I'm sure many of us watch cable shows in our spare time. Often, when there isn't a good movie on, you may watch one of those sappy dramas or a comedy when you're in a giddy mood. The great thing about Cable is that it offers you many more channels than the local ones and allows you to watch some of the premiere shows that are aired. Below, I'm going to talk about a few shows I often watch that I think are worth your viewing.

Monk
Monk is definately one of the best cable shows I've seen in quite some time. The story starts out with Adrian Monk, a genius detective in the San Francisco PD that had a unique ability of solving most cases. After building up a reputation for being a detective, his wife is suddenly murdered in an unsolved case. With the death of his wife, he becomes an obsessive-compulsive personality which means he fears mostly everything including germs, crowds, heights, and even milk. Unfortunately, his disorder doesn't allow him to stay as a detective in the SFPD and ever since the four years his wife was murdered, he has been trying to get his job back. The actual show is great since Tony Schalube plays an excellent part by having a phobia for just about everything. There's plenty of comedy in the show and weird cases that Monk solves along the way. This show was premiered by USA and you can find more information at their official site.

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The Dead Zone
Ahh yes, yet another excellent show that was premiered by USA. The Dead Zone is actually a show based off of a Stephen King novel, so you know it has to be good. The story starts off with John Smith, a high school teacher who's life was perfect. He had a girlfriend, and a child that was about to be born. Then, he got into a fatal accident and went into a coma for six years. When he awoke from his coma, his wife was married to the town sheriff and his son didn't know who he was. However, he posessed a unique ability of being able to see the past and the future through visions when he touched someone. Any object or thing would make him see a vision, and using this power he is able to change fate. I love this show since they have lots of mysteries that get solved through the vision with decent scenarios. It may get a bit over dramatized with emotions in many scenes, but it's still a great show. Want to find more information about this show? Check out the official site.

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Seinfeld
Seinfeld has to be one of the best comedy shows I've ever seen during my life. About seven years ago, I use to watch it every evening after school and it was funny. Not only was it the base reason for Jerry Seinfeld becoming a celebrity, but the acting was just hilarious in this show. Each episode had a humourous plot that was too funny to pass. There's well over 100 episodes of this show and you can probably find it on one of your local cable stations showing it on a daily basis. The entire show is based around a comedian's life, Jerry Seinfeld, who himself and his three friends have various conflicts throughout the show. There's plenty of jokes, hilarious plots, and even some adult-based jokes. The best thing about the show is that the acting is superb. Even though the show is based around Jerry, his three friends, George, Kramer, and Elane play an important part in the show. Jerry is an actual comedian. George works for Steinbrenner at Yankee stadium. Elane works for various people including an adventuring Mr. Peterman. And finally, there's Kramer who gets mixed up in all sorts of trouble. To this day, I still haven't met anyone who didn't like the show Seinfeld. Unfortunately, Seinfeld did their season finale a few years back after running for several years.

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The Shield
Believe it or not, this show made the most emmy nominations for an original cable drama show. It definately earned it. The Shield was a weekly show that premiered Monday nights at 10PM EST on FX. The actual story follows the life Det. Mac Vickey, who is a twisted cop that makes exchanges with drug dealers in order for arrests. He gets criminals off the streets in exchange for protecting the drug dealers from his fellow cops. While the storyline may seem a bit out of line, the show is very dramatic. The show itself is very violent, and isn't recommended for anyone under 18 (oops). There's nudity, gun shootouts, violence, curses, drugs, and just about everything you'd imagine. It's sort of like NYPD blue, but taken to the next notch. There is even parents who want this show banned from the air due to all the violence. FX does place a warning before airing the show though. If you want to find out more about The Shield, check out the official site.

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