My Favorite Season

Monday marks the start of my favorite season, and no boys and girls, I don't mean Autumn. It is the official start of the Fall Television Season!!! This summer seemed especially bad as far as TV, although I will admit that I did start watching Big Brother again. I season passed John and Kate + 8 and Little People, Big World, so that shows how desperate I was. And if I have to watch one more house being flipped I may scream. Pathetic, I know. But I started this new fitness thing where I am trying to get 20,000 steps a day, and any steps that I can't get in during the day have to be made up at night on the treadmill in front of the TV, so I must have stuff to watch. I have already been sucked into a couple of new shows...Raising The Bar, America's Toughest Jobs, and yes, I will admit it, the new 90210 (once again, very pathetic, but I could not help myself). Some returning shows debuted early, and I am right back on board with The Biggest Loser and Gossip Girl (yes, I am the one person that actually watches that show). But the real life blood of my TiVo starts this week. Most of you know that I am a reality TV addict, and the two biggies, The Amazing Race and Survivor, are finally starting. YEAH!!I think that my TiVo about blew a circuit when it tried to schedule my Thursday nights, what with Survivor, Greys, Ugly Betty, and ER. When Lost and Rescue Me (the best show that no one but me watches!) return later in the season, I really do expect an overload. I know this sounds really bad, and like I have no life of my own, but TiVo has revolutionized ones ability to maximize their TV watching. Watching when you want and no commercials cuts viewing time drastically. If you don't have a DVR, run, don't walk and get one today. It will change your life. I'm not usually a conspiracy person, but I do have this fear that there is some government agency somewhere keeping tabs on my viewing habits. I imagine that my file is not very impressive. I have even kept the show "Damages" on my Season Pass list because it is a very smart show. I stopped watching it after 3 episodes because it was too hard for me to understand, but I think it will up my intelligence rating in that file. Once during the last election, Scott and I were watching the Presidential Debates, and TiVo popped up and asked if we wanted to switch to Entertainment Tonight. It was as if it was suggesting that we were too stupid to watch the debates or vote. So, on that note, I will sign off...my show is on!