IT MAKES ME SMILE EAR TO EAR

UPDATE: WHAT A COINCIDENCE! JON AND KATE AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WILL BE APPEARING ON OPRAH TODAY! TUNE IN!

I haven't had an obsessive television post in a while so here you go! Have you seen this show. Jon and Kate Plus Eight. It literally makes me smile and so happy when I watch it. It is a fantastic show. Of course it is a reality show but this really is quality television at its top.

A little overview: Jon and Kate Gosselin wanted children and turned to fertility drugs for help. They had twin girls. When they wanted ONE more, they turned to fertility drugs again and got SIX more. So they have a set of twins and a set of sextuplets. On the show it shows Kate's daily routine of taking care of all of the 8 children. And they are some beautiful children. They started this reality show following their daily lives I think after they did a one hour special on the family and people loved it so much they turned it into a weekly show. So the cameras have shown these kids growing up since they were 8 month olds and now they are almost four. So you really do feel like you know them all because you have watched them grow up.

I called my sister yesterday while watching my Tivod episode ( I do not miss a single one) and told her that if the show ever came out on DVD that I had to have all of the seasons. This weeks episode was the Christmas episode and it made me realize what great parents Jon and Kate are. They do such an amazing job with those kids, and yes they bicker but come on its their real life who would not bicker with their significant other when you have that many three year olds. Not to be cheesy they truly are an inspiration to the type of parents I want Kenny and I to be.

A&E TELEVISION

A little back story before I tell you what great programing this channel has.

When my sister and I were younger, we did not have televisions in our rooms. We had one in the den and if we wanted to watch tv then we had to watch it together in the den. You are thinking not bad right. Well, we also were only allowed to choose maybe one hour of television a week. So we had to think long and hard about which shows were our favorite and that is pretty much the only television we watched. You would think that we would have grown up to not watch that much tv. But it backfired and my sister and I both LOVE television. We watch it......alot! Now that that is out of the way. I wanted to talk about A&E today. This channel has some great shows. Such as:

Intervention, this show documents a drug addict or alcoholic who thinks they are just doing a documentary on addiction but really their family is setting them up for this huge intervention. You see first hand these peoples actions(that are pretty crazy) and how it tears apart their family. Its pretty riveting television.

Or how about The First 48 which features our hometown of Memphis. Makes us so proud. The whole premise of this show is it follows homicide detectives in different cities and the clock ticks down from 48 hours till the lead goes cold of finding the killer. You watch the interrogations to the gathering of forensic evidence. This show is way better than CSI.

And finally my new little gem that I discovered last night Parking Wars. This show takes place in Philadelphia, and cameras follow the people around that give tickets when your meter runs out a.k.a Meter Maids. It is so funny because when people find the tickets on their cars they hunt down the meter maid and scream and rant to them.
The show also features the impound lot where the crazies really show up.

I think I love A&E so much because they have these programs that give you a glimpse into peoples lives. It is close to walking a mile in someone else's shoes. And I like that. Sorry for the long post......but like I said I love tv and I will most likely talk about it a good bit on here.

GOSSIP GIRL

Okay so I know I have already posted but I just have to talk about my favorite show that is on television right now because I am so OBSESSED!!!!!

If you are not watching this show then you are missing out on the cream of the crop of quality television. You think I am exaggerating.....I am not. Think The OC crossed with Cruel Intentions and then throw in a little Dawson's Creek for good measure. AND ITS BETTER! Everyone I have made watch this show has fallen in love and you will to. So set your tivos, catch the reruns, I do not care but watch it. Its on Wednesday nights at 8:00 pm central.