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9/14

Television’s most watched drama Grey’s Anatomy, said ABC, returns to Trinity Hall’s Chicago Wing second floor suite TV screen Thursday at eight o’clock as the fall primetime season premier weeks are among us.

Last year the new Trinity residence hall venue, that comfortably hosted only a handful of people, attracted over a dozen female Trinity students for an hour on any given Thursday evening.
Although most the group is currently graduated or living off-campus, the remaining few will continue to gather around the plasma screen for Grey’s fourth season, said second-floor resident Erica Koster.

A sneak peak of the premier episode is available at abc.go.com. It is reminiscent of the Pilot as new interns are broken-in, including Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) half sister Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) who introduces a pseudo-love triangle with Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey).

Grey’s was nominated for best drama series at the 2007 Emmy Awards Sunday and Katherine Heigl won best supporting actress for her performance as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens. Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) is the only familiar who is not returning to the show.

Any and all female students are welcome to the second floor suite for the Thursday night showings, said Resident Assistant Natalie Zierten. Fans with conflicts can miss scheduled broadcasts without getting lost or left behind, because episodes are posted online as soon as the next day, and complete seasons are sold on DVD.

Those who lived on the second floor naturally adopted Grey’s Anatomy fan status because access to the first and second seasons were made possible by Koster’s roommate Vanessa Spear who owns the DVD sets.

“I watched seasons one and two in like a week,” said former second-floor resident Wendy Moore who borrowed Spear’s DVDs. She also finished Lost season one, about 18 hours, in one weekend with roommate Jesse Edson. Lost season four doesn’t return until January.

The third season of Prison Break debuted Monday on Fox, and will be watched faithfully in Buffalo Grove at a women’s soccer house, although not always at seven o’clock or on the Mondays the show airs.

“We record the show on our DVR and watch it whenever we have time,” said house resident Laura Della Torre. The Digital Video Recorder (DVR) operates just like the popular television recorder TiVo.

The Office returns for its fourth season Thursday on NBC. Men’s basketball player Tyler Liston already purchased the third season DVD that only recently became available in the past month or so.

The comedy series eight o’clock airtime competes with Grey’s Anatomy thirty minutes a night. While the trinity females choose a gender-exclusive site to watch their favorite show, the males can gather around Michael Scott (Steve Carell) to hear his latest “That’s what she said!”
Other popular shows among Trinity students include House Tuesdays, CSI Thursdays, and CSI-Miami Tuesdays. These are only a few of dozens of shows that are beginning new seasons in the next week.

Starting a new show can be a hefty commitment for college students. Taking the plunge comes with issues such as addiction and self-control. Viewers dive into the plots of their favorite dramas, confusing reality and fantasy for an hour a night and sometimes, in Moore’s and Edson’s case, entire days in a weekend or evenings in a week. Classes and studies are usually the first to get shafted.

“I don’t study as it is,” said transfer Bobby McColl with a smirk, “and if I get addicted to a T.V. show then I definitely won’t study.”