Television

I really enjoy watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. It's a guilty pleasure that started sometime during my childhood, as I would watch both shows with my grandmother after dinner when I was at her house. Of course, I say it started during my childhood, but it was not a continuous thing, as I had "better things" to do during jr. high, high school, and college. I absolutely love it, though. Jeopardy makes me feel really smart or really dumb. If I know an answer, or a few answers, I get really excited and feel like I am just so amazing. On the other hand, if I think I know an answer and I don't, I feel horrible. Feeling horrible doesn't last very long, though, because there are so many questions to answer! Wheel of Fortune is so fun for me. I love word games, and Wheel of Fortune is like the best word game ever. During my junior year at APU, my roommate and I watched it together. Oh, to go back to the days of hanging out on the couch, trying to beat Alison to the answer!

Anyways, I'm currently watching Jeopardy. That's what got me thinking about all of this. One of my best friends, Amy, and I sometimes play Jeopardy and/or Wheel of Fortune together over skype. Let me explain...we don't make up our own game or anything. We just watch the shows at the same time and try to beat each other to the answers. It's kind of fun, but it's not as great as sitting next to each other on the couch!

I have a lot of "guilty pleasure" tv shows, now that I think about it. Reality shows, prime time soap operas (though none of them have that label), sitcoms, etc. I watch too much tv, but I just love it! I watch a lot of it while I'm trying to fall asleep at night, either on my computer via the internet (places like hulu) or reruns on television. I don't know what it is, but I love watching Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants "fight" over the bachelor or bachelorette, watching the silly things that happen on The Office, sitting on the edge of my seat while I hope that no more crazy stalkers show up on One Tree Hill, trying to figure out what on earth Sheldon and Leonard are arguing about on The Big Bang Theory, and rolling my eyes at the ridiculous ways of the Gossip Girl characters.

I still say the Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune are probably my favorite. While in many ways they are more trivial, they are much less trivial than most of the other things I watch.

What are YOUR guilty pleasure shows? What are shows you like to watch that you wouldn't label as "guilty pleasures"? Who do you like to watch tv with? Would you rather watch the shows as they are played, or catch up later online?

Erin