Can't even get through lunch

Just got back from lunch with my boss and a colleague.  Halfway through the meal, during a conversation about Las Vegas, my colleague brings up TV.  "I watch that show, Pawn Stars, that's set in Vegas.  Have you seen it?"

It's a daily thing.  It comes up in nearly every social setting.  I'm beginning to think television is way too important to Americans.

I now know that Pawn Stars is on the History Channel, five days a week, and stars someone named Chumley.  Or something like that.

(Thankfully, when I shook my head no to the question about whether I've seen Pawn Stars, the conversation didn't evolve into questions about what I do watch.  Which is usually where the wheels fall off.)