TV Shows You're Stupid for Not Watching:

I won't lie, TV sucked ass for a long time. There was nothing but stupid reality shows and CSI: [Insert name of city stupid midwesterners in focus groups see as "interesting"] and those are all really really boring. And don't worry, I can say that about midwesterners because I'm friends with one. More than that even. But now we're living in a new world of awesome shows all around us, but no one seems to be watching them, and they're all going to get cancelled. And that makes me angry. I'm probably as sick of yelling at people to watch this stuff as most of you are of hearing me yell at you about watching this stuff, so I'll lay it to rest here in my next few posts (probably not though, because I'll still yell at you about not watching this stuff) and give you my definitive list of good shows you need to have in your netflix queue. Don't have netflix? What the fuck is wrong with you? Get the basic plan for like 9 bucks and you even get watch it now, which is great. But that's beside the point. And you know what? I'm sorry about calling you stupid in the title, here's something to make up for that:

And before I get in trouble by any girls that may be reading this post (especially Katie), don't worry, I got you ladies covered too:

So as I was saying, I will be laying out a few of my favorite shows over the next few posts. Why not just a big "Top Ten" list or whatever that are so popular with the kids these days? Because these shows deserve morethan a spot on a list, and maybe if I dedicate an entire post to each of them you people (yes, YOU PEOPLE) might actually whip your HULU out and watch a few of these shows.

And like I almost planned this, that fine piece of cheerleader ass and that hunky dude that couldn't figure out how buttons work lead me into the first show I'm going to highlight:

Friday Night Lights

So you saw the movie and thought "Eh, whatever" or you never saw the movie because you think football is dumb, and then they came out with a show and it didn't even register on your radar because it was just more of the same. That's cool. Except that you're dead ass wrong. The movie was based on a book (because I'm prety sure Hollywood's pool of ideas dried up sometime in the late 80s) and then the show was a separate take on the same book, and has nothing to do with the movie. Now, maybe the show actually made a small blip on your radar but you thought "Eh, it's just another trite football story where the square jawed boyscout town hero QB gets injured and we watch the scrappy underdog win the championships...been there done that." Now in this case I can't say you are 100% wrong, but...

Wait, yes I can, I can do anyhitng I want it's my blog: You're 100% wrong.

Is there a square jawad, can't-do-no-wrong goldenboy QB? Yes. Does he get paralyzed and the scrappy young undersized backup has to step in and overcome his own insecurities to be a leader? Yes. By now you're thinking "Fuck you, Ed, I'm not wrong". But you're wrong again. (See what I did there?) So ya, that stuff happens, but the way the story unfolds after is something completely new. The fallen hero doesn't just fade away so we forget and can just be happy. We watch him come to terms with his life and how he struggles. The underdog doesn't become the Tom Brady of backup QBs, but finds his own way to do what he can and get shit done.

It's unfair to lable this as a "football show" because it's not really about the football (some episodes don't even have a game, and those that do usually just have a few highlights) it's about the amazing characters they've created and the link between them just happens to be this team. I can safely say this is the best young cast of actors that I've ever seen in a show (I think they will all break out into thebig time in the next year or two), and the rest of the cast is just as good. The coach interacting with the overboard boosters, his wife and his teenage daughter is fucking hilarious. The head of the booster committee is possibly my favorite character of the whole show. In the end his show basically has everything you could want in entertainment. The whole show is packed with fucking awesome characters, there are some hilarious and awkward moments, there's some good football action, there are some really touching moments, and its completely unpredictable.

And if all of that wasn't enough for you, chicks are ridiculously hot. And the ladies have Mr. Buttonless up there too.

UPDATE: My roommate just added it to his Netlflix queue. Who's next?

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