I Watch Too Much TV, 2011-2012 edition

Alternate title for this post: Don’t let me complain that I don’t have enough time to get things done.

television by Walt Jabsco

We watched the last episode of Grimm, season 1 last night and it occurred to me that I hadn’t posted anything about television this year.  Here are very fast thoughts on a lot of television.  Spoilers ahead.

Shows we both watched:

• Community – best comedy on television.  Last ep this season felt like show finale, but it will be back!
  
• Bones – Moving the relationship forward? Good.  Brennan running off with the baby? Stupid.
  
• Chuck - A great show while it lasted, ended right on time.
• Grimm – An enjoyable show that got better as it went along.  I love Monroe.
  
• Once  – Surprisingly enjoyable soap opera, especially once they toned down Rumplestiltskin.
• Castle – Finally.
  
• The Amazing Race – Continues as expected, though we really wanted Bopper and Mark to win.
  
• Psych – I love this show, but it’s getting a little stale.
  
• Mythbusters – See Psych
  
• Masterpiece Mystery – Sherlock was great, Zen was okay, we didn’t like the ones with Jason Isaacs
  
• Downton Abbey – Watched season one while season two was on tv, then got caught up on season two.  AWESOME.
  
• True Blood – Continues to be great.  New season starts this Sunday.

Shows we started, haven’t finished but still intend to watch:

• Glee – We like this, but got out of the habit.  Will probably get it rolling pretty quick here.
• 30 Rock
• Parks and Recreation

Shows we started together but which Jenny has said she doesn’t want to watch, so I have to catch up on slowly by myself:

• Alcatraz (only 7 eps left)
• Game of Thrones (I’m two-thirds of the way through season 1)

Shows I have been dabbling in and watching on my own:

• The Mentalist
• Person of Interest
• The Office

Shows Jenny watches/ed on her own or with her mom:

• The Circle
• Hawaii Five-O
• Covert Affairs

Shows we recorded that I want to watch but we have not looked at even ONE episode from this season.

• American Horror Story
• Fringe
• The River
• Modern Family (Jenny will watch this too)
• The Walking Dead

Herein lies the problem in having a DVR with a huge capacity. On the other hand, I can’t remember the last time I “flipped” through channels aimlessly trying to find something to watch.