I’m actually still watching Dan and Matt vblogging.  I have to admit that I fast forwarded to their discussion about TV.  Who cares about crazy men in Korea and big bombs?  I want to hear what they have to say about Veronica Mars.

Matt and Dan say that TV shows on DVD have helped spur the popularity of shows like Veronica Mars and Six Feet Under.  The truly crazy fans got hooked on these shows by watching the DVDs, rather than catching them live.  Many shows are now available on line.  There’s also YouTube where you can catch the highlights of shows.  Dan points out that these multiple methods of viewing TV now make it difficult measure ratings.

I actually have been watching TV the old fashioned way — either on the tread mill at at the gym or on the sofa with a pint of ice cream.  But the kids are staying up later than they used to and we’re getting increasingly busy, so we’ve been talking about getting TIVO.

Lost and House are still favorites around here.  CSI  jumped the shark last night with the talking corpses.  I’m mildly into Prison Break.

I have some guilty pleasures, too.  The best one is Flavor of Love on VH1.  Flavor Flav, whom someone once compared to a California Raisin, looks for love and bootie on this reality show. The girls, Buck Naked, Deelishis, and Bootz, all compete in various challenges to win a private date with their man at KFC and then, hopefully, are handed a clock at the end of the evening.  There are some excellent cat fights with necks bobbing and nails flashing.  Sporting a grill on his teeth, Flav is surprisingly smart and warm.  I may have a little crush.

I also can’t help but watch American’s Top Model, because that Tyra Banks is such a train wreck.  She puts these poor, hungry girls in an apartment plastered with poster sized photographs of herself everywhere.  She tries to convince us every week that being a model is really important work.  It’s truly amazing. 

Mostly, we’re just biding time until Entourage, Rome, or Big Love returns.