Examine my tv habits.

“Numb3rs” does not make the cut. I turned it off about 9:30 last night because it was just too slow-paced.

So, this means that I cut one and kept 4 shows. I’m proud that I have continued to really be critical about tv shows that I feel I have to follow.

“The Unit” is even better than I’d expected. There was only one little part of the episode that I’d wished gone another way, though. So, it’s a keeper

Now there’s only one show left on my list to evaluate, and it comes on tomorrow night I believe.

The funny thing about this goal is that now that I’m moving, I’m going to be giving up cable. So, I’ll have to see what I can pick up over-the-air. So, this goal may be for nothing, because I decided to get cable in the first place because I wasn’t getting any channels consistently.

I’ve decided that “Criminal Minds” is on my keep list.

NCIS and L&O:SVU are definite keepers. NCIS wasn’t a let-down as I thought it might be. I checked out “The Mentalist”, too…it’s interesting, but not a must-see show for me.

Since it is getting close to the Fall TV season, I am once again going to critically evaluate if I think tv shows are worth my time. I’m very proud to say that my list is less than half as long as last year’s. Here’s the Fall Schedule if you want to see what’s going to come on.

• The Unit
• NCIS or House (They conflict with each other and my VCR’s gone wonky and I can’t watch something else while it’s recording a show.)
• Law & Order: SVU
• Criminal Minds
• Numb3rs

CSI is a rerun tonight. Anything that is already playing reruns probably isn’t worth my time.

I am very proud of myself for parting with almost half of my list! :)

For some reason my TV viewing is up this year, even though I cancelled my cable last month. I miss some of the programming on the History Channel, Discovery and TLC, but TCM had been removed from the basic lineup some time back, and the History Channel seems to have become less interesting in the past couple of years. I miss Law and Order: Criminal Intent on USA, but I believe the episodes will be repeated on NBC in a few months.

What I’m Watching:

Monday: Chuck (NBC) I think it’s fairly good.

Tuesday: Law and Order:SVU (NBC) I usually like it, but am not very impressed with Mariska Hargitay’s acting.

Wednesday: The Bionic Woman (NBC) I like the idea, but the lead actress is uninspiring.

Wednesday: Life (NBC) I like it very much, although it ignores many consequences of extended wrongful imprisonment – brutalization and personality warping, rather than enlightenment.

Thursday: Smallville (CW) I’m an old Superman geek.

Thursday: Supernatural (CW) It’s usually pretty good.

All of this is in addition to local and national news broadcasts.

I’ve decided against Cold Case. I just am not consistently interested or dazzled by it. And, I’m glad I went ahead and decided against CSI: NY a few weeks ago, because the past two weeks of previews have revealed some far-fetched storylines.

CSI is the last show I’m evaluating whether to keep or let go by the wayside. I’ve about decided that this week it’ll be “do or die” for this show, too.

• Cold Case- I got a phone call during the show and couldn’t concentrate on it, but I am inconsistently impressed with this show.
• CSI-The tv listing says this week is a rerun! I think this is my sign!

Keeper List:
* Shark
* NCIS
* The Unit
* Law & Order: SVU
* Criminal Minds
* Law & Order: CI
* Numb3rs

So far, I am keeping Shark, NCIS, and The Unit as keepers.