"this is the NBA, you don't go back to shirts and skins!"

I have figured out, that I am a media junkie. Specifically, I love television. I shouldn't. I know this. It rots your brain. I enjoy going outside, and going on adventures. I play softball, and run (or try too) and generally have a sunny disposition. I however, am addicted to television. There, I've said it. So that being said I'm compiling a list of my favorite television shows (top 5). Pictures may be included. So here we go. In NO particular order:

1.LOST!!!!

I laughed, I cried, and I was puzzled over what the heck was going on half the time! This show for me was like no other. I came in when the second season was airing. I got a 2 hour tutorial of all the characters drawn as stick figures by my (at the time) soon to be boyfriend. After that I was hooked. For this television show was unique because you knew there was going to be an end. They knew they would have 6 season to tell this amazingly character driven tale about an island and all the people who were stuck there. I loved that they fully got to explore all the characters and then threw in nerdy things for you to look up afterwards. The sci-fi aspect was amazing. And to be honest, it now covers the last 4 years of my life. I can tell time by Lost. Weather or not you liked or hated the ending, it was still an amazing ride.

2. The WEST WING. I know this has been off the air for a while (but if you want to catch all the action just watch bravo from 8-10 a.m., they re-run episodes every weekday morning), but I was the lucky recipiant of the complete DVD box set last Christmas. I was able to go through 7 seasons in about 3 months. This show again, is completely character driven. Cj, Toby, Josh, and President Bartlett ran a White House full of problems, screw ups, accomplishment, and very dry and witty humor. The story line mirrored what our country was going through politically at certain points, and I have to say I passed a bunch of my POLI 172 with the knowledge I had collected about our government from that show. (filibuster anyone?)

3. The Gilmore Girls. I admit, one of my all time favorite shows. Again I own the complete series box set. I love this mother daughter drama/comedy and all the fast talking and quick wit along with it. I can literally watch these episodes over and over and never get bored, and still laugh at some of the jokes that I have heard at least 4 or 5 times. I love the characters and the writing. I hold it is some of the best on television.

4. Friday Night Lights. Step one: sign up for netflix. Step two: start watching FNL season 1. Step three: complete season 1 and move onto FNL season 2. Step four: finish season 2 get the discs for FNL season 3, watch and enjoy. Step five: start watching the current season on NBC. Go... now... trust me.

5. Veronica Mars. This show was only on for 3 seasons, and then

cancelled. This teen detective drama had some of the best writing, acting, and story lines that I've watched in a long time. I love love love love this show. It took a whole season to work out a really big crime, but within each episode you got (shocker here!) tons of character development, and lots of drama. I loved loved loved this show.

So I think that I love character driven dramas that include bits of witty humor and lots of plot and character development. I have a problem. Or do I??