Must Watch TV

In no particular order:
Eastbound and Down
Kenny Effin’ Powers. This series was new this season and was a huge hit in our household. The series chronicles the life of Kenny Powers who is a washed up Major League baseball player. After attaining fame and fortune he loses all and returns home to suburbia to live with his brother and his Bible thumpin’ wife and two kids. Kenny represents almost everything that drives me insane in a person; however, you can’t help but like him in this show. From his tightly curled ten-ninety (mullet) to his pointy toed snake skin cowboy boots, tight black jeans and gigantic, shiny belt buckle, he truly is a vision of masculinity. This show is not appropriate for young viewers!
Big Love
Ahh, Big Love, another road kill show from HBO, where you know you should look away but cannot help watching. Big Love tells the tale of Bill and his wives, Nicky, Margine, Barb and their children. Bill grew up in a fundamentalist LDS, polygamist family compound and proceeded to live outside the compound with his first wife, Barb and their two children non-polygamist style. Many years into their marriage, Heavenly Father called upon Bill to take a second wife (cough), Nicky, who grew up on “the Compound”. His last wife is Margine was not raised with any formal religion, so she has newly taken up fundamentalist LDS. This series has fantastically developed characters and I absolutely am addicted to this plot line while wholly being opposed to almost every occurrence on the show.
Dexter
Oh Dexter Morgan, you sly cat. Dexter, the serial murderer works for the Miami PD as a blood splatter analyst. The major plot line of the show is his relationship with society and how he must continually fool the people close to him so they do not find out his secret murderous tendencies. Again, a bizarre protagonist with horrible “morals” (morals?), yet with the fantastic character development, you will be hooked.
Californiacation
Starring Mulder himself, “Hank Moody” is a washed up sex addicted author struggling to maintain his family and rewrite a follow up literary hit. Now, I am a person who always remembers actors for their major roles, so while I find myself thinking, “Jeez Fox, your face is looking so saggy and old” Duchovney does well playing a dryly witty and cynical Dad to a wonderful young actress (Madeline Martin) who plays Becca and on and off again partner to Karen (Natasha McElhone). Awesome acting in supporting roles by Harry from SATC and his wife, cocaine addicted Marcy. These two characters add that je ne sais quoi, mais je l’aime beaucoup to this series.
Grey’s Anatomy
I know we all love Grey’s, but seriously, if McDreamy messes with the wedding, I may jump ship. And I must say, I am loving this relationship between Little Grey, who I could not STAND at first and McSteamy. Ohhhh McSteamy. Will Izzie live or die? Will Kristina get back together with Owen? (Who bizarrely has a Scottish accent in real life! Shocking.) I guess I will have to keep watching to find out.
30 Rock
This is a new favourite this season, however I am totally hooked and contemplating ordering the seasons from Amazon. I love the deroulement of this show, the humour... oh and little Kenny. I think I may just watch it for dear, sweet Kenny. And to hear Baldwin say “Lemon”.
Hell’s Kitchen
Ramsey is the best, hands down. I love Kitchen Nightmares, I love the F Word, and the same goes for Hell’s Kitchen. We are anxiously waiting to see who will be the next executive chef for Borgata!
90210
No 26 year old should love this show as much as I do. No, no, no. Like a drug, I am totally addicted to the new 90210. I LOVE IT. Even with that annoying Annie and her big, white buck teeth, I still love it. The entire time Ethan is on though, all I can think is how bizarre that he is from Yellowknife. Really, truly bizarre.
Absolutely Fabulous
Since I was a wee Natalie, I have luuuuuuuved the Britcoms. My first ones I ever watched were Keeping Up Appearances (“Richaaaaard!”) and Are You Being Served (Ding!). Last year I found Absolutely Fabulous and am hooked. Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone are the belles of the ball in this series and I get a lot of laughs out of their antics. If you are not familiar, I recommend checking it out!
Southland
Three episodes in and I am certainly a fan of this new series. I originally set my DVR to this show to see Ryan from the OC aka Ben MacKenzie. This show follows a numerous detectives and street cops on their shift. It is incredibly realistic (or so I hear...) and again, the acting is not bad. I was disappointed on the last episode when Ben MacKenzie and partner were not featured, however I still hung in for the entire show. It is reminiscent of Third Watch, with more grit and modern day crime fighting.
In Memoriam:
Life on Mars
Let me wipe away my tears for this year's loss. Ugh. Hubby and I LOVED this series, even though it was a remake of the original British Life on Mars, it was a new concept to us. The actors were top notch in this series; Harvey Keitel played a mean Lieutenant of Homicide, the best! And dear, dear, Christopha (Michael Imperioli) from Sopranos as Ray, I actually found it disturbing how much I enjoyed his polyester suits, long pork chop ‘burns and should length man hair. LOVED IT. I am a huge fan of him as an actor and he certainly delivered as a tough as nuts, sexist-ass detective. Last but not least, Sam Tyler. What a guy, handsome, well played, a lovely combination for any character. I was devastated when this went off the air and VOWED to never watch another new series until Southland came along with Ryan from the OC. What’s a gal to do?