Shows you should be watching (so they don't get cancelled and ruin my life)

I'm the first to admit that I get sucked in every season to the hype of the new shows.  I tell myself that each show gets a few chances to wow me, and then I'm done.  Except, the reality is once I've watch the show a few times some aspect sucks me in!  Are ___ and ___ going to hook-up!? Is ____ a vampire!?  Why is there a polar bear on that island!?  And then once I'm really addicted, half of the shows I love get cancelled: Lipstick Jungle, Pushing Daisies, Mercy, Privileged, Better Than You (just to name a few). 

So, this year, I decided it was time to get serious.  I did some preseason reading with my Entertainment Weekly, and made some educated decisions on what I was going to try out for Fall 201l.  Then I decided if there were shows I didn't jump for on My To Do List on my tivo after an episode or two, they were getting the axe.  Sorry, "Two Broke Girls".

I have some new shows I'm liking so far, but am not yet completely dedicated to, "Up All Night", "Pan Am" and "Ringer", but I also have some shows that I'm L-O-V-I-N-G!!

#1- Homeland on Showtime.  This show is fantastic!   Claire Danes sold me from the start, but it also stars Damian Lewis formerly of "Life" on NBC (another show I loved that got cancelled (that I forgot to list above)).  The show centers on a Marine Sergeant, who returns home eight years after going missing in Iraq (POW), and  a (possibly unstable) CIA officer who suspects he might be plotting an attack on America.  There are so many intriguing aspects of this show: Brody getting readjusted to his home life and dealing with the effects of being a POW, his family having their patriarch again after eight years without, and Carrie's possible psychosis. I'm so excited each week to see what's next.  Sometimes, i actually forget it's a show and not a movie. For serious, check it out.

#2- Revenge on ABC. I wasn't planning on watching this show, at first, but then kept seeing great reviews.  I wasn't really interested in Emily VanCamp, bc I HATED her on "Brothers and Sisters" as whiny-ass Rebecca, but she's really surprised me thus far.  The show is about Emily Thorne, whose real name is Amanda Clarke, moving back to The Hamptons to take revenge on the people who caused the death of her father and destroyed her family. When she was a little girl, Amanda's father was arrested on terrorism charges and tried for treason. She ended up in juvenile detention and on her 18th birthday inherited the wealth of the company her father invested in. She changed her name to Emily Thorne and decides to take revenge on the people responsible.  Very Count of Monte Cristo. The setting of this show is really enjoyable, as are the hot guys:)  Not only is she taking people down one by one, but she has spent years creating an entire back story for herself, since everyone in the Hamptons is checking you out.  This show definitely has that ABC-drama feel...which I like!

#3- Surburgatory on ABC.  This show is a lot of fun and has a super cast!  It's about a dad (Jeremy Sisto) who moves his daughter from NYC to the suburbs after finding condoms in her bedroom.  He wants her to have a normal life, only they both quickly figure out that the suburbs may not be their idea of normal.  It's very Stepford wives, plastic surgery, and red bull, with all the moms doting on the new dad in town and all the kids calling the new girl a lesbian bc she wears boots instead of stilettos.  The cast includes Cheryl Hines, Lloyd from Entourage, Ana Gasteyer from SNL, and Isabelle from Weeds It's 30 minutes, once a week, and completely worth your time. 

#4- Happy Endings on ABC (I must really like ABC). OK, so this isn't actually new this season.  It actually started mid-season last year, but it's still getting its footing.  This may be my favorite show on TV right now!  Again, 30 minutes, and sooo worth the time.  It started off being about a group of six friends (two are sisters, two are married, two are exes, one gay, one spinster) struggling to stay together after one of them leaves another at the aisle in the season premiere.  A lot of the beginning episodes were about the trials and tribulations of reentering the dating scene and choosing sides when friends split.  As the season progressed, it moved more away from that theme and really just became about friends.  It's absolutely the funniest show ever, and I could probably writes paragraphs about all of my favorite episodes.  If you are feeling overwhelmed about catching up from last season, don't.  The episodes are short and you can get through them super fast.  With all the rainy days we're having, one can surely be dedicated to hours of laughter, right?

Please, get to watching!!