TV sit coms and dramas

I don't watch TV that much. Yet, if you met my wife, she'd tell you I watch certain sit coms like "Two and a half men," and "Law and Order." The truth is, that I only watch those shows when she is home.

Actually, I think those shows are the better shows on TV, and if I'm going to have to watch TV I'd rather watch shows like these, yet the truth is, and I'll reveal the truth to you, is that I don't watch TV when my wife is not home.

The truth is, the only reason I watch those shows is because I want to spend time with my wife. I want to have family time. And, if we are going to end the day watching TV, these are the shows we watch.

Truth be told, if I had my way, I'd watch the news or sports channel all day. I think guys watch sports because when our team wins that's the only time we guys win. Yet that's a discussion for another post. I like to watch the news because I love politics. Yet, I don't mind being the only one in my house into politics. I don't think my wife and kids should have to worry about that stuff. There's this old saying, "What you don't know won't stress you out." So, I'm fine with my wife not being into politics.

Yet I digress. What about sitcoms and dramas.

I think sitcoms and dramas are written for women. In fact, the polls -- or whatever you call them -- show that women watch this stuff more than women. And for that reason, most sit coms and dramas are catered to women. And, here's the key, med in sitcoms act as women want them to act. They don't act like they would in real life.

Sorry, I don't think we're supposed to know that, but it's true, and that's why I made those words small. If you can't read writing that small, then perhaps that's good. You might not want to know the truth. You might be better off.

It's true though. Even Tim Allen's "Tool-time" was catered to women. I mean Tim Allen was a man's man. He was rough. He was like you and I and that he wants to figure things out on his own, and he's willing to struggle through it, even if he fails. Yet, when it comes to talking to his wife, his character was politically correct.

Two and a half men is pretty good. I have to give the writers of that show credit to catering to a man like me. Well, I'm not much of a man, but that's beside the point. Homer Simpson is great, yet he's a cartoon. The Family Guy is awesome, yet he's a cartoon. We can't watch those shows though in the evening with the wife, so I can't even count those.

Another show that is my favorite all time TV sitcom was "Married with Children." Now, that show is the closest to reality a sitcom ever came to. It is the golden rail of men's tv shows. I still watch the re-runs of that show today, yet only when my wife isn't around. She hates Al Bundy. She hates Glenn Beck. She hates Rush Limbaugh.

Although she hates those shows not because they are filled with intellectual thinking and substance, but because they are men speaking their minds. That's something women hate. And, so, it's better to watch those shows in private. When I watch Glenn Beck I have to sneak off to my bedroom and pray she doesn't say, "Honey, I need your help with something." Sometimes when she does that I ignore her, especially when Beck is saying something I want to remember.

Sitcoms, though, are filled with senseless drivel. They are, with a few exceptions -- Cheers comes to mind, and MASH -- garbage TV. Reality TV is pretty neat to watch too, although I wouldn't' watch those when she's not around. To me, those are TV shows you watch only when your wife or girlfriend is around. Those are not men's TV shows. Men don't like self help books, so why would we like shows like "Biggest Loser."

You see, I, like most men, don't want to pick fights. So, I guess most guys like me would rather sit in the living room spending family time watching what THEY want to watch, and liking it as best we can, because we want to be good husbands and dads.

Yet, we can only take so much of this. That's why we yearn for hunting camp, or outings with the guys in some -- even small -- fashion. And since I don't have any drinking buddies, I have decided to create this blog.

I like dramas. I'll watch a drama movie my wife picks out. I'll do whatever it takes to make her happy to. But really, I'm a guy who loves watching women's movies. Although, sometimes I yearn to watch a horror, or a show like the Terminator. Something manly. Something kill or be killed. Actually, I think most men prefer movies where someone gets killed in the first minute. My brother once said if someone doesn't die in the first minute he shuts the TV off.

I'm not that way. I'll watch those movies too, but I don't mind dramas and women's movies, so long as they aren't over done. I'm a writer, and I like a well written movie, or book. I liked "The Notebook." Yes, call me a Pansy.

Yet, when it comes to dramas and sit coms on TV, I have better things to watch. I'd rather watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC and her idiotic rants about how conservatism sucks than watch shows like "The Big Bang." That's just me though.