As the winter rolls on and the post-holiday TV season begins, some of the usual guys are back in action, like “Lost” and “Monk” and maybe a few others on their last legs.

I am here to save you from monotony and share with you a few highly entertaining shows that you may have missed or whose promos gave you the wrong impression (the obvious disclaimer of subjectivity still applies here).

Three you don’t want to miss:

1. House - one of the best-written shows on TV and one of the worst marketed; trust me, it’s so much better than Fox makes it out to be (but it is about a pain-killer-addict brilliant doctor).

2. Eleventh Hour - this is a new show that combines science and crime, and it’s sharp and fast-paced (and I just found out that there were like seventeen other shows and movies called “The Eleventh Hour” dating back to 1912 - who knew?).

3. Top Chef - there may be some of you out there who have not yet discovered this gem of a reality show; well, time to jump on the bandwagon. Nuff said.

Seen em? Like em? Let me know.