Favorite TV Shows

[firstadopter]

Lately it's been:

60 Minutes
West Wing
Charmed
Gilmore Girls
Fraiser
World Poker Tour
Meet the Press

[firstadopter]

Monk - give this show a chance, when I first saw the commericials, I poo-pooed it. But when I first saw an episode, I was on the floor laughing. Very good comedy.

Smallville - I'm starting to watch this Superman spin-off.

[userbox]

The Apprentice

[TomDavis]

Apprentice does indeed rock. I wonder if Trump is like that in real life.

The interplay between business ethics and the "need to win" at all costs is fascinating.

[TheAngryIntern]

Las Vegas is my fav current show, and That 70's show is pretty damn funny. Plus anything that's on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Mail Call on History Channel is awesome. R. Lee Ermy is the shizz!!!

is this just current shows or fav of all time????

if we go all time fav shows, then i have to add these:

Family Guy
Simpsons
Seinfeld
Third Rock from the Sun
Tour of Duty

[firstadopter]

I guess we can open it to all-time too.

My all time favorite show was Sledgehammer. It was SOOO funny, about a cop who was oblivious to what was going on, kind of like naked gun.

"trust me I know what I'm doing" was a classic line from the show.

[firstadopter]

I'm watching a lot of the Daily Show and (gulp) Oprah these days. Lol.

[TheAngryIntern]

i really don't watch tv that much anymore....working full time and school and World of Warcraft don't leave much TV time.

my faves of all time are Seinfeld, Family Guy, Tour of Duty, Las Vegas, Will and Grace.

edit: wow, didn't even notice that this was an old post and that i had already posted. hmmmm.

[EzyRider]

Is anyone watching Arrested Development? I love it - witty writing without fear of being un-PC (much like Family Guy) and an ongoing overall plotline to which all events are tied. More of a serial comedy as opposed to a typical sitcom.

[firstadopter]

Battlestar Galactica on SciFi rocks my world. I'm so glad it is just as good quality as the pilot movie.

[arogan]

Lost - Best new show!
Alias
24 - much better this season
Battlestar Galactica

[EzyRider]

I'm totally with you on 24. They finally got rid of the adorable (except for her crappy haircut in the 3rd season) but infinitely annoying Kim Bauer - she was the Jar-Jar Binks of 24.

[Rogue]

My favs are:

Stargate SG-1
Alias
Smallville
and 24 - Jack has really rotten days......

Oh and any rerun of McGyver

[stupot42]

Fav TV show ever has to be Northern Exposure. :D I'm still waiting for something to match it.

I don't think I have a current Fav. There's nothing I go out of my way to watch. I loved ER, but that lost it's appeal once Mark died and with Carter leaving it's just not going to be the same.

And sorry guys, but I've just not got the 24 thing.

I eagerly await the next great TV show.

[TheAngryIntern]

I think House is one of my new favorite shows. The show does a good job at being a serious medical drama, but throws in a bunch of humor to keep it from being too depressing. the guy who plays dr. house is hilareous.

[firstadopter]

I started watching Lost and I like it a lot.

The female lead is a major babe, she kind of looks like that French Victoria's Secret girl.

[firstadopter]

I saw all the Lost episodes. Good stuff, it's kind of getting repetitive though, it would be nice to actually find out the bottom of at least some of the mysteries.

[stupot42]

It's been a few months since my last post, and we've now had a couple of months of House, and the first two episodes of Lost.

I have to admit I really like House. Hugh Laurie, House himself, was one of my favourite comedians whilst I was a kid, and it's nice to see him doing something like this. He's really good in it. A breath of fresh air! People don't realise he's a manic depressive either (weird for a comedian!). Apparently whilst filming he went and cried on his own between films. Poor fella!

I'm yet to be totally convinced by Lost. I've managed to predict most of the major storie lines in the first two episodes, but I've enjoyed them all the same, and I'm hoping for some more suprises in that. I hope it doesn't get too repetative, like Rendition said, too quickly. And is it just me, or has that hobbit grown quite substantially?!? :P

[TheAngryIntern]

House is a great show. One of my fave new shows of last season. I also really enjoyed Numb3rs, which i'm happy to see is coming back for another season. I was worried, because although it's a great show, it was in such a crappy timeslot. 10 pm on a friday? is CBS nuts? thank god for Tivo otherwise i would have missed out on this great show.

[stupot42]

I'm not sure if we're going to get that over here. It's just so crappy being so far behind with the TV shows!

[stupot42]

I've just seen an ad on the telly for a new show called Threshold with Brent Spiner. Anyone know if it's any good? It's on Sky in the UK, and I don't get Sky, but I'm sure if it's good it'll come to a terrestrial channel soon.

[AriZoNaiCe]

Lost - Best new show!
Alias
24 - much better this season
Battlestar Galactica

I'm a HUGE 24 fan, but right now I think the best show on TV is definitely Entourage. I don't even watch TV...EVER, aside from sports, but I'm totally hooked on this show. Freakin' phenomenal! I can't believe no one else has said it yet.

[firstadopter]

Battlestar Galactica is now my favorite show of all-time.

[firstadopter]

After reading all the hype about Firefly, I finally started watching some episodes. Good god it is good.

[firstadopter]

Any more good TV shows to watch? I need more to fill my appetite. So far it's mainly LOST and Battlestar Galactica.

[Rogue]

Rendition,


I have to agree with you on Firefly. I just finished watching my TIVO'd episodes from the Sci-Fi channel yesterday. I am now going to have to run out and buy the DVD's so I can see all the episodes before the movie comes out Friday.

I have to say that my favorites on TV right now are Stargate SG-1 and Smallville. I found Threshold interesting, going to give a few more episodes...

As far as Galactica goes, I just don't like the casting choices they made.

[stupot42]

I found Threshold interesting, going to give a few more episodes...


AH ha... so that's the Brent Spinner thing. Anyone else got any opinions?

[firstadopter]

What are you guys watching lately?

-I'm watching a ton of the World Cup, which is over after today.
-Professional Poker Tour on Travel Channel
-Deal or No Deal
-Charlie Rose

I'm eagerly awaiting for Battlestar Galactica to start again.

[TheAngryIntern]

as it's summer and the main tv season is over, i've been watching the re-runs from last season that still tivo on season pass. I've been watching the Tour de France every day on OLN, the World Cup, and anything that tivo's on teh Discovery channel

[stupot42]

I'm not watching that much TV now the world cup is over. My favourite TV program of late has been House, and season 2 has just finished in the UK. Anyone know if they're making a 3rd?

[TheAngryIntern]

I'm not watching that much TV now the world cup is over. My favourite TV program of late has been House, and season 2 has just finished in the UK. Anyone know if they're making a 3rd?

considering it's one of the top rated shows on TV, and the fact that they won a few emmys, i'd say yes, they are making a 3rd season. I think they even showed a preview of next season at the end of the last episode here in the states.

[firstadopter]

I just saw on TV yesterday the head actor of House got a huge raise. Before he was making sub-100k, now he's going to make 300k an episode.

[stupot42]

That's good to know. I love house. I've always liked Hugh Laurie (house himself), but I think he's genius in house.

[TheAngryIntern]

I might have a new favorite on my list. I finally got around to watching the first episode of Justice. Anyone watching this one? If you are, don't say anything about the other 3 episodes that have aired, i haven't watched those yet (i love Tivo!) Anyway, It's a Bruckheimer production, so you kinda have to know it's gonna be good. I really like how they only show it from the Defense's perspective. You never see what the prosecution is up to, don't get to see the jury deliberation. Really makes you feel as you are part of the story. Plus at the end they are going to show what really happened, so you can see if the Defense was right or wrong. Nice touch, i think.. The intro sequence sucks, at least in the Pilot, haven't seen if it's changed in subsequent episodes yet.

[arogan]

Jericho and Heroes are my two new favorite shows with Heroes taking the lead. Vanished has been ok but the characters annoy me a bit and it tries too hard for the 24 crowd. It's just not the same without Bauer!

Heroes almost feels a bit like an x-men tv series in a good way.

[firstadopter]

I'll check out these new shows. Everyone remember the best show on TV new season starts next week! BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!

[TheAngryIntern]

I'll check out these new shows. Everyone remember the best show on TV new season starts next week! BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!

meh, best show if you like Sci-Fi...never been a big fan of the genre myself.

[firstadopter]

I tried Jericho and Heroes the past week. Jericho was a little too dark (literally) and didn't really grab me.

Heroes on the other hand has me dying to find out what is going to happen next in a X-men kind of way.

[Rogue]

Funny, I am the exact opposite. I watched the first two episodes of Heroes and the first three of Jericho. Much too my surprise, I can't stand Heroes and find Jericho strangely interesting...

[firstadopter]

I saw the pilots for Chuck and the new Bionic Woman. They are both fun and I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. It seems everyone wants to do Heros type special effects, cuz those 2 shows sure have a lot for a TV show.

[TheAngryIntern]

i though Chuck was pretty good as well. I missed the bionic woman pilot though. The Big Bang Theory is a pretty funny new sitcom, very geeky but good.

[arogan]

Chuck - pretty good geeky humor. That woman is seriously hot and needs to be contractually obligated to be in various states of undress at least twice per episode.

Bionic Woman - It was ok. Not horrible. Not sure how long it will last. You know putting more makeup on starbuck doesn't really help her look more like a woman, just more like a clown.

TAI, you are the second person who has now recommended Big Bang Theory for the geeky humor. I guess I'll have to give it a try.

Dirty Sexy Money - eh it was ok. I found it mildly interesting.

[firstadopter]

haha Starbuck + makeup = clown. hehe Funny!

I'll PVR Big Bang Theory, never heard of it.

[arogan]

Pushing Daisies - Great show, awesome writing, and Jim Dale (harry potter audio books) is the narrator.

Big Bang Theory - It started kind of weak but then grew on me. My wife thought it was really funny when the nerds were trying to mod Penny's home entertainment center furniture talking about cooling and adding fans and such. Eh hmmm I guess it hit a bit too close to home. It's definitely more math/science humor than tech/pc humor but still not bad.

Reaper - first episode was pretty good. I haven't watched the rest. I hear it goes kind of down hill since Kevin Smith didn't direct the other ones.

Journeyman - Only have seen the pilot so far. Ok I really like Moon Bloodgood (from daybreak) but overall I find the show pretty boring.

By far my favorite new shows are Chuck then Pushing Daisies. Bionic Woman is kind of growing on me filling that Alias void.

The Unit has been really good this season with at least 50% less woman banter and more ass kicking.

[TheAngryIntern]

i've watched the first 2 episodes of Cavemen. It's ok....the Pilot wasn't really that funny, but 2nd episode was better. I think it actually loses something because there is no laugh track. As much as I hate laugh tracks, it just seems wrong without one....don't really know when you are supposed to laugh at something. They poke fun at Ikea, too, which is pretty good.

[firstadopter]

I saw the first episode of Big Bang Theory and thought it was pretty good. The laugh track gets pretty annoying and sounds fake.

[firstadopter]

Saw Starter Wife mini-series from USA network - 7/10 - not too shabby chick comedy drama

Rome - bought the 2 seasons worth - 10/10 - it's just that good. Great history + soap opera. The 2nd season isn't as good as the first.

[arogan]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

- best new TV series in LONG time.
- production values are pretty darn good and captures the feel of T2 pretty well. It's pretty graphic and brutal for TV.
- Casting was pretty good. Lena Headey (you probably know her as the queen from 300) does a pretty good job as Sarah Connor. Summer Glau (firefly, the unit) also works well. Thomas Dekker(heroes) kept the whining and bitching to a bearable level as John Connor.
- The story is the usual mind bending time travel stuff that you would expect from the Terminator universe.

[firstadopter]

I downloaded the first episode for the Sarah Connor Chronicles on Xbox 360. It's a free download. I agree the production values are pretty amazing for TV, it's like a movie in terms of special effects. Good stuff. My only question is how they can get a good story arc going instead of every episode being an action sequence where John Connor runs away from the evil terminator.

[arogan]

yeah that's my fear too. that it becomes a "monster of the week" type serial. I can see it getting old and repetitive. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. Besides, it's not like there's a whole lot of other stuff to watch right now. Also, it's horribly inconsistent both internally and also against the terminator movies.

[firstadopter]

What are you guys watching these days?

I'm watching Battlestar Galactica Season 4 (off to good start), John Adams, Gossip Girl (I know I know, shoot me please).

[firstadopter]

Episode 5 and 6 of John Adams have been a snooze fest. I hope the finality ends it in style. How has Terminator series been?

[arogan]

Currently there's not a whole lot on:
American Idol
The Office
Dancing with the stars (wife. I can usually sneak away when she starts to watch this.)
Big Bang Theory (this show has really grown on me)
Reaper (on and off)
Battlestar Galactica (season not bad so far)
X-Play (once in a while)
Game Trailers (once in a while)

[stupot42]

I've not been watching a huge amount of late.

I started to record the Sarah Connor Chronicles, but I stopped after I updated the media centre. Did you guys keep watching them?

I'm a big House fan... looking forward to that starting again after the writers strike.

I've got Jericho season 1 still to watch, and I'll record season 2 when it starts showing over here.

I also have most of Heroes season 1 left to watch and Season 2 starts here in 2 days, so I'll record them too.

I also catch the odd episode of Reaper. I like the idea, but I lost interest after the third episode.

Mostly I watch documentaries and factual stuff that's on at the moment.

[arogan]

Yeah I watched all the episodes of Sarah Connor. I really liked it for the most part. I'm also completely caught up on heroes, jericho (tiny chance it might get picked up for cable, I actually quite enjoyed the last season), and lost.

Update: just found out Sarah Connor has been renewed!!
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080422fox01

[delsin2]

Prison Break

Stargate

Simpsons

Smallvillie

Lost

CSI

and

Gilmore Girls.

[arogan]

Flashpoint - Nice police drama, good production values, some good intense scenes, and some action. Kind of reminds me a bit of the unit but domestic and minus all the wives parts.

[TheAngryIntern]

I went to the panels for Chuck and Fringe at Comic Con on Saturday. I'm really looking forward to the 2nd season of Chuck. The main cast was there, as was Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak (the show's creators). Very funny panel. Yvonne is very hot in person! Adam Baldwin probably got the most cheers, it was Comic Con after all and a Firefly alum will always be popular. Zach Levi (plays Chuck) even made a comment that Baldwin could be the only one there and talking gibberish and the room would be packed and he'd be getting cheers. After Chuck was the new JJ Abrams show called Fringe, so I stayed to check that one out. Definitely inspired by X-files and Twighlight Zone, but looks like it could be original enough not to be compared to those 2 shows. I plan on checking out the first couple episodes at least.

[firstadopter]

Yvonne is hot on TV too. LOL.

[firstadopter]

Any new TV shows that are worth watching these days?

[stupot42]

Can't say I'm watching anything particularly new at the moment.

I've been kinda getting into the Documentary/Soap Opera style Discovery shows of late like The Deadliest Catch and Axemen.

I've also started watching the Ultimate Fighter. A friend told me it was brilliant and gave me copies of all the seasons, so I've started watching them. Although I've done them in a slightly weird order. I started with Season 7, then watched Season 5 and I'm now watching Season 1. Since getting into that I've also been catching up on a few of the UFC events.

[arogan]

Way behind on TV but I'm current watching and catching up on:

Flashpoint
Heroes
Terminator
Fringe
big bang theory
the office
the unit
chuck
pushing daisies

thinking about giving eleventh hour, life on mars, and my own worst enemy a try later this week.

[firstadopter]

I'll give some of those a try. The wife likes "Privileged".

[arogan]

OK I wasn't going to say anything but I guess I'll admit it.
Yeah I've been watching privileged with the wife too.
But what she watches all the time is Dancing with the stars which I really can't stand.

[firstadopter]

That's so funny. LOL. Both of us in same situation.

[arogan]

Kath & Kim - wretched, horrible, steaming pile of crap.
Life on Mars - not bad, I'll probably watch another one.
The Unit - just caught up, best season yet!

[TheAngryIntern]

I've been enjoying Fringe so far. Kinda weird, you have to do some serious suspension of disbelief, but I'm liking it so far.

[firstadopter]

My Own Worst Enemy - I used to HATE Christian Slater with a passion in the movies. However the pilot was a fun romp. Will watch again. Good action production values.

[arogan]

Life on Mars still pretty good. We are both still watching it.

I'm still watching Mentalist too though I don't think it's as good. It really depends on how much the main character's smugness bothers you.

My Own Worst Enemy - Hmmm I still hate Christian Slater. It was ok. The wife has already giving it a thumbs down. I might give it one more chance.

I've only watched the first two episodes of Fringe and it's a keeper for me.

Watched the first 2 episodes of Survivor Gabon. We stopped watching survivor a few seasons ago but decided to give it another try since this is the first time it's in HD. It does help quite a bit, and my 6 yr old loves the show.

Valentine (why do we keep watching these CW shows) - thumbs down. One was enough.

Finally watched the season premier of Pushing Daisies. I still like it but not as much as I did last season. Not sure why.

Still way, way behind on tv. I've got to still catch up on Pushing Daisies, Terminator, and Fringe. I've got Crusoe in the queue (though I've got a bad feeling about it) and eleventh hour.

[TheAngryIntern]

Another one I'm really digging so far is The Mentalist. It reminds a bit of Columbo where you can tell that the guy knows who did it at the very beginning but just plays with the suspects and the other law enforcement guys until the very end.

[firstadopter]

My wife and I watched the first episode of Merlin last night. It was pretty good. The acting and writing were top notch, production values were good for TV. The only downside is the actors are.. well very ordinary looking if you know what I mean.

[firstadopter]

My favorite show this season by far is Castle. It's the first murder mystery show I've ever liked. Good chemistry between the leads and hilarious one liners.

[TheAngryIntern]

Anyone been watching Lie To Me? I was 10 minutes into the Pilot episode and I loved it already. Tim Roth is a brilliant actor and they got a good supporting cast to surround him. I like it because it's not the same old Cop or Medical drama that we've seen a glut of recently.

[arogan]

We recently started watching How I met your mother mostly because it follows big bang theory. Anyways, I started recording it and we both really like it. I've since started renting the earlier episodes from netflix. We are about mid way through season 2 now (watched all of that in about 4 days!).

The writing is pretty consistently witty, quirky, and right out funny. All the main characters are quite likable.

[firstadopter]

Haven't seen Lie to Me. I agree on How I Met your Mother, it's probably my second favorite show after Castle now.

[firstadopter]

It's a bummer that How I Met your Mother isn't available over Netflix streaming.

[stupot42]

I just started watching Lie to Me, first one was pretty good. We'll see how it goes. Do you guys get the UK versions of Life on Mars & Merlin, or do you get re-done versions for the US?

I've watched all of Merlin apart from the last couple, which are waiting for me, and I never really got into Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes (the sequel).

[firstadopter]

Merlin is coming out on NBC in a couple weeks here in the states.

My wife and I finished Jericho, 22 + 7 episodes. We saw the first 4 or so 1 year ago, never really caught the bug. But we gave it another shot with Netflix HD streaming and we got hooked.

I think it is my favorite TV series EVER. The writing and plot-lines are just so good and woven together masterfully. It's sad that the show got cancelled. I bet a lot of people like me saw 1 or 2 episodes in the beginning and gave up on it.

[stupot42]

I've not watched Jericho yet. I've seen the first episode, and I have the whole first season recorded off the TV, but just not found time to sit and watch them yet. I'm not watching anything at the moment tho, so I may give them a go.

[arogan]

Yeah I watched all of Jericho back when it first aired. At least they were given the chance to kind of wrap things up.

[firstadopter]

I saw the first episode of United States of Tara. I haven't laughed so hard watching a TV show in a looooong time. Good stuff.

[arogan]

I think Glee might be my favorite new show next to Flash Forward which is pretty awesome too. Glee is surprisingly funny.,

[firstadopter]

We stopped watching Glee after the second episode.

However we liked the pilot of FlashForward. Amazing special effects for a TV show. I just hope it doesn't turn out like LOST where it just strings you along the whole first season.

[firstadopter]

My wife and I are a bit upset about Season 2 of Castle.

It seems like the producers are trying to dumb down the series to try to get more ratings. 1) more gratuitious skin and girls in bras for no reason 2) all 3 female actresses look paper thin vs. Season One. I bet they were told to lose weight. Instead they all look anemic. The female lead looked amazing last season, now she looks starved. 3) the plot-lines were fun, inventive, smart last season. This season they were just dumb and simple

Sigh. Maybe they just changed the writers too. So sad. Season 1 was sooo good.

[arogan]

1) more gratuitious skin and girls in bras for no reason

I stopped after the pilot. Hmmm.... I might have to start watching it again. I'm still recording it.

I've watched the first two episodes of Community. I might drop it. I'm just not feeling it.

[firstadopter]

Just watch season 1. The pilot was eh I remember, but the rest of the season is AWESOME.

Season 2 sucks.

[firstadopter]

The last episode of Season 2 Castle was just as good as Season 1 ones. Looks like original writers are back. So weird.

United States of Tara has be laughing so hard that I cry. Some hilarious moments. Must watch TV man.

[TheAngryIntern]

I've been watching the forgotten, and I've been enjoying it so far. I'm sure it will probably get canceled, so i'm trying to not get too emotionally invested in it, but they've had some interesting story lines and it's a somewhat original idea. Instead of another police procedural show, this is people who step in when the cops run out of ideas and have to move to more pressing matters. The group goes around trying to put a name with a dead body and give the family and/or friends some closure.

[firstadopter]

What's your all-time favorite TV show?

I would say mine is Frasier. I still watch re-runs almost every week and laugh out loud every time I do so. Such good comedy.

[TheAngryIntern]

for favorite of all time, that's tough. I'd probably have to go with Scrubs. Either that or Seinfeld.

[firstadopter]

Human Target TV pilot was a fun romp. Looking forward to the rest of the season on FOX

[TheAngryIntern]

Human Target TV pilot was a fun romp. Looking forward to the rest of the season on FOX

I saw most of the pilot at Comic Con last summer, definitely looking forward to what they have in store.

[firstadopter]

Is it a real comic?

[TheAngryIntern]

Is it a real comic?

Actually it was, first appearance was in Action Comics #419 (December 1972)

[rosshx7]

I watch mostly comedian TV serials. There are lots of but recently I am watching How I Met Your Mother, Friends and My name is Earl.

[firstadopter]

Welcome to the forum ross!

[trader46]

damages, 24 , weeds, dexter

[MrBgoCH]

White Collar, Kitchen Nightmares and beloved but finally FINAL Season of 24 :-(

[LegacyTrades]

Boston Legal, Soprano's, Dexter, Californication, House, American Gangster, House, Las Vegas and, of course, Hockey Night in Canada - Game of the Week.

[perry]

Trailer Park Boys its Canadian but awesome

[CallaLilly101]

Dude What Would Happen

Family Guy

ok and True Blood

oh and In Treatment

[Bananas]

FireFly
The West Wing
Defying Gravity - Cut short unfortunately
Unusuals - Also cut short...damn it.
Battlestar Galactica
Avatar The Last Airbender
Family Guy
Survivorman
Samurai Jack
Mad Men

[Thackeray61]

Lost
Glee
True Blood

[harryden]

Mine favorite TV shows are:

Dexter
Lost
Supernatural
House
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

[firstadopter]

I've been watching a lot of Monk on Netflix. About 9 episodes in the first season (there are EIGHT seasons).

I'm enjoying it a LOT. The writing and humor is very good.