TV Appreciation Thread

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

so... what ya watchin'?

I just finished off Deadwood. Great show, lackluster ending. I know they're making a movie and all that but the last episode wasn't even in the same league as the three or so episodes before it.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

I don't hate t.v., i just don't watch it. Wouldn't you rather do something else with that time, like play scrabble, or catch a band, or screw?

T.V. is only awesome when:
1. James Bond movies are running
2. Peanuts Holiday Specials are running
3. Anything that is vaguely like James Bond is running (24, Get Smart, MacGyver etc.)
4. Shit is getting blown up in that endearing 80's way. (A-Team, Airwolf, Hardcastle and McCormick)
5. There is eye candy.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:56 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

I don't hate t.v., i just don't watch it. Wouldn't you rather do something else with that time, like play scrabble, or catch a band, or screw?

T.V. is only awesome when:
1. James Bond movies are running
2. Peanuts Holiday Specials are running
3. Anything that is vaguely like James Bond is running (24, Get Smart, MacGyver etc.)
4. Shit is getting blown up in that endearing 80's way. (A-Team, Airwolf, Hardcastle and McCormick)
5. There is eye candy.

Or Austic City Limits, Soundstage, or some awesome documentary is on PBS.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

I really hate watching television, but these will always make me pause on a station:

CSI (Vegas)
Grey's Anatomy
Rescue Me
Jeopardy!
The Sopranos/Entourage (if I'm at someone else's house)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
football/NFL films
shows that focus on polar bears or whales
dog agility competitions
pastry chef competitions
scary movies

Thank God for tivo, though. Otherwise I'd never catch any shows.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:19 am

meet the press/this week/football
Monday night football/Weeds
Nip/Tuck
Runway/Top Model/So you think you can dance/LOST, depending on the season
Always sunny/Office
Real Time with Bill Maher
around the horn/PTI
and for some reason, Everyday Italian and the Dog Whisperer.

i really thought that i had more, but i don't have an HBO show at the moment and I'm hesitating on getting one. maybe i'll catch up on the dvds of the wire next.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

This guy has crack Wrote:

Nip/Tuck

Can't watch it this season. I watched about 3/4 of the first episode and then had to leave for work or something. My mom called later and while we were discussing the episode, she said something about Christian and the therapist having "backwards sex". I was like, "Well, thanks for ruining that show for me."

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I only watch live sports and the news.

If I want to see a show I just buy the DVD when it comes out a la Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 5 that I bought last week.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:29 am

also i just bought that big ass TV,so i'll pretty much watch anything in hidef.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:42 am

I just realised recently that the only current television shows I actually watch are Lost and King Of The Hill.

Other than that, it's just Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy, the late night talk shows, wrestling, and repeats of Frasier, Futurama, and Full House.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

oh i never watch TV, I'm above TV. but here are my 25 favorite shows:

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:59 am

Currently watching on DVD:

Arrested Development S3
Lost S2
Curb Your Enthusiasm S3
Stella

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

I don't hate t.v., i just don't watch it. Wouldn't you rather do something else with that time, like play scrabble, or catch a band, or screw?

Me, I full-on hate it.

There's only one or two shows that don't make me want to barf. And I love both of 'em:

CSI (original)
and
The Daily Show

The rest of it makes me feel kinda depressed. We also rent movies a lot. And yeah, I'd much rather be making music, making dinner, or making love.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:07 pm

Nip/Tuck is the worst TV show ever made.

I mostly don't watch TV, but I'm gonna borrow the season 3 DVDs of Arrested Development from my friend pretty soon.

(And, you know, I'm looking forward to Lost.)

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:23 pm

The Wire
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Tucker Carlson
Chris Matthews
Keith Olbermann

Sometimes Miami Ink.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Oh... so much for me contributing to "tv appreciation", sorry.

Well... if it means anything, I actually have "CSI, Season Premiere" written in my agenda for this evening. That show is the bomb.

(and Grissom's hot)

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Dickie Waivers 74 Wrote:

oh i never watch TV, I'm above TV. but here are my 25 favorite shows:

i was trying to find a witty way to say this.
now i don't have to.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:33 pm

I like lots of shows & movies. I watch way too much TV.. But that comes with my love of laying on my couch for hours at a time.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i like that scrubs are on every night now.
i like the early episodes where they are still developing the characters.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

jewels santana Wrote:

Dickie Waivers 74 Wrote:

oh i never watch TV, I'm above TV. but here are my 25 favorite shows:

i was trying to find a witty way to say this.
now i don't have to.

I'd never say I'm above TV. I dance around like a school girl when CSI comes on. It's just that prolonged exposure to most other shows could result in me going postal. :twisted:

andyfest · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:37 pm

I currently only schedule time to watch Lost and Packer games but I don't have cable or TIVO, etc.

I watched the premiere of Kidnapped last night and it was boring and predictable. Trying to pull another 24... Also, Jericho seems to have minor potential but I doubt I'll keep watching.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

pollysix Wrote:

(and Grissom's hot)

you and red need to get a room (with grissom).

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:47 pm

Boondocks
Daily Show
Deadwood
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

<--- doesn't own a TV

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:49 pm

-CSI - Miami
-CSI
-CSY NY
-Scrubs
-Everybody Hates Chris
-Boston Legal
-NFL
-This Week In Baseball
-Extreme Home Makeover
-Desperate Housewives
-Greys Anatomy (recently started watching - Why is the black doctor in the hospital?)
-Without a Trace

Gonna watch new shows:
-Shark
-Heroes
-Studio 60 (if I remember to watch it since it is on the same time as tivo gets my CSI Miami)
-Standoff (So far I have hated this one, but my wife likes it. We couldn't watch the second episode because it was about plane crashes and she is already afraid to fly since we have had kids.)

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

Z Wrote:

pollysix Wrote:

(and Grissom's hot)

you and red need to get a room (with grissom).

oh my god, don't tease me. i'd be like, "grissom, tie me up and teach me about bugs and then pretend like you can hear me."

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

yeah, really, why the tv hate? i love it.

i probably watch more espnews than anything, but i'll also check out vh1 classic and the movie channels (hbo, starz, encore) a lot. and now that series are beginning again, i'll be watching "csi:" and "my name is earl" each week.

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