Friday Night Lights: Awesome
By John Amato Saturday Dec 06, 2008 4:30pmYou guys know I'm a big Buffy fan, love The Closer, The Wire and Battlestar Gallactica just to name a few. I was trying to find something new to watch and accidentally discovered a new one. Friday Night Lights is the kind of show that doesn't get a lot of attention, but it simply rocks. If you are looking for a new show to check out---this is the one. It's not just about a HS football team in Texas and whether they'll win the state championship.
It touches on a lot of emotional levels dealing with friends, family, love, loss and relationships. Sure, some aspects are a bit predictable, but after I power cycled season 1, I was really shocked at how good it was and couldn't wait to check out season 2.
I was also surprised at how easy it was to catch episodes via Netflix on my laptop without paying any additional fees.
What shows do you watch that seem to be a little of the grid?
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My Own Worst Enemy is typical of great TV - it apparently has been canceled. If you can catch it, you should. Jason Smilovic writes the smartest, least predictable action and drama that I have seen in a long time. And just like his amazingly well crafted KIDNAPPED, his latest gem has been completely overlooked.
Oh well.
Maybe DirecTv will pick up this one as well.
except for:
the venture bros...best cartoon series ever created
southpark....still funny after all these years
degrassi tng...i love canadian teen soaps...and this seems to be the final season
mad men...brilliant show
eureka...really the only show on tv that glorifies geeks
pushing daisies...if i were gay, i would ask bryan fuller to marry me
finally....although it hasnt been on the air for almost 10 years, someone has posted the entire freaks and geeks series on youtube...if you havent seen it, i suggest you do...it is without a doubt, the best coming of age show ever to be put on tv...nostalgic without the corn, funny without bad one liners, heart wrenching without being cloying....everyone grew up with these characters.
I watch allot of adult swim, my favorite was Lucy Daughter of the Devil but I don't think they are making any more of the them. You can't go wrong with Moral Orel or Metalocalypse or Squidbillies. I have never missed a Eureka.
Brilliant show. My favorite part is an outtake: "Toys Colonel Gentleman Wishes Had Been Available When He Was A Lad."
Favorite Line :'But he's the guy from Depeche Mode!'
It is a slow burn but worth every minute. I'm the only one that I know who watches it.
Did you hear the news regarding Pushing Daisies? It's been canceled. I was saddened by this. It is such a charming show.
And, Brock Samson is the man!
pushing daisies...if i were gay, i would ask bryan fuller to marry me
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Pushing Daisies is so great. It monumentally sucks that ABC has cancelled it! I've been a huge fan since the beginning. Myself and other fans worked really hard to get the word out and try to get ABC to change their minds. But they pretty much killed the show a couple shows into the second season. Assholes.
Also a back log of "Maverick" tapes I hope to get to sometime
James Garner in Maverick and in The Rockford Files is great.
Smart, funny, sexy, wacky... oh! and the Weeds :)
Love Battlestar Galactica, waiting for season 4 on DVD. But my favorite is this really obscure show no one has ever heard of called Lost:)
Life On Mars.
Even Josh Marshall digs it.
was excellent...I haven't caught the American version yet.
The only series in the past ten years that I've turned down dates and dinner invites, refused to answer the phone or a knock on the door, and the neighbours knew enough not to disturb me when it was on. After I moved to NZ, begged a friend making a visit to the UK to bring me back the two-series boxed DVD set. Would have my menopause medically reversed and have Philip Glenister's babies. Am insanely jealous of anyone who was lucky enough to have written for the show - hell, insanely jealous of anyone who was lucky enough to have made the coffee for anyone who wrote for the show.
I don't even want to look at the American version. Sometimes, you just have to know when not to try to improve on perfection.
I can't even watch the US version...I love Harvey K, but he's not strong enough compared to the British actor. I also like the Reaper too...
I love Life On Mars.
I am one of those people who figure out plot twists fairly quickly, so when a new show comes along that is either difficult to 'figure out' or is just well written in the extreme. I can't miss it.
My family and I are saddened to learn about Pushing Daisies. We love that one as well.
There is nothing else that I take time out to watch with my family. The whole cast is charming and funny. The writing is sly and weirdly socially relevant. Of course ABC is cancelling it and putting Life On Mars on hiatus until January. We have to make room for Scrubs and more reality shows and awards shows. They cost so little to produce.
Reaper (CW)
Supernatural (CW)
Chuck (NBC)
Fringe (Fox)
BSG (Sci-Fi)
and
Life (NBC).
Interesting to encounter this post, as I just watched much of the first episode of the first season, based on a critic's recommendation. Here's what I think.
This show may be internally consistent, and could be watched and perhaps enjoyed on those terms. But, as a Texan who grew up in a big football town, I can tell you that the substance of the show is completely bogus from start to finish. It's a cartoon created by someone who knows little or nothing about its subject.
Neither the kids or the grownups in any Texas town are as sophisticated is they are depicted here. Twenty-something actors don't look or carry themselves like pimply teens. Coaches don't talk to kids or each other like they are depicted here, either in the substance of conversations about the game or the tenor of the interactions. The game announcers don't talk like this, either in what they say, how they say it, or how they are connected to the town or the team.
I stopped watching before the end of the first episode because the phoniness and dishonesty became overwhelming. Enjoy it if you will, but don't think for a moment that you are seeing anything remotely approaching the reality of Texas people or the phenomenon of Texas HS football.
for it's own merits. I agree that it wasn't particularly realistic, but the acting and storylines were good. The realism that I got from the show was in the claustrophobia of small towns and the heartbreak of having peaked in life before age 18.
Deadwood (HBO/DVD)
Sarah Connor Cronicles (Fox)
The Little Rascals (circa 1929-31 are my fav's!)
The Honeymooners starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, and Joyce Randolph.
I only watch TV on Thursday ('30 Rock' and 'The Office') and Monday ('Heroes' and 'Sarah Connor'). Despite the the slightly creepy presence of Brian Austin '90210' Green, I can't stop watching 'Sarah Connor': it's just a good, solid show.
I also grew up in a small town in southeast Texas where football was everything. I played football throughout high school, and my entire life revolved around it, even during the off-season.
I used to get scared before practice, worried about what kind of mood the linebacker coach might be in. In mid-season, a couple of guys did the unthinkable: they told the coach they quit and left the practice field.
The next day, those two guys were there in front of us at practice, with their dads and the coaches, and they publicly apologized for quitting. They wanted everyone to know that they desperately wanted to be on the team, and that they had made a mistake.
I guess in our town, football was like some other organizations, where you can't leave once you are in. I thought about quitting, but by my Junior year, I realized that our coaches weren't really evil, and that their yelling was accompanied by a little smile directed at the other coaches.
They secretly laughed and smiled after chewing one of us out, or kicking us in the behind, so I learned to laugh at it too. After that realization, I loved playing football.
Kind of like ER, FNL doesn't exactly portray the real thing, but I know that the plots are appealing to a lot of people, so I understand the fans that are so devoted to these shows.
My List: Chuck, 30 Rock, Stargate Atlantis, Sanctuary (Sci-Fi), My Name is Earl, Pushing Daisies (canceled), BattleStar Galactica (when it is on - sheesh!), Fringe (sleeper hit), and finally, Sarah Connor Chronicles - which I absolutely love! Lena Headey (from "300") is amazing as Sarah, and I really like the rest of the cast, particularly Summer Glau, from Firefly, as the Terminator turned good, or has she?
I can't watch drama shows on TV. I've tried, but the only one I can watch is "Cold Case." I have a pet peeve about TV dramas that no one else seems to care about, so I seldom bring it up. I'm sick and tired of these shows being cast with nothing but "beautiful people" - hospital shows where almost all of the doctors are under 40 and beautiful, lawyer shows where everyone but the senior partners are hot, cop shows where all the female investigators are young and sexy. It really bugs me. Where are the real people on TV? They're on sitcoms.
People love to talk about the "realism" of the dramas they watch, but a show like "The Office," as comical as it is, is actually more realistic than 90% of the dramas on TV. At least they're real people. If that show was a typical TV drama, there would be nothing but models and Chippendale's dancers working there and there'd be some over-the-top crisis at the paper company every week. My dad used to say that the only realistic cop show he ever saw on TV was "Barney Miller." They were a bunch of average looking guys who spent most of their days typing up reports, and they never had a show end with a gun battle and a tough guy catch phrase. I'm all for escapism, but can't somebody tone down the cliches and pretty people a bit a deal a bit more with REAL life? Is it just me? Would no one else watch a show like that?
Sure there were the good looking. But no one can honestly say that Belzer,Melissa Leo or Yaphet Kotto are poster boys for the young and sexy.
Have the whole series on dvd. I love it still. Good writing. Great character development. At the time it was more realistic than a LOT of what was passing for crime television.
But...I do agree about Barney Miller. One of the greatest shows of all time.
but I must confess that I like The Young and The Restless.
ps, the storylines are getting really hot now! (or as Katherine would say, 'dear gawd in heaven')
hehe
Supernatural - Thursday nights, 9pm on the CW. Yea, the CW doesn't have the best shows, but this is my one show I will not miss. The writing is top notch and you'll love the 2 main characters. It's a show that knows how not to take itself too seriously. It's on Season 4 and I'm amazed at how many people don't watch it!
How has Burn Notice not popped up yet? It's some of the funniest and most intelligent stuff ever to come out of USA. (Oh, and Six from BSG has a role on it in season 2, though I didn't get to see the whole season so I'm a little behind.)
This is truly a funny and fun show. Have to love Michael and Fi. Another USA series is In Plain Sight with Mary McCormack another fun series with great writing, acting and plots.
And I forget the name of the other USA Today show about the US Marshall's in New Mexico...very good.
For a guy who is a fan of BTVS, I'm surprised you haven't chacked out Supernatural yet. I think you might enjoy it.
In Plain Sight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Plain_Sight
Don't know how I stumbled upon this series but it is the BEST. Great writing, great plot lines, super acting. Unfortunately, we finished watching the DVD's for season 5 and the DVD's for season 6 don't come out til next month then it will be a 1 year wait for 7.
It is interesting to watch the "war on terror" from the viewpoint of the United Kingdom, they seem to be better at it, guess since they have been at it longer than us. If the series can be believed, the members of the security services don't have much love lost for the US.
Have gotten hooked on BBC America and may be how I came across MI 5.
Hate to admit it but I am also hooked on "Skins" another BBC series that is in the initial season. The reason I hate to admit it is that I am way way past my teen age years, which is what this show is about. But it is excellent.
Speaking of NetFlix - If you have an Xbox 360 - you've got to try the Netflix on demand. Just drop stuff in your "instant" queue on the netflix site and then it pops up on your TV. Amazing!!! The future of on demand TV :) Currently watching the first season of 30 Rock (which is not an off the grid show but if by chance you haven't seen it check it out!)
That was the best show I've ever seen, by a large margin. Especially Season #4. It had the most memorable characters as well.
My favorite obscure show is the Canadian comedy 'Trailer Park Boys.' Season #2 features the young, pre-'Juno' Ellen Page. Worth it just for the episode where Ricky kidnaps Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and then demands that he play 'that Diane Sawyer song.'
I just caught on to the show this season. I was an avid Buffy and Angel watcher. I down loaded the whole first season and went out and bought the enitre second season. You think I'm hooked??? I'm trying to catch up on all the shows before the season starts again.
i just noticed - where are the saturday cartoons???
usually a part of the blog roundup...
i've been waiting all day to get back to read them... darn...
.. and I don't miss it a bit.
everything is now on the net...
so its no longer the boob tube, its the boob net
i watch when i have time, and usually store up a few episodes and make it into movie night
in 5-10 years, the tv as we know it will no longer exist
But, I'm going to enjoy my 50" while it lasts.
just wont need the tuner....
relatively cheap computers will be developed with much better vid cards to deal with the compression needed for hd
forget 150 channels with nothing on...it will measure in the thousands
the really wierd thing is...bradbury was right
i am constantly amazed that the best scifi writers are the ones who seem to have a bit of precog abilities
the dude saw a future with walls made of tv screens...used to medicate the masses
of course, f/451 invariably ends up on some wingnuts list to be banned every year...wonder why
I just recently bought a nice Hi Def TV
You should be able to connect your computer to your Hi Def TV.
I already do that with my iPod when I download "Weeds", which I am waiting for the new season to appear on iTunes.
I still haven't progressed to ipod yet. I'm still behind listening to CD's and ripping them onto Windows Media Player.
i grew up during a time when we had to be home on sunday nights so that we could watch sullivan...it was family time
my parents used to freak out that i told the time by what time a show was on
those days are gone
the concept of a family sitting around watching shows together will be the stuff of nostalgia...just like sitting around by the glow of the radio is today
one good thing...nielson will be out of business
watching Welk and Sullivan. How about the westerns? My dad loved High Chaporral. I wonder how many people remember that one. Most people think about Gunsmoke and The Rifleman.
Now it seems like most TV in trying to dumb everyone down. Can't stand the sitcoms.
Yeah, the old popular sitcoms were so much smarter, like "Gilligan's Island," Beverly Hillbillies," "The Lucy Show," "Three's Company," "Love Boat," "The Jeffersons," "Facts of Life," "Diff'rent Strokes." Those shows really made ya think.
We were the first family in the neighborhood to have a TV, I can remember when local Wrestling ("Wrestling live on Channel 5") was the big thing to watch. Does anyone remember Crusader Rabbit?
I loved it!
was too far back for me. When I started watching his show they were already on reruns. I caught The Munsters, The Addams Family, Gilligan's Island, etc... All those from that period. It was the mid sixties and seventies for me.
Noticed Beaney and Cecil is there, too. Remember them?
But I remember Underdog and Mighty Mouse :)
on Hulu. Were we ever that innocent?
Also, old favorites we watch on DVD and tape are Morse, Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series, Rebus, Frost, Dangerous Davies series, Inspector Linley, Jericho, Maigret.
leave it to beaver, father knows best, the brady bunch, partridge family, etc
all idealized versions of the family unit that never existed....which is why all in the family and other 70s shows were such breakout hits
i loved the dick van dyke show, but i knew that ever getting rob and laura as parents was pure fantasy
and if bewitched was real life...than darin was an alchy cuz he was in the closet....come to think of it, so was mr brady
and i love hulu
and network tv owes a debt of gratitude to the porn industry...it was that industry that invested the dollars and man power to imporving streaming media to be more accesable to the user
Thank god for porn.
Just looked at NBC.com and they have a section for vintage shows to watch online. Very cool. The list includes Emergency, The A Team, and Buck Rogers (gotta love the 70s hairstyles in the 25th Century!).
or even good
bidee bidee bidee
Just looked at NBC.com and they have a section for vintage shows to watch online. Very cool. The list includes Emergency, The A Team, and Buck Rogers (gotta love the 70s hairstyles in the 25th Century!).
Sorry for the double-post. Got an error and thought my note did not appear.
Another excellent show, shades of The X-files and LOST.
Pretty much all the video I see is through this internet, in the form of clips like here at C&L, or on DVD, a movie now and then.
I have recently been loaned DVDs of a show called Dexter. Sat through episode after episode. Seems billed as a cop drama/serial killer/dark comedy thing...
Serial killer, whatever. This is the coolest, best super-hero program I have ever seen.
Batman, Superman, et al, have nothing on this mild-mannered psychopathic avenger.
Highly Recommended.
second is so so...
third is better
I saw a bit of one Dexter episode, and it was pretty good. I was a little surprised.
Since we're talking about TV, Michael C. Hall (who plays Dexter) also stars in what I think is the best television show ever made. It's not exactly off the grid, but Six Feet Under is amazing. (Except for the third season...I am required by law to say that)
Dark comedy? Bring it on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248654/
I've only seen it on DVD, but it is awesome. Again. great writing.
with Darren McGavin. Gee, I miss that actor.
It has a channel called chiller that regularly shows The Night Stalker. Brings back memories.
I'm not normally a fan of vampire flicks but this one (by Alan Ball of 'Six Feet Under' fame) is very good. Good characters, suspense and the right balance of supernatural.
It was called "When Things Were Rotten". It didn't last a whole season, but I thought it was pretty funny.
It came out in the seventies.
anything by him was terrific.
Dr Who
The past few seasons of Dr. Who have been fantastic!
It's over, but Slings and Arrows was brilliant! It's one of those things that relatively few people know of, so you find yourself recommending it to everyone.
It's about a fictional Shakespearean festival in Canada. Well written, well acted, funny... and it has Mark McKinney!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387779/
Altogether fabulous, and a definite must-see for anyone who's been in the performing arts, especially theater. (Classic moment: when the festival's artistic director, passed out drunk in the street, is run over by a truck carrying "Canada's Finest Hams"). The third season, focused on King Lear, was especially fine.
Probably the best show I have seen on network TV over the past year or so was Journeyman on NBC. Excellent cast of characters and excellent writing. Premiered in Sept. '07 and was canceled after about 13 episodes, I think due to a combo of the writer's strike and low ratings. If you like time travel and sci-fi, the episodes are still available on www.hulu.com.
Anybody else into Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? Look for it on YouTube if you're unfamiliar. SO great.
Thornton Reed is my hero. Which is to say, Richard Ayoade playing Dean Learner playing Thornton Reed is my hero. He's one of the finest shotgun-toting hospital administrators in modern sci-fi television.
with DB Sweeney and Frances Fischer. Total rulage there.
'Millinium' and 'Brimstone.' All short lived, all pretty damn good. 'Private Eye,' too.
Loved 'That Was The Week That Was' (TW3) when I was a kid.
Right now most tv is on the grid. I liked 'Lost,' then it went on too long. It should have been a shorter series. I'm watching 'Heroes,' but I expect it to turn to crap it's starting to lean that way.
I do get CBUT from Vancouver, and I like 'This Hour has 22 Minutes' and 'The Mercer Report.' I love fake news shows. 'TW3' started it, then 'Not the Nine O'Clock News,' the American version, 'Not Necessarily the News,' 'Spitting Image,' 'Drop The Dead Donkey,' 'The Newsroom,' 'Frontline' (Aus), 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' 'NewsRadio' and I'm sure I've left a few greats out of the list.
Way before it's time!
I like True Blood. I also started watching the Crash series. Some weeks I like it, some I don't. I miss Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Rescue Me on F/X is awesome! Dennis Leary plays a New York City firefighter. New season coming on, I think, in January - it was delayed by the writers strike. First 4 seasons on DVD. Great cast - comedian Lenny Clark plays his uncle, Charles Durning plays his dad, Tatum O'Neill plays his sister, Dean Winters plays the brother - I think I read that Michael J. Fox is doing a guest spot in this upcoming season. How can you not love a show with a gay, black, horse-whispering midget and Jesus driving a Lamborghini?!
Anyone remember the spoof called "Hardware Wars"? You can see it (in two parts) on YouTube. I remember originally seeing it on Showtime back in the 80's when they used it as a filler between the showing of movies.
Still like watching the series DVD's. Too bad it was cancelled.
I missed the show on the teevee; however, I got hooked on the show after I heard rave reviews from a lot of people. The show is solid and well acted. It's a great series which for me transcends all genres. I always have a heard time explaining it to people who have never watched it. I end up just saying, "It's a great show that you have to watch in order to understand its true awesomeness." Completely lame, I know.
My brother loaned me the DVD set and insisted that I watch it. He told me it was even better than Arrested Development.
Having absolutely no interest in cowboys in space, I let it languish on the shelf for months, until one day I caught an episode (Heart of Gold) on the SciFi channel. I immediately loaded the DVD and bought my own set after viewing the first three episodes.
It is absolutely my favorite show ever and has pretty much ruined any other show for me, even clever ones like My Name is Earl.
Out of Gas is simply the best episode of any show I've ever seen. The first ten minutes of Objects in Space still make my jaw drop after multiple viewings.
I cannot recommend this show more highly.
We need another Whedon show!! So little tv anymore with little pumpkin at home, but we watch NCIS, best show on right now, cbs I think, humor, characters, forensic action (forget csi franchise, this show leaps and bounds better), Psych is funny, quincy next-next-gen for the old folks out there. And burn notice, looking so forward to it's return in january, any show with a chick that likes to blow things up, that's wonderful. And supernatural, funny, well-constructed, from the talented McG.
They're like peanut butter and chocolate.
Dollhouse is scheduled to debut in Feb on Fox.
Although Fox murdered Firefly, Joss says there are now suits there who get him.
Interesting premise, check it out.
And speaking of Joss, Dr Horrible is must-see.
drhorrible.com
The only show I make sure to watch live now is Eli Stone, ABC Tues 9cst. For a show that tackles themes of belief, spirituality, and our obligations to one another, it's completely non-preachy or dogmatic -- and funny as hell sometimes. Eli is a lawyer who discovered he has a brain aneurysm and he sees things -- that usually come true. Great arc, characters, writing and acting. And how can you not love a law show that has at least one Broadway musical-number in every episode? (Btw, believe me, it's definitely not Ally McBeal.)
This show was cancelled, along with Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money. Enjoy it while you can. :(
it's about a police detective who has returned to the force after spending the last 12 years in prison (and basically getting every bone in his body broken while there) . . . stellar brit actor damian lewis ("the forsythe saga") heads a fab cast, and the show is beautifully shot . . . most importantly, though, it makes you think about your own life . . . about freedom and anger and possessions and the simplest of things, like fresh fruit
fyi, it's on hulu.com
I was raised on the original ones, but the current Doctor Who series is fantastic. I still enjoy the first two series the most.
I don't think this calls as an under the radar tv show, but I absolutely love Arrested Development. I can watch that show and still laugh heartily. It's the gift that keeps on giving, in a really, really good way.
Junkyard Wars was a great show. Too bad Discovery gave it the boot. I really liked that show.
I have to say the top 3 shows on TV for me are all on BBCA:
Top Gear (just the best)
Gavin & Stacey (really depressed that the Christmas Special will be the last of the series)
Skins (writing is a bit over the top, but still great)
American TV:
Friday Night Lights (Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose)
Chuck (mmm mmm mmm Sarah)
Boston Legal (going out strong in its final season)
Pushing Daisies (still pissed it got cancelled)
Life on Mars (havent seen the BBC one but I love the U.S. version)
Cable/Reality:
Top Chef (Padma, great challenges & Padma)
Intervention (most realistic of the genre)
Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab (guilty pleasure)
Sons of Anarchy (have the season to date on TiVo ...still catching up but what I've seen is really good)
But it sure is funny. Kenny vs Spenny or its' British cousin Ed vs Spencer. Evil genius Kenny has also produced Testees which my wife and I find hilarious. Something really off the grid is Kenny's World (not the previously mentioned Kenny) from Australia. Everything you ever wanted to know about toilets, #1, and #2 around the world. Educational and funny he even made a stop in Seattle.
Amazing. Take race, religion, sexuality, drug use, and use vampires as a metaphor to explore the most difficult sociological issues of our time in stark terms.
the US version is quite good, I think. not only is the acting very good (great cast) but i enjoy seeing 70's new york city.
the UK version is amazing, of course. John Simms is the Master.
But really, the overarching story is quite compelling, and the show is addictive.
n/t
..."True Blood" is my new addiction! Also love "Rescue Me".
Ostensibly about the religion of big-time high school football in nowheresville Texas, the show manages to be almost everything to everyone at once. It's a soapy teenage melodrama, a surprisingly progressive look into the unsurprisingly non-progressive traditions of the heartland, a morality play dealing in temptations both depressingly banal and soul-crushingly oppressive, a contemporary political allegory, a mostly realistic sports docudrama and a serialized, condensed microcosm of our peculiar contemporary American condition. Life-threatening injuries, abusive relationships, alcoholism, steroid abuse, crushed dreams, no dreams… and that's just the first few weeks! You've never seen anything this overtly sentimental. The spare soundtrack and the gorgeous and desolate brutality of the cinematography seem calculated to affect maximum tear-jerking. Just try making it through an episode without welling up. Cheesy as it seems, in short, the show is about nothing less than life and death. But more specifically it's about becoming a man, or a woman. All of that, and hot, steamy high school make out scenes.
Gee, John; you're only about two years behind the mark! I've already watched this and dismissed it, as it was much better in the first season than it is now!
Wallace and Gromit is one of my favorites. Here are a bunch of YouTube clips of them. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=w...
And for nostalgia, I'm loving the Sunday night re-runs of WKRP, shown on Chicago's WGN that we get on cable. Also love the old Andy Griffith Show when I can find it -- it's a kick to see them all so YOUNG then. There was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a soap-opera spoof, the show where Coach Fedders drowned in a bowl of her chicken soup. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show" was another great one, along with "Laugh-In".
Also, a cartoon program my kids watched in the late 60s / early 70s, was Captain Scarlet, a British SF marionette action show. My oldest son, about five at the time, called the show "Captain Garlic" and loved it.
I'm into Prison Break (but it's getting worse each year) and My Name is Earl.
Here's one for old timers - Misfits of Science
They probably only made about 8 episodes, and Courtney Cox was about 14 years old when she appeared in it.
I enjoy Two and a half men. I like the humor. After this election and all of the news, I needed some levity. I just recently started watching this show. I find the writing pretty funny.
I also enjoy NCIS. This show can get a little old fast. But the writing and the interaction with the players can be funny sometimes as well.
I see one other poster reco'd this.
This hugely unnoticed show was Joss' labor of love and it showed. The cast of unknowns worked incredibly well together, the writing was sharp and the premise, which seemed outlandish at first, makes more sense the longer you watch. The show takes a while to get started, but gradually embeds itself under your skin to the point where you miss the characters when its over.
You can catch snatches on iTunes or youtube.
Once you've seen it, you'll want the DVD.
It also inspired the movie SERENITY, which is tight and impressive even though it understandably lacks the TV show's more leisurely pace.
By all means, find this show!!!!
The Pretender
Big Bang Theory !
I don't watch much TV (never have--we still have our dinosaur 1983 Zenith taking up space in its dusty corner), but occasionally comedy piques my interest: Big Bang Theory (glorifying geeks, I love it !),
How I Met Your Mother,
Two and A Half Men
On Thursdays, I still hang onto ER. Last season !
And--can't wait for Lost to start up again, although this waiting around is beginning to backfire.
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