How much tv is "too much tv"?

Last week or thereabouts (it is so hard to remember timelines with the Internet) the hashtag #IveSeenEveryEpisodeOf was trending on Twitter. On the surface it seemed like the perfect trending topic made for me. I love tv! Surely, I could put this hashtag to use. But when I thought about what I would tweet with this hashtag, I was stumped by the number of possibilities. When I decide to watch a tv show, I want to see every episode in order so I don't miss out on essential plot or a funny joke. To me, if I miss an episode it means that I don't love it as a show. Or if I watch it out of order then it is only an okay show.

This trending topic has me questioning myself to the very core: how much tv is too much? Over the past year I've added more shows to my repertoire like buzzworthy Mad Men and Breaking Bad to newcomers like Elementary and Nashville to name a few. However, with these additions, I drop any shows to balance it out. Except Glee. I had to let that show stop destroying me on a weekly basis. But I digress.

You can only keep up for so long before you start drowning in tv each week. Of course, there are scheduling conflicts that arise and lead you to prioritize. For me, Sunday nights feel like picking a favorite child: The Good Wife or Game of Thrones.And then come the personal life scheduling conflicts, like a friend is in town and wants to go out. As much as I'd like to become a tv hermit, my friends say they'd like to see my face outside of my apartment and away from the tv.

It becomes a slippery slope. Missing one episode to hang out with friends can quickly mean missing another week for a concert or other social event. Once you add a vacation into the mix, you are doomed to be behind. Catching up becomes a full-time job at that point.

I never meant to fall behind in my tv viewing. In an ideal world, I would have seen every episode of shows in my schedule. There is only so much time during the week though so it was only a matter of time. I've had to push some shows to the side for catch up when I have a a week without new episodes to watch. Like during March Madness or the summer.

And without further ado, here is all the TV I can remember that I watch.

Seen every ep (currently on air) Bomb Girls Breaking Bad Game of Thrones Happy Endings Homeland Mad Men Once Upon A Time Parks and Recreation Pretty Little Liars The Good Wife True Blood Young Justice	Seen every ep (ended/canceled) 30 Rock Arrested Development Boy Meets World Coupling (UK) Even Stevens Firefly Friday Night Lights South of Nowhere Veronica Mars Wonderfalls
To Catch up