11 shows guys still watch when women aren't looking
By Kenny Herzog
Special to MSN TV
We are very much in the early stages of a post-gender era of television.
Ladies dig the muscular tension of "Breaking
Bad," dudes unabashedly binge on Emily Thorne's ongoing pursuit in "Revenge ... more" and even NFL Sundays have become a more integrated
experience. Not to mention, broader cultural definitions of masculine and
feminine are constantly evolving.
Still, as folks say, stereotypes exist for a reason, and nowhere are they
better mirrored than on the small screen, where networks are thrilled to exploit
any demographic advantage. For all our changing attitudes and tastes, there
remain myriad series that explicitly target -- and ensnare -- literal and
figurative 18-to-34-year-old American males chugging beer while making fart
jokes on their couch. And thanks to DVR and On Demand, the prototypical man's
man or slacker's slacker can wait dutifully until his partner retires for
the night and cue up a marathon of aggressively guy-oriented entertainment
without interruption.
So, without further "Is that a government-issued 9mm in your 1972 Mustang, or
are you just mildly irascible to see me?," here are 11 shows that even your
soap-loving boyfriend is probably sneaking in after dark.
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