The Big Bang Theory

     I admit it.  I love nerd-based humor.  This series, about a group of "power nerds," demonstrates the oddities and quirks of the super-intelligent in a humorous fashion.  With a combined IQ over 590, the three main characters embark on the typical day to day tasks, one hopelessly in love with the beautiful woman who lives across the hall, another wholly unable to even speak in the presence of a woman, and the third, too intellectual to consider breeding worth his while.  True to life, this show is low on the debauchery meter and high on the geek-humor.  Plenty of jokes involving verbage the average person has absolutely no chance of deciphering paired with jokes made "on the level" of those of us with sub-160 IQ's, all the while making you wonder what ever would make a grown man decide he is going to transfer his personality into a robot, so that he may bless the world with his mind even after his body dies.  As difficult as it may be to believe, much of the humor and value of this show really is derived from situations that everyone finds themselves in at one time or another, they merely present themselves on the show in ways that we may not be overly-excited about in real life.  For example, perhaps you won't get a chance to visit the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, but chances are at one point or another you'll get the chance to do something you've always wanted to do, and maybe your friends will argue and try to bargain their way into accompanying you.  This is the show that can brighten my day every time.  Thought-worthy story, unpredictable jokes, quirky humor, and a gorgeous blonde neighbor.  How can you go wrong?