tv shows you like to watch

D · Post by D » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:49 pm

So what are your favorite tv shows? Here are mine.

Action sci fi: Terminator, seperate thread exists already.

US comedy: Psych
Started in 2006. Shawn is kind of like a early Jim Carrey (pet detective 1), but he doesn't bite Jim Carrey too much. Funny stuff. I like how Lassiter is being ridiculed and also how he always introduces Gus.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/
Give it a try and let me know what you think. It might not be for everybody. But if you like Ace Ventura 1 I think you should be able to appreciate this. Shawn reminds me of a frined from when I was younger, always got plans to do this and that and always dragging me all over the place.

UK comedy: Shooting stars
I just saw on bbc some of the highlights of shooting stars. I was laughing so hard. And apparantly it's back for another season. Still good as ever. Even though I don't get every joke, I still get most of them and laugh my behind off.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:55 pm

yeah i heard shooting stars is back too. It really was in a league of its own.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLUdekbWEw

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:59 pm

Simpsons. Sorry to give the most boring and obvious answer.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:03 am

Only thing I'm really following is Terminator just 'cause I'm a Terminator nut. My friends recommend me stuff like Heroes, 24, Daxter and Smallville all the time.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:47 am

Current list of shows I'm following:

Chuck
Heroes
House
Bones
Supernatural
Stargate: Atlantis
Sanctuary

I think that's it...

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:33 am

Mad Men

I love all Star Trek, even though they're mostly cheesy and bad

Uh, Daily Show and Colbert Report are good, for ones off the air Mr. Show, Arrested Development, dunno there's a ton more I watch just drawing a blank. Most TV is so bad that the mediocre becomes the excellent. I like it all really, turns off the brain and allows me to practice guitar for long periods. Dexter's an OK show, kind of reminds me of Fight Club

edit - 30 rock and the office are good

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:28 am

I like South Park and Gossip Girl. haha....ahhh Gossip Girl is the shit.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:06 am

South Park
Family Guy
Daily Show
Colbert Report
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Home Movies
Robot Chicken
Venture Bros.
The Ultimate Fighter

That's pretty much everything I watch regularly. I try to watch the Terminator show when I remember, it's surprisingly good.

Awesome shows that are no longer on the air:
Star Trek (everything before Enterprise was good, although I didn't get into DS9. Yes, I even liked Voyager)
Battlestar Galactica (from the 1970s only! The new one is pretty awful!)
Firefly
Get Smart (one of my favorite shows ever)

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:22 am

to be honest nothing has really lept out at me in the past few months. Heroes S03 failed to keep my attention and nothing else really seems that great at the moment. every time i fo real real enjoy something they cancel it .

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:52 am

I don't watch much TV. Not because I'm trying to be cool by shunning it with flippant "TV SUX SO I DONT OWN 1 AEHAEH!!" bullshit, but because I just haven't found much I like to watch regularly. At the moment, it's pretty much Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and the occasional stand up comedy on Comedy Central. I used to watch The Universe and Avatar: The Last Airbender, but the latter ended, and the former seems to come and go from the schedule line up.

OH! And I watch The Three Stooges when someone decides to air them.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:02 am

I watch re-runs of the Colbert Report and the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart.

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:13 am

SFKhoa wrote:I watch re-runs of the Colbert Report and the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart.

Jon Stewart is a pretty funny guy.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:40 am

Also Colbert Report/John Stewart, but mostly
THUNDARR!!!! plus whatever they throw after it- herculoids, space ghost,... plus Johny Quest. Starts at 11 every night. Used to watch law and order all the time until it was replaced by House.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:18 am

I don't watch anything on network TV these days, and hardly anything on cable. Mostly I watch whatever stuff on Discovery my Tivo picks up (Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, How it's Made,) and History Channel (Modern Marvels,) and I'll occasionally end up watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! as well if I happen to be bored enough.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:40 am

The Office, South Park, The IT Crowd, and The Big Bang Theory. I download all my tv shows though, I don't get good reception over air and I've never thought cable/satellite is worth the price.

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:54 am

Nothing that's on TV now, but I did really enjoy The Office (UK, best series ever), Extras, Carnivale, Six Feet Under and Twin Peaks, among others.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:03 pm

I tried watching the UK office but can only understand ~30% of what they say

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:43 pm

The Office (US) - (I've also watched the UK, but prefer the US since it's more of an ensamble piece than a Ricky Gervaise vehicle)
Life - Really great
Bones - great cast.
Fringe - I guess it's the magic touch of JJ Abrams. Tense. Funny.
Lost - Either you love it or you hate it I guess. Just two more seasons to go. No more flash-back/forward in next season apparently. Exciting.

My fave shows (no longer running):
Twin Peaks
Alias
Six Feet Under
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Angel
The Inside

Emph

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:48 pm

szycag wrote:The IT Crowd, and The Big Bang Theory

Hey. Good stuff

I'll take those and raise you Heroes and Lost, because those are the 4 shows that I enjoy. 2 comedy, 2 drama.

Well and occasionally Saturday Night Live

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:32 pm

i dont watch television

im usually either streaming 80's cartoons, anime or mma.....or watching movies......

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:43 pm

Neon wrote:I tried watching the UK office but can only understand ~30% of what they say

Same here, only it was more like 10% for me. The only shows I can think of are ATHF, Star Trek:Next Gen, Buffy, and Farscape. I don't watch much tv.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:19 pm

I only watch sports

More specifically, NBA.

jonny5 wrote:i dont watch television

im usually either streaming 80's cartoons, anime or mma.....or watching movies......

I enjoy watching 80s cartoons with my children or any cartoon that I grew up with… Loony Tunes and Disney can date from the early part of the 20th century and many cartoons that I watched during the 1980s came out throughout the century. I usually just watch them on youtube via the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo Wii + youtube = many hours lost in classic television

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:29 pm

szycag wrote:The Office

The Office (UK) had its own german dupe called "Stromberg".
It's based on the same concept and is pure comedy gold (at least the first season).

neist · Post by **neist** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:32 pm

Sadly, I don't watch much TV. Reality TV is getting too rampant.

I do enjoy House and NCIS though.

lewisit · Post by **lewisit** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:54 pm

no use in trying to watch any of the before mentioned US/UK-shows here in Germany: they're all terribly dubbed & therefore all equaly *@%#!ed...

so all TV-shows i watch are german shows that noone outside Germany will have ever heard of (e.g. Tatort from Münster anyone?)

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:24 pm

Top Chef
House
The Simpsons/South Park/Family Guy
Iron Chef
No Reservations
The National Geographic Channel

It goes without saying but your avatar is the shit neon.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:28 pm

takeshis castle

maxlords · Post by **maxlords** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:45 pm

Supernatural
Fringe
Heroes
Terminator
Battlestar Galactica (if it comes back)
True Blood
Legend of the Seeker

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:11 pm

emphatic wrote:The Office (US) - (I've also watched the UK, but prefer the US since it's more of an ensamble piece than a Ricky Gervaise vehicle)
Life - Really great
Bones - great cast.
Fringe - I guess it's the magic touch of JJ Abrams. Tense. Funny.
Lost - Either you love it or you hate it I guess. Just two more seasons to go. No more flash-back/forward in next season apparently. Exciting.

My fave shows (no longer running):
Twin Peaks
Alias
Six Feet Under
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Angel
The Inside

Emph

Good list. Never saw SFU or The Inside, never got into Lost, and haven't seen more than one episode of Twin Peaks, but Buffy & Alias are my 2 favorite shows of all time, followed closely by Angel. Bones is great, and Fringe I'm starting to get into. Didn't care for Life, though...something about that detective is....off. But not in a way that's entertaining to me, I guess.

Oh, and I'm one of those annoying American Idol nuts that has to watch every week as people audition & are eliminated. Not sure what the draw is, other than being a vocalist myself (I love critiquing the singers like a judge), and I often agree w/ Simon Cowell on his criticisms.

PieOrDie · Post by **PieOrDie** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:13 pm

House
The Mighty Boosh
Colbert Report

Are there any other TV shows that matter?