There are people who’s series binging is now just a routine
There are so many shows I would like to watch and so many I haven’t seen
I am the person who is there for the first season and just continues from there
Those who really like their shows are always happy to share
How do they decide on what to watch when there is so much to see?
There is such a vast variety, it’s just so overwhelming to me
I try to stay away from major networks that have sometimes twenty six episodes a season
Then factor in the years and I bow out for that very reason
If it had a run of over four years there will be a hundred installments to view
That’s why I take the easy way out and look for something new
This way I am starting fresh and don’t have to watch something from the past
The trouble lately is that the ones I take a liking to never seem to last
So yesterday I did some research to see what shows have stood the test of time
See how long they lasted when they were in their prime
Ones that I remember when I was growing up
Some shows aired before the “Leafs” last won the “Stanley Cup”!!!
There were always a lot of westerns and each week would have a gunfight
“Bonanza” was the one I remember the most and it was on Sunday night
I remember “Michael Landon” portraying “Little Joe”
When he finished that, “Little House On The Prairie” he would go
“Bonanza” ran for fourteen seasons and “Little House” would last nine more
His last show was “Highway To Heaven” , he died young at fifty four
“Gunsmoke” was the longest running western, it lasted twenty years
“Matt Dillon”, “Miss Kitty”, and “Festus” were the main characters to appear
“My Three Sons” was another show that I remember well
“Bewitched” had “Darren” married to “Samantha” under her witch’s spell
“The Beverly Hillbillies” and “The Waltons” were very popular in their day
“Married With Children”, “Murphy Brown” and who could forget “Happy Days”
“All In The Family” was so controversial as well as “The Jeffersons” , a spinoff of the show
“Maude” was still another spinoff in case you didn’t know
The “F.B.I.”, “Mannix”, and “Ironside” were crime shows that appeared years before
These are just a few examples, there are so many more
This is just the tip of the iceberg of shows that I used to view
Some you will remember, others you never knew
They are so last century and some may never be found
I counted all the episodes in case they are still around
Over forty five hundred episodes if I was to take them in
There are so many, I have no idea where I would begin
In one year I would have to watch at least twelve episodes daily I would say
If they ran sixty minutes it would literally take up half my day
It’s obviously too much of a commitment that I refuse to undertake
Trying to relive my life in decades old television is a total mistake
So I will rely on my failing memory and will not proceed
Occupy my time with better things, maybe find a book to read
The Black Sheep Poet 