I don't have cable (by choice), so we are limited to three channels (two if the wind is blowing so that WJET is not watchable) -- this leaves us with the Law & Order Network (formerly known at NBC) and the CSI network (formerly known as CBS).

Throw in "Criminal Minds," "Cold Case," and the one about the missing persons and every night is crime night -- all night.

I also can't stand 99 percent of "reality" TV. I get all the inside stories and reality I need from my own life, thank you very much.

I may be the only person on earth who has never seen "American Idol" (Fox rarely comes in), "Dancing With the Stars," or "America's Got (no) Talent."

I'd rather watch a good special on Inca Indians or Dinors Across American on PBS any night (if only that channel came in better). Yes, we really need a better antennea.

What ever happened to the good old sitcom, anyway?

Of all the shows, I hate Law & Order the most -- here are my top ten reasons why:

1. That stupid music -- dumb, dumb (how appropriate)
2. It's on every single night -- sometimes more than once.
3. It always involves a woman or child being raped and/or tortured and usually murdered.
4. I'm pretty sure it's giving wackos new ideas for how to rape, torture and kill women and children.
5. It's ruined my morning runs in the dark because I am convinced every rustle in the woods is a psycho prepared to lock me in his underground basement torture chamber (when it's usually just a doe looking for breakfast).
6. Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio -- This quirky jerk needs to shot in the line of duty. I can't even stand to watch him. What's WRONG with him anyway?
7. Story plots are blatant rip-offs from real life crime cases -- I hate these the most of all. Didn't they used to call these "fictional dramatizations?" Good Lord, hire a few writers and quit scouring the New York Times for next week's episode.
8. It gives NYC a bad name.
9. Law & Order SVU -- an entire spinoff dedicated to the most heinous crimes -- cause the regular stuff is just not entertaining enough.
10. It's replaced the evening news shows -- like Dateline and 20/20 and Primetime -- in which viewers could actually learn something (besides new ways to rape, torture and kill women and children).

P.S. I know what you're thinking...for a girl who hates this show, I seem to know a lot about it. That's because I am usually in the living room doing paperwork, reading, working on a column or blogging while the husband watches these stupid shows. And, like a train wreck, I just have to look.