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Missed you, Heather. Hope you had a great vacation involving multiple plane connections, ferry rides, and a golf cart to the tropical island bungalow of your choice. Domo arigato by the way, for favorably mentioning "The Wire" -- the best TV show or film I've ever seen.
Fwiw, I want to encourage you to write about how becoming a parent has changed your TV viewing. Is your daughter enjoying Teletubbies and Sesame Street? Is Jon & Kate + 8 not: a) the most addictive show, involving b) the most likeable couple? C'mon, go for it.
Meanwhile, thanks for turning me on to 30 Rock, true successor to the genius of Arrested Development. On the other hand I tried but couldn't get into BSG; just not enough Grace Park. You are right of course about guys' TV viewing being more or less a reflection of the presence or absence of hot chicks (if you'll pardon the expression). Hollywood knows this; yet many years after The Fast and The Furious it still has such a hard time knowing what a "hot chick" even is. Call it "Steven Spielberg Leading Lady [yawn] Syndrome."
