TV and me

[amari_z]

I've been realizing lately that I don't actually like TV that much. Hmm. What I do watch:

Gilmore Girls (but I'm often still at work, so I miss it)
Battlestar Galactica
Simpsons (If I'm home)
Boondocks (if I happen to remember)
Occasional episode of Law & Order, because never bad, but seems to always be on
Daily Show/Colbert Report Because--do I even need to explain?
Occasional documentaries and news shows

Shows I used to watch, but don't really anymore:
Everwood (not sure why--it's probably that I've missed too much of it by being at work and a lot of the teenage angst just annoys me)
Smallville (I liked it in the beginning, but now it just seems very stupid. I stopped watching completely during the second (or third?) season
Stargate SG-1 (used to watch this fairly regularly--but now it just seems boring; I've watched an occasional ep of Atlantis, it's okay, but doesn't grab me)
[Edit--I forgot The West Wing (I used to adore this show, but lost interest around the time Sorkin left--or maybe a little before. I think it's still on.)]

Shows I would watch religiously if evil networks had not canceled them before their time:
Arrested Development (wails)
Dead Like Me (damn you showtime! I would have actually subscribed to your stupid channel)

And if you want to go back in time:
Firefly
Furturama
Pinky and the Brain (where are my dvds, damn you!)

I'm sure I'm missing stuff, but that's all I can think of. (I'm not counting things like X-files that got canceled after self-destructing).

Comments

[darklyscarlett.livejournal.com]

Don't watch as much TV as I used to.

Hmm, I only switch HBO back on when Entourage and Rome are airing. I was a huge Six Feet Under fan, but Ari and the Entourage boys are my cable show.

Love Nip/Tuck, but don't get to see it much. I see way too much English football. And Mystery!, plus BBC America on certain Monday's (when 24 isn't on). The one reality show I like is Project Runway. And as for a prime time show, it's really only 24 (!).

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

I don't have HBO, which I suppose is good, since it keeps me from watching more TV, but I was sad to miss out on Rome. I hope they put it out on DVD soon.

I've never watched nip/tuck--is it the show having to do with cosmetic surgery? That freaks me out. I'm really a wimp when it comes to seeing stuff like that.

24 is one of those shows I feel like I should watch, and should get the dvds and marathon on some rainy/snowy day when I have nothing to do. Unfortunately, those types of days seem to have faded into legend. : (

[park-ave-pirate.livejournal.com]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Daily Show and Colbert report.

*in a small voice I add: Firefly*

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

Yes, so much LOVE for them. They help keep me from going off the complete deep end of indignation and flailing at the state of the world. It's almost like therapy, but funnier. ; )

And why speak the name of Firefly in a small voice--proclaim it in a big damn voice. ; )

[park-ave-pirate.livejournal.com]

Between Jon Stewart and Bono they help keep me sane in the stuffy corporate world I work in.

Also, I have to say "Firefly" in a small voice because if the Techies that sit in the next cubicle hear me I will end up listening while they debate Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Firefly. Then I will probably be invited to their next poker game and all hope will be lost.
I like making fun of my Techies!!!

J

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

And if you can't make fun of the techies, then, really, what is left? ; )

[far-mountain.livejournal.com]

I used to watch a lot of TV. Not so these days. Too much of same thing over and over again. Cops, docs, and sitcoms in a perpetual revolving door of mediocrity. I mean, they don't even bother to use different names! There's, what, a dozen CSI's?

And the commercials drive me insane. I think *that* is the main reason I watch so little network TV. And when I do I mute the ads.

I watch Medium, 24, Supernatural and Numbers on a regular basis. I used to watch Lost, but since *everybody's* jumped on the bandwagon, it's not so much fun anymore.

I tune in Sci-Fi Fridays until Numbers comes on, but it's mostly background noise while I'm writing. I can't get behind Battlestar Galactica. I was a big fan when it first came out. It was fun and kinda campy. Now it's all hyper-dramatic and the fun is gone. Still can't get used to Starbuck being female even if she does smoke cigars.

Some of the shows I've loved:
Carnivale (weird and wonderful)
Touching Evil
Freedom (about a team of elite Resistance fighters in a U.S. under martial law)
Time Trax (about a time traveller)
Harsh Realm
Magnificent Seven (based on one of my all-time favorite movies)
Jeremiah (post-apocalyptic drama with a lot of heart)
Highlander (swords!)
Covington Cross (more swords!)
The Outsiders
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (based on one of my all-time favorite musicals)
Star Trek: Voyager (female captain, gotta love it)

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

I've watched Supernatural a few times and it's growing on me. Although I do find it continually confusing that the actor who played "Dean" on Gilmore Girls is now "Sam" and his brother is "Dean." As though I don't have enough things in life to be confused about.

[far-mountain.livejournal.com]

Jared Padelecki plays Sam and he says every once in awhile he has to catch himself because the director will give Jensen Ackles instruction and say "And Dean is standing over there". And both Jared and Jensen will take a step toward the mark. lol