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Ok, I confess; I’m a TV junkie. It’s my “jones” & I’ve been hooked since the day I was born. My parents had a TV set before me & I distinctly remember being smaller than that old Magnavox in the living room, with its cabinet doors that opened to reveal what seemed to be a huge screen, with a speaker below.
Since this is my first column, I need to be up front about my likes & dislikes. I am addicted to three things: daytime drama, mushy films that make me openly weep & science fiction. Let me clarify the last item: I am a sci-fi junkie, obsessed with quantum physics & the space-time continuum. More on that at a later date.
I do not watch reality shows, save for “Dancing with the Stars.” Come on, weren’t we all waiting for
Heather Mills to fall on her face, especially after the way she treated Paul “The Cute Beatle”? And please, Cloris Leachman? A reality show unto herself. Marie fainted, Donny won. And then there’s “Jersey Shore.” I know, all the Italian-American groups are up in arms over the “Guido/Guidette” thing, but this show is more than just a train wreck waiting to happen. Is it scripted or not? Who knows? Who cares? It’s hilarious & ludicrous at the same time & I can’t stop watching it.
That being said, it’s the end of the year & I’ll send it out with my “Top 5 of 2009”:
5. “Vampire Diaries” – it puts Twilight to shame…it’s like “Gossip Girl” with witches, vampires, blood & gore. Not to mention hunky guys & cute babes. I know, shallow. Whatever.
4. “Nurse Jackie” – only Edie Falco could do a 
complete 180 from Carmella Soprano to Percocet-snorting Jackie Peyton. Throw in Eve Best (cocktail!) & the hilariously inept Merritt Wever as Zoey & this is not a hospital you want to check in to. Well, maybe just for the drugs.
3. “Big Bang Theory” – talk about revenge of the nerds! This is one of the funniest & best-written sitcoms ever. From a game of “rock – paper – scissors – lizard – Spock” to “Klingon Boggle,” it just boggles the mind.
And the cast is hilarious, with Johnny Galecki as Leonard, Jim Parsons as Sheldon (TV props if you know how they got these names), Kaley Cuoco as Penny, Simon Helberg as Howard & Kunal Nayyar as Raj, all somehow making physics & a missing Mars rover funny, funny, funny!
2. “Glee” – 2 words…”Sue Sylvester,” alias Jane Lynch, who can do no wrong…Jane Lynch, that is. Whether it’s in “Glee,” or as Charlie’s shrink in “Two & a Half Men,” or in “The L Word,” trotting off with Cybill Shepherd, or as part of Christopher Guest’s ensemble, she is perfection!
1. “Sons of Anarchy” – the tension level on this show
is off the scale. What Katey Sagal has done with the role of Gemma is so multi-layered, that you can’t take your eyes off her. Along with Maggie Siff as Tara, these two tough broads keep their men (Ron Perlman & Charlie Hunnam) in line & hold the boys of SAMCRO together.
Honorable Mention: “Law & Order”…all of them…they are consistently the best written shows on TV today. Long may they survive!
IN MEMORIUM: 
Arnold Stang, 91. Best known for his voice as “Top Cat” & his many film roles, from It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World & his portrayal of Sparrow, Frank Sinatra’s pal in Otto Preminger’s The Man With the Golden Arm. But I remember him as Milton Berle’s annoying stage hand & his commercials for Chunky. I can still see him on “Abbot & Costello,” hiding in a closet, surrounded by Chunkies, with his signature “Chunky! What a chunk o’chocolate!” Have I mentioned that Chunky is my favorite candy bar?
Until next time…
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