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Listed below are a few new TV programs that I have been enjoying recently. 

I have been tweeting about this show since December: Made In Chelsea.

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I saw a commercial for it on Style Network last year and I thought it was a scripted show. Well, it kind of is. Made In Chelsea is a reality show, but the people on the show play scripted versions of themselves. The show takes place in Chelsea, which is a district of London. It follows the lives of  a group of Chelsea socialites, who go on holiday a lot and have tons of drama. It has been compared to The Hills. I never watched The Hills, so I don't know if it is or isn't.

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I was watched the show on Style Network, but halfway through December, the network stopped showing episodes. On the first weekend of January, Style Network ran a marathon of half of season two. After the marathon, it hasn't been seen on the network since.

Through twitter, I have been given links to places online where I can watch the series. I'm thankful for those links, I would have been missing out on all of the drama. I'm halfway through Season 4 and the cast has changed quite a bit from Season 1. Season 1 has been my favorite so far. It had the drama between Spencer and Caggie. Every episode was are they (Spencer and Caggie) going to get together or not? Besides Spencer and Caggie, Hugo and Millie are my favorite characters. As of Season 4, Spencer and Millie are still on the show. Hugo and Caggie are not. I'm disappointed that it was never mentioned where they are or why they left the show. Since they are gone, new characters have been added to the show. I'm not to fond of them. They seem out of place.

Once I'm done with Season 4, I will have to wait along with everyone in the UK to watch Season 5. The new season is supposed to broadcast this spring.

I watch Bunheads on ABCFamily. After every show, I read online forums about the episode. In every post of the forum, Gilmore Girls is mentioned. It is mentioned because Amy Sherman-Palladino created Gilmore Girls and Bunheads. I asked on twitter if Gilmore Girls was good. Everyone that responded told me to watch it. So I added Season 1 on my Netflix queue.

Gilmore Girls is about a single mother, Lorelai, and her daughter, Rory, living in a small town. I have seen about three discs worth of episodes. I like the show. It is different and quirky. And they do talk fast.

The characters that I'm liking are Rory and her frenemy Paris. They both go to a private school and Paris has bitter feelings towards Rory. Their relationship went to icy to frosty. It seems like Paris is starting to warm up to Rory. I want to know why Paris acts the way she does. Why does she act mean all the time?

This season on Bunheads, the girl that played Paris in Gilmore Girls, Liza Weil, has appeared on the show a couple of times. Weil's character on Bunheads is kind of like Paris on Gilmore Girls. She gets what she wants, when she wants it. Her character is kind of a frenemy to the lead's on Bunheads too. Weil plays that character well.

House of Cards is a new show that can only be seen on Netflix. The show stars Kevin Spacey as a ruthless politician in Washington, D.C.

I remember reading something about this show last year, but I saw an article on USA Today about it last Friday. The article was a preview to the show and Netflix was putting it online that day. Netflix added the whole season (13 episodes) online. Since Sunday morning, I have watched all of the episodes already. It is very addicting. I binge-watched the entire season in four days. If I didn't have to work or sleep, I probably would have finished the series earlier. Now that I finished the season, I'm having withdrawals. I need more HOC stat. Maybe I will have to watch the original version of House of Cards to fill that need.

House of Cards is a fantastic show. The acting and the writing are superb. Kevin Spacey's character, Frank Underwood reminds me of his character Lester Burnham in American Beauty. The way he acts and talks. I'm just drawing similarities. Maybe it is because they show Kevin Spacey working out. Underwood's wife, Claire, is played by Robin Wright. Wright is a strong actress and I love her haircut in this show.

I, along with everyone else who watched or still watching House of Cards, will be waiting patiently for Season 2. I know that will probably be sometime next year. But that is ok. I can wait. I waited a long time for my other favorite shows to come back to the air: The Sopranos, The Shield, Dexter, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie and Community. So this will be no different.