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Bruce B

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I started a thread like this a few years ago and it was interesting to find out what people just refuse to miss, so I thought I would revive it. I'm also adding shows that have fallen out of favor with me and why.

 

Must see:

1. House- To me, by far, the best actor on tv is Hugh Laurie. To watch this show you have to suspend disbelief because there is no way he could get away with the stuff he gets away with. His character is enthralling. He can cure all ailments except his own.

 

2. 24- getting long in the tooth, but still love Bauer power

 

3. Heroes- Been taping it and havent caught up but I think I want the dvd and start from the beginning

 

4. Greys Anatomy- Loved E.R. but this show is better. Gre herself is annoying but the rest of the cast is great.

 

5.Lost- The show I love to hate but keep watching. It pisses me off constantly with its hiatuses but I'm still there.

 

Shows that have fallen off my radar:

1. Survivor- Boring. I use to watch when they actually made the people starve. Too many challenges where the get food and amenities

2. Amazing Race- Just tired of the format

3. Reality shows in general

4. CSI- Again, bored with the format

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Some that I record regularly:

 

-Lost

-Battlestar Galactica

-Curb Your Enthusiasm

-Rome

-Real Time with Bill Maher

-South Park

-How I Met Your Mother

-Family Guy

-American Dad

-Jericho

-Heroes

-Supernatural

-Subterranean (also any good music special that airs)

-Formula One Racing/Drag Racing/Snowmobile Racing/Road Racing (etc)

-My Name is Earl

-Ebert & Roeper

-Higher Definition

-Good Eats

 

I've got a few series queued at Netflix like 24, too.

 

I've avoided doctor, lawyer, procedural & investigative, & reality shows for a long time, but there have been a couple of exceptions in the past.

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1. Heroes - Haven't missed an episode yet!

 

2. Prison Break - Still enjoying it

 

3. Survivor - Been watching since 2000, think the newer stuff like the hidden immunity idol keeps things interesting.

 

4. Smallville - Gets DVR'd when on at the same time as Survivor.

 

5. Rome/Sopranos/(HBO Sunday night 9pm)

 

6. How I Met Your Mother - Gets DVR'd and watched Tuesday or Wednesday

 

I'll also watch American Idol and Numbers with my wife.

 

Shows no longer watched anymore:

Studio 60 - Had a backlog of 3 weeks of this show that we just weren't motivated to watch, so deleted them before going on vacation to make room to record some other shows & movies.

 

Amazing Race - lost interest

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Due to my schedule and my inability to be consistent with the DVR, not a ton, but the few things I enjoy when I have some time include:

 

- Battlestar Galactica

- The Sara Silverman Show (funny, funny, funny)

- How I Met Your Mother

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On the list:

 

Heroes

24

Desperate Housewives - for the wife

Apprentice: Los Angeles

Lost - for the wife

Men in Trees - for the wife

How I met your Mother

Prison Break

Studio 60 on the Sunset STrip

Grey's Anatomy - for the wife

Without a Trace

The Unit - still a favorite of mine

Unique Whips - an automobile customization show on Speedvision

King of Cars - On A&E

Flip this House - on A&E

High Stakes Poker - on Gameshow network.

World Poker Tour - on Travel

Numbers - Friday on CBS

Rescue Me - when it's on.

The State Within - BBCAmerica - 24 fans would like this.

Everday Italian on FoodTv

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Here's what I watch every week, usually when the baby's falling asleep or getting fed (thanks, Tivo!):

 

Battlestar Galactica (rapidly getting bored...)

Heroes

Knights of Prosperity (thoroughly underrated - it hits just the right 'pitch' for me)

My Name Is Earl

 

Rose watches Grey's Anatomy, ER & Desperate Housewives, though I think she's getting bored of the latter. We watch "Waterloo Road" thanks to UKNova. There's a few other shows we've got season passes to, but don't watch 'religiously', just keep to watch for filler & to avoid watching live tv:

 

Sarah Silverman Show

Made

Wife Swap

Nova

Quest.

 

I'm sure there's more. Our TV watching has jumped up since we had our daughter.

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I keep up to date with:

Heroes

Friday Night Lights (I LOVE this show)

American Idol (this is the first season I have watched)

Desperate Housewives (My wife loves this show)

 

I keep up with these shows only on Dvd:

24

House

Monk

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Family Guy

Sopranos

Rescue Me

The Shield

The Wire

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Here's all the stuff I'm currently downloading from Usenet and watch while I'm working (pack a lunch):

 

24

30 Rock

Battlestar Galactica

Bones

Criminal Minds

Crossing Jordan

CSI:NY

Heroes

House

How I Met Your Mother

In Case of Emergency

Jericho

Las Vegas

Lost

Medium

Monk

My Name is Earl

NCIS

Numb3rs

Prison Break

Psych

Scrubs

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Supernatural

The Dresden Files

The Knights of Prosperity

The Office

The Unit

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I didn't watch any TV until I watched S1 of Lost and Desperate Housewives last year. Now I watch Lost.

 

Desperate Housewives we are still watching, but it went downhill. It's gotten a little too soap-opera-y for me as of late with preposterous storylines. And how many times is Bree going to hook up with some crazy dude?

 

So now I'm down to Lost, Colbert Report and the Daily Show. And South Park as I didn't watch between seasons 2/3 and S11 or whatever it's on.

 

I still watch Desperate Housewives with the wife but I'm rapidly getting tired of it. I don't know why I'm bothering.

 

My wife watches House and I've become amused by it. It's sometimes a bit too unrealistic but House is such a grumpy drug-addicated bastard I find it amusing. So I watch that lately although I've oly seen bits of pieces of S1 & S2.

 

1 Lost

2 Colbert

3 Daily Show

4 House

 

That's pretty much it. My wife likes Grey's Anatomy but I don't find it very appealing. I just watched the 3-parter about the ferry crashing. The first 2 eps were good (actual medical drama!) but neither one of us could stand how they stretched it to a 3rd ep and how it resolved. And the 3rd ep (the last one that just aired) was LAME (sorry Grey's fans). My wife thought she had me watching it, but she said after watching that ep "dang, now he's never going to watch it, because that was kinda dumb". I noticed that since she moved it down from "I love this show so much I speed on my 2 hour drive home in time to watch it" to "it's taping, I'll watch it later"

 

BTW my wife liked the commercials for Sarah Silverman show but we watched a few of them and neither of us found them very funny. Just don't get it, I guess. Not my kind of humor. She is kinda hot though.

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Me.........

House

Prison Break (getting really bored w/ this on though)

24

The Unit

Boston Legal

Numbers

Family Guy

American Dad

Stargate Atlantis

 

The Wife.....

Greys Anatomy (I loved this one at the start, but it turned into melrose place)

Desparate Housewives

The Real Women of Orange County

Law & Order (the format is just soo tired, but somehow she'll still watch :confused: )

 

The only show we both like to watch is Las Vegas. Sam :drool

 

We also record the csi's, but they usually get deleted b4 we ever get around to watching them.

I'll have to check out Sara Silverman, I never heard of her. :o

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Sarah Silverman is hysterical, but not for everyone. She's very caustic and dry.

 

See below:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ko6LNkviE

 

That explains why you like her. :P

 

Yeah, fuck that no talent racist bitch. When I used to deliver chinese food back in 1993, she said I got her order wrong and called me a stupid chink. I would have preferred she use the words chinese person. :furious

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Yeah, fuck that no talent racist bitch. When I used to deliver chinese food back in 1993, she said I got her order wrong and called me a stupid chink. I would have preferred she use the words chinese person. :furious

 

:lol

 

It must be tough, you know, having to deliver all that food and not being able to eat any yourself. To go hungry amongst so much food. The terror!

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Sarah Silverman is hysterical, but not for everyone. She's very caustic and dry.

 

See below:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ko6LNkviE

 

meh...I find her neither caustic nor dry, just sort of predictable. Her show just makes me wish the State and Dave Chappelle still had new episodes coming out. She's cute though; I'll give her that much. I won't even go into the irony of minorities being racist, but I'm sad to hear she is one.

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