First off, I'm going to appologize in advance for this being such a long post. Sorry.
Now onto the good stuff! Most of these shows I've watched from season 1 and feel like they are my old pals coming back to make me laugh every week (is that creepy? I hope not.) In no particular order, here's what I'm watching:
Community: Season 3
Premise: This show follows an eclectic bunch of students attending community college and is known for its abundance of pop culture referenced and paint-ball episodes.
Why you should watch it: Troy (Donald Glover) is hilarious. I almost pee my pants every time he talks. I also love how this show doesn't take itself too seriously and the pop culture references are really fantastic.
What could be improved: This season has dragged a little bit compared to seasons 1 and 2. Also, I'm a little tired on the Jeff/Annie ambiguous relationship. Been there, done that.
Family Guy: Season 10
Premise:I think we all know what family guy is about. It's not really about anything, just a bunch of random jokes.
Why you should watch it: I love it when Brian acts like a dog or when dog things happen to him (as illustrated in the photo above).
What could be improved: While this show has its flaw (ridiculously long fight scenes, Conway Twitty, vulgarity, etc.), I always get a good chuckle from it. 
Modern Family: Season 3
Premise: This show follows the lives a the extended Pritchett-Dunphy clan as they try to raise their children, make You-tube videos, build play houses, and hide their husband's creepy dog butler.
Why you should watch it: This show has the most amazing cast on television. Every single adult cast member was nominated for an Emmy and two of them won! Also, the children are incredibly funny and the writing is heart warming. It's good ole fashioned family fun!
What could be improved: The first season of this show knocked it out of the park. Last season was pretty weak, but this seasons is picking up some of what season 2 lost. My advise to the writers is don't recycle story line. Please. 
The Sing Off: Season 3 (the first full season)
Premise: The Sing Off is a reality competition show where acappella groups from around the country come to compete in a voices only extravaganza.
Why you should watch it: Forget American Idol, for the X Factor, this show is the REAL DEAL. The vocal talent on this show is out of control and I find myself wanting every group to win. Also, the judges are a lot of fun and actually knowledgeable in their field (I'm looking at you Dancing With The Stars!) and Nick Lechey is super awkward but it works!
What could be improved: I don't like the bracket system of eliminations on this show. One bracket always seems to be stacked, which usually means an undeserving group has to go home.
Survivor: South Pacific (Season 23)
Premise: Again, I think we all know the premise of survivor. 20 people go out into the jungle for 39 days. The last one standing wins $1 Million. (Disclaimer: I have not watched all 23 seasons. I'm on my 4th season)
Why you should watch it: You really get to see human nature in its most raw and basic form here. In the jungle, nothing else matters and the people's true colors show through. It's really a fascinating social experiment. Also, the challenges are pretty fun to watch. In the challenge pictured above, players had tear hunks of meat off of a pig using only their teeth. It was disgusting.
What could be improved: They have added another element in the past two seasons called "Redemption Island" where players have to opportunity to get back into the game. It's lame and takes time away from watching players for strategic alliance. 
The Office: Season --
Premise: The Office is a mocumentary that follow the lives of the employees who work at Dunder-Mufflin Paper Company.
Why you should watch it: This show has some of the best comedic moments on television but it also falls flat sometimes. This season has followed that same recipe but I have faith that it will pick up as we go along. Last nights Halloween episode was a winner!
What could be improved: I can really feel the absence of Steve Carell this season but I think the writers can tighten this season up a bit as we go along.I noticed that almost all of my returning shows are comedies. I usually prefer to watch dramas on DVD so that I don't have to wait until the next week to find out what happens. I'm impatient like that.
Here are three shows that I began watching at the beginning of September, but for whatever reason have decided to move on and make room in the DVR for something better.
Two Broke Girls
What went wrong: The leads in this show were very well cast but unfortunately it is a CBS comedy, which almost always means that the writing is cheesy and stupid. I can only here so many jokes about male reproductive organs in the span of 30 minutes. 
Whitney
What went wrong: Yikes. This show is really just terrible. I had high hopes for it at first because I think Whitney Cummings is a hilarious comedian.Unfortunately, some comedians cannot act very well and her supporting cast does nothing to help a sister out. Sorry Whitney, I'll still fondly remember your days on Chelsea Lately. 
Playboy Club
What went wrong: Clay and I were actually really enjoying Playboy Club and it was doing a good job of taking the edge off of missing Mad Men. Apparently we were the only people who watched the show thought. After just 3 episodes NBC pulled the plug on this fun period piece. I guess I'll never know if the foxy Nick Dalton succeeds in covering up a murder of a Chicago mob boss and becomes a state judge. Sad Day. And there you have it boys and girls. I hope you give some of these shows a shot or at least You-tube clips from the Sing Off in your spare time! Happy Friday everyone!
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