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You know, I was reminded while glancing over the TV shows meme

artemis_child did (then again, I'm having a blond moment at the moment and aren't even sure where the hell I saw it on my friends list, on second thought) of how hard it was for me to get people to watch "The Amazing Race" last season because of the reality show bias. Which, granted, I totally understand -- if they don't stop putting on these annoying fucking dating shows where they get forty-seven gay men, a hundred and one straight men, thirty-four lesbians, three straight girls, a camel, a tree with a knot in the side and twenty-three blow-up dolls to hook up, I'm going to pitch a show to the executives where the dates who get dumped get shot in the head at the end of every episode. Now, that's entertainment.

Anyway, all of anything can't be bad ... there's inevitably some bleached-blond punk vampire who's going to be a nice guy even without a soul. (I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?) Which leads me to start a new meme ... which I'm probably going to be the only doing, but meh.

Shows I'm Hooked On That More People Should be Watching

1. The Amazing Race -- Yes, I've already bitched about this. But at the Emmys this weekend, TAR won the Reality/Competition Emmy over "American Idol" and "Survivor". For once, the Emmy voters didn't fuck up -- TAR beat two shows that clobber it in the ratings because it deserved to win. When the hell does that ever happen? TAR is addictive television for the pure and simple reason that it's good television, and I wish more people would give up on the all-reality-TV-sucks stereotype to watch this show.

2. Monster House -- "Enough idle chatter. Time to break stuff!" Dude, this show fucking rocks, and I know five people who watch it. Five, man, and that's including me. I cannot even begin to describe how much that blows. Basically, it's on the Discovery Channel every Monday night at 8, and what happens is five handymen/contractors/insane people and the host go into your house and turn it into a theme house, and you get no say. Trust me, it's a hell of a lot cooler than it sounds when written that way, especially since the first thing they usually do is go in and break stuff. :) They did a retro future house yesterday, which looked incredible -- not only did they completely redesign the place, they gave it airchute thingies like they have at the bank so you can have a beer sent to the living room, a metallic fireplace with sliding doors hiding the remote-control fire and new plasma TV, a newly designed "control center" desk, and a space ship through one wall. Hee. I want a Haunted Monster House like you wouldn't believe. *user bounces up and down happily*

3. Jake 2.0 -- I know far too many people in real life who go, "Jake 2.0? I've never heard of that." Well, stop that! Watch the damn thing. Yes, it's predictable at times, but dude, adorably cute geek! *user snuggles Jake* And he's all superpowered and whatnot. I knew I was lost when I saw the first episode and decided that the writers were nuts if they didn't put Jake and Diane together. I usually don't start 'shipping until at least the second episode. ;)

4. Dead Like Me -- I'm not complaining that people don't watch this. They do. But I've gotten hooked on it after downloading episodes and I have nobody in real life to fawn over Mandy Patinkin with. It's severely depressing. And the mom on that show? Still my mother. Still almost terrifyingly my mother. *user shudders*

5. The Shield -- Nobody I know watches The Shield in real life, and I love it. I went out and bought season one because I wanted to see it, I couldn't rent it where I was, and a friend said he'd buy it from me for what I paid for it if I didn't like it. Unfortunately for him, I got hooked. And unfortunately for me, I had a job where I couldn't watch season two, which means I've only seen season one and it's entirely possible that I won't see season two until it comes out on DVD. (To give you guys some perspective, I once bought Buffy season one, but sold it to a friend when Joss started pissing me off too much. The Shield season one? Never leaving my DVD shelf. Nope.)

6. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy -- And here you thought everybody and their gay best friend was watching this show. But the ones who could use a QE marathon for their own good -- like, say, my little brother, the one who lives in a pigsty, could use a day with Kyan at the spa, and definitely needs Carson to take him shopping and Jai to teach him how to stand up straight -- are not watching. Ugh.

There. I have vented. Now I can go write fanfic. *user bounces off into the distance like a Tigger on a sugar rush*