Top Ten: Daytime Television

When I'm home sick, like I was on Monday, daytime television is as comforting to me as chicken soup. The familiarity of sitcom reruns, game shows and talk shows makes me feel cozy and often lulls me to sleep. What I find interesting though is how different the programming and advertisements are from primetime. It makes sense when you think about who's probably watching television during the day, but I still feel a little ripped off. Just because I work from 8-5 doesn't mean I wouldn't like to learn about Hover Rounds when I get home.


Top Ten: Daytime Television

10. The News

The midday break. This is a good time to have your mom heat up some chicken soup before naptime.

9. Soap Operas

Sadly, these are a dying breed. If Erica Kane can't even make it, that doesn't bode well for the remaining shows.

8. Kid Shows

Heavily scheduled in the morning and on cable networks like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. Easy to bypass unless you have kids or every other station is off the air.

7. Commercials for Law Firms
They usually feature a female "client" who describes how alone she felt after her accident until she called XYZ Law Firm. Now she can pay her bills and spend time with her family again!

6. Commercials Paid for by Law Firms about Dangerous Medications

You know what I'm talking about ... "If you take one of these 800 drugs and have grown a second head, you may be entitled to compensation."

5. Game Shows (besides TPIR)

When I was younger I used to watch reruns of classic game shows like Pyramid and Press Your Luck. Nowadays, reboots like Let's Make a Deal are the soup du jour.

4. Sitcom Reruns
My favorite part of daytime television. When I'm sick, I want to have something on that is uplifting or funny and that I don't have to think about too much. Old episodes of Golden Girls, Fraiser, Friends and Full House are the way to go for me.

3. Talk Shows
Pick any hour between 9 and 5 and I'm sure there's a talk show on. Seriously! They'll give anyone a show!

2. Commercials for Medical Products
Example: On Monday, during a rerun of Everybody Loves Raymond (woohoo!) I saw a commercial for catheter supply home delivery and one for portable oxygen. And it's only a half hour show.

1. The Price Is Right
The be-all-end-all of daytime television. "Help control the pet population. Get your pets spayed or neutered."

Who's that girl? It's Jess!

My poor little blog has been neglected lately because of a busy schedule, so I thought I'd post something fun to get back into the groove.

I'm in love! No, not like that. Well, I love my husband, but that's not what I'm talking about here. I love the new show New Girl staring Zooey Deschanel! Have you people watched it? If not, stop reading, go to hulu or fox.com and watch the available episodes. We're talking dorky, heartwarming, eyerolling, quotable comedy. For example, after Tuesday night's episode I updated my Facebook status to "I <3 New Girl". Out of the 18 comments that friends left, 12 were quotes from that one episode. There were no duplicates AND it's only a half hour show. That's good stuff.

A quick synopsis to intrigue you further: The aDORKable Jess (Zooey D.) gets dumped in an embarrassing way by her loser boyfriend in ep. 1. She doesn't want to live with her BFF CeCe because all her model roommates are annoying, so she answers an ad and ends up moving in with Nick, Schmidt and Winston. The hilarity that ensues as they all adjust to living with someone of the opposite sex is worth the price of admission. There are some very sweet moments as well where the guys help Jess move on from the break up and stand up for her when she's being bullied. And, as much as they try to avoid it, Jess helps the guys with their girl/self-esteem/sharing, etc. issues. They learn from each other in a fun, caring way and it works.

Go. Watch. Learn about the Douchbag Jar. You won't regret it.