Bad TV

So...it is 10:40pm and I am watching an episode of Desperate Housewives. It's the same episode I watched last week. Yes, they are showing the same episode two weeks in a row. When I first arrived I watched an episode that had aired in the states weeks before. Irish TV is really bad. Most nights I watch a couple of reruns of King of Queens and Two and a Half Men (both run 2 or 3 episodes back to back) and then go searching for something else. There are 20 some channels that come in, but there are not 20 different shows. There are about 6. They just run on 4 or 5 channels at the same time. One is the BBC news from England, and two are RTE TV (Ireland). The rest are a mix of American and English TV. They run way too many episodes of the Simpsons, Scrubs and Friends, to the point that it is influencing the children that our student teachers are teaching. They have commented on it a few times. They show the dark violent days of English and Irish history, like "The Devil's Whore" airing nightly (same episode!). I don't have much time to watch TV here in Ireland, but I do like to have it on in the evenings when I am in the flat. Those who know me well know that I am a bit of a TV junkie. I am missing my 47 inch HD LCD TV, and my TiVo. Currently I am following the Cowboys-Steelers game on my laptop, but reading text describing each play isn't the same as watching the picture on the big screen. I really miss Sunday afternoon football. I had to watch the Eagles beat the hated Giants via text on my laptop earlier this evening. At least they won!

Desperate Housewives is over...I wonder what wonderful show will come on next? Bulletproof Monk. I kid you not.