As television mid-season approaches, some good TV shows are on the chopping block. Since we all know my life revolves around my television, I'd be heartbroken to lose touch with these characters. Won't you please tune in to save these shows from certain death?
Life Wed. 9pm NBC - Ginger Damien Lewis plays detective Charlie Crews, wrongly imprisoned for 12 years and now back on the job, with his sexy and sassy partner, solving crimes in LA while trying to find out who really committed the crime for which he was convicted. This season has Donal Logue as the hilariously inappropriate police chief. While Life has been granted a full season, it's, well, life beyond that is rather uncertain. The future is in your hands.
Life on Mars Thurs. 10pm ABC - I loved the BBC version and I've been obsessed with the US remake since they announced it's inception. While not as amazing as the UK version, the remake has a super dreamy hero, cast members from more HBO shows than you can shake a stick at, and Harvey Keitel...who's less terrible than I'd predicted. Yeah, it's another cop show, but it takes place in the 70's! People dressed funny back then!
Eli Stone Tues. 10pm ABC - While I haven't been as interested this season (mainly because there haven't been as many musical numbers or George Michael appearances), it's still a good lawyer show (though, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I wish they'd get a bit more Ally McBeal-y). Jonny Lee Miller really makes the show (all these shows star either English or Irish men. Are there no decent American actors anymore? (also, why can't the Republic of Ireland just submit to English rule? This sentence would work much better if I could just say they were all from the UK.)) Anyway, um, yeah. Please watch Eli Stone. Garney also wants you to.
Pushing Daisies Wed. 8pm ABC - One of the cleverest, most charming shows in ages, and no one is watching. It looks fresh, has smart, snappy dialogue, an interesting premise (man can bring things back from the dead, but must re-kill them within 1 minute or something else dies) and stars a homegrown American boy! Yee-freaking-ha!
I'd like to add 90210 to this list, but I'll be okay if it gets canceled (really, I should stop watching it and reclaim my self-respect, but I lost that long ago and it's too much effort to find it again). Please, please, please start watching at least one of these shows. I'll be forever in your debt...or in your debt until these shows start sucking and I pray for their cancellation myself.
[Insert lame pun about death here] 
