I have a confession to make—I’m addicted to television. Always have been. And worst yet, I’m not the least bit sorry for it, nor do I have plans to curtail it any time soon (I will be the one curled up in a ball when/if the electrical grid collapses). Yeah, there are times when I wish I could cut back (a little) because it can be intrusive when you’re on a deadline or have plans. But watching TV is my comfort place, my warm fuzzy brain-blanket and yeah, my crack.

I have binge-watched many a show over the years; most recently Teen Wolf. One day it just popped into my head I wanted to watch it and as it happened, I had a long flight coming up so I thought, “What a great time to try it out.” Naturally, I had to watch a few episodes before I left to make sure that it was something I wanted to keep me company for the nine hour flight to and fro. And BOOM, I loved it (I ended up watching ALL the episodes in 2 1/2 weeks—crack, I tell ya). I’ve also binge-watched Orphan Black, NCIS, NCIS:LA, CSI, The Walking Dead and…well, I’m sure there’s many more but I won’t bore you.

A good portion of the shows I watch revolve around Law Enforcement. Can’t say why that is what draws me in, but it does. And it has since I was a kid. I remember watching Hills Street Blues in reruns when I was a kid, and Hunter and oh man there were so many cop shows in the 80s and 90s—and I watched a good chunk of them. I watched all the seasons of NYPD Blues from episode 1 and I started out watching all the incarnations of Law and Order, though that series brand has fallen to the wayside for me.

NCIS (and spinoffs) and CSI (and spinoffs) are my *fave* series to watch. Those and Castle. I can watch those all day, every day. And thanks to the number of networks that show them, I often do. I was once asked how I can re-watch the episodes so many times. More often than not, it’s background noise for whatever I am doing—usually writing. With the repeat of the episodes I can drop in when I need a brain-break and, since I *have* seen it so many times, I am right there in it, know what’s going on and can then pop out when my brain is ready to reboot to the project I’m on and I don’t really miss anything, because it’s already there in my head.

I do have a variety of TV interests. The Middle and The Big Bang Theory are faves to laugh off a bad day with. And I find myself more often than not drawn to the History and Science channels. Don’t get me started on my love for the Hallmark Channel. When it *finally* came back to my cable provider it was on in my house 24/7—I kid you not—for about six months. I lurve my crack, er, ah, TV. Granted, if I am somewhere where there is a TV on, my eyes will find it and train on it regardless of what is on the screen. It’s all fascinating. And when it comes down to it it’s also all fodder to my writer’s brain. So it’s useful to!