When I was talking to my mom last night, I actually had to put her on hold for a second so I could rearrange some timers on our DVR. You see, we have too many shows to record on Monday nights and things were overlapping…and I was getting messages that certain things weren’t going to record due to conflicts…oy.

Too many shows to record…in August. I don’t recall ever having said anything like that before. I told Mom I don’t remember ever having this much new television to watch during the summer months. We’re actively watching (from what I can remember…our DVR knows for sure) Army Wives, Bridezillas, Entourage, Big Love, Weeds and The Closer. Factor in Throwdown With Bobby Flay and Beach Patrol and it’s starting to look like late September around here.

Of course, the real tragedy is the season finales of Army Wives, Entourage and Big Love are looming in the near future. Big Love ending already is a definite bummer, for it has become one of my favorite weird family dynamic dramas. Nicki’s hysterical chastising of Benny with, “You don’t get to pick and choose which parts of the Principle you want to follow!” was fantastic. You go, girl! If he wants to be a priestholder and have multiple wives, he needs to understand the “You’re not my mother” argument isn’t going to fly. I fell asleep 2/3 into last night’s episode, so I need to catch up. I do need Margene to actually start looking a little pregnant…the way the show has flowed this season, it seems like only a month has passed. At this rate, they’ll have to replace Teeny (does she even still live there?) next season or marry her off to someone or something.

Entourage is sort of a mixed bag of emotions for me. I’m hoping this was a “rebuilding” season and next year they come back to what makes the show great…watching Vinnie Chase and his merry men actually work. Some of my favorite episodes have revolved around the movie-making part of La Vida Chase, but sadly we’ve seen very little of that lately. Watching Eric fawn over Anna Faris last weekend was just flat-out painful…and annoying. Maybe the constant pot smoking/getting laid storylines are dulling for me…but that could also have something to do with powering through the first two seasons of Weeds in the last couple of weeks.

Speaking of Weeds…season three premiered last night and picked up right where CU and I left off Saturday afternoon…with multiple guns pointed at Nancy and Silas (sorry, kid doesn’t look 16 anymore) getting busted for stealing all of Celia’s Drug-Free Zone cameras. I think my favorite part of both last season’s finale and last night’s premiere was the pervasion of Cactus Cooler. I hadn’t seen Cactus Cooler since college!

And…I watched part of Californication last night. I have no idea what that show is supposed to be about…