Hmmmm….I think Girls is growing on me. The HBO show is still sad (and sometimes degrading for some of the characters), but at least it makes me feel happier about not being their age. There is also an honestly permeating the bleakness of it all, and I’m big on authenticity.

It’s now 1965 on Mad Men, and I think Don Draper is feeling a bit out of touch, which works for me. I’m enjoying the season. It’s kind of fun, too, to think about the series creator Matthew Weiner and many of the crew from the series on location in Winston-Salem and other points in the Triad shooting the comedy You Are Here. The Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission tells me that Weiner is enjoying his time in Winston-Salem and other points in the Triad – he likes the vibe of the city.

I’m also watching the new seasons of Nurse Jackie and The Big C, which have both taken a few interesting turns and introduced some new characters (including one played by Susan Sarandon) to keep things fresh. It’s great that the end of May sweeps doesn’t mean the end of new shows since so many cable series run on a different schedule. It’s also good that networks are wise to the fact that they can’t trot out a bunch of reruns and generate any numbers any more, so that even the big four are trying something new in search of ratings.

More choices for me.