Expanding My Horizons

When Hannah was home this summer with control of the family room remote, the odds were pretty good that she was watching one of four shows:

• Anything starring a Kardashian
• Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles
• Any of the Real Housewives sagas
• Law & Order:SVU.

I'd like to take this time to thank her -- other than the Kardashians, all those shows are winners.  And, now I can say nothing but good things about new friends like Madison Hildebrand, Josh Flagg, Aviva, Ramona, and Detective Benson

Right now, I'm sitting here watching an episode of Law & Order: SVU.  And, yes, I'm locked in til 9PM.

The first few times I saw the show, I made fun of it.  I had a long list of complaints: the story lines were too predictable, the dialogue was laughable, and the characters were too one-dimensional.  But, as I started to watch more episodes of the show, I began to realize that these things were actually what appealed to me.

You see, sometimes, what I really want from my TV viewing is a simple story that doesn't require much thought and neatly resolves itself in one hour.  That, my friends, is Law & Order: SVU in a nutshell.

I'm not proud to call myself a fan but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't one.