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 (!).

[park-ave-pirate.livejournal.com]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Daily Show and Colbert report.

*in a small voice I add: Firefly*

[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)