For the majority of the 21st century, TV stations relied heavily on reality crap tv to run their programming.  You could spend every night surfing channels and not find a good tv show that didn't involve kicking a contestent out each week; those days my friends are over.

There are a large handful of great tv shows out there - probably more than I can even imagine.  The problem?  well, it is finding them and shuffling through the crap that still exists.  The differnce now is the invention of the DVR and of tv show DVDs.  I've spent a significant amount of evenings, and mornings on my treadmill for that matter, pressing play on a dvd tv show. 

For those who are still uncertain, I suggest you sign up for a block buster dvd club, or if you can just pay the $50 for the DVD set, and start catching up on a few years of amazing tv shows.  Here are a few to start with:

The Office, Lost, 24 (seasons 1 through 3, and maybe 4), The Shield (best tv show there is), Rescue Me, Prison Break (the newest owner of my evenings), Sopranos (so I've heard), Entourage, Deadwood, and the simple life - well, maybe not that one.

Feel free to comment back on some shows I've left off - I need to start my new DVD list soon before the Fall schedule arrives.