Fall TV

I have become a TV junkie. Almost every night of the week there are shows we like to watch. Even better is that now we have DVR and we don't necessarily have to stay up and watch them or try to watch and get kids ready for bed. We DVR the show and watch it later. And even better that that is that we're learning new things - it's like taking college classes from the comfort of your couch. How to decorate, how to track down sickos, and best of all, how to practice medicine. I have learned how to read someone their Miranda rights (I read them to Abby just the other day!) and I am CERTAIN that if need be, I could put in an endotracheal tube or - if I had a pen - perform a traceotomy to help somebody breathe.

Here's our fall line-up:

SUNDAYS
If we're home we watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. We like it for two reasons. Obviously, the warm fuzzy of helping people who need a better living situation then they already have. But I also like seeing all of the really cool stuff that, if you had Ty Pennington and a free pass to Sears, you could decorate your own home with.

We might watch Brothers and Sisters, a new show on ABC. We like Calista Flockhart, and we love Sally Field. We'll see if the premiere gets us or not.

MONDAYS

Again, if we're home, we like Deal or No Deal. Howie Mandel is alright, but what cracks me up about this show is how people beg the models to give them a good number - as if the Size 0 beauties could control the number in their suitcase. Of course, you find yourself thinking you can KNOW which box is the best bet from your couch at home. I did win $750,000 on the NBC website's game. To bad I lost it when I disconnected my internet.

TUESDAYS

We watch two shows on Tuesday night. First, at 8 p.m., is House. Dr. Gregory House is a total smart aleck with funny and frustrating quirks, and the patients' ailments are always so out-there -- BUT TRUE. Like the kid last week who's undeveloped twin had left DNA remains in his body when they were in utero?! Yeah - weird. The other thing that's odd about the show? Watching Lisa Edelstein as a woman when you saw her as a man on Ally McBeal and, even more, watching the show once you've heard Hugh Laurie talk in an interview. THE MAN IS BRITISH, but he does an impressive NJ accent.

At 10 p.m., we watch Law and Order S.V.U. Mariska Hargity and Christopher Meloni are incredible performers, but I think the draw to this one is watching good cops catch the really bad, nasty guys. I guess deep down I watch and I hope that good REAL cops are catching the REAL bad, nasty guys. Plus, it's set in NYC so it's cool to see places we've been to!

WEDNESDAYS
So far, we don't watch anything on Wednesdays. Yes, we are two of the 23 adults in America who do NOT watch Lost. We loved Invasion and are pretty ticked at NBC for pulling the show. And with no resolution. I suppose when American Idol starts, we'll watch that. But even with it, we don't like to start watching until close to the end. Although, the first few episodes are funny because some of the people who go to the try-outs cannot sing AT ALL.

THURSDAYS
Thursday is another two-show night. ABC's summer marketing plan of showing Grey's Anatomy three nights a week worked because I have been sucked in. Ellen Pompeo isn't an overly gorgeous woman, but she is such a real character. I never imagined Patrick Dempsey would ever stop being a teen-romance star in my own mind. But I've gotten hooked on the show this summer, and I'm ready to see where they take things.

Of course, we are still ER fans. Have been since about the second season. I always preferred Green to Ross, and even though they're both gone, I still like the show. I do like the older episodes better - when I'm home in the mornings, I'll put on TNT and half-way watch the reruns. Yesterday Dr. Green had his brain surgery and I thought about the episode where he dies and ... anyway. The "new ER" includes a recently widowed military wife and Abby and Luka's baby being born. I'm intrigued.

FRIDAY
We're not often home on Fridays, but when we are we like to watch Las Vegas. Josh Duhmel is so hot (Jimmy doesn't like him cause he's hot, but because his character Danny McCoy is a Marine) and the whole cast is funny. Again, there is some satisfaction you have when it's over and the bad guys have been caught. But like I said, Josh Duhmel is gorgeous.

So that's what we're watching. What's on your tube this season?