300 channels, and nothing on TV

It seems to me that when I was a kid, and had the prime time choices of ABC, CBS and NBC, there were more tv shows that I watched and enjoyed. Now, there are very few, and I spend many evenings watching old Law & Order reruns. There are a few shows though, that I do try to watch each week.

The big tv night for me is Sunday evening when Midsomer Murders, Dexter, and The Wire are on the Biography Channel, Showtime and HBO, respectively.

Midsomer Murders (pictured) is a British police drama set in the fictional English County of Midsomer. I’ve been renting the old episodes on netflix, and watching those year by year. I’m currently up to 2001, and the Bio channel is showing new episodes on Sunday evenings. I’ve written before about Dexter, and it continues to be very entertaining. The Wire is another of HBO’s gritty series. The corruption and problems of Baltimore are the focus, this season dealing with the inner city schools, drug trade and politics.

My network viewing is mainly limited to Criminal Minds,
The Office, and
Law & Order: Criminal Intent . Criminal Minds is in its second season, and just gets better and better. The show revolves around the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, which travels the country helping to solve serial killings by profiling the killer. Even after 6 years, I still like the quirky Detective Goren on Criminal Intent, and the Office is the funniest show on network tv.

This rather short list may explain why I’ll meet by 2006 goal of reading 6 books a month . . .