There has been a unanimous decision, here in the Such Is Life household, to not bother with starting to follow any of the brand-new fall TV shows launched this season. We will stick with the old ones which we currently do watch, thank you very much, but whatever new offerings are being presented by the networks this fall, are effectively “dead to us”…

This decision was affirmed last night when we decided to watch part of “Gary Unmarried”, a new sitcom with Jay Mohr as a man who is essentially a male version of the character that Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays, in “The New Adventures Of Old Christine”. Which is another show that we don’t typically follow (even though it is awfully funny).

The reason we have adopted this stance is that we tend to get attached to programs, and then they will suddenly get cancelled, only to be replaced by something odd, like juggling cats, or ballroom dancing. Personally, given the choice, we’d pick the juggling cats. Neither one of us cares to watch an hour of Crusty The Clown doing the Cha-Cha with Ashlee Simpson.

I know, I know – we’re just miserable old bats that wish M.A.S.H. were still broadcasting new episodes (we do). Frankly, the only reason we watched “Gary Unmarried” was that ole lady MTDG kept nodding off during a movie we had been watching, so I had to resort to network television. The choices were frightening, and I’m not talking about Halloween programming!

Of course, we are probably in the minority – we’re people that are light years away from the demographic that network suits are desperately trying to appeal to, people that actually appreciate plot lines, and compelling acting in their TV shows.

Although, we do admittedly enjoy the odd guilty pleasure. We do LOOOVE that Gene Simmons’ “Family Jewels”!!

Chow for now!