Those of you who know me know that I can be incredibly hard to please when it comes to film and television. I can count on one hand the number of shows on the air right now that I consider halfway decent, and only
Parks and Recreation really draws the TV obsessed side of me out anymore. Shows like
Community,
30 Rock and
Modern Family were shows that seemed brilliant to me, but the more I watch any given show, the more I am able to anticipate what will happen, and the less interested I am. I still watch all of the above shows, but it's not the same. My working theory right now is that any TV series concept has a shelf-life of two season, or roughly 30-40 episodes. Pay cable has shorter seasons, so those shows don't start boring me until season three (
the Sopranos), four (
Oz) or five (
The Wire).
