Judging Tv

I'll admit it, I love to watch television. From comedies to dramas, romantic flicks to horror shows (maybe not those quite so much!). But when I sit down to watch a show, there is not always something in particular that I look for to be able to enjoy the show. My favorite shows always seem to turn back to be the comedies; Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Saturday Night Live, The Chappelle Show, etc. I am the type of person that absolutely loves to laugh. Good TV is a show that is full of Ð''funnies.' Sometimes its dry humor that gets the best laughsÐ'--a simple one liner that pulls an entire conversation together and ends it in a humorous manor. For example on that issue, Chandler on FriendsÐ'--sometimes what he says is not even that funny but the way in which he says it and the timing of it makes the whole part of the scene hilarious. All 6 of the characters in that show brought something different to the table and had a different sense of humor that really made it work for 10 long years.

Dramas are also one of my favorite types of shows. Something that can keep you guessing until the last minute and keeps you on the edge of your seat is definitely something that is worth my time. I enjoy trying to guess who the killer is, or which character is framing another character, or if the victim is going to make it through the surgery or not. NYPD Blue, The OC, Law and Order, ER, CSI Miami, Special Victims Unit, etc are a few of my favorite drama shows on television these days. The actors have the ability to get inside your head. When you are a repeat watcher, you know how the characters are and sometimes even feel that you know them, and you can sympathize with them. In their own special way, they draw you in to the show and keep you coming back for more each episode.

I've also noticed that shows with attractive people are shows that are usually tuned into. Things on MTV and VH1 where young people are the stars are key shows; when they air once a week, viewers set their schedules around watching to see what is going to happen next.

To me, the way I know what TV shows I am going to like and which I am not is plain and simple. . . if they can hold my attention. I have one of the shortest attention spans out of anyone I know, so if I can sit down for a half hour or an hour at a time and actually complete a whole show without standing up and leaving, or falling asleep, then that tells me something. If

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