I can remember sitting down to a full lineup of great shows at 8 o’clock, or at least enjoying one TV show each night of the week. Classic shows like “The Nanny”, “Mad About You”, “Friends”, “SNICK”, “Boy Meets World” and so on were the highlight of prime time television. There are lots of new reality tv, drama and sitcoms to choose from now, but very few are funny or inventive enough to hold my interest. So if you are in the same boat and looking for something interesting to watch during the week, check out these great shows that I watch religiously (ps. I hope you have a DVR and/or most of these shows are available on HULU):

House, Mondays @ 8 p.m. Fox
If you haven’t heard of it, crawl out from under your rock. This show has been a hit for a few seasons now and although they are doing pretty much the same thing in every episode, I still really enjoy this show. Step 1: Someone gets sick. Step 2: House’s team can’t figure out what it is and treat the patient for a million other things that make it worse. Step 3: House fantasizes about his boss and has an epiphany. Step 4: Patient is cured. I enjoy seeing how each medical mystery evolves and I always like to find out exactly what the patient had all along. The first season was definitely the strongest, but I still enjoy my House episode each week.
Eye Candy Alert = Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) & Thirteen (Olivia Wilde)

How I Met Your Mother, Mondays @ 8 p.m. on CBS
Another show that has prospered through a few seasons that I cannot get enough of! Barney Stinson a.k.a. Neil Patrick Harris dominates the show for me and I can’t stop laughing. I love how this show is broken up into all these mini episodes of hilariousness that eventually will form the path to character Teds, wife..and the quoted “mother” hinted at in the title of the show. The one liners are the best (It’s going to be LEGEN..wait for it..DARY!, Challenge Accepted, etc”) and the cast will have you laughing after just a few minutes.
Eye Candy Alert = Marshall Erickson (Jason Segel) & Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders)

Accidentally On Purpose, Mondays @ 8:30 p.m. on CBS
This is one of my new found favorites. This show was released in this fall lineup and its hilarious! Billie a.k.a Dharma from “Dharma & Greg” a.k.a Jenna Elfman,  breaks up with her rich, gorgeous boss when he wont commit and has a backup rendezvous with a 22 yr old at the bar, Zack a.k.a Jon Foster a.k.a yum!. She in turn, gets pregnant from said rendezvous and things go crazy from there. The jokes are hilarious, the cast is gorgeous, and although the story is lacking an in depth plot, I’m so entertained!
Eye Candy Alert = Billie (Jenna Elfman) & Zack (Jon Foster)

Big Bang Theory, Mondays @ 9 p.m. on CBS
CBS is really killing it right now with their Monday lineup! Two and a Half Men comes on just before Big Bang, and although I enjoy that show from time to time its not on my top list. Big Bang Theory is all about a group of 20 something astrophysicists and their misadventures. Sheldon a.k.a Jim Parsons is my favorite character of the show, he is the smartest of them all and is hilarious without even trying. Half of the things they talk about, I don’t understand, but I bust out laughing every time I hear them sing “Soft Kitty” (google it!). I’ve gotten a few family members really hooked on this show.
Eye Candy Alert = Penny (Kaley Cuoco)

Trauma, Mondays @ 9 p.m. on NBC
This show is more serious than the few previous shows, but I enjoy it all the same. This shows is another medical melodrama but focuses on paramedics rather than doctors. A few of the cast members are good looking and I do enjoy the show pretty frequently. An episode never ends without something blowing up or some crazy thing happening. I will say this, the more you watch it the more you will get into it.
Eye Candy Alert = Glen (Taylor Kinney) & Nancy (Anastasia Griffith)

V, Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. on ABC
A remake of the 80’s series, V focuses on an alien race come to Earth in “peace”. The “visitors” as they are called show up to Earth and offer humans healing methods in peace in exchange for the use of a few resources. Little do we now, that although the v’s look like normal people, they are really lizard hybrid things that want to eat us all. Who knew? This show is a sci-fi action series that can be quite interesting. The story is slow at first, but give it a try for a few episodes.

Mercy, Wednesdays @ 8 p.m. on NBC
This is my absolute favorite show right now. The shows focuses on a few employees at Mercy Hospital and their lives. The major premise is that character Veronica, just returned from serving as a nurse in Iraq. A place where she met a handsome Doctor, Chris, with whom she has an affair with. She returns home to her husband Mike, who in the past has cheated and tries to fix their marriage. Doctor Chris shows up in hopes to win Veronica’s love like he did in Iraq and things go crazy. Let me point out that although this is a major happening in the show, there are a million other little mini stories going on (affairs, love, death, emergencies, babies, crazy!). I think that is why I love this show so much. There is so much going on that you just can’t look away!
Eye Candy Alert =Chloe (Michelle Trachtenburg), Sonia (Jamie Lee Kirschner), Chris (James Tupper) & Mike (Diego Klattenhoff)

Criminal Minds, Wednesdays @ 9 p.m. on CBS
If you haven’t seen an episode yet, you are really missing out. Criminal Minds follows the Behavorial Analysis Unit of the FBI as they track serial killers. Each episode is a different case, with underlying stories of big bad serial killers in the background of course. The plot lines are suspenseful, action packed and although each episode focuses on a serial killer, each episode feels different. The cast has a lot of familiar faces, which I’m sure you would recognize. Reed and Garcia are my favorite characters.
Eye Candy Alert = Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore),  Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) & J.J. Jareau (A.J. Cook)

A few other shows to watch for (their schedules change):

Warehouse 13
Secret Life of An American Teenager
The Office
My Name is Earl
Everybody Hates Chris