I highly recommmend Earl, too. The writing is superb -- they have the ability to start out with one basic premise (Earl has to reward "Karma" for letting him win $100,000 by paying people back for his former evil ways). They give him one person from his extensive list and then weave a complex plot and then tie it all up in a half hour. I think the writers have learned this from Seinfeld. The cast is superb and they have minor recurring characters that are sharply drawn.
The woman that plays Earl's former wife is bloody marvelous. She takes a cardboard character (the totally selfish bitch) and puts little human touchs on it that make you say, "Hey, I think I know that woman." You kind of end up really liking her ... just like a lot of totally selfish women we know. She is also super hot looking. At first you think she is just another plastic Pamela Anderson wannabe but then her intelligence shines through the character and she becomes truly beautiful. Smart less-than-perfect beauty always trumps stunning stupid beauty.
Earl is also great. Unlike Seinfeld, he can be super-funny just on his own.
I don't watch much t.v. (yeah, I know everyone says this) but Earl is worth the ads. It also has a real sweet message about human nature at its core but manages to mock a lot of society's faults at the same time.
