Top ten shows to watch when you’re sick

I have no idea what day of the week this is. I have been so sick for the past three days, for all I know, it’s Sunday. Sure, I can look up the day (it’s Friday), but that doesn’t mean anything to me. I am completely disoriented.

Fortunately, television doesn’t care how disoriented you are. One of the things I love about being sick is watching television constantly (when I’m not asleep). But once your tivoed shows are watched, you are still sick and stuck there with cable TV. Or DVDs, or Online television… But let’s say you’re like me and stuck with cable TV. What are the best things to watch?

Here are my Top Ten:

10. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: I know Buffy isn’t really even on in re-runs anymore. But anybody worth their salt has the show on DVD. And when nothing else appeals, I’ll always have Buffy (and Angel– I’m a sucker for the first three seasons).

9. What Not to Wear: They are in marathons constantly, so you can see entire seasons in a day; you can pass out for 4 hours and wake up and  not really have missed that much.

8. America’s Next Top Model: They are in marathons constantly, so you can see entire seasons in a day; you can pass out for 4 hours and wake up and  not really have missed that much.

7. The Office: It’s funny, so it picks up your spirits. And it’s easy to relate to because everyone there is hating their life as much as you are hating yours there on the couch.

6. Southpark: There are so many of them, you could watch them all day. And you can get every episode online.

5. House: What is not to love, repeatedly? I would watch House in a box. I would watch House with a fox.

4. The Closer: I love the early seasons in particular, when the show was more focused on quirky Brenda and less on the whole quirky team. Kyra Sedgewick’s switcheroo from sweet Southern Belle to cold hard bitch gets me every time.

3. CSI: I would probably rank CSI even higher on the list except that having seen every episode many times now (thanks, SPIKE!), I am looking for other things to watch. Just a move to USA or TNT is a wise move.

2. NCIS: I am a recent convert to NCIS. I think it’s too-little known, and under-rated. Mark Harmon is almost a caricature in his role as the acerbic Agent Gibbs. But only almost. He just barely makes it work. My favorite part of the show is watching his agents flirt/fight with each other while on every case. That and the fact that nobody ever knows what NCIS is– just like in life.

1. Law and Order: It’s ubiquitous goodness sucks me in with the opening theme, every time. It has been on for so many years that it’s available virtually 24-hours a day. And the show’s formula never fails to both hook me… and deliver.

Everybody has their own list; put yours in the comments!

Clacked by Jen Creer
on Dec 07, 2008 @ 14:00 EST5EDT