Recent telly's been rubbish, I think. Let me list all the things I can remember watching in the last week to see if I'm right.

Mondays
There's usually nowt on but tonight I watched Feel the Force, a new BBC2 comedy with the brilliant Michelle Gomez. Was quite decent, had a few good laughs, all mainly thanks to Gomez who is turning into one of my favourite comedy actresses. Will keep watching this show as I'm guessing it might improve once the characters bed in.

Tuesdays
Normally a new episode of Ideal. Tonight was the last episode. Ended on a bit of a downer but I do hope they bring this show back but maybe with less of Cartoon Head and Psycho Paul. They do and say nothing funny. Keep Craig/Steve and have more Jenny and Colin and many of the other little characters, there's always a laugh to be had with them. And if they bring back Judith try to make her less nervous, it's very off-putting.
Also watch It's Not Easy Being Green as I'm genuinely curious as to how we can live in a 'green' world. So far it doesn't look easy unless you have a love of and talent for taking old pieces of junk and converting them into water wheels, bio-diesel filter machines, etc.

Wednesdays
Get my weekly dose of Desperate Housewives. Can't understand why I still watch this show. Perhaps because my girlfriend still does but I'm losing interest in most of the storylines, I hate that Susan character. At least Bree is an interesting character but the new mother and son and slow son family that moved in at the end of series one can get to feck as far as I'm concerned.

Thursdays
Don't recall watching anything on this day last week.

Fridays
Ah, three of my favourite programmes were on this night.
Have I Got News For You. Still going strong but I wish they'd settle on a permanent presenter now.
Green Wing. Joy of joys, stylish comedy with some truly pant-bursting moments (my favourite of this series is where Harriet sticks a banana in Joanna's cleavage - a must-see). Only disappointment is that Sally Phillips is a bit of **** (that begins with a b and ends in itch by the way. Thanks tv.com censors!) in it, I like her too much to enjoy this.
My Name is Earl. It's always good to see a comedy from America that does not rely upon a studio audience to whoop and cheer at anything slightly amusing and using unresolved sexual tension between one or more characters as a hook to keep us watching. Randy, although not an original character, is still used to great effect (I think it was Earl's quote that Randy is afraid of chickens and the pope's big hat but mainly because he thinks there's chickens under it) and my girlfriend is thankful for the presence of Jason Lee. I agree, not for the looks, but I didn't realise what a great comic actor he is until this.

Saturdays
Doctor Who is the only thing worth watching here. This Doctor Who encapsulates all that I used to love about Saturday night TV as a kid. It is really well-written and acted and keeps us pretend-kids gripped at the edge of our sofas now (though some episodes do make us want to crawl around the back again: remember the child in the gas mask - "Are you my mummy?" still sends shivers down my spine). I remember last year going to a party at a friend's house on the night of the final episode and, while the party kicked off in the garden and kitchen (as it normally does), a bunch of us had sectioned off the living room for 45 minutes of nail-gripping entertainment and the joy of seeing a new regeneration.

Sundays
24 we watch but it's losing it's fun for me. I remember being gripped at the end of every episode in the first three series but this fifth one can feel like they're just retreading already well-worn paths. And I hate what they do with some characters. I liked Sean Astin's character when he first arrived (as a character, not a person) and even more so when he was proved right in some point, but then they introduced his sister in some contrived plot to make him into a bit of a twonk again. Did Sean Astin upset someone after the first few episodes? Will keep watching until the end, but with only one eye on the screen.
If we're lucky we might get a new Poirot or Marple on ITV or they might give us a new, big drama. It's about all ITV is good for nowadays.

So, in conclusion, not much really. There's about four good things on at the moment and they occupy about 2 hours, 45 minutes of my time each week. So why do I find myself watching about 40 hours of TV every week?