So bad, it's good

So, I am a television fiend. And I know how that sounds. Immediately you picture me in sweats lazing in front of the screen with a popcorn bowl balanced on my stomach with a slack jaw, my eyes glazed over.Well, stop it. right now. That is not what I do. I'm serious. Get it out of your head.

As someone who would indeed consider watching television a finely-crafted art form, I would like to share with you my list of bad tv that I know you watch with a fervor but would be embarrassed to admit aloud to strangers lest they think that you're mentally incompetent. It's the shows you hate to love, or ones you never knew existed, but are totally going to check them out right after I write this. You know it's true.

Glee- Yes, I do freely admit that I watch it, download the songs, and sing the songs as loud as I can, but only to my friends. I am aware that it is terribly written and feels like it has to spell things out for us (like the theme funk. "I'm in a funk" "vocal adrenaline has put us in a funk" "I'm sorry, I'm just in a funk this week." "Let's do only funk songs to get us out of this funk." really?) but I will watch the episodes over and over again. And yes, Jane lynch is awesome on there, but she can only do so much for that show. Some characters aren't well rounded, some just seem to be there to show how their acting (Tina the "Punk." She's not necessary. Mike Chang is just a dancer/overenthusiastic nodder and he serves more purpose than her)

Greek- This show is like the perfect daughter who sneaks out of the house and parties with tattooed, 30-something men who street race and are all named Vasquez. It still has to be careful about the content, but it does push the envelope for an ABC Family show. It has it's funny moments too, but only a few. The guys on the show are well-written and hilarious, the girls are annoying and kind of stupid. I don't know if that's on purpose.

My Boys- I can't help it. Give me a girl who is "one of the boys" but is trying not to be seen that way in the eyes of the guy she likes and you got me hooked. As a once little girl who used to pretend she was the only lost girl in Never Never Land it resonates with me. It has its stupid moments, mainly from the one character I hate in television (the "comedian." he's supposed to be the goofy one that makes everyone laugh but he's NEVER funny). It's funny how TBS' motto is "Very Funny" when it has a Tyler Perry show on what seems like 5 nights a week, but this one isn't so bad.* Well, not as bad as "Meet the Paynes" or whatever it's called.

Drop Dead Diva- This was a hard one for me to write, but I have to let you all know that it is out there, if you haven't accidentally discovered it by yourself. Now, you only have to see that they had Paula Abdul on as a guest star to know it's not top notch quality, but you can't tear your eyes away from it. Now, I'm not an avid watcher as I am Glee, I've only seen four episodes all the way through, but I will openly admit that if it was down to this show or the Daily Show, I'd choose the former. I know. It is nice to see a plus-sized star, even though it's a bit stereotypical (she needs Cheese Whiz to calm her down when she's stressed. Yeah, because all the fatties do that).

Covert Affairs- She's a CIA agent...who loves shoes! Not really, but that's what my siblings and I say whenever we see a commercial for it. It's that kind of premise, a tad overused in this day and age, in my personal opinion. We watch mainly to make fun of it and the awesome Russian accents that crop up here and there, but it's not horrible. I think it has something to do with Piper Perabo. She's annoyed me ever since Coyote Ugly, with that big know-it-all smile. I want to smack it off her face.

Melissa and Joey-Sabrina the Teenage Witch is all grown up, while Joey is in yet another show where he can keep his first name. It must be in his contract. This show just started, but I know where it's going to go (they fall for each other). It's not that great, but it's Sabrina and Joey! come on. I'm sure it'll be background tv while I'm stalking people on facebook writing a strongly worded email to our City Council about nature stuff.

Ghost Whisperer- There are no new episodes that I know of, but repeats are on Mondays nights on the Sci-Fi-excuse me, the Sy-Fy Channel (because that makes more sense). It's pretty brilliant, seeing as how Monday nights are normally dead. But the show is...interesting. it's just an hour of JLoveHew doing her thang as a ghost therapist. But it's not bad if you can't get enough of otherworldly stuff (like me), or if Medium isn't on (unless it's 1 am, then drop this show and head on over to lifetime)

There are more, but I could spend a lifetime on bad/good tv. Seriously, you underestimate how much I enjoy reading my thoughts on the world of entertainment. Now these shows are not to be confused with reality shows. They have to have their own categories of the good, bad, and VH1 shows. Nor are these to be thrown in the pile of bad/bad tv shows (Secret Life of the American Teenager, Two and 1/2 Men, Army Wives, remakes of Melrose place and 90210, the show where Jenna Elfman gets impregnated by a hot guy then whines about it, One Tree Hill, anything NBC puts on mid-mid season). 

Now go inside and start watching some stuff that will rot your brain. It's good for you.



*I will retract my statement once Conan starts his show. Then, and only then will I call the Super Station very funny.