Hello my name is Nancy and I have an addiction.

My love for television might be considered an addiction. I watch a lot of it. For years whenever I ran across someone who proudly stated they didn’t own a television or that they limited their viewing time I would feel a little guilty. When meeting someone for the first time I would dance around the subject. I would casually bring up a television show to determine if I was speaking with another T.V. junkie or not.

Hiding an addition is such hard work.

The day I decided to stop hiding was so freeing for me. I was speaking with a young person I worked with at the time. We were both doing the T.V. dance: mention a show, wait for a reaction, state we rarely watch T.V but . . ., and then mention another show. The more shows we listed – the more we realized we were not alone. Others in the department came out of hiding and started sharing their favorite shows; from comedy, drama, to guilty pleasure.

Television was our bonding moment.

Here is my latest schedule:

• Sunday: Amazing Race: I like to pretend that Tom and I are competing on this show.
•Monday: How I Met Your Mother: Great Cast!
•Tuesday: Oh my goodness! This has gone from the worst night on television to the best . . . . American Idol: Guilty Pleasure, Lost: Epic, and Parenthood: Potential.
•Wednesday:Modern Family: Clever and Funny, and Cougar Town: It Won Me Over with Charm.
•Thursday:The Office: Brand Loyalty Only at this Point, and 30 Rock: overall more hits than misses.
•Friday:The Soup: Who Needs Reality T.V. – Just Watch This!
•Saturday: Please, I am not a freak – even I need a day of rest!


Assignment: I am not hiding any longer…..television is great. Hey – don’t judge me!