My 4 Favorite TV Shows

I realized last night as my wife and I sat down to watch some tv that we're really only into 4 tv shows. We bought the DVD boxed sets to each of them, and we watch them on tv regularly. (My wife actually has some other programs on television that she likes, but this is about what WE like as a couple.) Our favorite tv shows are:

1- Deadwood - HBO's unique and colorful Western practically redefines a genre that most people think of as being more or less dead. (After all, how many new Westerns are debuting this fall on the major networks?) Ian McShane, by the way, is a brilliant actor. The DVD boxed sets were expensive but well worth the money.

2 - Boston Legal - I think I've expressed how much I enjoy this show a few times on this blog before, but we still love it. There's a great fansite for Boston Legal here that I visit regularly, by the way.

3- House - I grew up as a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, so it's only natural that I like this modern update of Sherlock Holmes recast as a Vicodin-addicted doctor who specializes in differential diagnosis. Hugh Laurie is the real reason to love this show, because his performance is just SO great. Hard to believe that this guy was in Stuart Little movies.

4- Lost - For a long time, I didn't even take a look at this show, because I've always really liked shows that the general public doesn't like. (Arrested Development for example, which really ought to be on this list too, but isn't.) So I always operate from the erroneous assumption that anything that the masses love isn't worth watching, but boy was I wrong about Lost. I'm on record with many of my friends as saying that the first season of Lost is possibly the best season of television ever made.

And those are our favorite television shows.