I don’t watch a ton of TV, but there’s definitely shows I never miss. Of course, most of them are wrapping up for the summer and with middle of the night feedings right around the corner, I feel like I’m going to need some stuff to watch.
Here’s what I never miss:
Glee (p.s. – Kurt’s dad! How much are you loving Kurt’s dad right now?!), How I Met Your Mother, Parenthood, The Good Wife, CSI NY (only the New York one), Real Housewives of NYC and NJ, The Office…
I’m sure there’s some other things here and there that I watch, but those are the main ones. I have no idea what shows are coming back this summer that I need to be watching so I’m asking for help. What do you watch? What gems are out there that I’m totally oblivious to?
Also, there’s a new show coming out on CBS called “Mike and Molly“, which clearly I will have to watch at least once!
Ok…go! Suggest! Thank you!
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May 26, 2010 at 9:14 am
Shaba
The Boy and I love Burn Notice on USA. It starts back up in June.
May 26, 2010 at 9:14 am
Kaley
So You Think You Can Dance. Seriously, even my husband gets into it!
May 26, 2010 at 9:15 am
Colleen C
Friday Night Lights. No doubt one of the best shows on TV. Don’t be afraid if you’re not a football fan – 75% of it is non-football 25% is football – and even then it’s high school football and you want the kids to win! Set the DVR, Friday nights at 8 on NBC! (And no, I wasn’t paid to write this advertisement, haha)
May 26, 2010 at 9:25 am
kim
I watch most of your current favorites! Also, I DVR “Parenthood”, “Modern Family”, and “Parks and Recreation.” Sometimes, I catch an episode of Tosh.0 on comedy central.
May 26, 2010 at 9:32 am
Ashley
I’ve been addicted to Desperate Housewives & Brother’s & Sisters for the past 3 years. Of course the season ended last week. But they are my faves.
May 26, 2010 at 9:33 am
Bridget
NCIS is terrific and so is the Mentalist (yummy Simon Baker.) I also like Bones.
May 26, 2010 at 9:35 am
Bridget
Sorry, one more. Definitely catch The Closer on TNT this summer.
May 26, 2010 at 9:41 am
Stacey Paradise
I don’t know if you’re into historical dramas at all, but I am so in love with Mad Men. It’s on AMC and it’s coming back in July. It’s about an advertising agency set in the 1960s. Everything about it is delicious: set design, dialogue, characters. Definitely check it out!
May 26, 2010 at 9:44 am
HKW
Agree with Stacey – Mad Men is a great show. I love the costumes and that crazy Donald Draper! The next season returns July 25th. I also watch Brothers and Sisters on ABC.
May 26, 2010 at 9:49 am
sarahj
I second So You Think You Can Dance for some good summer competition dancing.
Season 5 of Psych begins July 14. Netflix the first 4 beforehand; I can’t think of better late-night feeding television. It’s fun, it’s FUNNY, and it’s smart. I watch everything you watch, so I feel well-guided in this recommendation.
ps. – LOVE Kurt’s dad!
May 26, 2010 at 9:50 am
Angela Noelle
I’d like to chime in on Modern Family and Mad Men–both are excellent! If you don’t mind a little cheese in your television viewing, Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva are really good for fulfilling that guilty pleasure quota. You can find just about everything online, if you need some tips for places to find shows, shoot me an email–I feel like posting them here would be a bad idea
May 26, 2010 at 10:03 am
stacey bush
I just finished watching all four seasons of Bones on instant netflix, and i’m dying for the fifth season to come out on DVD…I also love parenthood, and Rescue Me with Denis Leary (also on instant netflix..)
May 26, 2010 at 10:13 am
Danielle
True Blood on HBO is the best! It starts back up in June and even if you doen’t subscribe to HBO you can just get it for the few months it is on and it is TOTALLY worth the extra $15 or so per month.
May 26, 2010 at 10:16 am
emily
mad men hands down. and go back and watch all seasons of gossip girl. love that show!!
May 26, 2010 at 10:18 am
Ris
30 Rock, for sure. Also, I’m currently loving Mad Men.
May 26, 2010 at 10:19 am
duchessbelle
So you think you can dance is one of my favorite shows. I also vote for the whole ABC Wed night comedy block (The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town)
May 26, 2010 at 10:20 am
Life of a Doctor's Wife
You and I watch pretty much the exact same things! Except I haven’t been able to entirely get into Glee… and I haven’t seen the Good Wife (although I want to!). Plus, I watch regular CSI, too. (CSI: Miami is stupid.)
How good is Parenthood?!?! Definitely my new favorite.
And how nutso is Kelly on RHNYC? I could watch her “conversations” with Bethenny over and over they are so wackadoo.
As for new stuff… Everybody else already said it, but Mad Men and Modern Family are amazing. Two of the best shows on TV these days. I also enjoy The Middle, which is cute. And Friday Night Lights is wonderful. (You should definitely watch it from the beginning – I think the first two seasons were the best, although this new one has a lot of promise!)
Clearly, I watch waaaaay too much TV!
May 26, 2010 at 10:23 am
Valerie
Psych on USA. It’s funny and cute and so good that I wish Shawn and Gus were my friends in real life.
May 26, 2010 at 10:23 am
PomJob
Do you have Netflix? If so, I recommend checking out Everwood, Alias, and True Blood. On TV right now, I’m loving Modern Family and Cougar Town.
May 26, 2010 at 10:25 am
Megan
I watch Parenthood, How I Met Your Mother, and Grey’s Anatomy. Lately, I’ve fallen in love with Rules of Engagement (CBS after HIMYM) and The Big Bang Theory. Since they don’t return until the fall, I’ve ordered season one of each on dvd.
I’m not really sure what summer shows are coming out, but I’ve heard good things about Mad Men. I may have to start watching!
May 26, 2010 at 10:27 am
Veronica
Don’t watch TV at night while feeding!! the noise and the light will wake baby up and make it much harder to get him back to bed after he is done eating. All I do is turn on a lamp long enough to make sure our latch is “right” and then turn it back off, she nurses til she is full, quick burp and right back to her crib (all in less than 15 minutes, she is an efficient eater). Plus you will want to doze while he is eating, you don’t want to wake yourself up to much either. Using this technique we only had about 4 nights of her being up a lot, she got her days and nights in the right order very quickly and would sleep for 4 hours straight at night in the second week, now she is sleeping over 6 hours at a stretch at night. It is very important that during the day that you keep the house bright and noisy!! and then as evening comes you dim the lights, make things quiter so that he understands that night is for sleeping and day is for being awake.
My advice is to be noisy during the day so he will be able to nap when there is noise and that way you won’t feel the need to tiptoe around. I can vacuum in my girls room while she is napping, in fact I run the vacuum just to get her to go to sleep when she is fighting it!
Have to add that I got sucked into Jerseylicious on Style network when I was home – such mindless entertainment, I am sure I lost a lot of brain cells from it!
May 26, 2010 at 10:43 am
Laura @ so alaurable
I’ll chime in too on Modern Family — love it!
I also like 9 by Design on Bravo, and I’m excited Royal Pains is coming back on on USA.
May 26, 2010 at 10:46 am
remedialblogging
Mad Men starts back up in July for the fourth season on AMC. But I definitely recommend watching the first three seasons before jumping right in, as the series is entirely about character development, and you will be super lost if you don’t do your homework first! But the homework? Totally awesome. And Don Draper? Dreamy.
May 26, 2010 at 10:52 am
elizabeth
Loving Kurt’s dad.
Modern Family (one of the main guys is Wade’s twin!), Rules of Engagement… on Food Network – have you seen Chefs vs. City. I love it. And if you’ve got Netflix, I suggest Weeds. I’m getting disc 1 of Mad Men in the mail today (?) so I can’t speak to that yet, but I’m ready for my Don Draper…yum.
May 26, 2010 at 10:54 am
marie
So You Think You Can Dance! I actually rarely follow tv shows, but I absolutely love SYTYCD. I just love to watch people dancing, and I like that the contestants on this show have actual talent. Aaaaand I just realized they’re probably all younger than me. I feel old.
May 26, 2010 at 10:55 am
stephanie
I have to say that I am addicted to Rules of Engagement, and Big Bang Theory…..I also watch Brothers and Sisters, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice…although I have to wait till they start doing re-runs of those….I missed so many during the season because of work…..I think that I need to look into that Netflix thing that everyone keeps mentioning….I have Tivo, but I tape too many shows I don’t have enough memory on it LOL!!!
May 26, 2010 at 11:30 am
LKP
BURN NOTICE!!! I love it to pieces. Also, if you love the Office, you have to start watching 30 Rock!!
May 26, 2010 at 11:36 am
Lor
House!! They play a lot of reruns on FX and Bravo. trust me, just start watching you’ll pick it up fast. love House!
May 26, 2010 at 11:38 am
Rose
LOST.
May 26, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Senora H-B
I think mine will all be the same as others have mentioned, but here goes:
Modern Family
Community
NCIS (love that it’s funny and not as melodramatic as CSI)
Law & Order: CI (but only the episodes with Vincent D’Onofrio)
Parenthood (love that Lauren Graham)
We’ve been re-watching Everybody Loves Raymond and, let me tell you, it has taken on a whole new meaning since I got married…
May 26, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Meghan
Lie to Me. Its about a scientist that studies facial expressions to see if people are telling the truth. It comes back on in the summer and I can’t wait!
May 26, 2010 at 12:43 pm
amber
I read Veronica’s comment and although I do not have kids yet that makes so much sense!
Shows I love in the summer are Big Brother and The Bachelorette. Other shows I love are The Big Bang Theory and The Middle. After reading all those comments I really want to check Mad Men!
May 26, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Kathy
I love stuff on Hulu
The Rockford Files
Firefly
Serenity
Eureka
Stargate SG1 all the Stargates really
Flashforward
Farscape
May 26, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Erin
Definitely Friday Night Lights. Castle is really good too if you can find it online or on DVD. Firefly is excellent and on DVD.
Daria just came out on DVD — remember that from high school?
NCIS is almost ALWAYS on. That and SVU.
May 26, 2010 at 3:14 pm
mom2lo
Burn Notice, definitely. And Castle is insanely awesome, too. The Mentalist is another one.
May 26, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Melissa
I am a huge fan of Glee and HIMYM. We’ve recently added Modern Family to our TV watching rotation…seriously hysterical!
May 26, 2010 at 4:52 pm
beka
Modern Family, Modern Family, Modern Family! Love so much. My husband and I get bummed every week that the episodes are only 30 minutes long
I also confess to watching Dancing with the Stars, the Bachelor/ette, and Army Wives. My dirty little secrets.
May 26, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Rachel
Big Brother is coming back in July. it is so addicting and wonderfully ridiculous! also I concur on others’ recomendation for ‘so you think you can dance.’
May 26, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Girl Makes Cents
I love Parenthood!! I also think America’s Got Talent is a really cool show and it starts next Tuesday. Maybe a show to get into. If you like The Biggest Loser or Jillian Michaels she has a new show coming out next Tuesday as well called Losing It. I like her a lot and it looks like it might be another inspirational show. Another one I love is Criminal Minds on Wednesdays but that one is wrapping up.
May 27, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Sarah
Leverage on TNT, True Blood, Bones, The Mentalist (hysterical, my husband loves it as well).
May 28, 2010 at 8:41 am
gibsondog
I use to watch the Cosby show during my mid-night feedings.
Now that American Idol is over, I’m going to start with Episode I of Mad Men.
I heard soooo many good things about this show.
May 31, 2010 at 11:08 pm
mollymouse
Hey – I’m a Molly too *and* married to a Michael. I found your blog through GoodFinking and just had to comment to shout out to another Michael and Molly couple! Who knew this name combination was so powerful?! Congrats on the baby, I guess I’m here just in time for all the adorable newborn pictures, huh?