The Many Hits and Misses of ABC Family

 I have loved ABC Family since the time it was Fox Family. When I was in elementary school, every night at 6:00 my best friend would call me and we would watch Boy Meets World together and learn life lessons from Mr. Feeny.  When I'm having the occasional Friday night in to prepare for Operation Chip or tackle a pile of homework, I can almost always count on spending the evening with my best friends Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the frequent Harry Potter Weekend.  25 Days of Christmas (and the countdown to said marathon) is a good excuse to spend time with family and feel like a kid again.  I discovered Gilmore Girls through reruns on ABC Family, and for that alone, I feel as if I owe the station my first born.

 Unfortunately, this television station has many, many negatives.

The problem lies with 95% of anything that has been unfortunately dubbed "ABC Family Original" work.  Baby Daddy, Pretty Little Liars, Huge, Greek, Mean Girls 2 (oof), Bring It On sequels, and any Christmas movie with Jenny McCarthy are just a few examples. None of these particularly offend me, but given the choice between these and a live orchestral concert on PBS, I'll choose the latter.

The prime example of bad television is Secret Life of the American Teenager. It's crap. Crap, crap, crap. There is nothing remotely accurate to anything any teenager ever would realistically go through. I mean, if you have gone through childbirth, two fake marriages, and having a mother experimenting with homosexuality before the age of 18, A) I deeply pity you and B) the show still sucks. I'm sorry.

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Since I don't like focusing on negatives, I would like to wrap up with one ABC Family Original series that I cannot get enough of: Bunheads. I love the quick wit, strong women, funny teenagers. Plus, it was written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, writer of the one and only Gilmore Girls, which I mention my love for above, so what could be bad about it?

My favorite quote from last night's episode:
 
Michelle: What book are you talking about?
Sam: Fifty Shades of Grey.
Michelle: Great. Sorry to end the end of literature as we know it, but has anyone seen Fanny?