The Great Boob Tube Fascination

Well folks, it's that time of year again. Yes, you guessed it, it's almost time for prime time shows to return in all their glory. After a long three month hiatus, it'll be good to deal with someone else's problems again because at least theirs get solved nicely in an hour. After being a loyal viewer for a few seasons, your favorite show characters become good friends and it's nice to reunite with them after a long, hot summer filled with reruns and  too much reality television. (How many seasons of The Bachelor does one person need to have in their life anyway?)

But it's not enough to have the old shows come back. Noooo, they have to introduce new shows in their ever constant quest for the next tv show to hook millions on. They have to fill the slots of their previously retired (and sometimes tragically cancelled) brethren. Honestly, there hasn't been much out there in terms of new shows that make me want to tune in and waste more time in my life. Hello?! I do enough of that already.

Until this year.

I purposely didn't watch any previews for upcoming shows because of all the past disappointment. Either I try a new show and it sucks, or I try a new show, love it, and they cancel it in a few months. Usually before resolving the huge cliffhanger episode they left it on. So to say I'm a little jaded with "new" shows is a gross understatement.

But I don't live in a cave. I do occasionally watch television in the summer, even if my beloved friends are still on vacation. I watch stupid things like "America's Got Talent" and a ton of HGTV and the ever popular food network. So I see things. Like previews for the 2013 fall tv schedule.

I tried to avert my eyes but those bastards reeled me in with their compelling 60 second enticers. It started innocently enough with just "Ironside".  A new spin on a cop drama with a captivating main character. Ok, ok, count me in.

Add one Michael J. Fox sitcom because hey, who doesn't like Michael J. Fox? Such a brave man for living through Parkinson's disease and returning to prime time. Well, I might as well check out "Sean Saves the World" with that guy that was in Will & Grace because he was just a riot. Plus it's on the same night, the same channel, and right before (or after?) Michael J. Fox. Oh, and a co-worker tells me that Robin Williams has a new sitcom coming to CBS. Well, he's Robin Williams! There are not enough words to describe his comedic genius. I have to check that one out. Then I keep seeing some dramatic previews for a show that stars James Spader in one of the most creepy character portrayals I have ever seen. Even as it gives me the heebs, I kind of want to watch it just for his evil villain-ness.

So it's at this point that I'm going to have to buy a second DVR just to hold all these shows. Where I expect to find the time to watch them all is another story. Maybe I need to invent a life remote to pause the real world while I catch up on the television world.

Although just my luck, I'd accidentally switch them and pause the DVR and fast forward real life. And wouldn't that be a sticky wicket?