A little bit of night TV: Mozart in the Jungle

At a conference I just attended we all had to, as part of an "icebreaker" session, confess to our guilty-pleasure TV show. Since a I don't watch much TV and b I don't feel guilty about what I watch, this was kind of difficult, but I put forth the TV show we're now engaged in - 5 episodes into Season 1 - Mozart in the Jungle. It's the story of the NY Symphony (aka Philharmonic), which has hired a new dashing daring conductor, goes by one name, Rodrigo (Gael Garcia Bernal) - about his relationships with the players, particularly the fledgling oboist whom he takes on as his assistant, the board chair (Roberta Peters), the stuffy and proud conductor emeritus, the public, his celebrity, and the mix of personalities in the it, from the union hacks, the druggies, the cynical old pros, and aspirants. Lots of scenes of life among the 20-something Boheme types, and various sparks of romance among the characters, The show is charming and fun and light as a feather - hardly any of it is believable, which is a shame because a realistic comic-drama in this setting would be entirely fresh material and ripe w/ promise. You don't have to like classical music to enjoy the jauntiness of this series, but I would say it helps - as I watch and listen I'm trying to figure things out, to recognize phrases, to see if there's a glimpse at least of how people in this world live. Not sure I'm finding that, but it's fun anyway - and a good score at least.