There's lots of good TV

How many times have you heard someone say, "There's nothing good on TV"?

I hear it all the time. Sometimes from people who hold me personally responsible.

But I would disagree. There are lots and lots of good things on TV.

The problem is that a lot of times the good stuff is on at the same time as the other good stuff. Which leaves lots of time when there really is nothing good on TV.

As the broadcast networks unveiled their fall lineups last week, my worst scheduling nightmare slowly unfolded. First, NBC announced that "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" — a new series I'm definitely looking forward to — will air Thursdays at 8 p.m.

Then ABC announced "Grey's Anatomy" will move to Thursdays at 8. And CBS announced "CSI" will remain on Thursdays at 8.

Then Fox announced that "The O.C." will remain on Thursdays at 8. Finally, The CW announced that it will return "Supernatural" to the same time slot it occupied on The WB — Thursdays at 8.

This has never, ever happened at my house before. Five shows — five — that we watch airing on the same night at the same time.

We're going to have to set each of the two Tivos to record two shows and resort to the rustic, outdated technology of the VCR to tape a fifth series on a third TV.

I'm not saying that these are all great shows. "Studio 60," of course, I'm just anticipating at this point. But given that it's being written by Aaron Sorkin, the man behind "The West Wing" and "Sports Night," there's certainly reason for optimism.

"Grey's Anatomy" is one of my favorites. So is "CSI" — a show I didn't watch all that much for three seasons and became a huge fan of when my daughter started watching those seasons on DVD (after taking the plastic off the packages that had sat on my shelf for months).

"Supernatural" is another outstanding show that more than lived up to its promise last season. And, while I'd never argue that "The O.C." is great TV, it is a guilty pleasure that has managed to be entertaining and amusing through much of its first three seasons.

(Plus, they killed off Marissa in the season finale. Whoo-hoo!)

There's part of me that wishes every single hour of television could be like this — that there would be so many choices that you couldn't go wrong when you turned on your TV.