...So what's everyone watching these days?

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, February 10, 2012 1:10 PM

Interesting nods for Fringe. I watched the first half of the first season and just couldn't get on with it. I remember the contrivances with 'Global Massive' was it?.. just frustrated me.

The Walking Dead looked good but I only caught the first two episodes.

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GWEK

Friday, February 10, 2012 3:10 PM

I thought the first season of WALKING DEAD was awesome (one of the best shows of the past few years). The second season isn't bad, but it doesn't live up.

FRINGE, in my opinion, has a bit of an uneven history. I found the first season to be very weak, but the next two seasons were increasingly better. I watched all three on DVD and was very excited the fourth season live. If you ask me, it's been a bit of a disappointment so far.

My wife and I watch a lot of comedies: THE OFFICE (still good), PARKS & RECREATIONS (same sense of humor as the office, but a bit fresher), COMMUNITY (when it's on, it's the best show on TV), 30 ROCK (sometimes the funniest show of the week, others, not so much), TWO BROKE GIRLS (this one is mostly for my wife), MIKE & MOLLY (again, for the wife, but I think it's the better of the two), WHITNEY (a prettty underestimated comedy), and NEW GIRL (took a while for this one to grow on me, but it can be very funny and bizarre). Oh, MODERN FAMILY, too.

I'm a big SURVIVOR fan so I'm waiting for the new season to start.

STAR WARS: CLONE WARS was a bit hit or miss at the beginning of the season, but the second half has been excellent.

We're giving ALCATRAZ, THE RIVER, and possibly TOUCH a try, but my wife is concerned that--like so many shows of the past decade--they'll be cancelled before we get to find out the secrets.

Rounding things out, we've got GLEE, REVENGE, ROYAL PAINS... all decent, but all of which I probablu wouldn't watch alone.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, February 10, 2012 5:50 PM

Hey RahlMaclaren

I received an email notification that you replied to this thread. Only thing is I can't see you on here.

So just in case you replied directly to me please forgive my lack of response. I just can't see your post. I have no idea why?

Sorry

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STORYMARK

Friday, February 10, 2012 6:12 PM

I tend to let shows play out, then watch them in marathon runs later, so when I see stuff can fluctuate, but right now I watch:

(currently airing):
Justified
Supernatural
The Walking Dead
Glee (though mostly against me will)

(still running, but not currently airing):
Breaking Bad
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
Game of Thrones

(currently airing, but backlogged on the hard drive)
Fringe
The Clone Wars
Person of Interest
Alcatraz

(old shows Im watching on Netflix):
Stargate: SG1
Stargate: Atlantis
Star Trek: Deep Space 9

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

STORYMARK

Friday, February 10, 2012 6:29 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
but I sort of bailed once I saw it was going for a long arc that I was afraid it might not ever get to finish (I've got a bad case of cancellationophobia).

Its funny how much we all varry in what we want from a show, even though the shows we as a group watch are mainly the same.

I'd much rather a serialized, long-plot style show - even if I knew for a fact it wouldn't be resolved, or would have a less-than-stellar pay-off than something purely quo-maintaining/episodic series.

Heck, DS9 is probably the only Trek show I would even watch these days, had I not grown up on them.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

ECGORDON

Friday, February 10, 2012 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by GWEK:
I thought the first season of WALKING DEAD was awesome (one of the best shows of the past few years). The second season isn't bad, but it doesn't live up.

I have yet to see any of WD, but my son has seen it all and his assessment is exactly the opposite of yours.

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FRINGE, in my opinion, has a bit of an uneven history. I found the first season to be very weak, but the next two seasons were increasingly better. I watched all three on DVD and was very excited the fourth season live. If you ask me, it's been a bit of a disappointment so far.

I've read a lot of complaints about this season, but I don't see it. Just because there have been some changes with the characters,

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which is inevitable when one of them has supposedly been wiped from existence...but then...NOT!

doesn't mean that the writers don't have a convincing endgame in sight. I trust them.

KWICKO

Friday, February 10, 2012 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Damn, and I thought I watched a lot of TV.

Please note that I did not include everything I watch, just those shows I unreservedly recommend to others.

Bear in mind that several of those shows are "on the bubble" for me. I gave up Fringe already - this season just wasn't going anywhere for me - and I didn't list Supernatural because it conflicts with something else that night, and isn't available on-demand when I want it, so I'll have to catch this final season in re-runs, I reckon.

Walking Dead is on the bubble, too, because it's just getting on my nerves.

I don't even think I listed the HBO, Starz, and Showtime series I like (but have to watch on DVD, having no premium cable channels).

No wonder I'm falling far behind in my television watching! And that's why I have to cull shows from the herd. For once in my life, there's so much good TV that there's really not time for mediocre stuff. "Revenge" is about as cheesy as I'll go, and that was purely because I hoped it would be like "Harper's Island", which promised (1) a murder a week, and (2) a definite conclusion, both of which it delivered. "Revenge" is mediocre, and I'll finish the season, but doubt I'd come back for more.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

ECGORDON

Friday, February 10, 2012 11:59 PM

It's yet another indication that everyone has different expectations and desires about the shows they watch. You listed quite a few that don't interest me at all, whereas I cannot understand those who have given up on Fringe. There is one thing I think most would agree with, it is the least predictable show on the air. Not only do I not know where the overall story arc will end up, I usually can't even guess how each episode will conclude.

CYBERSNARK

Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:22 AM

Plus, let's face it, John Noble is one of those actors who could be entertaining while reading the phone book.

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CHRISISALL

Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:38 AM

Sadly, I'd rather watch CHUCK, or the Planet of the Apes series, or Brisco County, or Buffy, or Dark Angel, or The Prisoner, or BSG-TOS, or ST-TOS, or Lost In Space, or Kung Fu, or Firefly, or even Stargate: Atlantis (I have all of the above on DVD) than anything on Broadcast TV these days.

I'm officially old.

The laughing Chrisisall

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