Trash TV

I watch way more trashy reality shows on TV than I am proud of, but I don't think it is my fault, or Americans, in general.

I am not fortunate enough to have HBO and its quality shows at my house, so I am left with basic cable to entertain me.

While I watched Jersey Shore, Real World/Road Rules Challenges, Real of Housewives  of New Jersey, just to name a few, I also enjoy watching sitcoms such as The Office, Modern Family, The Middle and Parenthood. Other than those and a couple others I have been meaning to try to get into, there are few sitcoms on TV that are good.

I don't know if writers are no longer creative or if networks are just unwilling to take a chance on something different, but every new show seems unoriginal and just not good. And if a network does come up with something new, every other network will have its own show with a similar subject matter soon after.

If it was up to me, I would have only one or two guilty pleasures. Instead I am left with just a couple that I am proud to claim as a show I watch regularly.

Hopefully, writers and networks will return to trying to make creative, new shows instead of just reusing old themes and scenarios. Or maybe I should just give up on basic cable and invest in HBO.

If anyone has any suggestions for good TV sitcoms that are on basic cable, please let me know otherwise I will be sticking to the infinitely more entertaining reality TV.