My name is Scott and I am a TV guy

Hello. My name is Scott Sweeney and I watch a lot of television. Whew. That felt good to say out loud. In my head. Then to type. Anyway, as I write this I have the latest episode of How I Met Your Mother streaming on the CBS.com website in another window. It's a decent one. Ank and I for years have been known to watch TV for amounts of time that make busy people wince. Between us there are few shows that go unwatched and these days its gotten to the point where we need to write about it to at least attempt to justify it.

Following are some fun facts about my television habits. I watch a lot of television, but virtually no reality programming. Sometimes a splash of Toddlers and Tiaras for a cheap laugh but almost never. Reality shows are boring and are rarely more than unwatchable outtakes of uninteresting peoples lives and they need to be really fucked up to be entertaining. I also hate crime procedurals, which are probably 75% of the shows on television. An NCIS or a Law and Order or CSI type show is the last thing I would ever want to suffer through. Snoozy obvious hour long wastes of time. I watch no late night programming whatsoever because theyre all horrible hacks going through the motions, especially Leno and Letterman but really all of them. If I had to pick five all time favorites it would probably be Seinfeld, The Sopranos, Arrested Development, The X Files and Breaking Bad. Here is a rough list of the shows on the air currently that I am caught up on (in no particular order):

Parks and Recreation, Community, The Office, Happy Endings, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Family Guy, New Girl, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, True Blood, Psych, South Park, Californication, Raising Hope, Allen Gregory, Mad Men, Cougar Town, Wilfred, Louie, Weeds, Walking Dead. I bet you think theres no way someone without a DVR could watch this much television but you are wrong. I am that guy. Appointment television, On Demand, Hulu, Torrents, DVDs, I will find a fucking way to watch. Alright I think thats it for now, just wanted to pop on here and introduce myself and my sickness. Things on my mind I may write about soon are:

-Howard Stern is now a host on America's Got Talent?

-There is a fantasy sports-type league for new TV shows and which ones will succeed and fail

-My obsession with Food Network shows even though I'm a picky eater and hate cooking

-I'm not a hipster I gave up on the Walking Dead before it was hip!

-Shows I Wish I Watched

-Other fun and yes