My two cents on TV. I stopped watching about the time "Firefly" went off the air, except my wife got me into "Heroes" and "Tales of the gold monkey" on DVD. I tried watching "Baa baa black sheep," too, but couldn't take the anti-history of it.
A month ago, I got some of the music from "Miami Vice" stuck in my head, and it wouldn't go away. The next week, I see the DVDs for season 1 on sale at Half-Price Books for $15.
I've only watched a few episodes since then, but I am amazed at how
vividly I remember some of the scenes. This was a show that I watched only the first 2 seasons, either with my brother or gaming pals. Friday nights, we often gamed with the TV on. I wonder if it was the action or the music that turned me on? I'm pretty sure it wasn't the clothes, I've never liked pastels.
Just to make a tenuous link to T2k, I ran a Merc game that had Miami as the home base for the PCs. Their hiring hall and weapons supplier was "Big Bob's House of Boom."