Best TV other than Sci-Fi
POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Monday, May 3, 2004 16:14
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The only 2 shows I actually currently watch ever week, because I'm really bad at remembering days and times for shows unless they really blow me away, are Deadwood and NCIS.
Shows I watch that are on now if I can remember they're on are Red Cap and Reno: 911.
So that's a Western and 2 military-cop shows and a cop-comedy. Hmm, remember when there was a time when I could find all sorts of things to watch on TV, now it's all lawyers and reality shows. Sigh.
Some of my other favorites I watched in the past were: Blackadder (have the DVD box), Band of Brother (ditto), Father Ted (ditto), Twin Peaks, and Combat! But other than that I usually watch the History Channel when they have something interesting on (getting rarer) and the news.
But I've been lessing my news watching in a complex inverted formula each day until after Election Day's over. Then I'll be free to watch it all the time again, or move to Mexico depending on how it turns out. 
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the Man, how's about we move away from this
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Combat!
Band of Brothers
Third Watch
Weiss Kreuz (anime TV show but only avail. on DVD in USA)
Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X (anime)
Tour of Duty (when it was on, no DVDs/tapes for this one 
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As you can tell I'm a big fan of military/cop/rescue squad dramas. 
Sports movies I'll give a try no matter how bad the previews made them look:
Gymnastics
Figure Skating
Speed Skating
Hockey
Equestrian
Swimming
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My best tv list:
Gilmore Girls
Everwood (although this show does have its faults - I've watched every other episode this season and haven't missed anything)
Alias (is it sci-fi?)
The West Wing (uneven but good)
Snakes and Ladders (6 part miniseries that aired on CBC a couple of months ago, should have been a continuing series, was kind of a Canadian West Wing, but different)
Coronation Street (only soap I'll watch)
Friends (cause it's tradition)
Whose Line is it Anyway? (cause it always makes me laugh)
Wonderfalls!!!!!
And of course: Angel and Buffy
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Doh! How could I forget Tour of Duty?!?
That was a very fine show and the opening credits were about the best I'd seen till lately (Firefly is the only one that can beat them even now though). Something about all those action shots spliced in with "Paint It Black" playing in the background just sorta kicked you in the butt and got you ready to see it.
I can't hear "Paint it Black" to this day without thinking of those credits.
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"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"
My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html
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Good TV shows I watch (besides Sci-fi):
-24
-The Sopranos(does no one else watch this? or just no one considers it good?)
-Simpsons
-Chapelle's Show
-ER (not exactly 'good' TV, but entertaining)
-And shamefully, CSI and all the Law and Orders.
*EDIT* How the hell could I forget "Nip/Tuck?" w00t on it getting a second season! *EDIT*
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Quote:
Originally posted by JohnClark:
Other non-sf stuff I watch would be CSI, 24, Alias (at least the first season. Haven't seen the second or third yet)
Though the first season of Alias isn't, seasons 2 and 3 of Alias are very much sci-fi.
Lennier - I love "The Newsroom" also!
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Hornblower
The Simpsons
Frasier
Just Shoot Me
All Law and Order series
Smallville (I'm not really sure if this falls under sci-fi...i tend not to think so)
Scrubs
Scarlet Pimpernal
there's prolly a few more (definietly plenty more sitcoms i like) but I can't think of em right now...or can't be stuffed typing em...I forget which
Jumpy: jumps excitedly for firefly!
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Here's my list of what I watch now:
The Shield
Stargate SG1
Angel (along w/ the reruns on TNT)
Buffy reruns
Mail Call
Band of Brothers (DVD set)
Sharpe series (VHS complete set)
Highlander the series (DVD sets)
I also catch some select shows on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and the Food Network.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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You guys are going to laugh, but Good Eats on Food Network. Love that show. It is the only show I watch every week. I used to do that with a lot of shows (The Simpsons, Futurama, Friends among others) but not any more.
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