What's everybody watch on tv these days?
I recently said I'd get rid of the tv if it wasn't for the wife but I guess in reality, we do get our use out of it.
I give the big 3 networks my ratings once a week. I'm not the type that is easily entertained by tv shows or sitcoms or that wants to spend my time watching them. That being said, the three shows I really enjoy and all I watch religiously in a given week:
Monday night: 24. This is the first season I've watched and it has been an action packed, entertaining show to say the least. One of the fastest hours in television. Haven't missed more than one or two episodes.
Wednesday night: Lost. Don't know who else follows this show but we've been hooked on it since episode one, 3 seasons ago. This one, I've missed one or two episodes in 3 seasons. I've never watched a show more complex than this. You have to watch the whole thing to know what's going on and I anxiously await the conclusion. Which apparently we'll have to wait another 31 episodes for. Just a good, complex, fictional, yet mostly realistic type program, with a lot of twists and turns. Some fantasy thrown in along with occasional dry humor. Great characters, great acting. The character interaction is believable and many times humorous. IMO, this is the best tv series of all time. You never want to miss next week's show.
Thursday night: The Office. When this first came out I wasn't ready for it. I hadn't watched a show quite like it and was reluctant to start watching a new comedy sitcom, especially like this one. I didn't think it would be funny.
Then I gave it a chance, and it truly is one of the only shows I can laugh out loud over. Now that I know the characters and know what to expect out of it. No laugh tracks, no studio audience. Just perfect sarcasm, awkward moments of silence and hilarious stereo types with a perfect cast. Maybe not everybody's type of humor but it does it for me. Worth a watch if you haven't seen it.
I give the big 3 networks my ratings once a week. I'm not the type that is easily entertained by tv shows or sitcoms or that wants to spend my time watching them. That being said, the three shows I really enjoy and all I watch religiously in a given week:
Monday night: 24. This is the first season I've watched and it has been an action packed, entertaining show to say the least. One of the fastest hours in television. Haven't missed more than one or two episodes.
Wednesday night: Lost. Don't know who else follows this show but we've been hooked on it since episode one, 3 seasons ago. This one, I've missed one or two episodes in 3 seasons. I've never watched a show more complex than this. You have to watch the whole thing to know what's going on and I anxiously await the conclusion. Which apparently we'll have to wait another 31 episodes for. Just a good, complex, fictional, yet mostly realistic type program, with a lot of twists and turns. Some fantasy thrown in along with occasional dry humor. Great characters, great acting. The character interaction is believable and many times humorous. IMO, this is the best tv series of all time. You never want to miss next week's show.
Thursday night: The Office. When this first came out I wasn't ready for it. I hadn't watched a show quite like it and was reluctant to start watching a new comedy sitcom, especially like this one. I didn't think it would be funny.
Then I gave it a chance, and it truly is one of the only shows I can laugh out loud over. Now that I know the characters and know what to expect out of it. No laugh tracks, no studio audience. Just perfect sarcasm, awkward moments of silence and hilarious stereo types with a perfect cast. Maybe not everybody's type of humor but it does it for me. Worth a watch if you haven't seen it.
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I don't have a TV.
I used to be self-righteous and smug about that but I got over it. I get as much passive entertainment on the Web as any couch potato does on the TV.
But I don't see the cost of a TV justifying the amount of entertainment it would bring me. Otherwise put: given that I spend what I do on the internet, I just don't see a need for more media. Or yet again: there is no media gap in my life.
Should I beat this horse some more, or leave it at that?
(BTW: I do like the TV when I visit relatives.)0 -
I watch news mostly. I like A&E, and discorvery. 48 hours, swat, and deadliest catch. Various others when those shows aren't on. Dirtest jobs is pretty good also, I like the host he cracks me up. 0 -
I actually don't watch much tv anymore. When I do it's usually something on the history channel, autoracing, or the occasionaly hunting show(Ted Nugent or Dangerous Game).
Jon0 -
News, Comedy Central, or TV Land (Bonanza or Gunsmoke), and my NASCAR and football are about all I watch. 0 -
tv? 0 -
Ghost Hunters on wed nite Sci-Fi, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and for comedy, Two and a half Men on CBS 0 -
Dora the Explorer, the Backyardigans, Handy Manny, Barney, you know, the usual...
...when you have a 2-year-old in the house.0 -
The unit, criminal minds, CSI, rasling[;)] 0 -
the Stargates (SG-1 and Atlantis) and the History Channel for new programs, I just think most everything else that is new is crap.
Sometimes I watch reruns of various Star Trek series on Spike or Seinfeld reruns.0 -
Nothing.
Havn't watched a tv in years.0 -
Did a TV inventory the other day and apparently we have seven.
No time to watch much lately, me, the kids, wife but the
five grandkids take up the slack.[:o)]0 -
About the only shows I watch anymore are House on FOX and Heroes on NBC. Then again, all I have is free tv, no cable. 0 -
Deadliest Catch. 0 -
It is a kida dark olive green screen!!!!! 0 -
the sheild tues @10
dogfights on history channel fri nights
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I watch Scrubs, Cops, CSI, Orange Cty Chopper, Car Shows, Speed Channel, Hunting Shows, Discovery, Fox News and some of the local stuff.
I hate all the stupid commercials that they have anymore, I find it so darn hard to keep my attention on the program with the constant intruptions!!
I have a TV in every room, one in the attic and the garage.0 -
quote:Originally posted by sig232
I hate all the stupid commercials that they have anymore, I find it so darn hard to keep my attention on the program with the constant intruptions!!
Yeah, agree with you there. Very rarely do you ever see a good commercial. There's way too many and there's such a lack of creativity, it's almost like an insult to our inteligence.
I have to admit, the food commercials do work on you from time to time if you're hungry.
I'm still waiting for them to allow us to customize the programming we get. We pay 56 bucks a month for the most basic dish package and a handful of HD channels. Most of it's mindless television and not all that entertaining for anybody with an IQ over 50.
I just want to customize what we get like a cell phone plan. Why don't we have the right to do this? To get a couple more channels that we'd like, we'd be spending upwards of 80-90 dollars a month.
And I can't get myself to buy the new HD package and be gouged harder for something that should be included standard by now.0 -
I like [24],on monday nights,and news and weather,thats all i,ll watch,dont let myself get to indulged in tv to many other things gotta be done!Thanks,Paul 0 -
monday: house (fox), heroes (nbc)
tuesday: ncis (cbs) house (fox)
wednesday: jericho, criminal minds (cbs), medium (nbc)
thursday: my name is earl, the office, scrubs, er (nbc) soon to change adding studio 60 instead of er
friday: beer, red bull and vodka, ps2 sniper elite or karaoke
saturday: range
sunday: clean house.0 -
NCIS, The Unit, Criminal Minds, Murder Recipes, a lot of Discovery, Military, and History channels.
We have had DVR (TiVo) since December, and I now record everything before I watch it. Makes the commercials useless as a vehicle for advertisers to get my attention, plus pause, rewind, and freeze frame. It also reduces my invested time in each program, up to 20/30 percent. It lets me record 2 different shows on different channels, while watching a third.
This actually does what VCRs were supposed to.
It cost me nothing for the hardware through Direct TV, and $5 a month for the service.
I guess that you can tell that I like it !!
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Porn[:D] 0 -
I got direct tv,300 channels of CRAPOLA.Two shows a week,The occaisional hit and miss show.Other than that....[xx(] 0 -
I only watch PBS.[:D] Truthfully, I do mostly enjoy the educational type programs, but I must admit I'm addicted to 'Monk" and "My Name is Earl." 0 -
Monday: 24
Tuesday: The Unit
Wed: Criminal Minds
Thurs: CSI and Ultimate Fighting
Other than that I watch home improvement shows late at night.0 -
The ONLY show on YV, worth watching id "DEADLIEST CATCH". Tues. nights, 9:00, on DISCOVERY channel!!
Jeff
P.S... I know,,, time for me to do another giveaway!!
But i have nothing to give..0 -
24
i went on ebay and bought all the seasons except this one because it isnt out yet. i have been watching to for two years now but i started all over from the first episode. man i love that show. its about the only show i watch on tv.0 -
Just about nothing. We decided to not watch TV during lent ... after the first few days we did not even miss it! We've had it on once since then! 0 -
Formula 1 and practically nothing else. 0 -
Sopranos
The Shield
The Office
Heroes
all via DVR0 -
I quit watching tv probably after gradeschool. haven't watched any tv at all since 1997. I don't miss it, I got better things to do. always have. [;)] 0
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