ahhhh...and once again, it is time for the new fall television season and my...does that bring back memories...going back to school...the changing of the leaves on the trees...the tv guide fall preview that i used to salivate over when i was a young sexually deprived gay pop culture junkie (as opposed to the almost over the hill, sexually deprived gay pop culture junkie that i am now that reads entertainment weekly...)...memories...
and my...how things have changed now...i'm not in school...i live in myrtle beach, south carolina where the leaves never change color and the fall television season...not quite the big thing it once was...shoot...new television shows start their seasons all year round now....what with the advent of cable and the decline of the television networks...and shoot...does tv guide even exist anymore?
but one thing has stayed the same pretty much...i am still a tv junkie...it's just that most of the shows that i watch are on cable now and include such words as "fuck" (gasp!) and some good old fashioned raunchy sex (not enough gay sex for my liking but hey...you're improving, america!)
i believe it was entertainment weekly, my bible, that said that television is better now than it ever was and that all the new and exciting and innovative stuff is happening on the small screen (which is true...have you seen any movies lately? don't make me barf before breakfast...)
now where was i?
ah yes...myrtle beach south carolina...new television season...anyhoo...i would like to share with you my favorite television shows, in no particular order, that are currently, as of this post, still on the air...here we go...
modern family...
can't wait for this one to return on september the 22nd. this one is my favorite i will say and definitely the best show currently on televion (curse you, fox, for cancelling "arrested development") it's smart, sassy, funny, sweet and totally insane all at the same time...which is not an easy accomplishment at all (i do like to think of myself as being all those things as well...i'm so proud...sniff...) you gotta watch this one, peeps! you won't be sorry!
true blood
ah yes...the vampires and other creatures and critters don't get sexier and the plotlines don't get crazier on this little HBO gem...a favorite topic of conversation of one of my places of employment. and there's plenty of gays to go around. the season finale airs tonight and it promises to be juicy...the only thing i can say to that is PLEASE ERIC...DON'T BE DEAD!!! (<---see? i use caps sometimes! just don't get used to it...)
weeds
craziness incorporated this show is...i don't know what drugs they were taking when they came up with this absolute lunacy, but we need to keep em supplied...this stuff is gold.
desperate housewives
i've been following these broads for quite some time now, through so many murders, infidelities, natural and man-made disasters...and they almost seem like family to me, although maybe not quite as disfunctional...i tell ya...i certainly wouldn't want to live on a place as dangerous as wisteria lane but it sure is fun to watch.
big love
and nothing says crazy quite as nice as old time religion. who'd a thunk that i'd get hooked on a show with a bunch of muderous and backstabbing mormons...
nurse jackie
edie falco is just always fabulous and, in this role as a pill-popping husband-cheating nurse, she really shines...
the united states of tara
again...another incredible talent here in miss toni collette...she makes crazy fun!
...and that's pretty much it methinks as far as the shows i don't wanna miss...I do watch a few other things but i wouldn't say i'm hooked on any of them...i used to watch some reality television but i pretty much got over that, thank heavens...i mean...how many real housewives can we possibly stomach, bravo?
yesh...this still is a lotta junk on tv...but with careful navigation, you might actually find yourself a few gems such as these that just might make you wanna reconsider tossing your television out the window...
happy viewing, folks!!!
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