[Rastus]

I find TV is better than ever right now. I watch:

Prison Break
Heroes
Veronica Mars
Friday Night Lights
Lost
Smallville
Supernatural
Ghost Whisperer

I've never been much of a TV watcher, so it's incredible that there's that much for me to watch. I think it started by my wanting to watch HD programming, and these are the shows that stuck.

That said, probably at least half of that wouldn't appeal to the average boomer.

[BunnySlippers]

I buy Prison Break and Lost on DVD. They are good.
Didn't know they are on networks.

Sitcoms are the problem.

[sageb1]

I am completely unfamiliar with any of those shows.

[TheBigB]

I enjoy most of those as well! Heroes is my current favorite...can't wait to see what happens at Homecoming tomorrow night!! :) ("Save the Cheerleader. Save the World.") Veronica Mars is one of the best-written shows; Lost is having a weak season, IMHO; never miss Smallville or Supernatural.

[acapesket]

I am 49 and I HATE TV! I cannot bear the sound of it running endlessly in the background!
The 2 that we own are on for maybe 1 hour and 30 minutes per day, between child and hubby.
They mostly watch sports.
There are no TV's in our bedrooms or on the top floor where the bedrooms are.
We pay for the minimum channel exposure and I have blocked most everything that has no intellectual value.
I used to love Brit and got my dish post 9/11 because I could only watch non Fox news- it's the People's Republic afterall! Post election.. I shut the damned thing off all together and I am thinking of selling the 27" in the den.
Any buyers? It's only 8-9 years old!

[william clark]

Prison Break
Heroes
Veronica Mars
Friday Night Lights
Lost
Smallville
Supernatural
Ghost Whisperer

I agree with several of your picks. I think Prison Break is the most consistently suspenseful show on the air at the moment. Lost remains frustratingly intriguing. Smallville and Heroes are entertaining.

I'd add:

House - imagine Groucho's Dr. Hackenbush, only not in a comedy

24 - gotta love a show where you can go cold turkey off of heroin within a couple of hours, and get from the Valley to LAX in less time than it takes to book a shuttle.

Doctor Who - the new series boasts impressive special effects and good writing, though it's often tough to keep on top of the dialogue, as the dialects are sometimes very heavy.

Jericho - sort of Lost in the midwest

Daybreak - can't imagine how they'll sustain the premise over the long haul, but off to a promising start

Medium - clever and innovative offering from Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting), just returned. Unfortunately, for some reason, when I went to play the season opener from NBC's HD feed, my DVR had only received the surround audio and none of the main dialogue channel.

Eureka - on hiatus from the Sci-Fi Channel, due back in January, I think. Cleverly written and humorous, with some interesting story arcs.

Psych - also on hiatus (USA Network)until January. Imagine Ferris Bueller as a detective. Often laugh-out-loud funny, with the catchiest theme song in years.

Vanished - moderately interesting, but more than once the show has lived up to its title, and I've missed an episode because of some scheduling shenanigans by the network.

[Myrddin]

That said, probably at least half of that wouldn't appeal to the average boomer.

Zero interest in anything on that list.

[proud American in Canada]

Re, your list--I agree! Prison Break is amazing... Lost, Ghost Whisperer, House. Veronica Mars is fantastic. I like Bones, too.

There's a lot of great tv out there.

[x_plus_one]

House is a self-proclaimed atheist and acts like one. THe only thing on network TV worth watching is 24 on Fox.

[YoungCurmudgeon]

Thank you for mentioning Supernatural. Great acting, great writing, and multi-dimentional lead characters. I'm really pulling for this show.

[uncitizen]

The only shows i care to watch are Gilmore Girls, Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and Midsomer Murders.