law and order

i don't own many movies because i rarely watch movies multiple times. especially without a friend prompting me to. as a kid i watched pippi longstocking and wizard of oz so much that my mom still can quote those movies from beginning to end. 20 years later, i don't share the same affinity to watch the movies over and over, but i have a serious problem when it comes to law and order. i can literally watch that show for days. it's been that way since i was a kid and i can't explain it. that show is like a drug. i know it affects millions of others in this way, and is a similar epidemic to diet coke addiction as a new wave "illness". still i really don't understand it. dc involves chemicals coursing through one's body. but law and order? wtf?  it doesn't have continuing storylines - half of them are reincarnations of each other - but i still watch it incessantly. i really think it's starting to hinder my ability to watch other tv shows. there are literally 10 shows that i want to pick up. instead of spending my viewing hours on those, i will hunker down for a l&o marathon - AND dvr episodes to watch when "nothing is on". am i crazy? "nothing is on"? i have 500+ channels. i am officially pathetic. i really should be concerned as to why reading isn't higher of a priority for me. or exercise for that matter.