Hmm,Danborno those series will chop up your time.
I remembered when i used to watch 'days of our lives' it was so interesting untill i realised that the program is not progressing in any way.I found out that the whole 30 mins or so i've watched could be squeezed up and played in 5 mins.I decided from then that its over.How can one useless director hold me to ransom forcing me to watch a non progressing soap(made for housewives i bet).I stopped.
Once i was watching the tv after about 5 yrs of stopping and i saw that the thing was still running and i saw they were at episode two thousand plus.All i cud say was 'poor viewers'

But i beleive there are some new short lived and interesting series that modern producers make. '24' for instance,'HOUSE', 'CSI' are quite interesting i've heard.
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lost is it action?romance?commedy or sci-fi?