If you recognize this image, then you already know my latest viewing addiction. British soap, Coronation Street, is now in its 48th season. I only started watching last week so I really don't think there's much chance of me catching up on the previous episodes. It was first broadcast when I was a year and a half old.
Actually it'd be impossible to really get up-to-date. I am recording the half-hour show on the CBC. I get the wide-screen, HD feed from Toronto. There's a bit of a lag though. For instance, yesterday's episode was originally broadcast in Britain last November 31st. That means I guess I can begin to look forward to the Christmas season.
The plots seem just as zany as on American soaps, but the actors wear much less makeup and have had less dental work and plastic surgery. The characters are less likely to be jet-setters and most of them spend way too much time in the pub. How could one not appreciate all that?