The Daily Paragraph -- What am I watching?

TV. I like it -- probably too much -- but it can't be helped. It's so much better now than it was in the 1980s, and I watched a lot of TV then, too. I can't imagine myself anxiously anticipating new episodes of Night Court today, and yet I loved that show 30 years ago. Loved, loved , loved it! Or maybe I just had the hots for Markie Post. But since that time, actually funny shows have kicked the tar out Night Court humor-wise. And action dramas? Holy crap! I used to get charged up over Knight Rider. It's embarrassing just thinking about that.

So what am I watching these days?

I try to keep my Reality TV limited, but I do indulge. I favor skills competition shows, and these days I watch would-be special effects make-up artists conjure up cool creatures on Face Off, and I watch testosterone-addled tatooists permanently alter people referred to as "canvases" on Ink Master. When Top Chef rolls around, I watch that, too.

With the finales of Breaking Bad and Mad Men in the past couple years, I'm down to one serial drama -- Better Call Saul. I have to keep these type of shows to a minimum, though. They're too stressful. I literally lose sleep over them. I think watching The Wire may have speed up my male pattern baldness and taken a year off my life. Season four of that show? Torture! Anyway, I've decided I'm not going to get sucked into Game of Thrones or Walking Dead. My heart can't take it any more.

Half-hour comedies are really my bread and butter, and the ends of shows like 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and How I Meet Your Mother have left me looking for replacements. I can't tell if Community is really over, but I would definitely watch more if Dan Harmon decided to make more episodes (or a movie). As far as I know, New Girl is coming back for another season. I like how that show transitioned from quirky cuteness to occasionally raunchy wackballitude. God bless Tina Fey for picking right up where she left off with 30 Rock by creating The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. And Will Forte has definitely earned my attention with The Last Man on Earth (and good for him for hooking up with January Jones in the process).

Apparently, I'm also a sucker for cartoons with title characters voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, too, as I enjoy both Archer and Bob's Burgers tremendously.

The internet age of scripted television has brought out some other good stuff that I'll watch as long as no one tries to charge me too much to see it. Duckie and I are both happy that The Mindy Project has apparently found a post-Fox home on Hulu, and if Mitchell Hurwitz decides to make more Arrested Development for Netflix, I'll certainly watch it. I also really like Catastrophe on Amazon, and I look forward to more of that, too.

Comedy Central always seems to have something worth putting on your DVR, whether it's Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Broad City, or Drunk History. I'm even thinking of giving Another Period a second look (I like the cast a lot).

See, there's plenty of good stuff to watch, and I'm always hearing about new shows I want to check out. But in the end it doesn't matter. Ultimately, I know that I'll watch whatever is on -- except maybe the reruns of Rules of Engagement that WGN America is always playing. I don't even understand why that show got airplay in the first place.