I never thought I'd be so addicted to television shows! I hardly ever watched TV before. Like never. I went years without television, in college, in the Peace Corps. And now, I still don't watch much TV, but I sure do enjoy television shows on Amazon.
It only took me years to figure out that I got free movies and shows with my Amazon Prime account. I've had Amazon Prime for three or four years and I thought it was only good for free shipping. I had no clue that I could stream movies and TV. And then two things happened: 1) My co-worker told me about streaming shows and movies for free on Amazon Prime, and 2) I got an iPad mini for my birthday.
And it has been all down hill since then.
The first show I started watching was Parenthood.
I would watch it while folding clothes and stuffing diapers. I downloaded the Amazon Prime app and could watch TV on my iPad, in my room, without fighting my husband for the remote. A miracle!!
I think I watched the first three seasons of Parenthood in a few weeks. It's hard stopping when the next show is just a click away. No waiting until the next week, or even the next hour. One show ends and you can just start watching the next. And Parenthood was sooooo good. I had no idea. Unfortunately, only the first three seasons were free, so I had to stop watching it (I am hoping when Season 5 starts this fall they will make season 4 free on Amazon Prime).
So after Parenthood I needed another show to watch. There are slim pickings on Amazon Prime and a lot of the shows I'm not familiar with, but I read some reviews and started watching Doc Martin, a British show that is aired on PBS.
It turned out to be hilarious and so much fun. I loved it. There were five seasons of Doc Martin but each season only had about 8 or so episodes. So it didn't take too long to get through all of those.
Then I randomly added a bunch of shows to my watch list and so my next show was Dance Academy, an Australian show.
I had never heard of it, but who doesn't like a good dance drama. It was a little cheesy, but I actually really liked it. It was like the movie Center Stage, but put into a TV series. Plus each episode was only 30 minutes so it was easy to get through them. There were only two seasons of that, so it was over quickly.
I had never heard of it, but who doesn't like a good dance drama. It was a little cheesy, but I actually really liked it. It was like the movie Center Stage, but put into a TV series. Plus each episode was only 30 minutes so it was easy to get through them. There were only two seasons of that, so it was over quickly.
I have now decided to take on Army Wives.
I had heard of it, but never seen a single episode. But it is SOOO good. And sad. I cry at least once every show. As a military brat growing up, I am very familiar with military life on a base. The show seems familiar to me - all the hierarchies, protocols, salutes, uniforms. It is like relieving my childhood, but from my mom's perspective. Makes me miss that close-knit military family and life on a military base. Although the base (or Post, since it is Army) is in South Carolina and I lived at Air Force bases overseas, so it is different. Still good and addicting though.
I had heard of it, but never seen a single episode. But it is SOOO good. And sad. I cry at least once every show. As a military brat growing up, I am very familiar with military life on a base. The show seems familiar to me - all the hierarchies, protocols, salutes, uniforms. It is like relieving my childhood, but from my mom's perspective. Makes me miss that close-knit military family and life on a military base. Although the base (or Post, since it is Army) is in South Carolina and I lived at Air Force bases overseas, so it is different. Still good and addicting though.
And Army Wives has seven seasons, so I have a ways to go before I have to move on. If I can survive the drama and sadness. I may not have enough tears!
I can tell you, watching TV shows on my iPad while doing laundry or washing dishes makes those chores go so much faster. It's a win-win. But seriously - I never thought I'd be watching so much television!
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What shows do you really like?
Ever seen any of the shows above? Any Army Wives fans????
