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Valerie
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Dec 07, 2010 10:01PM
I'm really enjoying: Parenthood, Life Unexpected, Blue Bloods, Dark Blue, Hawaii Five-O and Nikita. I also watch One Tree Hill and Vampire Diaries with my daughter.
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I especially enjoy watching Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, CSI, One Tree Hill, The Walking Dead, Cougar Town and The Big Bang Theory :)
Peytavi wrote: "I especially enjoy watching Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, CSI, One Tree Hill, The Walking Dead, Cougar Town and The Big Bang Theory :)"I'm a huge fan of Chuck and The Big Bang Theory too. Kind of surprised no one has mentioned them before now. Or at least I don't think they have.:-)
Sadly, I am currently keeping up with 65 shows! lol Luckily, I have season passes with my TiVo. I recently began watching law & order SVU, which isn't new... However, it's new for me since I never watched it before. I love Criminal Minds, CSI, Big Band Theory, V, Castle, Mentalist, and a ton more! :)
Just to brag ... I was recently at a conference and attended a day long session by Jim Reese, a Retired FBI agent, one of the first Profilers, who is supposed to be the basis of one of the Criminal Minds characters. I'm told that he's often quoted in the show.
Lila wrote: "Criminal Minds
The Big Bang Theory (although this season isn't as good)
Dexter
Weeds
Come Dine With Me"
Did you see the new criminal mind:suspect behavior series?
It's only had 5 or 6 episodes so far.
The Big Bang Theory (although this season isn't as good)
Dexter
Weeds
Come Dine With Me"
Did you see the new criminal mind:suspect behavior series?
It's only had 5 or 6 episodes so far.
Joy wrote: "Lila wrote: "Criminal MindsThe Big Bang Theory (although this season isn't as good)
Dexter
Weeds
Come Dine With Me"
Did you see the new criminal mind:suspect behavior series?
It's only had 5 or 6..."
Lila wrote: "Criminal Minds
The Big Bang Theory (although this season isn't as good)
Dexter
Weeds
Come Dine With Me"
I seen the ads for it but haven't watched it yet. It looks good. Have you seen it?
I watched the premiere for Camelot yesterday night on Starz. It's pretty good so far, I hope that it stays that way so I can actually have something other then like 2 shows to watch.
I watch very little TV because books are so much better. Personally, I think most of what is on TV is garbage. It would be so much better if they got rid of those so-called 'reality' programs. I could care less about the Jersey Shore or the Kardashians. That being said, I think both Criminal Minds and the new Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour are excellent. In fact those are the only 2 shows that I know are on.
Michelle wrote: "I watched the premiere for Camelot yesterday night on Starz. It's pretty good so far..."I really enjoyed it too! I saw on IMDB that they have are at least 10 episodes into the show. Really looking forward to the Borgias too... which starts tonight. And then The Game of Thrones series starts on the 17th! Been waiting for all of these series for like... 6 months! LOL
Probably, I would say QI was the best show. With Mock The Week, Waking The Dead, and Harry Hill. TV is rubbish at the moment.
Valerie wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I watched the premiere for Camelot yesterday night on Starz. It's pretty good so far..."I really enjoyed it too! I saw on IMDB that they have are at least 10 episodes into the ..."
I'm definitely going to try to catch The Borgias. I don't particularly like them as actual people but since Jeremy Irons is in it I'm giving it a try.
I consider myself a TV JunkieMy Favorites on now in no particular order:
Gossip Girl
90210
House
The Voice
American Idol
America's Next Top Model
Vampire Diaries
Nikita
America's Best Dance Crew
Bones
Supernatural
Smallville
In Plain Sight
Royal Pains
White Collar
The Defenders
My guilty pleasures
Bad Girls Club
Maury
Days of our Lives
Shows I am watching through Netflix Streaming
Spartacus
Lie to Me
Robin Hood
Shows I sometimes what reruns of
Law & Order
Law & Order: SVU
Cold Case
George Lopez
Two and a Half Men
My oldies but goodies
Nip/Tuck
Friends
Prison Break
Lost
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dawson's Creek
Beverly Hills 90210
Melrose Place (old one)
Will & Grace
Angel
Party of Five
Charmed
Saved by the Bell
Justice
I know there is probably more lol
CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS).THE KILLING (AMC). -- omg, I *love* this show.
Blue Bloods (CBS).
Nikita (CW).
Then I have an unexplainable love for reality cooking shows. :)
My current favorite is "Game of Thrones". I'm excited because some new shows are beginning this summer. I'm looking forward to trying "Teen Wolf", "Secret Life of Chloe King", "Falling Skies", and "Wilfred".
One Man’s Opinion video review of the movie Warm Bodies.By Stephen B. Pearl
Link: http://youtu.be/AlV1kc2CSvw
Stephen B. Pearl
Being Human has 2 versions one British one American. The British one came first and I think ran for five or six English seasons and if I am right the American version is in its third season.A Vampire, a Werewolf and a Ghost share a house as they try to live as humans.
Truly good shows on TV are hard to find. The new mini series Vikings on the History Channel is an excellent drama. If you like Game of Thrones you'll totally dig Vikings. I don't like most cop shows because they are so fakey. But Southland,and FBI criminal pursuit are good. As far as Fantasy its pretty poor. Once Upon a Time. True Blood, and most HBO series are good.
The Walking DeadCall the Midwife - BBC, but it runs in the US too I think. It is based on an autobiography of a young midwife working in Nonatus House in the East End of London during the 1950s. a nostalgic, eye opening, absorbing and heart warming drama.
Miranda
PS- Doctor Who is no longer good, and has not been good since Matt Smith took over as the Doctor.
I'm always hopelessly behind on television shows, since I don't really watch all that much television. Sometimes I wonder if I should just cancel my cable subscriptions and stick to watching DVD's and Bluray ^.^'That being said, I do have favorite series and own most of them on DVD (although most of them are anything but 'Current').
I adore anything that has a Joss Whedon stamp (the man is an awesome storyteller), so my Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse collection are amongst my most treasured DVD's. I have high hopes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well..
Other then that I like good sitcoms. I can watch Friends whenever, even after the nth rerun they are still funny.
Big love for the Big Bang Theory as well. That's right up my alley.
Like many of you, I also enjoy How I met your mother (and only partly because the makers are Joss-fans as well :))
I also greatly enjoyed the quirkiness of the characters developed by David E. Kelly (Ally McBeal, Boston Legal)
I watched True Blood with great interest at first (now only the eyecandy can tempt me to watch more recent seasons, but they've lost the spark that kept me engaged in the storyline.. much like the books actually)
Pushing Daisies was cute.
Castle is a recent discovery that I greatly enjoy so if I'd have to pick a favourite detective series it will probably be that one...
I also really liked the BBC's adaption of Robin Hood with Jonas Armstrong, Richard Armitage and Keith Allen.
I also really liked the first and second Season of Heroes. Things got a bit meh in season 3 and I haven't even watched season 4, but I still intend to.
Other things on my to watch list:
Doctor Who
The rest of Castle
Once upon a Time
Dead like Me
We watch way too much TV. I think every supernatural themed show and CSI type of show - comedies - heck, we even like Duck Dynasty and Storage Wars if the mood is right. I learned back in the US Navy to write while other things are going on - sort of between the cracks - so we have TV on from 8:00 to 11:00 at night, and then another hour after going to bed...and then there's Netflix...
The only American show I am currently watching is Arrested Development, so I can catch up with the show before the new season begins.Other than that, I like to watch doramas, which are Asians shows. They are really good, too bad they are not very popular here in the West.
I currently DVR Vikings, Borgias, Defiance, Lost Girl, Masterpiece Mystery, Mob Wives, Justified and Grimm. I sometimes turn on Storage Wars and Duck Dynasty in the evening or Say Yes to the Dress in the afternoon.Past DVR Marathons of reruns or Netflix seasons include: Castle, Supernatural, Being Human (British version), Once Upon a Time, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Numbers, Poirot, Downton Abbey (I wait for the season to be complete), Farscape and Lexx.
Lisa, you'd be right at home with us. We have a Dish Network "Hopper" so all the network shows record every night, and we can either watch, or record, one other during that time. We usually do that, then switch to watching Network after prime time and recording other things. Our daughter is in the mix - she is a big fan of Once Upon a Time, and Merlin, so when those are running we get them. We watch Being Human (US) Grimm, Supernatural, Lost Girl - and then we watch whatever cop shows are running - love Castle.
Lisa wrote: "I currently DVR Vikings, Borgias, Defiance, Lost Girl, Masterpiece Mystery, Mob Wives, Justified and Grimm. I sometimes turn on Storage Wars and Duck Dynasty in the evening or Say Yes to the Dress ..."Is America that far behind with Downton Abbey!? Series 3 finished around last October/ November over here in the UK!
It's been awhile I can see. But the best shows I like are: Hannibal (I can't believe it's been canceled), American Ninja Warrior; Can't wait for these shows to come back: Flash, Grimm, ConstantineAnd over the pond shows: Crimson Field, Endeavour, Masterpiece Theatre, Masterpiece Mystery, and England's Best Bakers.
I love Masterpiece Mystery--especially when it broadcasts INSPECTOR LEWIS. I really enjoyed the GRANCHESTER Mysteries when PBS broadcast it about year ago. I hope PBS brings it back.
The series that I've watched this year are:Penny Dreadful
The Strain
Selfie (cancelled after only one season)
True Detective
Game of Thrones
Oldies:
Masters of Horror
The X Files
Friends
Charmed
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The best shows that are on now:The Amazing Race
The Good Wife--OMG!!
Masterpiece Theatre and Masterpiece Mystery
Agents of SHIELD
Criminal Minds
I'm waiting for Grimm, Constantine, Elementary, and Flash, to name a few.
The new season of Doctor Who makes me happy, Bone watched Person of Interest on Netflix. I love Jim Cavieziel.
Minority Report was terrible.
Still not sure about Blindspot
I'm disappointed in Minority Report too. I had such high hopes. I'll continue to look at it, though, until they inevitably cancel it.
Marianne Aiza wrote: "The series that I've watched this year are:Penny Dreadful
The Strain
Selfie (cancelled after only one season)
True Detective
Game of Thrones
Oldies:
Masters of Horror
The X Files
Friends
Charme..."
The X-Files is still the best. Can't wait till the new episodes air.
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