My current Top Ten is......
CIS (original version). I've a worrying love of the close ups of the insides of the bodies. Occasionally it throws in an 'amusing' episode which usually doesn't work (like this week's comedy writers one....the in jokes about jumping the shark were too accurate, I thought.)
NCIS. Unlike Jester I think the acting is pretty wooden in this, but I still like it. It's made by the same folks who did Quantum Leap, so it's cheesy in an amusing way. If CSI was the Beatles, then NCIS would be Freddie and the Dreamers. (Plus I once walked past one of the actors in Holburn St!)
Emmerdale. Sadly, I need a soap fix....it was Coronation St til the Ogdens left...then Brookside in its heyday, but now there's only Emmerdale for me. I identify with Shadrach Dingle....he's the man!
Father Ted. A lot of comedies pass me by...e.g. The Office, Little Britain etc, but I can watch this again and again, and still actually laugh.
My name is Earl. Like CSI it occasionally has a duff one (this week's one was pretty crap), but it's usually great. My g/f's favourite character is Joy.
Time Team. The good thing about getting dottled is being able to watch this without realising it's a repeat until three quarters of the way through. I especially like the ones where they work their arses off for three days and find one tiny bit of pottery from 1964
Dr Who. Nostalgia is probably the main reason, having watched it right from the start until the Peter Davidson era when I gave up. Not totally convinced at the moment (Catherine Tate does my head in), but still set the video for it if I'm out.
I'm struggling now, as I'm weaning myself off of TV, but I'll finish the ten by adding..
Q.I. They seem to be all repeats at the moment, and are irritatingly smug, but still entertaining.
Jonathan Meades: Magnetic North. I missed this on BBC 4 a while ago, so will probably watch it for the sarcasm fix.
What happened next? Haven't watched it yet, but I recorded this week's one about the Global Village Trucking Co.
(When is The Shield coming back?...it was one of my 'must-sees'!)