I have always enjoyed watching "old" TV shows much more than current fare. This becomes more true the older I get.

There are some good and interesting shows on these days but much of the landscape is an utter wasteland. The CSI shows are reasonably good although I think they would be better if they concentrated less on bizarre story lines. The Law & Order shows are good except I can't stand the bozo on Criminal Intent so I never watch that one. The episodes of both of those franchises though, really start to blur and run together after a while.

One show that I find enjoyable and full of some surprises is House. There was an episode a season or two back where House convinced a young girl, who had been raped, to have an abortion. This really annoyed me until I saw a later episode where he again tried to harangue a woman into an abortion. This time however the mother resisted.

This lead to a decision to operate on the unborn baby (which House insisted on referring to as "the fetus"). The woman's abdomen was opened and a female doctor (who had argued against abortion) reached in to get access to the baby. A tiny hand reached out and very lightly grasped her finger. The camera zoomed in on House's face as he stood frozen, eyes locked on that tiny searching hand.

This was as powerful a moment as I've seen on network television in many years. No words were spoken. None were needed. The unmistakable point was made with nothing more than a tiny hand reaching forth from its mother's belly and a look of shock and then dawning realization on the face of a cynic.