Thoughts on Thursday TV… I’ve Got Time.
December 7th, 2007
The TV Addict is a creature of habit.
As is the case with most Thursday nights, I generally return home later than usual. Which means invariably staying up until at least 2AM in a desperate scrabble to watch everything. 30 ROCK, THE OFFICE, SCRUBS, GREY’S ANATOMY, UGLY BETTY and SUPERNATURAL. It’s not easy being a TV Addict. Okay it is — it just involved watching A LOT of TV!
Yet recently, I’ve been thinking — what’s the rush? With Holiday repeats upon us and a WGA strike that looks to be never-ending, I’ve got months and months of repeats and reality to fill.
So with apologies to Stephen Colbert [remember him?], I’ve been taking a page from his Number #1 nemisis — the Bear — by starting to stock up on television shows for what’s shaping up to be a long, cold and bitter winter.
In fact, my PVR is virtually full with episodes of CHUCK, JOURNEYMAN and LIFE. So much so that I had to make the difficult choice of erasing a treasured episode of EVERWOOD in order to record last night’s Comedy Night Done Right. Which thankfully turned out to be worth it. 30 ROCK was yet again laugh-out-loud hilarious [I think I'm in love with Tina Fey].
That said, this morning, I’d like to ask my far smarter and better looking readers two simple questions. 1) Have you been stocking up on shows for the boring winter ahead? And 2) What did you think of Thursday Night TV? 
on the horizon, I’m pretty sure my tv viewing will slow down and then it will be movie time.
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cam3150 Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 7:58 am
I can only speak for the storing shows issue because the only Comedy Night show I watch is The Office.
I was storing up some shows (I watch around 20) but, between those, and all of the Christmas movies (chick flicks) that I’ve been recording for later viewing, my DVR was creeping up towards 95% capacity. So, I had to start watching them at lightening speed. Even with that, I’m still 3 episodes behind on Daisies, 3 on Gossip Girl, 2 on Private Practice, 2 on Greys and 3 on Dirty Sexy Money. I’m caught up with everything else. So, I’ll be watching all of those, sometimes the old 90210 episodes currently airing 2 a day on Soap Net and also my Gilmore Girls DVDs if I need something extra. Oh, and Lost and American Idol, of course!
To be honest, I am kind of enjoying the idea of a TV break (am I the only one??). I don’t want it to go away for longer than a month or two. But, I rarely ever watch anything live because I hate the commercials so I record everything to watch after the fact. It is so tiring to stay up late to get caught up, going to be usually no earlier than midnight, and then getting up at 5:30am to go to work. I’m 31 and am just not able to live on 5 hours of sleep a night any more. And it’s gotten to where I spend every second of free time trying to figure out how I can get a show in. I love my shows, but it’s getting out of control for me. This break will give me the chance to get caught up everything and also get the ole DVR cleared out by the time everything comes back.