Watching from the sidelines

TV show watching to me is what ball game watching is to my husband. Lets start w/ Sunday nights...that's an easy night. Sunday during the regular season is Desperate Housewives & Brothers and Sisters. Monday is a little more difficult and involves planning. At 7:00 Chuck comes on but also How I Met Your Mother comes on at the same time. I record H.I.M.Y.M. Then at 8:00, Heroes, the only way I'm not watching that is if I'm unconscious. At 8:30 a new show called Samantha Who? comes on so I record that, but there's a problem because I record Journeyman at 9. It wouldn't be a problem if Dancing w/ the stars didn't always run long. So now I have to activate both timers to make sure I get to see the whole Samantha Who? episode & Journeyman. Meanwhile I make a mad dash to my bedroom so I can watch Weeds at 9. Tuesday night is an easy night till 9. Lincoln Heights (a black family drama) comes on at 7 & Damages at 9 that just had it's season finale. That show will be replaced by Nip/Tuck at the same time on the same channel. Both timers on the DVR activate at 9 and record Boston Legal & Law & Order: SVU, thus another mad dash is made to the bedroom where I'll be able to watch Nip/Tuck. Wednesday night at 7 is Pushing Daisies, it's a laugh out loud funny & original show. At 8 I watch The Bionic Woman & record Private Practice (a spin off of Grey's Anatomy). It's good but just doesn't have the teeth that Grey's does. By 9 it's time for Dirty, Sexy, Money. It's a new show and it's alright, but as far as night time soaps go, it's no Dallas. Thursday is a nail biting night for me. At 7 & 7:30 My Name is Earl and 30 Rock come on and are recorded at 7. Smallville also comes on at 7 & is recorded, so once again to the bedroom (or my Fortress of Solitude), I go so I can watch Ugly Betty. At 8 Grey's Anatomy comes on & the only way I'm missin' that is if one of the children are bleeding profusely. I'm also recording Supernatural at 8 too. When 9:00 rolls around I watch Mad Men on AMC. You read right American Movie Classics has a show. It's a solid & subtle show set in 1960. It just had it's Season Finale so at 9, Brian & I watch Earl & 30 Rock, while Law & Order: CI is recording. Friday I watch Ghost Whisperer at 7 and record Women's Murder Club at 8. I love the show but Brian doesn't like it because of Angie Harmon. He's says she's manly looking. We put on one of the movies that came in the mail from Netflix. Now this might sound a little crazy to some of you but it's the exact same thing men do when they watch their ball games. For any of you thinking my children are being neglected during these times, Abbey has been home for four hours by the time my shows start. She has done her homework w/ my help, had 2 books read to her and has eaten her dinner if I'm the one that's cooked. If I'm not cooking and Brian is cooking on the grill, she and the "man cub" eat around 7:00. They then retire to the "man cubs" room to play with the 300 Lego's at their disposal or 60 Wedgits or watch a movie and play. At 8:30 it's time for Abbey to go to bed, the TV show is paused and both of them get to hear a story. I think DVR is the best invention since the automobile. Before, if I wanted to watch 2 shows I had to change the channel during the commercial and I'd always miss some part. Now I get watch the whole show in it's entirety while "brother" is down for nap in the daytime or on the weekend if it's a show Brian likes too.