Dec. 15, 2008
In the new HBO documentary "Cat Dancers," we see animal trainers Ron and Joy Holiday talking baby talk to white tigers and planting kisses on the noses of leopard and jaguars. Filmmaker Harris Fishman's debut documentary follows the lives and careers of the Holidays, who went from being childhood friends in Maine to being married dancers who performed at Radio City Music Hall.

You might be very shocked by how much you care. But you shouldn't be. Thanks to some of our more adventurous cable and network shows, we are falling for the kind of love stories that don't start with flowers and end with golden anniversaries. And these ill-fated couples make for very absorbing TV.