Shows that you just cant miss? Why

Ever think about when you are watching a show, why you are doing so? Why do you like the show so much that you have to watch it at that point in time? Is it a craving to watch it? Does the show make you happy? Do you feel like you have to watch it? Is it because of the certain show, or do you just like the certain genre?
I don’t really understand why I get hooked on certain shows, but I do. It’s like I have a favorite type of show. But then there are shows that are in a category of their own, like American Idol. I’ve watched it just about every year and I have no idea why. I love the good singing, but the terrible singers just bug me. The first few episodes of every season have a couple weeks of episodes where they show some auditions. Some are just horrendous and really strange. People dress up in weird costumes just to get noticed. Anyways, I’m not sure why every year from January to April I feel like I have to watch this show. There’s really no point. I always pick someone that I think is going to win though, and I’m usually pretty close to being right.
There are also other shows in the “crime solving” category that I absolutely love. I think I just get fascinated with the way they catch the “bad guy”. It’s so cool with all the forensics and each show has its own little different thing about it. I tend to watch one for a long time and then get bored of it because I’ve seen every episode and then start to watch another show. These shows include things like: Without a Trace, NCIS (Regular and Los Angeles), CSI (Crime Scene Investigation, Miami, and New York), Criminal Minds, Law and Order (Regular, SVU, and Criminal Intent), and Cold Case. With all of these options, there’s always something to watch on the USA channel. Some shows have more intense episodes or are just scarier in general. For example, in Criminal Minds most episodes are so intense that if I watch them at like 10 o’clock, I can’t sleep that night. The kinds of things the writers of the shows think of now just get to me sometimes. I actually watched an episode last night where there were three college girls that were raped and killed and then a high school girl was kidnapped. The way the show portrays the situation makes it get inside my head. The killer turned out to be two men that had this really weird partnership. One of them got caught and the other one tried to get him out by killing the girl that was kidnapped to try and say that the cops got the wrong guy. The FBI finally found out that there was a partnership and by the end of the episode they caught the two guys (of course). Anyways, because it was about girls my age, it kind of got to me. For some reason Rapists always get to me haha. I also hate when they have serial rapists that take girls that are home alone. That’s really freaky. I’m home alone a lot which is really creepy. I know it’s just T.V. but they play up everything to make it seem so real (like it could happen to me).
Some other shows I seem to watch and keep up with are pretty girlie shows. There’s always drama and something happening in them, unlike real life. The characters are always so pretty and perfect too. Of course things go wrong for them but they always seem to get over it very easily. Shows like Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and 90210 are like this. I don’t watch many of the other girly shows like the Hills and the City. Those shows seem stupid. I don’t know why but I’m not the kind of person who loves reality shows. Sometimes there really isn’t that much going on and so it gets old. Now that I’m at college I don’t watch really any TV. If I watch some, I tend to watch at a weird hour and usually just watch anything that’s on. My roommate usually has the remote anyways, so I’ll just watch what she’s watching. It’s usually not my thing, but I don’t really care. I just want a break from working so I’ll watch weird random shows from time to time.
So are there any shows out there that you watch because it almost seems like you’re addicted to them? Are there any shows that you “can’t” miss because you have to know what happens that week? Or do you not care about any TV? Like on Sundays I love to watch football all day. It seems like I always have to have the TV on for that. I can’t miss a game. It’s so weird. Why do I think like this? I have no idea…