I noticed I watch
a lot of TV. In my marketing management class, my team and I presented about TiVo and the typical couch potato, and then I realized, I am a couch potato. Well, I'd like to think of myself as an active member of society... who enjoys watching good (and bad) TV! Here are some of the TV shows I watch:
Vampire Diaries
Totally a guilty pleasure. I think they get most of their viewership from swooning girls fantasizing over Ian Somerhalder (obviously my favorite). The only super weird thing about this show, besides the whole vampire and werewolf thing, is the fact that there are triple dopplegangers of the same person. Script writers obviously started running out of stories... so they just made carbon copies with strange strange twists. Regardless, the eye candy is just too yummy.
Revenge
This show has been riveting, and jaw dropping... literally. It's about a woman whom as a child got her dad taken away from her by some rich Hampton's powerful people and now she's back pretending to be someone else and slyly get revenge on all those who ruined her life. Talk about holding a grudge. The best part about it is that my boyfriend, Stephen, is just as into it as I am! We religiously watch new episodes every Sunday (well, that's ironic.)
Law & Order SVU
Let's be honest, we all love it when we switch to USA and an SVU marathon is going on... and the drinking game is pretty awesome.
Here is a link to the game.
Orange is the New Black
As far as prison shows go, Orange is the New Black has been claimed to be one of the most realistic and hilarious of it's category. It's hard not to fall in love with all the criminals on the show, and it goes to show that all our tax dollars are being put to (somewhat) good use. Season 1 was such a teaser and the ending was brilliant.... I'm anxiously anticipating Season 2, just to see if Chapman is going to be spending more time in prison than originally anticipated.
House of Cards
Another Netflix original! Let me tell you, I
really don't like politics. But this show... man! This show takes manipulation to a whole new level and it's monologues make it iconically theatrical.
Here's a really funny parody.
Pretty Little Liars
Another guilty pleasure. I think this is the guiltiest of the guilty. In fact, it's so guilty-like that my 10 year old sister and I watch it together. This is another one of those shows in which really really ridiculous things happen and all you think is "Man, they're totally running out of content, they must be getting desperate". For an ABC Family TV show aimed at teenagers, this show is pretty dark. It basically is about stalkers, killers, and (you guessed it) liars.
Game of Thrones
When I first heard about this TV show, I thought "that premise sounds boring". It is anything but boring. Here are a couple of words I would use to describe it: badass, naked people, fighting, dragons, swords, little rulers, witty, action-packed, awesome. Mostly just awesome.
Mad Men
Okay, it is sexist and everything I hate about American culture. And yes, I admit it, I basically hate every character (except Sally.) But that aside, this show is just spectacular. The history behind it is well represented, the drama it deals with is very real and the actors are just phenomenal. Not to mention that January Jones is just the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.
Breaking Bad
This is the only show on this list I have not completely finished/am caught up with. Two words: crack cocaine. I mean that both in that it's the main premise of the story and watching is like crack cocaine (according to the dictionary.) I don't even know how to describe it, just watch it.
How I Met Your Mother
I want my life to be like How I Met Your Mother. I like to think that it kind of is and I'm Lilly and Stephen is Marshall... but different. The show just really understands the importance of friendship, love, romance and just living life.
It's pretty legen- wait for it- dary!
Modern Family
Hello! Sofia Vergara made it BIG with this one! By far one of
the funniest shows I've ever seen. The comedy really appeals to everyone all of ages. It deals with growing pains, dysfunctional families and at the end of the day, no matter what why we love our families so much!... and I really think that Stephen is Phil. They are the same person.
Suits
Almost forgot this one! Suits is just wow. Harvey Spector is just wow. He's basically the most badass lawyer you'll ever meet -- with his nerdy never-went-to-law-school partner in crime. Jessica Pierce (who by the way is played by a Cuban actress, woot woot) is also the definition of a badass lawyer and powerful woman. The show is all about power and leverage .... and relationships and backstabbing and lies.... but mostly power and leverage.
and these are just shows I've watch this year! I like to think of myself as well versed in immediate TV pop culture. Some TV shows I want to start getting into are:
- The Walking Dead
- White Collar
- Scandal
Any new TV show recommendations?