Herman Dune, Beirut, Modest Mouse,Postal Service, The Beta Band, Aliens, Bright Eyes, Broadcast, Devendra Banhart, Camera Obscura, Cat Power, Chromeo, Yo La Tengo, Elliot Smith, Life Without Buildings, Q and not U, Pinback, The Shins, Tegan and Sara, Vetiver...
Jeremy Kyle, CSI, Murder She Wrote...Jessica Fletcher you're my hero...Diagnosis Murder, Monk...Tribe, Eerie Indiana, Big Cat Diaries, Mona the Vampire and Due South.
I normally read fact books....if i'm going for fiction then 1984, Brave New World, Farenheight 451. Other than that i'd say dictionaries and baby name books are my all time favourites.