was locked in to that puppy.<\/p>\n
Add to that list The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.\u00a0 I’ve only missed a handful of these nightly shows over the years.\u00a0 Most are watched “after the fact” on DVR, but I still count it since only a day or two goes by before I get caught up on missed shows.\u00a0 Both shows are consistently funny and usually spot on with their views.<\/p>\n
I think that’s it.\u00a0 I could be forgetting something.\u00a0 I’m sure I’m forgetting something.\u00a0 But that brings us up to present day, where an interesting phenomenon is taking place.\u00a0 And it all started with a big bang.<\/p>\n
My son (11 years old at the time), introduced me to The Big Bang Theory during Season 6 last year.\u00a0 After watching a few episodes, I became hooked.\u00a0 We rented DVDs and watched every episode from the beginning.\u00a0 Now in Season 7, I’m a full fledged fan and have elevated this show to “Must Watch” status for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
What this breakthrough show has allowed me to do is take a chance on some of the new shows that recently started.\u00a0 Who knows if any will stick, but I’ve given a fair shot to several shows that my wife is DVR-ing every week anyway.\u00a0 Here’s a list of shows I’ve seen every episode of so far this fall.\u00a0 None are super duper, but a few have a chance to improve.<\/p>\n
So we shall see how things go as the Fall progresses.\u00a0 Happy viewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The title of this post is a sentiment I’ve shared with The Boss for many years.\u00a0 With few exceptions, my TV watching over the past 25-30 years has consisted mostly of live Sports.\u00a0 I’ve enjoyed a lot of non-Sports TV over the years.\u00a0 Mostly documentaries and Science Channel type stuff, but rarely any episodic TV.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n