Pilot Episode, er, Post

After years of consideration and near constant pleading from my friends, I've finally set up my TV blog. This is a place for talking about TV: what shows are good, what shows are bad and what shows you should be watching that you aren't.

For those who don't know me, I am an average (ok, exceptional) TV viewer, meaning that I have a real job which doesn't involve TV at all. I don't get paid to write about certain shows or networks, I don't get or look for advance screenings of shows and I don't proclaim to know a bunch of TV trivia. I am simply a TV viewer. I watch about 50 hours of programming a week, almost all of it has been tivo-ed so i rarely watch commercials. I am a big fan of reality shows, cop & hospital dramas and sitcoms. By no means is my viewing limited to those genres: I'll watch pretty much any show at least once!

A couple of "rules" about my blog for those who wish to contribute and post comments:
1) Movies are not TV-I won't talk about them and neither should you. (Made for TV movies are exempt from this rule.)
2) I have a Tivo, 2 actually. I refer to tivo in the genericized sense: if you record something, I don't care if you do it on a Tivo, DVR, VCR, BETA or with a video camera pointed at your screen. What ever the case, I applaud you for trying to manage your TV viewing schedule.
3) I live in Arizona. This means I get shows on some crazy mix of timezones, some east coast (Food Network & HBO), some west coast (HBOWest, Fox) and some central (local channels). Also we don't celebrate daylight savings time in AZ. So please don't ask me what time a show is on.
4) Sports and News are TV, however they will rarely be the topic of a blog.
5) I enjoy watching TV. I want you to enjoy it too. I don't care if you only watch an hour of TV a week, get two channels though a foil wrapped antenna, or have a 17 inch B&W screen. I want the time spent in front of your TV to be enjoyable, so ask questions and make suggestions that will improve everyone's TV time.

Coming up next week: The fall line-up! Get ready to update your tivos, move your workout schedule around and stop walking the dog after 7pm once I unveil what you should (and shouldn't) be watching!

The Queen has spoken