Crap TV and great DVDs

ooooo blogging is so great. I'm so glad I have returned to the blogosphere, somehow capturing all the triviality of life is somehow more meaningful when attached to a url. Anyway, what's on my mind right now, apart from the wedding of course, is TV. Beloved and I spend hours glued to various TV serials, which we discover, watch obsessively until they are over and we are left bereft hanging on until the release of the next series. So far this year we've been through 3 Seasons each of House, Grey's Anatomy and Prison Break,  Seasons One of Heroes, 3 Seasons of Lost (which bored me eventually), 2 Seasons of Life on Mars and finally Ashes to Ashes, which is wonderful. The latter saw the Beloved popping his Brit TV Series cherry, prior to that it had only been Americana but with the help of the subtitles, he's loving Gene Hunt and his Mancunian dry as a bone, offensive wit. 

So now we are on to Brothers & Sisters, a US series which took us a few episodes to get into, and a while to get over the lollipop headed Calista Flockhart, but which now has us both gripped (and a record breaking 8 episodes last night ... er 8 x 42 minutes thats er .... ). The saga of an American family beset by atypical self loathing and introspection, and all the drama of a nation obsessed with itself (complete with storylines wound around 9/11, Iraq and New Republicanism) but its enthralled us already. 

I just wish that india's plethora of channels would show some decent TV. Last week saw the launch of yet another GEC (General Entertainment Channel), catering for the masses with its one music show (check), one reality show (Bigg Boss 2 AND Fear Factor, check check) and its desi mythological yarn (something about Lord Krishna). With a reported 4crores (USD 1 million) spent in marketing in Bombay alone, the hoardings are full of it.