Once upon a time, I used to be obsessed with the new fall television shows. Now, I barely notice that they are starting. I'd read everything I could about them in the newspaper and I used to BEG my parents to buy the TV Guide issue that summarized what was upcoming. I blame several reasons for the decline

• The Internet - too much other information
• Year round programming - Project Runway shown in the summer? No problem
• Getting older - yikes, I hate to admit this
• Cable channels - BBC America, FoodTV, Bravo, I blame you for diverting me
  
• Shittier stuff on network TV - I think this is partially due to the proliferation of cable channels
• TiVo - I always have something semi-decent to watch

There are only a handful of shows I am even going to try to catch.

• Ugly Betty
• Heroes
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

I think this list got shorter on my way to writing it. Oh well, I sure some great new series will start on BBC America soon enough.