What are your three favorite TV shows?

“What are your three favorite TV shows?”

That’s a question I posed to the 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders this week.  

I found it interesting that some students said they didn’t watch TV enough to have any particular favorites, while others had a hard time limiting their list to just three choices.

I also learned about a lot of shows I’d never heard of, many of which I don’t think you could pay me to watch. 

So now, without further ado, the envelope please for the most popular TV shows as voted  by The Hellenic Academy 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grades:

Dance Moms – An American dance reality television series set in Pittsburgh, at the Abby Lee Dance Company. The show follows the early careers of children in dance and show business, as well as the participation of their mothers.

Pretty Little Liars –  The series follows the lives of four girls – Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields – whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader, Alison DiLaurentis, in the summer after 7th grade. 

The Walking Dead –  An American pot-apocalyptic horror drama television series based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, et al. The series revolves around sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma to find a world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way. 

Note: that none of these shows are on one of the four major TV networks. They are all on cable channels (some owned by the big 4). I wonder if this says something about how our TV viewing habits have changed.