[Sir Krustin]

I can't be bothered with them. I don't even have enough time to watch any "serious" programming I like watching. Between working 6 days a week, and GMing a shadowrun group my free time is very precious.

Now, not only do I have Andromeda to watch, but also Birds of Prey (fantastic show, btw - a must watch for comics fans) and Firefly, with Monk providing a nice diversion when I'm not otherwise occupied (riiiight). In fact, I rarely watched any of the F1 broadcasts at all this season.

I think what fascinates people about Soaps is the larger-than-life characters and the fact that everybody's beautiful and rich. (well, mostly anyways) Sure the plots are contrived, but the escapism is what people want to see.