Suits. Swanky characters, smart lines, sharp dressing, pop culture references, the right amount of tension. I was hooked from day one and couldn’t get enough. For those of you who need a little background info: The show is set at Pearson Hardman, a fictional law firm in New York. Mike, a young and smart underachiever, was kicked out of college for selling the answers to a test and now makes a living as a bicycle messenger. His friend Trevor convinces him to take part in a drug deal. When this all blows up in his face, Mike stumbles into a job interview with Harvey, a lawyer at Pearson Hardman. As a new senior partner, Harvey has to hire a Harvard-educated lawyer as his associate. During the interview, Mike proves to Harvey he is the best candidate and is subsequently hired, despite the fact that he does not have a college degree, let alone one from Harvard.

It still feels like a brand new show to me, but in the US, season four ended this summer. Luckily for the fans, Suits has been renewed for a fifth season! Until then, here are some facts about the show…

I can only really enjoy television drama when there’s a little humorous sauce poured over it. That’s why I like Orange is the New Black and Hart of Dixie. It’s also the reason why I used to be a big fan of Desperate Housewives. I must admit I was more than a little sad to see that show end, and for the longest time I felt there wasn’t a proper replacement for it.

Enter fellow ABC show Mistresses, albeit less suburban and more glamorous, but it’s the closest any show has come to fill the hole Desperate Housewives has left in my heart (dramatic, moi?). It’s witty and current, and dives into the lives of four women to look at their relationships from all different perspectives. It also vaguely reminds me of Lipstick jungle and Cashmere Mafia, two shows that got cancelled before they even properly started, but I have high hopes for this one. Is it the best show in the history of television? No. Is it highly addictive and entertaining? You bet!

In the US, Mistresses just finished their second season, but in Belgium Vijf just started showing the first season on tuesdays at 22:25. Missed it? Watch it here.

In just two seasons Orange is the New Black has become a true classic. The show has done a great job portraying life in women’s prison as written down by Piper Kerman in her bestselling 2010 memoir of the same name describing a year as an inmate. The in-depth portrayals of the prisoners in their current micro world are backed up by their stories,  and alternated with scenes from the outside world where life goes on as usual make this show a mix with a brilliant comi-tragic feel. Did I mention the ton of witty references? Oh the witty references!

I love that the stories are expertly sketched to make a detailed world. The show’s creators obsess over the seemingly irrelevant little details. They take the time to outline everything. And it works. These are some fun facts on the show which made me love it even more.

I’ve been pretty excited to write a “10 fun facts” about the sitcom Friends. You see, this was the show that sparked my addiction to television. I must have seen each episode over 10 times and I still love it. I remember the first time I watched an episode. I must have been around ten years old and it was “The one with the Chick and a Duck”. I was instantly hooked. So hooked that I painted my room lilac and my dad felt the need to tell me that what I saw on the small screen “wasn’t real life”.

It’s been ten years (today!) since the show ended, but to me it’s still highly relevant. So without further ado, here’s 10 fun facts about the ultimate sitcom.

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Parks and Recreation is a show that has really grown on me. I admit I wasn’t immediately hooked on this one, but “stuck it out” because of, well, the awesomeness that is Amy Poehler. I’m glad I did, because this show is actually amazing. Leslie’s good intentions, April’s dry remarks and oh… Ron Swanson. So without further ado…

Because of my recent Mindy Kaling addiction, I finally picked up watching the Office US. I got hooked pretty quickly and 7 seasons later, that dysfunctional little office almost seems like an on screen family to me. Great stuff. I really enjoyed the fun fact list I did on Modern Family and decided to make it a regular thing. So here’s 10 fun facts about The Office US!