Favourite TV shows?

[yellowfeverlime]

My favorite TV show is Veronica Mars. What are your's?

[samercury]

My favorite TV show was Shaman King (I'm an aNIME FREAK) But I missed part of the last episode thanks to someone :( Oh well (sigh) Right now I don't really have one... I guess Magical DoReMi or Yu-Gi-Oh or One Piece or Xiolin Showdown :D

[yellowfeverlime]

I liked the 4400 too

[samercury]

What is the 4400???

[shortysweetp]

i like the 4400 i missed some of the end of this season though

[Electro]

My fav tv show's are: Trigun, Gungrave, Gundam Wing, and Dragonball Z ( I am a anime nut alittle lol), also this sopranos & lost are great too.....

[RococoLocket]

Father Ted!

Also The Vicar of Dibley, Time Team, Neighbours and generally costume dramas & historical programs/documentaries. I also really miss Strange but True, although that finished when I was a child :( I do love comedies, I love to laugh. Classic comedies are the best [such as Are you being served? And Carry On's] because they're subtly innuendous, not abhorrantly crude like many modern comedies.

[crisaor]

The Simpsons (up to and including the 9th season)
The Critic
Seinfeld

[yellowfeverlime]

The Critic???

[Jay]

Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis though there's several more I quite enjoyed.

[Mark F.]

The Simpsons

[papayahed]

I may possibly watch too much TV, my shows are:

Stargate Atlantis
Gilmore Girls
Grey's Anatomy
Good Eats

[Mark F.]

Father Ted is good, yeah.

Older shows that I love include Black Adder, Fawlty Towers.

[Darlin]

Nice to see a few Stargate fans. Shows I definitely go out of may to watch are:

Stargate
Lost
Everwood
George Lopez
Rick Steves' Europe
King of the Hill

[Padan Fain]

Wiseguy
Robin of Sherwood

[RococoLocket]

Father Ted is good, yeah.

Older shows that I love include Black Adder, Fawlty Towers.

Gah yes! I always forget to put Blackadder! I should just begin using the tern "Classic British Comedy" maybe ... might do me more justice! :)

[crisaor]

The Critic???
Assuming that wasn't a swing at my taste, you can find out more about it here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108734/).

[mono]

I watch very, very little television (particularly only movies), but frequently watch Jeopardy, and, now and then, a few documentaries on 'The Discovery Channel,' 'The Learning Channel,' or 'The History Channel.'
I suppose I cannot understand many of the 'reality' television shows (often far from 'reality'), sitcoms, and talk shows, but understand others' tastes. ;)

[Aurora Ariel]

I actually don't really watch TV.I would not find the time.I rarely watch anything most nights, but, if I do it's usually a documentary, a historical ABC drama, a foreign language film on SBS or the science show Catalyst and The Movie Show, which has serious reviews;many from art house and unusual independent documentary films from overseas.Hypothetically:If I had choose between watching some TV show I'm not really interested in or read another book I have to choose the book everytime.There is so many I've still yet to get through in my spare reading time I just don't have any spare time to watch shows that are either quite dull and not stimulating enough or just repeats.I don't have the spare time to watch TV all night as I'm usually so busy with other things.But there was a few good documentaries and historical shows I've seen.Did anyone see the ABC series doco-drama about women writers(though they featured one male-Robert Louis Stevenson) in the nineteenth century?I loved the one about Mary Shelley and also George Eliot.One week they had this long one about Shelley which was narrated by Professor Robert Winston and featured footage of the real Villa Diodati in Lake Geneva, Switzerland.He was so lucky to be able to travel there in the flesh and I desperately wish to go there myself.They also reinacted the famous dream scene in which the teenage Mary is inspired during one stormy night in the Villa in her bed.There was bright flashes of thunder and lightning in the night sky over Geneva.German ghost stories were read by Lord Byron and Mary's lover Percy Bysshe Shelley.The also were reading Cristabel by S.T Coleridge and talking about galvanism and scientific experiments.Someone was then seen dancing in the rain;gosh this reminds me of myself!;)Claire Claremont was also brought along for the Romantic fun and ended up having a dangerous leason with Lord Byron.They showed a scene in which Victor walks into a darkened attic-like room which is scattered with severed corpses and human remains and animals used for scientific experiments.Then Mary woke with wild eyes from her dark half-dream.Anyway, it was quite a detailed piece which reinacted scenes while also been a documentary on the writer Mary Shelley and fragments of her life.The main focus was on her early years, before P.B Shelley's sudden drowning death, but they also included a quick scene of her as a young girl when famous writers came to the Godwin house and spoke of 'reanimating corpses' and later on her death bed.Did anyone else happen to watch one of these nineteenth century writer doco-dramas this year?Did you also see Mary Shelley:The Birth of Frankenstein?

[querida]

I would have to say ALIAS!
I watched all of season 1 and 2 in four nights.... haha (confessions of an ALIAS FANATIC!)
Since then, alias has become part of me. I feel like I KNOW the characters... can anyone relate? or am I just crazy?
Oct 26th the 4th season is released. This is the most important date of the month! (I live in Belgium so I can't watch it on tv)

[samercury]

I'm asking again- what is the 4400 show??? Could someone please tell me :D

[papayahed]

I'm asking again- what is the 4400 show??? Could someone please tell me :D

I only watched the first few episode but here goes: I can't remeber if there was an actual spaceship or just lights and a disturbance but in a wooded area there was a commotion and 4400 people who were abducted reappeared all at once. There were people from different time periods, different races, different everything. Some of them or all had "special" powers, then it got kinda boring to me and I stopped watching.

[yellowfeverlime]

I would have to say ALIAS!
I watched all of season 1 and 2 in four nights.... haha (confessions of an ALIAS FANATIC!)
Since then, alias has become part of me. I feel like I KNOW the characters... can anyone relate? or am I just crazy?
Oct 26th the 4th season is released. This is the most important date of the month! (I live in Belgium so I can't watch it on tv)
Did you know that they are going to kill Alias off... Because that dude on the show and Jen, they broke up. They are going to pass the role down to someone. Don't quote me, cause i am quoting you! lol (actually, my friend said that.

[yellowfeverlime]

It's really interesting once the show gets going.

[samercury]

I only watched the first few episode but here goes: I can't remeber if there was an actual spaceship or just lights and a disturbance but in a wooded area there was a commotion and 4400 people who were abducted reappeared all at once. There were people from different time periods, different races, different everything. Some of them or all had "special" powers, then it got kinda boring to me and I stopped watching.
Thanks for telling me. :D sounds interesting :)

[yellowfeverlime]

www.the4400.com

[querida]

Did you know that they are going to kill Alias off... Because that dude on the show and Jen, they broke up. They are going to pass the role down to someone. Don't quote me, cause i am quoting you! lol (actually, my friend said that.

Sorry dude... just quoting you for the sake of clarity....
Jen and "That dude on the show" (I assume you're refering to the beautiful Michael Vartan) have been appart for over a year now I do believe, and yet the show goes on, with Jennifer. She's the only one for that role. Replacing her would, as you said, kill the show.

[samercury]

Thanks for the link.... can't open it though (???) :)

[Rachy]

Friends,
The Simpsons,
Lost,
Malcolm in the Middle,
Will and Grace,
8 Simple Rules,
.......anything that makes me laugh or cry to be honest!

[Keltic Banshee]

Hm... let's see... Stargate, both SG-1 and Atlantis (Good to see so many Gaters out here), The Outer Limits and a lot more of sci-fi... (I keep complaining there is not enough good sci-fi programs on tv here) Oh, and let's not forget the Simpsons, and also some local series.

[Natalie]

The Simpsons
The Sopranos
Entourage
Family Guy
Lost

[Koa]

The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy
plus a couple of local shows no one will know but I'm addicted to (been following one of them for 10 years missing only one episode plus some while I was in Hungary, my brother recorded some episodes for me even.. but it's not a series, it's kinda...uhm, a show about news and sports and such...)

I used to wacth X-files too, but then I got tired...Now everyone is talking of Lost, they will show it here soon, so far it only was on pay-tv... I'm a bit curious but I'm not sure I'll try it...

[yellowfeverlime]

LOST got way too crazy for me!

[AshleyEliz]

Since so many shows these days seem to be closing down their sets - Will and Grace included - I decided to ask about favorites.

So what's your favorite of the newer or older tv shows? What shows do you hate?

I personally love Numb3rs (though that's not very new) and Heroes, another older one.

[andave_ya]

erm...doctor who...

[AshleyEliz]

erm...doctor who...

I've never seen that.

I'll have to check it out.

[webmagnate]

How I Met Your Mother
House
Boston Legal
The Big Bang Theory :)

[Lily Adams]

Television is bads.

Except Mystery Science Theater 3000.

And select others.

[Hotaru]

I do not watch T.V on a regular basis as it makes my head go a' funny
Still, Scrubs is awsome

[amalia1985]

I only watch The Tudors. I used to watch Rome, and sometimes I may glance at 24, since Kiefer's there.:p

[Wilde woman]

MI-5 (or Spooks, if you're British) - I'm working through the fourth season
House
The Office
Bones (a guilty pleasure)
Life
Hell's Kitchen
Supernanny (because Jo is amazing!!)

[weltanschauung]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Ninure/political/Sheep-and-TV.jpg

[Silas Thorne]

Doctor Who/Torchwood/Heroes/Dexter prety much all I make time to watch now...oh, except Chinese TV serials, though some of those are just too predictable and slow for me... I like the ones with errant roving heroes and fighting on the rooftops, together with training sequences that last for more than twenty episodes and turn the main character into a kick-arse mofo to deal to the bad guys.

[Joreads]

Dexter, Blood Ties, Supernatural, Criminal Minds and Numbers.

Old shows The West Wing and Fraiser.

[librarius_qui]

I abandoned tv for a while, now ... Last thing I followed was House, which I don't know how's doing.

Before that, it used to be Crossing Jordan, if I'm not mistaken. Silly (very silly!), but possible to watch, and funny, in its way.

Before that ... Aw, there was that Battlestar Galactica, which I didn't get until the end either.

And, apart from Star Treks (of which I hated Deep Space 9 and endured Voyager ...),

before that it was Parker Lewis can't loose, back in the '90s. That one was VERY GOOD!, however they were getting worse and worse, toward the end.

(Before that I think it was Duck Tales! :) )

[bazarov]

Only Fools and Horses :D

[seanlol]

Lost

:)

[Niamh]

Most Haunted and also currently Nothing to Declare (border Security)

[LadyW]

Only Fools and Horses :D
Definitely.

24
Desperate Housewives (It's good, okay?)
:D
Skins
Shameless
Scrubs

[Niamh]

How I Met Your Mother

This is so funny!

Only Fools and Horses :D

Classic!

[Joreads]

Oh forgot Eureka I love this show

[Lily Adams]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/Ninure/political/Sheep-and-TV.jpg

Agreed.

[Amundsen]

I only watch The Tudors. I used to watch Rome, and sometimes I may glance at 24, since Kiefer's there.:p

I also watch The Tudors, plus House MD (I think it's correct), Friends, that's all. But I don't watch TV mutch.

[Helen_of_Troy]

There doesn't seem to be a thread about television, so I'm creating one. I know television shows aren't purposeful or enlightening, but they're entertainment. They're also rather effective procrastination tools, which is nice.

What types of TV shows do you guys watch? Which shows are your favourites? I like Doctor Who, Supernatural, and anything created by Joss Whedon. House and Criminal Minds are also really good.

[*Classic*Charm*]

The Big Bang Theory!

[Niamh]

By far, Monty Python Flying Circus
Some Mothers Do ave 'em
Red Dwarf
Most haunted
that 70's show

[Helen_of_Troy]

Ah, yes, I've seen The Big Bang Theory. It's good. And Monty Python's amazing.

[Bookthief]

Supernatural
And anything on Animal Planet:)

[The Comedian]

"Northern Exposure" -- it was the best TV show that I have ever seen. In fact, it's the only TV show that makes me feel like I'm a better person for having watched it. The only other show that could approach that level of complexity and delight was MASH.

Current show: I like "Heroes" -- it's nice, light entertainment.

[Silas Thorne]

Dr. Who!!!:)

[K.M Roberston]

The Big Bang Theory!

I love it too!!

[Amethyst2010]

All the CSI. CSI, CSI Miami and CSI New York.

[paranoyalarim]

Stargate SG-1 :)

[RobinHood3000]

Firefly, Survivorman, Burn Notice, among others. Most of the recent animated shows I watched (Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender) have gone off the air.

[qimissung]

"Northern Exposure" -- it was the best TV show that I have ever seen. In fact, it's the only TV show that makes me feel like I'm a better person for having watched it. The only other show that could approach that level of complexity and delight was MASH.

Current show: I like "Heroes" -- it's nice, light entertainment.

I adore "Northern Exposure"! I haven't gotten to see it in so long. Someday I WILL buy the whole series, I swear it!

Currently, I love "The Closer", "NCIS", "Criminal Minds", "30 Rock", "The Big Bang Theory", "How I Met Your Mother", "Burn Notice", "In Plain Sight." It probably sounds like all I do is watch T.V., but it only comes to about an hour a night. I find it very relaxing to be absorbed in a story after a stressful day at work (I'm a teacher).

[Chris Marie]

:idea:"Jeopardy!" Very informative.

"Dr. Who" is an amazing TV show. PBS offers good educational shows, also.

"Charmed" is a pretty good TV show about 3 "white" witches-filmed in San Francisco,California.

[AmericanEagle]

I like CSI: NY because of the top-notch cast.

[Janine]

I hardly ever watch TV, but I like Jeopardy, too. When I guess correctly, it makes me feel smart...haha

I saw many TV series on DVD - House, Monty Python, 40 Something, and lots of mini-series, documentaries. I would like to see Twin Peaks and Northern Exposure again on DVD. I own a lot of shows on DVD from the 60's and 70's. I just love those those old sitcoms - they are scream to watch now. I adored The Twilight Zone - expensive to buy now on DVD's. The old Hitchcock TV Show episodes I have seen on DVD (some of them at least) - they were just great!

[Haunted]

I'm a huge fan of NCIS :)

brilliant dialogue! Love the one-liners. I'm laughing through the whole show. oh, the stories are great too.

[Mathor]

Lost, SYTYCD, Weeds, crappy reality tv shows, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, The Office.

I'm always looking for new series to watch, anyone got any good suggestions?

EDIT: Janine, wow you like Twin Peaks AND Northern Exposure, those are my two fav shows of all time. Good taste! Know of any shows nowadays that are as good as those? I got into Lost because the writers of Lost were primarily inspired by Twin Peaks. I think you'd like Lost, as it's like Twin Peaks but more science-fictiony. Also, all of the Twilight Zone is available now at cbs.com (best sci-fi show of all time)

[AmericanEagle]

Lost, SYTYCD, Weeds, crappy reality tv shows, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, The Office.

I like SYTYCD, too.

[Maximilianus]

all of the Twilight Zone is available now at cbs.com (best sci-fi show of all time)

Really? Is it being broadcasted again through the CBS site? I could only get to watch Season 1 :(

[Haunted]

me too — SYTYCD

also: The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, and DEXTER!!!!

[Niamh]

what is SYTYCD???

[Lynne50]

I'm curious too, what is SYTYCD?

I'm a fan of Medium, which switched networks, now on CBS. And I love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, both very funny. Dexter is very good too, but I can't watch the HBO version because it's more graphic.

[Mathor]

what is SYTYCD???

So You Think You Can Dance!

:lol:

[AmericanEagle]

^ One of the best parts about being in Canada is that we get to watch both the American and Canadian versions of the show.
However, Cat Deeley > Leah Miller.

[Saladin]

Criminal Minds, Numb3ers and The Big Bang Theory.

[Mathor]

^ One of the best parts about being in Canada is that we get to watch both the American and Canadian versions of the show.
However, Cat Deeley > Leah Miller.

I've never seen the Canadian version, but I've been led to understand the American version is a lot better anyway.

[Janine]

Lost, SYTYCD, Weeds, crappy reality tv shows, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, The Office.

I'm always looking for new series to watch, anyone got any good suggestions?

EDIT: Janine, wow you like Twin Peaks AND Northern Exposure, those are my two fav shows of all time. Good taste! Know of any shows nowadays that are as good as those? I got into Lost because the writers of Lost were primarily inspired by Twin Peaks. I think you'd like Lost, as it's like Twin Peaks but more science-fictiony. Also, all of the Twilight Zone is available now at cbs.com (best sci-fi show of all time)

Mathor, I must admit that I have watched more Twin Peaks then Northern Exposure. I like Lynch's sense of quirpy drama. His movies are good/intriguing, as well. Years back, I saw Blue Velvet in the movies; don't recall much about it now. I also not long ago I saw Mulholland Drive. Manolia highly recommended it and I have seen it several times now and discussed it with her through PM's.

However, even though I didn't watch a lot of the actual show, I have been to the little town of Roslyn in Washington State (where they filmed the show); I actually saw them shooting an episode of Northern Exposure on a beautiful late summer day; I thought that was pretty exciting. I picked up some nice post cards, while visiting there and I also took some cool photos; wish I had taken more; unfortunately, they are not digital. I recall getting one of side of the cafe. That was the best of the lot. I should try to watch the episodes online now; are they online? I guess Youtube would have them, right? One of my best friends was a big fan of the show, so I know it was pretty cool. I just looked it up online. You can view some neat photos of the cafe on Flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Roslyn+Cafe+Roslyn&w=all

Also, there is an article here where it tells how the residents of Roslyn were not all that pleased with them using their small mining town as the location of the TV series. See this link:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316186,00.html

Twilight Zone was the best! I grew up with that show. My son loved it, too and he went on to adore the X-Files. I liked those, also; but nothing could beat the original Twilight Zone!

I love the Hitchcock Presents, now available on DVD sets. I remember that show well. I always looked forward to viewing it whichever night it aired. It is still so cool. Tonight I have to finish watching the Hitchcock movie Shadow of a Doubt; intriguing as always.

I love the show late at night with Craig Fergusen; I think he's a scream and he always has great guests; I also like Letterman; but mostly, I catch them both online, usually on Youtube. I enjoy earlier The Larry King Show on CNN; sometimes I catch it when he has a good guest.

[AmericanEagle]

I've never seen the Canadian version, but I've been led to understand the American version is a lot better anyway.

I love both versions, but I have to say that the Canadian version is more fair to the dancers - all of the Top 20 are given screen time during the audition process. There is also less filler - the results show is only 30 minutes. The Canadian version also features more styles of dance, such as capoeira, African jazz, dancehall, and house. When Dan Karaty guest judged, he said that the Canadian dancers were "second to none."

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

The original Star Trek series
Sanford and Son
Twilight Zone
King of the Hill
_________
"I'm a doctor not a brick layer"

[Helga]

star trek, star trek and star trek

I also like desperate housewife's and Heroes

[pjjrfan1]

I'm not really into TV other than movies these last 10 to 15 years, but going back in time, my favorite shows were The Defenders, The prisoner, Twilight zone, original star trek. I also liked the first 4 seasons of Homicide:life on the streets, the Sopranos, Early West Wing. There was also an early western show with Richard Boone called Have gun will travel that I really loved.

[Jazz_]

Dr. Who
Boston Legal (will be sorely missed)
Dexter
6 Feet Under
Frasier

I better stop there or I'll be typing all night ;)

[AmericanEagle]

Survivor
The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
America's Best Dance Crew

[jajdude]

Got into 'Criminal Minds' not long ago. That show can be spooky.

[Brock]

Recently, it's all been about The Sopranos for me. I've finished series 3 and I am HOOKED!

[Idril]

I've been talked into watching the Stargate SG-1 series. I just finished season 2 last night, now on to season 3.

[Lokasenna]

Doctor Who is back on the box! There go my Saturday evenings for the forseeable future!

[Propter W.]

I really liked the X-files except for the last couple of seasons. I was a big fan of the Sopranos. I'm quite fond of Dexter but I've only seen the first two seasons. I have Futurama on DVD. I can enjoy the Closer. When I was a kid I always watched Roswell.

Nowadays I don't watch TV that much.

[Brock]

X files is amazing. Which reminds me: I recently watched the series of Bleak House which starred Gillian Anderson as Lady Dedlock. It was absolutely superb. Great adaptation.

[chipper]

I recommend the following:

Breaking Bad
There are two lead on the show. Walter who lived his entire life in a straight line who finds out he has cancer. it throws him off course with no understanding of how a "clean" guy like him get this kind of "punishment". he is a chemistry teacher. he meets Jesse, a p crystal meth seller whose life is in complete disarray. Walter ends up helping Jesse. using his skills in chemistry, he makes the finest crytsal meth and starts selling. it explores how one effed up tries to makes sense of everything by trying to fix another effed up life. in the process you understand, with objectivity, how misery really attracts company and how one fundamental need to be needed pushes man to go beyond his bounds in order to feel he matters.

Perfect Strangers
Before Friends, before How I Met Your Mother, before The Big Bang Theory, there was Perfect Strangers. The ultimate story of a disastrously beautiful and funny friendship of two people from different worlds. Balky is from a town no one has heard of before whose sense of family extends to a community. He is innocent and kind to a fault. Larry is the typical American guy drowning in modernity in ambition. Together they find the worst in each other and encourages the best in each other.

Colonial House
This is a reality show inspired by history, for a change. People were made to live the 1628 life where there were no TV and other forms of technology. They discover how people were forced to commune because there was nothing else to do. Their source of entertainment were community bonfire with dancing and singing. Among the points of dissension that arise in the colony were: the rigid class and gender roles, mandatory religious observance, and the puritanical civil laws of the era, particularly those pertaining to profanity. "Not only does 'Colonial House' capture the drama of everyday life in a small colony but it also shows how ordinary people cope -- or in many cases, don't cope -- when removed from all that is familiar and comforting to them in the modern world," said series producer Sallie Clement.

[Buh4Bee]

Nip Tuck for the high quality soap opera, but average writing.

[ralfyman]

Sapphire and Steel, The Prisoner from the late '60s, M*A*S*H*.

[tonywalt]

Fawlty Towers, Sopranos, and Mash.

[Scheherazade]

Anyone for Spartacus?

Spartacus and Eureka are the only shows I watch these days.

[Venerable Bede]

Anyone for Spartacus?

Spartacus and Eureka are the only shows I watch these days.

Spartacus is a great show. It has really good writing and great cast of characters. Can't wait for season 2.

[Scheherazade]

Spartacus is a great show. It has really good writing and great cast of characters. Can't wait for season 2.I was heartbroken last year because I started watching it after the fifth episode, I think.

This year started from the start, rewatching the Season 1.

Are you in the UK, Bede?

[Venerable Bede]

No I live in Canada. By the time I decided to watch the show, the first season was already on DVD, so I watched it from episode one. So have you seen the entire season yet or just the episodes after five?

[Scheherazade]

No I live in Canada. By the time I decided to watch the show, the first season was already on DVD, so I watched it from episode one. So have you seen the entire season yet or just the episodes after five?I have seen them all now and watching the reruns as well.

The second season is a prequel, right?

[Venerable Bede]

The second season is a prequel, right?

Yeah, it deals with a younger Batiatus taking control of his father's ludus. It also shows Crixus's rise from an inexperienced recruit to the champion of Capua. Unfortunately it's not a full season, it's only six episodes, but it is still very good.

[Lokasenna]

At the minute I'm enjoying the BBC's new crime thriller, The Shadow-Line - which is currently up to episode 5 of 7. It's all on the iPlayer for any Brits out there.

If you can deal with the rather slow first episode, it's very good indeed. A marvellous cast, combined with some wonderful cinematography, a nice noir style, and a script that, while hardly naturalistic, is well thoughfully constructed.

The story revolves around a major London crimelord who is assassinated within hours of obtaining a royal pardon. Following this, both the police and his criminal associates start investigating his murder. It is a slow series, but well worth sticking with, and the twists and turns of the plot are hard to predict.

Also, a certain villainous character is quite possibly simultaneously the coolest and creepiest man I've ever seen on TV...

[Motherof8]

Does anyone like the old family sit-coms lilke Leave it to Beaver?

[Gregory Samsa]

I have to say Mad Men, Sopranos and Seinfeld.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Game of Thrones, South Park, Family Guy, Workaholics, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Wheel of Fortune. Was a fan of Fringe, but not anymore.

[Motherof8]

I used to enjoy a show in the 80's called the "Equalizer" about a british man who helped people for a living. Did anybody else watch it?

[libernaut]

Hoarders and Intervention on A&E. I love watching all the things people "collect". And watching druggies forced to get help is kinda sad but it is entertaining.

[Melysnl]

I pretty much only watch talk shows and reality TV. I'm the worst reality TV junkie ever!

The Real Housewives of NY, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, and the OC
Top Chef
Man vs. Wild
Fatal Attractions (all about people with wild animal obsessions)
Used to watch Oprah, and still love Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz (only occasionally watch any of these shows though)
Bachelor Pad (but never the Bachelor or the Bachelorette)
Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
Flipping Out
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Realtime with Bill Maher
The Soup
Kathy Griffen: My Life on the D-List (probably my favorite)
Any of the dance competition shows except Dancing with the Stars
Various news programs ranging from Chris Matthews to Bill O'Reilly to Nancy Grace, but rarely the local news
Project Runway

I tivo and watch about half of these shows on demand and as you can see I drive my boyfriend batty!

[JazzJazz]

- Ghost Hunters (the show with The Atlantic Paranormal Society) which is broadcasted on Sky Livingit in the UK :) I won't be able to watch this soon though because I'm moving into my university halls tomorrow and won't have a TV!

- Casualty (which is shown on BBC1 so I can catch it on iPlayer)

- Downton Abbey (new series begins next Sunday!)


I don't watch too much TV, to be honest. I'm more of a movies person.

[Behemoth702]

Star Trek: The Next Generation & DS9
Barney Miller
Gunsmoke
Buffy and Angel
Battlestar Galactica
Andy Griffith
Jericho
Cheers
Frasier
Dexter
Law and Order: SVU
Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef

[Calidore]

X-Files, 24 seasons 1 & 2, The Cosby Show.

[iamnobody]

The Twilight Zone
Star Trek
The Big Bang Theory
Deadliest Warrior

[seethruskin]

Watch way too much T.V. Favorite shows:
The Simpsons(seasons 1 to 8)
Freaks and Geeks
The Wire
Arrested Development
Larry Sanders Show
Kids in the Hall
Seinfeld

Current shows:
Louie(best show on T.V. right now)
Breaking Bad
Parks and Rec
Community
Bored to Death
The League
How I Met Your Mother
It's Always Sunny in Philly

[PoeticPassions]

DEXTER!!!
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
The Office
I also really liked the first two seasons of The Tudors

[Laszlo Jamf]

Louie
Parks and Rec
Community
Simpsons(Season 1-8)
Alfred Hitchcock presents
SCTV
Kids in the Hall
King of the Hill
Mission hill
X-Files
Larry Sanders Show
Seinfeld
Freaks and Geeks
The Wire

[Scheherazade]

Freaks and GeeksThis was a great show; no idea why they did not carry on.

I watch sitcoms mostly; "Big Bang Theory" and "How I Met Your Mother" are favorites these days whenever I can manage to catch some TV.

Also liked "Coupling", "Office" (USA), "Spartacus", CSI (Original) and "Eureka"... And still watch the reruns of Frasier if come across.

[Laszlo Jamf]

Plus all the ideas they had planned for season 2 were amazing. But at least the end of the show led to Undeclared which was great in its own right. But couldn't reach the heights of F&G.

[Scheherazade]

Plus all the ideas they had planned for season 2 were amazing. But at least the end of the show led to Undeclared which was great in its own right. But couldn't reach the heights of F&G.I am not familiar with "Undeclared" at all.

Wonder if it made to this side of the pond...

[Jack of Hearts]

Plenty of respect for Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared, two uncommonly good series. And even consider Firefly, a heck of a show that one was. Louie, in terms of what's on TV right now, is untouchable.

There was a Canadian show called Slings and Arrows that featured a younger Rachel Adams. The season arcs were based on the Shakespeare plays that the theater company in the series was performing. This show was a literary feast, funny, and downright entertaining! Top five for sure.

But in terms of incredible television, there are, for this viewer, two shows.

Take a trip back to the years 1988-1993. Yes, you know the show...

The Wonder Years.

That was some phenomenal television right there. This viewer had to catch it later on as it started before he was born. You still have the hots for Winnie Cooper, admit it. At its best, the ingenuity of the storytelling, the use of device, etc. makes it hard to believe that this series was made in the 80's. For its worst episodes, it's an above average comedy-drama. Some of it's storytelling techniques were ahead of its time; others, now neglected or overlooked, would benefit many of the shows on television today.

The second show is hard to even sensibly talk about.

The Decalogue.

It's a polish TV show that has some recognition in English speaking countries. Each one of the ten episodes is about one of the ten commandments but this is not a religious offering. It's more a metaethical discussion with storylines and arcs that will haunt you long after you watch it. And it can be painful, even if you're agnostic/atheist, to see a presentation of an either silent or non-existent god, on a purely human level.






J


EDIT: Also, Masterpiece Theater did a show called Any Human Heart that comes to mind when thinking of exceptional television.

Ah, TV. When it's bad, it's the worst. When it's average, it's still pretty damn bad. But when it's good, oh man, it reaffirms itself as a cultural cornerstone and affects people in a meaningful, artistic way.

[Laszlo Jamf]

Well of course the Decalogue is going to be the best it was made by the master Krzysztof Kieślowski. As for the Wonder Years meh bogged down by tepid sitcom cliches. Doesn't really have any social commentary within it or anything great done with character. It has pretty run of the mill character arcs etc.

Louie is the best thing to air on TV since The classic era of The Simpsons ended. I mean it's nowhere near as good as classic era Simpsons but yeah everyone should watch Louie.

[prendrelemick]

Ballroom dancing and me have never crossed paths - until this series of Strictly Come Dancing. I have no idea of what makes a good Rumba or anything like that, but I can see everyone is having a great time. I believe I'm becoming hooked. This week I watched it while Logged on to #strictly on Twitter. Is this the future of TV viewing?

[tonywalt]

Parks and Recreation is very funny (mockumentary similiar to The Office). Alot of dry wit. I likey!

[JuniperWoolf]

I'm watching Doctor Who backwards and I'm at the beginning now which means that I've come across the lost episodes. Now that is a real shame.

[Buh4Bee]

Madmen

[Leland Gaunt]

Comedy: Spaced(unrivaled king of all television shows), Louie, Sunny, and Arrested Development.

Other: Boardwalk Empire. No Reservations.

[Sionn Harrow]

Gunslinger Girl-- yes, it's an anime, and yeah, it has a lousy title, but I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a thoughtful show with well developed characters and questions of ethics and morality.

[Mr. Bergstrom]

The Simpsons. Only Fools And Horses. Gavin And Stacey and many many more.

[Idril]

Parks and Recreation is very funny (mockumentary similiar to The Office). Alot of dry wit. I likey!

Oh, I love Parks and Rec! Leslie Knope is my hero and Ron Swanson is the coolest person on the planet. Although I have decided I'm really uncomfortable with how everyone treats Jerry, kind of like how Michael Scott treats Toby. :p

[Gregory Samsa]

The Wire is awesome and makes me glad not to live in the American welfare state.

[faithosaurus]

The Vampire Diaries. All the way. Every single man on that show is ridiculously attractive, and the plot is awesome.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Family Guy, South Park, Tosh.0, Seinfeld, and Frasier.

[Helga]

Family Guy, South Park, Tosh.0, Seinfeld, and Frasier.

Gotta watch Seinfeld again, haven't seen it since it ended, loved that show. I watched Frasier last year.

Now I have to say Freaks and Geeks, I decided to check it out on a Friday night and I finished it by Sunday.

the new Being Human UK season, love the bad vampire with the phone! but not sure how it will go with all the changes going on.

I am watching Pushing Daisies now, mainly because I heard the creator of that show is trying to make a new Star Trek tv show. but I do like it, it's funny and he seems to be obsessed with death since that guy also made Dead like me.

[BookBeauty]

Without a doubt, my favourite show of all time is 'Eureka'. A show about a town filled with the world's geniuses and scientists.

I would encourage all to watch it, and sign petitions to keep it afloat after this next season, which is when they will allegedly cancel. :P

I'm doing a second watch-through, and have started watching Warehouse 13 as well, which seems like a fun show thus far, but nothing to write home about yet. About halfway through first season and working my way from there.

Have watched and enjoyed Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. Loved Farscape. :) Robinhood, and Dharma and Greg.

I dislike shows where they brandish a lot of crudeness for no apparent reason. I like subtly and discretion, and artful dialogue, humour and lots of puns. :P

[PMLondonderry]

I am not much of a TV person, but when I wake up in the morning, I need at least an hour where I just sit on the couch with a hot cup of coffee and a good show to watch. I usually record the following shows and then watch an episode of whichever one while I wake myself up. I think it's the happiest part of my day!

Top favorite (attempting to write them in order):
Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
The Walking Dead
Modern Family
True Blood (used to be my favorite but it is going down on my list since I am getting annoyed with Sookie more and more each season)

and I am currently watching Lost on DVD. I just started the second season. I don't know if I like it as much as I liked the first season since I think Jack is turning into a whiner and his role as a leader is starting to be abused. I get pretty annoyed with the way he talks to Locke.

I also enjoy New Girl (it gets better and better with each show. I used to hate it so much), Suburgatory, The Secret Circle (50% because I get fashion tips from the characters and the other 50% because it's fun to make fun of. The story is pretty awful), and reality shows like Survivor and The Colony.

[Helga]

Without a doubt, my favourite show of all time is 'Eureka'. A show about a town filled with the world's geniuses and scientists.

I would encourage all to watch it, and sign petitions to keep it afloat after this next season, which is when they will allegedly cancel. :P

I'm doing a second watch-through, and have started watching Warehouse 13 as well, which seems like a fun show thus far, but nothing to write home about yet. About halfway through first season and working my way from there.

Have watched and enjoyed Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. Loved Farscape. :) Robinhood, and Dharma and Greg.

I dislike shows where they brandish a lot of crudeness for no apparent reason. I like subtly and discretion, and artful dialogue, humour and lots of puns. :P

I love Eureka and I watch Warehouse 13, I watched all stargate sg1 recently and now I am writing a essay about it, I have Farscape on my 'to watch' list, what's the best part of it?

[BookBeauty]

I love Eureka and I watch Warehouse 13, I watched all stargate sg1 recently and now I am writing a essay about it, I have Farscape on my 'to watch' list, what's the best part of it?

I'd have to say that you've never seen anything like it, but the acting is absolutely wonderful, especially by the main character. (I'm not usually the one who's 'favourite' is the main character, but he's definitely on top in this show. Him and, my first fave, I think her name is X'an. She's blue. :) )

And I mean, there are muppets. This is Jim Henson at his best.

It's pretty funky at first, and you may find yourself saying, ''Well, this is ridiculous,''

But in the end, it's all worth it. Lots of fun story plot twists, believable personalities, and you can tell that the writers and producers put a lot of heart into the show.

There's also a movie after you're done watching all the seasons. They cancelled the show after a fun cliff hanger that made the fans make an uprising and demand a movie. And a movie was made. And the people rejoiced. :)

Honestly, they could've left it at the cliffhanger in my opinion. It was funny. :D But apparently it satisfied everyone involved.

Anyway, Farscape is classic.

[ralfyman]

The Prisoner (1967)

[Varenne Rodin]

I am really really loving Portlandia. I never knew Fred Armissen(sc) was funny, because SNL sucks with Seth Meyers(sc) running the show. Man, Portlandia is the weirdest show on TV right now. Terrific!

[Maximilianus]

I am really really loving Portlandia. I never knew Fred Armissen(sc) was funny, because SNL sucks with Seth Meyers(sc) running the show. Man, Portlandia is the weirdest show on TV right now. Terrific!
In an outrage of linguistic curiosity... what does 'sc' mean here? :)

[Delta40]

Waking the Dead
New Tricks
Lost Worlds
Misfits
Spooks

I also like the forensic docos, profiling killers and FBI files, that sort of thing - except those crazy psychic ones who visit unsolved murders and get a 'vibe' about what really happened...ugh!

[Varenne Rodin]

In an outrage of linguistic curiosity... what does 'sc' mean here? :)

It means I don't know if I'm spelling their names correctly and I'm not going to bother to spell check. It was a bit of laziness on my part. :)

[Maximilianus]

It means I don't know if I'm spelling their names correctly and I'm not going to bother to spell check. It was a bit of laziness on my part. :)
I'm wholeheartedly with you and the laziness! I'm just living the same situation at this very moment, like I should be in bed instead of posting :p

[jajdude]

Just started watching "Boardwalk Empire" season one. It's good.

[irishpixieb]

Person of Interest on NBC at 9 on Thursdays!

[Helga]

I am addicted to Twin Peaks, so good!

[Veho]

I like

Gilmore Girls
The Big Bang Theory
Ally McBeal
Gossip Girl
Friends
Hell on Wheels
Lost

[jennypaul]

My favorite TV show is Shaman King

[mtpspur]

They change as time goes by: Current favs are NCIS, Suits, White Collar, Burn Notice, House, Breaking Bad----Classic favs: Wild, Wild West, Danger Man/Secret Agent, The Prisoner, The Avengers (Emma Peel episodes), The Fugitive, Have Gun, Will Travel, Magnum P.I., Rockford Files, Le Femme Nikita and many more.

[Darcy88]

I only watch tv shows online and I mostly watch old ones like Sopranos, Oz, Entourage, Rescue Me. I like Seinfeld but I've seen them all from when I was younger. Breaking Bad is a good show but its depressing, super depressing. I don't like Mad Men. They need to make more good shows. The acting and writing of the Sopranos was as good as that of any film pretty much.

[Gregory Samsa]

The Wire.

[Desolation]

Community
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
How I Met Your Mother
Firefly
Parks & Recreation
Arrested Development
Dexter

[Delta40]

Omg Foxtel TV1 is playing every single episode there ever was of Everybody Loves Raymond as an Easter treat! Somebody save me!!!

[RicMisc]

Some of the shows I like right now:
Gossip Girl
Game of Thrones
Nikita
White Collar
The Borgias
Modern Family

[GermanFan93]

The big bang theory
Seinfeld
The simpsons
MacGyver
(Derrick (german, and its old))

[Helga]

The big bang theory
Seinfeld
The simpsons
MacGyver
(Derrick (german, and its old))

oh Derrick was very popular here on the ice, as a kid I always had a crush on Klein (don't know why)

I wanna check out MacGyver. in the first Stargate SG1 episode Carter looks at a dialing device and says 'it took us 10 years and three super computers to MacGyver a thing like this' the camera zooms on Richard Dean Anderson's face who looks at her and raises his eyebrow. very funny

[GermanFan93]

oh Derrick was very popular here on the ice, as a kid I always had a crush on Klein (don't know why)

I wanna check out MacGyver. in the first Stargate SG1 episode Carter looks at a dialing device and says 'it took us 10 years and three super computers to MacGyver a thing like this' the camera zooms on Richard Dean Anderson's face who looks at her and raises his eyebrow. very funny



Yea, Derrick is cool. Well i don’t have a crush on either of those, but I sort of like Derrick the most. He seems so relaxed all the time…I don’t know, it’s sort of weird…but, I had a crush on MacGyver actually, long time ago of course…but I find him still handsome when I look at MacGyver, I can admit, and also he doesn’t use any weapons. So instead of shooting everyone down, he takes science in use, which is cool, I think.

[hazelk]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/CharRob/VicarofDibley.jpg

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

In recent years the only thing worth watching for me is King of the Hill re runs at 8:00 and 8:30 pm. Otherwise I'll pop in a DVD of Star Trek (TOS) or any number of 1950's to 1970's sci fi thrillers.

[Motherof8]

I like Eureka.

[hazelk]

Allo Allo, old series but oh so funny.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm231/Joszo/alloallo1024.jpg

[Shalot]

Omg Foxtel TV1 is playing every single episode there ever was of Everybody Loves Raymond as an Easter treat! Somebody save me!!!

What's wrong? You don't like that show? I can't imagine why not. Raymond's wife doesn't deserve a kick in the teeth at all, and she's certainly not a bwitch. Raymond's mother couldn't piss anyone off - she's so sweet, and Raymond's father is not an annoying arsehole at hole. Everyone loves "Everyone Loves Raymond." They just love it. It's the best show that was ever broadcast.

[hazelk]

What's wrong? You don't like that show? I can't imagine why not. Raymond's wife doesn't deserve a kick in the teeth at all, and she's certainly not a bwitch. Raymond's mother couldn't piss anyone off - she's so sweet, and Raymond's father is not an annoying arsehole at hole. Everyone loves "Everyone Loves Raymond." They just love it. It's the best show that was ever broadcast.

I just love the show, it's a real hoot

[Pierre Menard]

The Sopranos
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Six Feet Under
Peep Show
Arrested Development
The Simpons (Seasons 2-9 only)
South Park
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Coupling
M*A*S*H
The Office (UK)
Twin Peaks
Carinvale
The Young Ones
Curb

And some other things...

[Helga]

I just finished re-watching Firefly for the hundredth time I think, it was a GREAT show. nothing can top it!!! (at least right now in my head). Tomorrow it's Serenity to close the story.

[JuniperWoolf]

I haven't watched Firefly yet, I always have it as a show I know I'd like but haven't seen.


in the first Stargate SG1 episode Carter looks at a dialing device and says 'it took us 10 years and three super computers to MacGyver a thing like this' the camera zooms on Richard Dean Anderson's face who looks at her and raises his eyebrow. very funny

Haha, that's a good one.


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/CharRob/VicarofDibley.jpg

...Zombie chick priest? What show is this?

[Helga]

I haven't watched Firefly yet, I always have it as a show I know I'd like but haven't seen.


oh you should! you really should, it's just 14 episodes and they are so very very good!

[JuniperWoolf]

oh you should! you really should, it's just 14 episodes and they are so very very good!

Only fourteen episodes! I've heard Firefly fans lament the fact that the show was cancelled, but I didn't know it was cancelled so soon.

[Idril]

I keep hoping they'll do another movie. I know that won't happen but it makes me feel better to hold on to the fantasy.

[Helga]

I keep hoping they'll do another movie. I know that won't happen but it makes me feel better to hold on to the fantasy.

I know, I have heard people talk of more tv shows but I don't think that would ever work. a movie yes but I don't see it happening, maybe it will stay great cause they stopped on the top. But I have watched Castle and Fillion has grown... older.. anyway Jayne is my favorite and Baldwin doesn't change.

[Idril]

I know, I have heard people talk of more tv shows but I don't think that would ever work. a movie yes but I don't see it happening, maybe it will stay great cause they stopped on the top. But I have watched Castle and Fillion has grown... older.. anyway Jayne is my favorite and Baldwin doesn't change.

Older and wider. :wink5:. Have you ever seen the tv show, Chuck? Adam Baldwin has a major role...had a major role, the series is over now but the role of Casey had a a few shades of Jayne to it.

[Helga]

Older and wider. :wink5:. Have you ever seen the tv show, Chuck? Adam Baldwin has a major role...had a major role, the series is over now but the role of Casey had a a few shades of Jayne to it.

Yes I enjoyed Chuck, Baldwin was very cool in it, a tough soldier guy. Oh and his guest role in Castle was very cool.

oh the song about Jayne was so cool 'the hero of canton the man they call Jayne'

[Idril]

Yes I enjoyed Chuck, Baldwin was very cool in it, a tough soldier guy. Oh and his guest role in Castle was very cool.


He was a great character. I'll miss that show. There is an old movie called My Bodyguard that features a ridiculously young Adam Baldwin. Check it out if you haven't already and if you can find it.

And yes, The Ballad of Jayne is a classic.

[Helga]

Just watched the season 2 finale of Game of Thrones, man it was good! Damn good show, I haven't read the books yet, maybe I should find the time to do that.

The scenes from the night-watch and Jon Snow were all shot here on the ice, I had no idea the ice looked so good on tv.

[Helga]

I just finished season five of 'Primeval' I do like that show. I loved Siddig in the last season. One great show, can't wait for more.

Next show is either 'Terminator: the sarah connor chronicles' or 'Farscape'. I am also gonna start 'Red Dwarf'. So much to do!

[CasperMartinez]

I like peep show; absolutely hilarious. Other than that, Ren and Stimpy, Married with children, and Seinfeld.

[Idril]

For those Firefly/Serenity fans, check this out, it's pretty spectacular. :wink5:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/sets/72157630914408000/with/7717701618/

[Helga]

For those Firefly/Serenity fans, check this out, it's pretty spectacular. :wink5:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/sets/72157630914408000/with/7717701618/

OOOHHH I want one!


I was just checking out a few photos of Joss Whedons 'Much Ado About Nothing' I can't wait to see it!!!

[farnoosh]

My Favorite TV show of all time would have to be: Friends. I mean I can't get enough of it. I know I can always count on chandler to brighten up my day!:D
I enjoy Fringe too, from time to time.

[Buckthorn]

My favourites include Dead Like Me & Reaper. Both of which have sadly been cancelled now

[Helga]

My favourites include Dead Like Me & Reaper. Both of which have sadly been cancelled now

I tried Reaper but couldn't get into it, I loved Dead Like Me. The guy that made DLM also made Pushing Daisies, I loved that show, sadly it was cancelled too, along with Wonderfalls by the same guy Bryan Fuller I think.

[JuniperWoolf]

I just discovered Life on Mars. Pretty good, but I keep getting lost in John Simm's movements and expressions and voice and losing track of the story. *drooling vacant expression*

[Brielle92]

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Arrested Development (WHICH ARE FILMING SEASON 4 NOW!)

[janeeyre88]

I am not much of a TV watcher but lately I have gotten back into it. My favorite is Hell on Wheels. But I recently have started watching Beauty and the Beast and Once Upon a Time. I have always liked the fairytales and now they are coming to TV.
I really liked Alcatraz but it was cancelled.

[jajdude]

Been watching some old sitcoms on the you tube site. Watched All in the Family, Taxi, and now on Newhart. Good way to kill time anyway.

[Joreads]

Only fourteen episodes! I've heard Firefly fans lament the fact that the show was cancelled, but I didn't know it was cancelled so soon.

I agree Firefly is amazing

[Emma01]

My favorites are:
Waking the Dead
Lost
Star Trek
NCIS
House M.D
Sons of Anarchy
Doctor Who
E.R
Only Fools and Horses
(too many more to mention!)

[Grit]

Currently, there's a great selection to choose from. Mostly alternative shows, I'm not a huge fan of the days popular soap dramas.

These are my favorite modern shows and exclude classics like twin peaks, Seinfeld, etc.

For Comedy
Adventure time
Its always sunny in Philly
Modern Family

Dramas
Walking dead
Damages
Lost

Other
Gossip Girl
American Horror Story
Death Note
Code Geass

[Ughek]

Columbo and Cheers.

[Inky]

Sitcoms/comedy

Seinfeld
Friends
The Jeffersons
All in the Family
The Cosby Show
The Fresh Prince (some episodes only though)

Drama

Masterpiece Theater (miniseries in general)
The Wonder Years (more like dramedy)
Little House on the Prairie (only some episodes though...I much prefer the books)
House

Sci fi/Paranormal/Fantasy

The Twilight Zone
So Weird
Once Upon a Time

Reality

Ghost Adventures
The Amazing Race
American Idol (seasons 1 - 6 ONLY)
Wife Swap
America's Next Top Model (some episodes)
What Would You Do?
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
What Not to Wear

[Galvin500]

I like Grey's Anatomy too, and the spin off Private Practice is okay too. But I LOVE the Amazing Race so much, and Lost, PR, and Survivor too. For comedies, How I Met Your Mother is cute, as is Samantha Who. I don't think I "get" The Office - must be something wrong w/me!!

[Buh4Bee]

MadMen

[Darcy88]

I'm addicted to Breaking Bad. I loved Entourage, The Wire, The Sopranos. True Blood is a bit of a guilty pleasure.

[Buh4Bee]

I am watching Breaking Bad. It is really good!

[Darcy88]

I am watching Breaking Bad. It is really good!

Isn't it? I love that show. Its almost surreal because when I was a kid Bryan Cranston played a bumbling utterly harmless character in Malcolm in the Middle, and now he's portraying to perfection a criminal mastermind.

[Buh4Bee]

The guy has amazing range. I couldn't believe he was the same actor.

[Zaza]

The Big Bang Theory.
Peep Show.

[Volya]

Adventure Time, Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead are my favourite shows (also the only TV shows I regularly watch).

[TinyMonkey]

Once Upon a Time is my favourite show ! Even if some Season 2 episodes were a little boring. I'm a big fan of Disney, I enjoy fantasy and I pretty like fairy tales so it was a show made for me.

[Helga]

at the moment I just love Hannibal!

[The Highwayman]

LOST is my hands down all time favorite! Dexter and The Walking Dead are two I watch continuously on tv right now. Otherwise, I'm hoping to get into Doctor Who, Breaking Bad, back into Fringe, and possibly Game of Thrones soon.

[LiraelG]

Everwood, which is not very well known! The plot and script in this series are clever, funny, at times heartbreaking and believable. The characters are all quirky in their own way and each has a distinctive personality. You can relate to each character too, which is important - even when they make mistakes and hurt others. I couldn't communicate how good this series is in a few words - I'd have to write a very long review!

I am also a fan of Black Books, Black Adder, Doctor Who, American Dad, Futurama and the earlier Simpsons, but I wouldn't say I LOVED these anymore. TV shwos about food also interest me. ;) I prefer those like The Great British Menu, The Great British Bakeoff and Masterchef, but have also really enjoyed Come Dine With Me, Supersize vs. Superskinny and Hell's Kitchen.

Do anime and cartoons count here? The animes Clannad and Death Note are towards the top of my list, as are the cartoons I adored when I was a kid! Animals of Farthing Wood, Moomin, The Racoons, Jackie Chan Adventures and Chip 'n Dale: Resue Rangers will always have a special place in my heart!

[presun]

i love hell's kitchen too..developing a fondness for masterchef..
any fans of white queen here? white queen, graceland and under the dome are the shows i am currently obsessed with. And i love the newsroom too (actually i pretty much like everything aaron sorkin has ever made:D )

[Helga]

House of Cards, at the moment I just love that show and Spacey is so great in it.

[qimissung]

LOST is my hands down all time favorite! Dexter and The Walking Dead are two I watch continuously on tv right now. Otherwise, I'm hoping to get into Doctor Who, Breaking Bad, back into Fringe, and possibly Game of Thrones soon.

Dexter have I loved, but I can't bring myself to watch it this season. How's it going?

I LOVE Game of Thrones, and Elementary.

[Mariner]

Trailer Park Boys.

Brilliant, captivating, and funny. It's occupied a decent portion of my summer-free time.

[kushy]

Something special nice anchoring.

[veganpoet]

Lost, Dexter, and Walking Dead. Hoping to get into more soon.

[Darcy88]

I recommend True Blood and no longer think of it as a guilty pleasure. It is one of only two shows still going that I regularly watch. It is well-acted, well-written and has a perfect balance between seriousness and humour, indeed it makes me laugh very hard once or twice an episode. Don't let the vampire thing prejudice you against it like I've seen with some people. It is far more than just a bunch of beautiful people acting out familiar story-lines and themes. It is of course far from Shakespearean, but there is also more depth and nuance to it than you'll find in most other shows.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Currently watching HBO's Girls.

[Emil Miller]

I don't have a TV, but I came across this YouTube video which appears to be from an Australian TV network.

http://youtu.be/Np98nEU6nCU

[LitNetIsGreat]

Currently watching Breaking Bad on Netflix (I use my brother's log-in). It's really really good, in fact probably one of the best TV series' I've ever seen. Right up there with The Killing if not better. I'm near the end of series 2.

[Maria May]

I love Dr. Who,Red Dwarf and The Simpsons :)

[Idril]

I've really gotten into Longmire lately. There is so much about that show that reminds me of home, the rural setting situated next to a reservation, filled with stoic, taciturn farmers and ranchers. It's not terrible exciting but I find it incredibly riveting because I recognize that mindset, the influences and culture.

[lightsout]

First I'm a fan of "Scrubs". I know every episode. Currently I watch the new episodes of How I met your mother (the ninth season) just because I want to know how Ted and "the mother" get together but I also really like HIMYM. Also I'm a huge fan of BBC's Sherlock <3 I tried to watch Breaking Bad, but I had some unpleasant dreams after the first episodes o.O so I stopped. I like Twin Peaks a lot, Spin City and The Big Bang Theory (but I stopped watching TBBT because I was bored about all the love stuff, it wasn't what I expected after the brilliant first seasons). And Girls (HBO) is also one of my faves.

[tanveer shah]

Your choice is so nice and my favorite Indian TV show is comedy nights with kapil.I love this show.

[tanveer shah]

I am Mark Kavin. I like to watch tv shows in my free time. Californication is one of my favorite TV show. I like The role of all characters but David Duchovny and Natascha McElhone Plays important Role in Californication.

[Snowqueen]

I rarely watch TV these days, but I’m enjoying the latest episode of Coke Studio.

http://www.cokestudio.com.pk/season6/episode3.html?WT.cl=1&WT.mn=Episode 3

[krishna_lit]

Big Bang Theory

[faithosaurus]

I've become absolutely obsessed with Supernatural, Sherlock, and Doctor Who.

[Michael T]

I've become absolutely obsessed with Supernatural, Sherlock, and Doctor Who.

Hi faithosaurus. My daughter tells me Sherlock is excellent. I've avoided watching the current series until I can get hold of series 1 & 2 from the library. As for Doctor Who, isn't the whole world waiting to see the new doctor in action? :smile5:

[Michael T]

Currently watching Breaking Bad on Netflix (I use my brother's log-in). It's really really good, in fact probably one of the best TV series' I've ever seen. Right up there with The Killing if not better. I'm near the end of series 2.

Hi Neely, People who own the box sets of Breaking Bad seem to be the most popular people in the UK at the moment! From the way people are talking, it looks like it must be about the best program of its genre ever. Luckily someone in our family has it - so I'm patiently awaiting my turn. :rolleyes:

[YesNo]

I watched a few minutes of Breaking Bad from a set from the library before taking it back. It was far to serious for my entertainment needs. I was able to tolerate more of an old British comedy series by French and Saunders, but I didn't finish the set.

We finally made the decision to discontinue our cable subscription which means we now don't have any TV programming. We are limited to what we get from the library or the internet. Since we weren't watching TV, the change was almost unnoticed, except for the monthly bill reduction.

[Emil Miller]

I watched a few minutes of Breaking Bad from a set from the library before taking it back. It was far to serious for my entertainment needs. I was able to tolerate more of an old British comedy series by French and Saunders, but I didn't finish the set.

We finally made the decision to discontinue our cable subscription which means we now don't have any TV programming. We are limited to what we get from the library or the internet. Since we weren't watching TV, the change was almost unnoticed, except for the monthly bill reduction.

I did the same about three years ago. TV in the UK is abysmal and why would I want to watch it when I have little interest in sport and I am able to access the films and documentaries that I want to see on YouTube? A few days ago, I was reading a newspaper and idly turned to the page listing that day's TV programmes and it was mostly the same old rubbish they were showing when I ditched the TV set.
I can actually get all of the BBC TV channels on the computer but, except for the occasional worthwhile programme, I never watch them as they consist largely of left-wing propaganda and unfunny so-called comedy shows.

[Lokasenna]

Hi Neely, People who own the box sets of Breaking Bad seem to be the most popular people in the UK at the moment! From the way people are talking, it looks like it must be about the best program of its genre ever. Luckily someone in our family has it - so I'm patiently awaiting my turn. :rolleyes:

It is. All the hype you've heard about it is all true.

It is by far and away the best television show that I, at least, have ever seen. Do what you must - beg, borrow or steal - to get your hands on those box sets!

[mortalterror]

1.Sopranos
2.All in the Family
3.Deadwood
4.Mad Men
5.The Wire
6.Seinfeld
7.South Park
8.Monty Python's Flying Circus
9.Chappell Show
10.Breaking Bad
11.X-Files
12.Law and Order
13.Band of Brothers
14.Brideshead Revisited
15.I Claudius
16.The Simpsons
17.The Twilight Zone
18.Deep Space Nine
19.The West Wing
20.Family Guy
21.Hill Street Blues
22.NYPD Blue
23.The Shield
24.Mash
25.Frasier
26.Firefly
27.The Daily Show
28.Real Time with Bill Maher
29.Married With Children
30.Mystery Science Theater 3000
31.Rome
32.Game of Thrones
33.Saturday Night Live
34.House
35.Dexter
36.True Blood
37.Futurama
38.Babylon 5
39.Star Trek: the Next Generation
40.Boardwalk Empire
41.Cheers
42.Roseanne
43.The Cosby Show
44.The Outer Limits
45.Aqua Teen Hunger Force
46.24
46.Oz
47.Star Trek
48.The Outer Limits
49.It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
50.The Walking Dead

[ladderandbucket]

My favourites: Sopranos, The Wire, The Killing, Spiral, Romanzo Criminale, Braquo.

For the last few weeks I've been watching and obsessing over True Detective, which I would rate alongside any of the above mentioned.
It has a very literary, self-referential feel, some very clever meta-fictional moments and is full of nods to genre tropes and philosophical ideas. Also seems to be tied in to the HP Lovecraft mythos. Somehow it manages to pull all this off within a gripping, character driven story. Highly recommended.

[mona amon]

I've fallen in love with Boston Legal, which just finished running here on one of our cable channels. Now I watch House to fill the void and it's good, but needs quite a lot of close attention to follow the medical/detective plotline, while Boston Legal was pure fun, relaxation and entertainment, but also thought provoking and emotionally engaging. I don't think I've liked a show this much since MASH. It was excellently written and excellently cast, and there was a Tarantino-like way of introducing just the right song at the right moment. Candice Bergen (Shirley Schmidt) looked great - OK sometimes she looked old but mostly she looked great, and James Spader as Alan Shore and William Shatner as Denny Crane were pure magic and genius.

I could hardly find any video clips to post here, but here's a nice fan video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuQ5c9E4eQ

[butterflylover]

the voice,about a boy,growing up fisher,wheel of fortune

[Mhairi99]

I love Doctor who, Vampire Diaries, the originals, merlin (excluding the last season) and of corse the Simpsons.

[Mhairi99]

“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”
— The Doctor

[Sido]

Currently : Person of Interest, Downton Abbey, Penny Dreadful, Borgia, Atlantis

[cacian]

Judge Judy
by far the most entertaining.
American laws at its burst.

[108 fountains]

Nice list above from mortalterror, covering the past 50 years or so. Judging from the contents of the list, however, I'll bet Fawlty Towers was omitted as an oversight, and should have been included, maybe as number 51. I would have also included the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and, going back even a little further, the Jack Benny Show and Red Skelton.

[Helga]

I can't stop watching It's Always sunny in Philadelphia, seen it all three times and now I am watching it with commentary.

Penny Dreadful is great too but just want to see each show once, that is enough. Love Hannibal, he is brilliant and the ending of the last season was brilliant.

[Iain Sparrow]

Naked and Afraid - Not just another one of those survival shows, it's really quite harsh... one man and one woman, left naked to fend for themselves for 21 days in the wilderness, or desert, or jungle. It's interesting to note though, that it's usually the women that fair better. Mental toughness seems to outweigh physical toughness.

Almost Royal - A faux reality series with two very young English aristocrats touring America. It's America bashing done in brilliant fashion! Very politically incorrect.

Tosh.0 - The show is just plain hilarious.

Impractical Jokers - Four New Yorkers strive to embarrass each other. Unlike other shows of this type, they don't set out to humiliate strangers, they just humiliate each other. They are very witty and the stunts they pull are actually quite clever.

[New Secret]

I don't watch syndications really, ever since I was a teen. Back then though I remember VIP, X-Files, South Park, The Man Show, and that's about it that I can remember right now. I watched a lot of television when I was a teen. Now when I want to watch a show I either go see a movie or go see a play. If I couch it in my den then it's movie DVDs.

[Doctor Omega]

Blake's 7
Doctor Who
Quatermass 1979
Moonbase 3
Star Cops
The Tripods

[Lendo]

Of all time, my favourite was The Sopranos.

Lately, i love to see Modern Family.

[Robert Alan]

Twin Peaks. The new episodes came out yesterday... did anyone see them? I cannot believe the direction they are going with-it's both brilliant and entertaining. I think David Lynch has done it again ;))

[spikepipsqueak]

Comedies

Have you been Paying Attention?
Third Rock from the Sun
Big Bang Theory
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Home Improvement and Last Man Standing
Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Coupling
Fawlty Towers
The Vicar of Dibley
Red Dwarf


West Wing
Masters of Sex
East/West

Many others, but ran out of time.

[Scheherazade]

I had a binge session with Mad Men last month while recovering in bed and absolutely loved it.

I am not sure I enjoyed House of Cards' last season.

[Helga]

I just re-watched Scrubs, still good, except that last season

Right now I am deep in Twin Peaks

[Shalot]

Better Call Saul
Game of Thrones
Grimm - just finished the series tonight
Sirens
Stranger Things
Ray Donavon

[Wizard272002]

Right now GoT!

[Scheherazade]

Still resisting watching GoT... Maybe once the big hullabaloo is over and it's out as a DVD collection.

I haven't watched any TV shows properly since The Good Wife finished. Sometimes watching reruns of old shows to dull the mind.

[tailor STATELY]

spikepipsqueak: I second your comedy list.

Currently watching Babylon 5: Season 1 was on VHS (until both my players started eating the tapes) and now watching Season 2 streaming on the go90 app for my Kindle... Will be watching Seasons 3-5 and the Babylon 5 movies from my CD collection on my laptop.

I catch The Orville on Thursday, Gold Rush on Fridays, and Barney Miller Monday - Thursday, ST Voyager whenever I can catch it, and an occasional Dr Who ( thank you BBC America ! ).

[caffeinatedboy]

Mine would always be Parks and Recreation.

[tailor STATELY]

No more BBC America *sigh (changed telly providers)... currently DVRing Babylon 5 on Comet TV, The Outer Limits (old & latest), Night Court, Hogan's Heroes, 3rd Rock, Stargate SG1. No more The Orville for a while...

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[bounty]

tailor---have you seen there is a new incarnation of night court?? I think the judge is harry's daughter and john laroquette is still the prosecutor.