For the first act...

Okay, I'm just going to admit it.
I love watching TV.
The idea of being able to get lost in a world, often where you do not belong, nor will you ever, is appealing to me.
In a good show, it is easy to get lost in the stories, get invested in the characters that grace your screen. But not all TV shows are created equally.

For every drama that's as perfect as The Wire, there are 100's of shows that barely cut it. Some comedies hardly deserve to fall under the category at all. Often when you compare a supposed comedy to one of the heavy hitters in the genre, which was admittedly canceled due to lack of interest, Arrested Development, you wonder what goes on in the head of Hollywood execs altogether.

A lot of people don't agree with the way that television is such a large part of our culture these days. Think about all the times conversations with family or friends are littered with phrases that you heard while watching your flat screen. Like it or not, generally speaking of course, people just want to escape the mundanity of their own lives and to escape into someone elses.

I'm well aware of all the blogs that are available on TV shows. I'm also aware that they are composed of better writers than I. But either way, whether others want to discuss what's on the box we point all our furniture towards or not ... I have a written account of exactly how I wasted my youth.