His 2013 Fall TV Lineup

And here I thought my wife watches a lot of TV. As I compiled my list, I was surprised that I watch more than she does, and my shows are more questionable. I wonder where I find the time to watch all these shows on a recurring basis, and how "corrupting" they are after all. Don't worry, we don't need an "intervention" about our TV habit, we're fine. To each his own, within reason.

My shows tend to be about justice, investigation, politics, criminal law, and some drama -- stuff I am generally interested in. These are not my wife's taste in television, but we manage a 28% overlap in what we watch. This television season, these are the TV shows I have been watching, along with a "YES" if she watches them too:

HER	Television Show	Network
YES	20/20	ABC
	48 Hours Mystery	CBS
	60 Minutes	CBS
YES	America's Got Talent	NBC
	American Greed	CNBC
	Anderson Cooper 360	CNN
	Arrow	CW
YES	Bones	FOX
	Biography	Bio.
	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Castle	ABC
	Chicago Fire	NBC
YES	Covert Affairs	USA
YES	Dancing with the Stars	ABC
	Dateline	NBC
	Elementary	CBS
	Frontline	PBS
YES	Hart of Dixie	CW
	Homeland	Showtime
	House Of Cards	Netflix
	Ironside	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel Live	ABC
YES	Last Man Standing	ABC
	Love & Hip Hop Atlanta	VH1
	Masters of Sex	Showtime
	Misfits	BBC E4
	Modern Dads	A&E
	Modern Marvels	H2
YES	New Girl	FOX
	Orange Is The New Black	Netflix
YES	Parenthood	NBC
	Parks and Recreation	NBC
	Psych	USA
YES	Saturday Night Live	NBC
YES	Scandal	ABC
	Snapped	Oxygen
YES	Suits	USA
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS
YES	The Blacklist	NBC
	The Colbert Report	ComedyCentral
	The Crazy Ones	CBS
	The Daily Show	ComedyCentral
	The First 48	A&E
	The Good Wife	CBS
	The Middle	ABC
	The Mindy Project	FOX
	The O'Reilley Factor	FOX
	The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC
	The Soup	E!
	Top Shot	History
YES	White Collar	USA

Her 2013 Fall TV Lineup

When it comes to entertainment, television is one of our main outlets (or inlets, if you will). Admittedly, we watch a lot of television, but only a few shows do we watch together. This is another area (aside from politics) where couples are allowed to differ without much consequence, until, of course there is something seriously objectionable in the message of the TV shows themselves.

My wife loves cooking and reality shows mostly, which are not my cup of television. But even so, there are 10 out of her 50 shows that I watch too, sometimes together. A 20% intersection is not great, but it speaks to our different upbringings and cultures, and to a smaller extent, interests. This fall television season, these are the TV shows she will be watching, along with a "YES" if I watch them too:

HIM	TV Show
	The Bachelor
YES	Covert Affairs
	Design Star
	Project Runway
	Royal Pains
	Secret Millionaire
	Top Chef
YES	White Collar
	The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
	The Real Housewives of New Jersey
	The Real Housewives of Orange County
	Food Network Star
	Extreme Weight Loss
YES	Suits
	The Rachel Zoe Project
	Hell's Kitchen
YES	Parenthood
YES	Bones
	Once Upon A Time
YES	New Girl
YES	Last Man Standing
	America's Next Top Model
	Celebrity Wife Swap
	SMASH
	Face Off
	Sister Wives
	Shark Tank
	So You Think You Can Dance
	Breaking Pointe
	Bunheads
	The X Factor
YES	America's Got Talent
	Ink Master
	Nashville
	Downton Abbey
	Call The Midwife
	The Supersizers Go
YES	Scandal
	Catfish
	Duck Dynasty
	Double Divas
	Vanderpump Rules
	The Taste
	1600 Penn
YES	Dancing with the Stars
	Preacher's Daughters
	Newlyweds: The First Year
	Ready for Love
	Master Chef
	Motive