Monday: The start of the work week and on tv once home to such popular shows as Little House on the Prairie, MASH, MacGyver, Murphy Brown, and Melrose Place. This year I'll be watching Arrested Development. This show won the Emmy for Best Comedy last year and made it cool to watch sitcoms again. It's quite clever and funny and who knew that Jason Bateman would turn out to be such a hunk?

The other show I'll be watching on Monday night is Prison Break. This show is maddeningly frustrating and is told as a serial with a mini-cliffhanger each week and subplots and characters galore. It's the prison equivalent of the show 24.

So far that's 2 Fox shows, 1 CBS show and 2 ABC shows.

The Emmys were handed out last night and while most winners were not surprises, there were a few. Best Drama award went to Lost; Patricia Arquette won Best Actress in a drama (for Medium); and Felicity Huffman beat out the other Housewives to win Best Actress in a Comedy. At least the show House (my new favorite show) won something, best writing for its penulitmate episode last season, "Three Stories." I watched a bit of the show but Ellen seemed off and the audience didn't seem very receptive to the jokes, anyway, I didn't stay up to watch the whole thing but I'm so glad I got to see Donald Trump in overalls and a straw hat. That had to have been the best part of the show.

Enjoy your day,

paul