I don't have scientific data, but I think plenty of perfectly nice weekends are being given over to the binge craze.

I don't have scientific data, but I think plenty of perfectly nice weekends are being given over to the binge craze.

My first few years as TV critic, I would go to parties and people (usually older Posties or ex-Posties who seemed to pride themselves on not watching very much television) would take me by the arm and insist that I watch this show they'd recently starting watching on DVD, about drug dealers in Baltimore.

Mobster stories are always a harder sell for me. I don't romanticize organize crime the way others do, though I can be swayed.

In fact, when it comes to TV, I'm not even sure what my real, true preferences are.

Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."

I'm a fan of half-hour shows that can be both funny and dramatic.