Well, The Sopranos is over and I’ve seen exactly 0 minutes of “America’s Favourite Drama Series.” Obviously, since I’ve never seen it, I didn’t not watch it because I didn’t like it. It’s just another one of those shows that was either on during another show I was already into, or it was a show I didn’t get, or it was a show that I respected enough to want to start from the beginning. In this case it was more than likely the latter.

There are several series that I have on my back ordered list of shows to watch. Most of the time the shows are hour long episodes that I didn’t want to waste my time on if they sucked; shows like 24 (which I was nervous about due to Keifer as the leading man), The Sopranos (which I didn’t think James Gandolfini could carry), Heroes (nerdies rejoice), and Lost (actually, I’m still on the fence over whether I’m interested in this one). But there are now a whole list of comedies that are on my list and I don’t know when I’ll find the time. I’ve had Arrested Development on my list ever since I saw Dodgeball.  I’ve always liked Jason Lee so My Name is Earl made the list.  I saw 20 minutes of one episode of the British The Office so it made my list, and people here at work won’t stop talking about the American The Office so now it’s on my list too.

The truth is, as long as the UFC stays popular, CSI continues to pump out episodes (and series[es?]) and America’s Funniest Videos is still running, I just don’t have any hours left in the TV-watching day. CSI is on 4 times a night so most of the time I can find an episode I haven’t seen. I am finding myself enjoying :New York even though I didn’t want to. :Miami has taken a strange turn and is completely unrealistic but is exactly like a train wreck - I can’t look away.

My watching CSI at all is a bit of a fluke. It was, at one time, in my back ordered shows list but while my wife and I were in Finland with my parents, it was the only show we got at my grandmother’s farm that was in English. I hate jumping into the middle of a series but CSI had me hooked the first time we met Greg in the lab. He sold me.

I guess what will eventually happen is that I’ll get to the point in my life where I am complaining that everything on TV is crap (and the music is too loud) and I’ll be able to go back and watch all of these series like they were brand new. The key will be maintaining a complete list of all of these shows I deem worthy. I’ll start it right now.

1. The Sopranos…