Anything good on TV?

I’ve always imbibed mass quantities of entertainment.

I love good TV, I am a movie junkie (both good and bad flicks), I watch stand-up routines until I’m able to perform them for any willing audience (or a mirror) and I am constantly trying to find new music to flood my iPod.

Yet a staggering fact about me is that I don’t currently own a television.

When it comes up in conversation and I tell someone that I don’t own a TV, a lot of times the response is “Oh, you’re one of those?”

We all know what people mean when they say “one of those.” The amazing thing is that I’m certainly not “one of those.”

In fact, when anyone who grew up with me learns that I don’t even have a TV, they typically sit dumbfounded for a few minutes before being able to form their follow-up question.

Yes, someone who has gone head-to-head in “Seinfeld” quote sessions and always come out victorious, someone who can seriously argue that the most realistic television fight scene ever was between Zack and Slater on “Saved By The Bell,” someone who had to go to Polihale after the “Lost” series finale to get away and mourn the loss of an all-time-favorite show.

This same someone does not own a TV.

The reason is not that I’m purging some habit that I consider a vice. The reason is basically that I have come to find it technologically unnecessary.

Nowadays, just about anything that has graced the television airwaves can then be viewed online.

Between Netflix, Hulu and the many streaming sites that pull live television feeds straight to your laptop, the tangible TV that I’ve always been reliant on is no longer a requirement.

I still watch a couple shows religiously, watch new movies all the time and usually see all the live sports I need.

So I guess I haven’t fundamentally changed, I’m just seeing things differently. And by differently, I mean closer up and without a remote.

Another contributor to what I consider to be a huge change in the audience experience is that there seems to be so little appointment viewing. In the past, there have been shows that everyone would gather together and watch at the same time, likely the only time it would be on the air.

Now, between DVRs and the Internet, nobody is ever really racing home to catch the start of their favorite show. I would try to watch “Lost” as quickly as possible, mostly because I liked to then talk about it with my friends. But other than that, I can’t remember the last time I was concerned with a show’s start time, or even its air date.

There is also not a single network drama I’m currently watching. I don’t know whether that is from lack of interest or lack of quality. This was a pretty hyped fall season by the networks, but for the most part, it seems everything has fallen flat.

I know ABC was hoping “The Event” would pick up where “Lost” left off, but that clearly isn’t the case. I’ve heard decent things about “Hawai‘i Five-O,” but I haven’t been roped in yet.

All I really watch on a weekly basis is “The Office,” “Modern Family” and “The Amazing Race.” Everything else is just catching up on previous seasons of some premium-cable shows like “Dexter,” or watching repeats of my old favorites like “Arrested Development.”

If there is anything I should be watching, I’m certainly open to suggestions. Maybe I’m giving the current TV lineup a bad rap and there is some great stuff out there.

Feel free to give me your best pitch for a current show to which you’ve grown attached.

I’m probably a pretty easy sell, since my tolerance to advertising must be at an all-time low.