twenty-something

People have be asking what I'm watching this fall. The answer: not a lot. But a couple new and returning shows have gained my fancy, and I'm sure I'd Tivo them if I had the technology. For now, I try to catch them weekly, but with the exception of the first two, none of them are desperate "appointment television."

I can't believe I am writing about any of this, let alone posting it on the internet.

Here's my current Top Five:

DEAD LIKE ME
I would pay $50 more a month for Shotime just to watch the goodness that is this show. The funniest thing on TV right now. Sad face that the season ends on Halloween. Boo.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Sure, it's only had one episode, but I'm quite frankly hooked. I'm just so happy that Teri Hatcher has work. I feel bad for Radio Shack, though.

LOST
New show from the "Alias" guy. Of course I'm watching. I like the show, but I'm waiting for it to really grip me. It's good, yeah, but draw me in. Make me care. I think the most engaged I've been with the show is when Matthew Fox was shirtless. I mean, GOD - he is so beautiful.

ONE TREE HILL
I love this show simply because it has no basis in reality. The storylines are so ridiculous and soapy, and yet they present them in the "real" way of such classics as "Dawson's Creek." It's a guilty pleasure - but it is nothing but pleasure. Plus, Gavin DeGraw does the theme.

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN
I've been staying up way late very regularly lately (I love that I don't start work until 10AM), so I've been tuning into NBC late night (after Adult Swim) pretty much daily. Conan pretty much rocks my world on a nightly basis, and I can't say that anybody, in TV land or the real world, can claim to do that. Kudos to Mr. O'Brien and his "Walker Texas Ranger" lever.

That's all I got. And, of course, Adult Swim.