As of last night, I have a new favorite show. Normally I love the checking out new shows as soon as they air, but this semester has been rather busy for me. My new job is 100 times more interesting than my old one, but it is a lot more demanding as well. I am trying my hardest to graduate this semester, and that's really hard because in my head I have already graduated and in reality I have two classes and three comprehensive exams to complete. And, as a result, I have been kind of all over the place and indiscriminate in my television choices lately. I have never been ashamed of my love of terrible television, but lately it has gotten out of hand. All I have been watching is The Real World, America's Next Top Model (and for some reason, I just can't get into it this season), and endless reruns of various shows about families with too many kids on TLC. I watch Countdown with Keith Olbermann sometimes, and I fall asleep most nights during the commercial breaks of either The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. I haven't watched anything that requires concentration — if I can't do twenty other things while watching it, then I don't want any part of it.

This weekend I was able to catch up on The Office online (funny, funny show!) and then, while scamming my shamefully pathetic On Demand options (Hey Comcast: why don't you let me watch Logo or The N anymore?!? Boooooo!) I decided to give AMC's Mad Men a chance. . . and I ended up giving it three chances. It is a complex show with delightfully unsympathetic characters and a ton of visual interest — particularly when it comes to the costumes. If you have time to actually sit down and watch television, I highly recommend it. The episodes are filmed like little movies, and it's easy to watch two or three in a row. In fact, I am hoping to watch a couple more tonight.