I'm often talking with a group of people - friends, acquaintances, strangers passing the time away (I'm not shy, I talk to everyone) - and the conversation turns to television and what we watch.
I really don't get to watch television. In the morning when I write, I turn it on for noise and listen to Matlock or Diagnosis Murder. I watched them years ago and I know I won't get distracted from writing by needing to know how an episode ends.
Strange, huh? Anyone else do that?
The last weekly show I watched was The Gilmore Girls. Gasp, I know. And even then, I watched it on DVD's because I'd missed it on true time.
I purchased the first season of Downtown Abby over three years ago. Haven't watched episode one yet.
Then, two months ago, my family and I rented a cabin in Christopher Creek, AZ, and one evening we watched the tiny television that was sitting on top of the fridge (this cabin was premiere in saving space). There were maybe ten channel (wow!) and finally we settled on a show we'd never seen before. The only reason this show won was because it featured a sixth grade boy and my son Mike is in seventh.
It was The Goldbergs.
Here's what makes me happiest about the show. In a time when so much on television celebrates violence or sexual 'tropes' that I don't wish my 13 year old to see over and over and over and over an over... here is a show that celebrates creativity in children as well as the love of two very different parents.
Yikes! And, surprise, surprise, it's a success.
I think this might be why Love Inspired is such a success. It celebrates coming together (and wow, think of how different the coming together is in LI, LIS, and LIH). It celebrates family, community, and faith. Yup, it celebrates the creativity in God as well as the love that blossoms between two very different H and H's.
Yikes! And, surprise, surprise, the happily-ever-after is a success.
So, what show is your favorite and why!
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