My Current Interest

               When I am trying to find something to watch on TV, I have a selected list of channels that I check.   I know which ones I am most likely to find something I like and I go to those first.   Over the past couple of months this list has grown a little and it now includes the two PBS channels in my area.   I do not know how many times I came across these channels and found something interesting to watch.   It became a habit to check them and now they are officially part of my list.                 One of my most exciting finds has been the airings of Midsomer Murders during the week.   Each weekday half of an episode is aired.   While I do prefer to watch the shows in their entirety, I love the show too much to care that it is split in half.   At least of the episodes I have seen.   If I have not seen an episode, I want to first see it on DVD where I can view it all at once.   After this is does not matter to me how many parts the episode is in, as long as I get to watc

                  Wednesday nights for the past few weeks have been really good on Food Network.   I start with Restaurant Stakeout , follow with Restaurant: Impossible , and end with On the Rocks .   Usually I do not see all of On the Rocks , but I do catch the full episode when it replays on the weekends.   Unfortunately it appears my Wednesday night trio is being broken up.   According to the website On the Rocks is no longer on Wednesdays.   I am sad about this, but I am happy to watch On the Rocks any time.                                 Similar to Restaurant: Impossible , On the Rocks is about remaking a business but this time it is bars instead of restaurants.   John Green comes into struggling bars and works with the owners and staff to make it successful.   He remodels the bar, trains the staff, and brings in someone to revamp the menu.   It is a very similar setup to most of the other shows, but there is a big difference.   John fires all the staff and makes them ear

                    It is probably apparent by now that I like makeover shows.   I especially like the ones that redo either a house or a business.   There is something about watching an expert come in and help someone turn their business and life around.   It gives me hope that even though things are dark it does not have to stay that way.                               In the show Restaurant: Impossible Chef Robert Irvine comes into struggling restaurants in an effort to turn them around.   He has only two days and $10,000 to figure out what is wrong in the business and to remodel the restaurant.   That is not a lot of time or money at all.   With the remodeling, Chef Irvine does get help from a designer and a general contractor.   The problem is some of the things the designer and the general contractor have to do eat money and time up so quickly.   There was one episode where the floor had to be dug up in order to fix what was underneath.   That is quite costly and time consum