CSI anything, Criminal Intent, Law and Order SVU etc… I really don’t like these forensic/psychological investigation shows. Every episode seems to open with these incredibly judgemental pricks standing over the corpse of someone who’s just been killed in an unusual way, and making the most terrible unfunny jokes at the victim’s expense. Heaven forbid if you’re transexual or a performance artist and you get murdered in New York or Miami…

Medium, Ghost Whisperer… Oh how I hate these with a passion. So so awful. How many times can they refer to their "gift" in a single episode? Did Sarah Michelle Gellar ever speak reverently of her "gift"…? The answer is no, because Buffy was never intended to be taken seriously by a credulous public. And Patricia Arquette’s monotonous falsetto is worse than nails on a blackboard… arggg!

Men in Trees, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy… hurrrrkk! So very very painful, so full of manly men with stubble who inexplicably appear to enjoy the hyperactive banter of insecure, overachieving women with intimacy issues. Far too many meaningful looks, and painfully self-conscious comic relief.

The New Adventures of Old Christine, The War at Home, How I Met Your Mother, My Wife and Kids… I suspect this stuff is just junk we buy cheap to fill air time, because no one in their right mind could ever describe themselves as a fan of one of these shows. These are like the death rattle of the American sitcom.