The TV Addict 

Okay, I cannot disagree more with this chart or with Todd’s post. lol I’ll start with Todd. Are you seriously saying Kid Nation was a better show than Pushing Daisies, Gossip Girl, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money, or even Deal Or No Deal? Cause I’ve gotta disagree completely. Daisies was one of the best shows on TV, overall.

I also couldn’t stomach watching another minute of Cashmere Mafia. I’ll take Power of 10, Deal, and Idol any day before that trash. I’ll be watching Idol tonight.

Given that GG is in repeats I might try Cashmere Mafia but it’s looking like Wed. might just be …. MOVIE NIGHT!

I will be watching the trainwreck that is “Crowned” at 8PM (it is awesome!!!!) and Supernanny at 9. I will Tivo Idol and watch later so I don’t have to sit through 2 hrs of intros and commercials.

Hmm. I guess you can jump right into the current season of The Wire. It’s the most open-ended its ever been, and I suppose you could pick up what’s going on. But it’s kind of like Lost in that you could start in the middle of the season, but you would really benefit, and be able to truly appreciate it if you knew the many backstories.

I suggest recording this season and start watching seasons one through four on DVD. Expensive yes, but you’ll get the lingo, characters, and such so much better.

And another thing: I know how you don’t like Law & Order and such because it rips stories from headlines and depresses you, so a word of caution before taking up The Wire — it’s similar to Law & Order in that focuses on real world problems, and all of its messy, messy work.

As a rabid “Wire” fan I can honestly tell you that you’ll be fine jumping in this season. While the first 3 seasons are closely tied to one another, the fourth and fitfth seasons are much more stand alone. Yes, there’s history between the characters that may not be immediately evident, but that doesn’t affect the overall story, which is about how a faltering major newspaper in a faltering major city. Each character is reintroduced in a way that is accesible to new viewers, while still entertaining to longtime ones. Please, do youself a favor and watch this show immediately. It’s one of the most satisfying viewer expreinces I’ve ever had.

The Wire isone of my favorite shows (closely behind Lost), if you jump in now it won’t affect the story and you’ll understand what’s going on for the most part, that being said, you won’t have the same attachment to the characters for not having watched the first four seasons, and thats what i think is a huge part of the show, the writing and the acting are both superb, but what really draws me to the show is how i feel for each and every character on that show

The 5th season of Wire is going to tie all the plots from previous seasons (that haven’t already been resolved) in to a big great whooping end. I think it would be a shame to start watching with the 5th season, because I am positive you will want to watch previous ones to and it would sorta spoil (in both most obvious meaning) some of the characters.