Your new "watch like mad "show.

POSTED BY: tmurrie
UPDATED: Thursday, July 8, 2004 12:41
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TMURRIE

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:14 AM

Well, after an awesome show like Firefly got the boot, what shows did you guys get hooked on afterwards?(but ya know, after the therapy).
I for one, am totally into "Six Feet Under", and yes, I am going crazy for a FOX show too. I'm not proud of it, but I am very much liking "The O.C.". What about you guys? what is your new show that you HAVE to watch every week?

SAINT JAYNE

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:22 AM

I cancelled my cable. There's nothing worth watching now. It's only by some blessing from Athena (and idiot cable men) that I have free cable for a while, and managed to catch Wonderfalls tonight.

FANGOO

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:51 AM

Athena? I heard she didn't watch TV either.

Come on, The O.C.? I might allow for 6 Feet Under though I personally find it cliche and trite the one time I watched it with my girlfriend.

Now for quality:

Jeremiah

Dot Hack

MI5 was pretty solid.

---- Outside of the idiot box ----

Bubba Ho Tep

And hell yah when is Brisco coming out on DVD already?

Fangoo? Who stole my "F"?

LINDLEY

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:54 AM

Well, I already watched Stargate before Firefly, so that doesn't count......

The only shows that I've really gotten hooked into since Firefly ended are Joan of Arcadia and Buffy (in reruns).

Wonderfalls might be added to that list. I like it well enough, but I'm not hooked yet.

DYAIRVATREE

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:01 AM

The only shows currently in production I feel the need to watch are the three S's. Sopranos, South Park and Simpsons in just that order.

The only other shows I don't need to watch but enjoy watching that are currently made are Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law and Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Network Sunday nights. If you haven't checked these two shows out they are funny as hell.

DYAIRVATREE

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:06 AM

Oh and yes all these shows existed before Firefly so in answer to the original question what shows have I gotten into after Firefly the answer is none, zero, zilich, nothing, nada, no, negatory, nyet.

TOMANTA

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:48 AM

Wonderfalls is the only show I've been hooked on since Firefly. I was hooked on 24 and Alias for a bit but this season has left me underwhelmed for both. Angel's cancelled. The West Wing and should a miracle occur, Wonderfalls, may be the only shows I stay hooked on past this season.

SEVENPERCENT

Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:38 PM

I got hooked on HBO's 'Carnivale', ESPN's 'Playmakers' (which they cancelled), and was trying to get back into 'Enterprise', but that didnt pan out (no offense to the Trekkers out there, but that show's writing wasnt that great; and after 35 years of time travel plots, more time travel plots arent the way to be fresh and exciting) -
Now I'm attempting Wonderfalls-

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

APEMAN61

Saturday, March 20, 2004 5:33 PM

angel, smallville, simpsons, south park, and a few others but most of the shows i really like to watch have been or soon will be cancelled...so i watch and buy a lot of box sets...it pays off after a while.

Y a-t-il Quelque chose Plus mauvais Qu'Un Français ?

RIVERFAN

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:21 PM

Before Firefly I had satellite, and wondered why the shows I watched were "S" shows:
The Simpsons, StarTrek, SouthPark, and SciFi in general...
Now, I have a regular Saturday nite Firefly DVD group, no satellite, and I'm much happier.
Still catch the Simpsons, though, they're like the dysfunctional family I never had!
Did see one episode of Century City last week: great concept, yet somehow poorly executed...
And I enjoyed Carnivale's first season, but moved and NEVER saw the season finale! And for some reason, never got into either Enterprise or Stargate (seems mundane). So what is left? And does anyone elso think that reality shows are the most ultimately boring useless thing to watch on t.v.? I mean, I can hear boring stories from the people I care about instead of watching total strangers' being manipulated by low-budget producers. I think t.v. is for all the shiny stuff you can't see in "reality-land".
Oh well, I still have Serenity...

RiverFan

DAVCO92

Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:36 PM

Give the Jeremiah season 1 dvd set a try. Season 2 is in hiatus/limbo mid-season and it's probably going to be cancelled too, but that's probably one of the selling points. Cancelled = good show these days!?!? LOL :(

Burn the land, boil the sea...

MAUGWAI

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:21 PM

Alias. Definitely Alias.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

LINDLEY

Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:31 PM

Quote:
and was trying to get back into 'Enterprise', but that didnt pan out (no offense to the Trekkers out there, but that show's writing wasnt that great; and after 35 years of time travel plots, more time travel plots arent the way to be fresh and exciting)

Don't worry. The majority off Trekkers agree with you. Its only TPTB that don't realize that.

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fangoo:

Now for quality:
MI5 was pretty solid.

I'm intrigued - how is Spooks (as it should be known), shown over in the US? - its an hour long (no commercials) over here, and has swearing and head boiling and stuff.

"I threw up on your bed"

FANGOO

Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:51 PM

A&E on cable 10PM in the evening. =)

"all things in moderation except moderation"

PHYSICSCHICK

Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RiverFan:
And I enjoyed Carnivale's first season, but moved and NEVER saw the season finale!

I still have a copy on my hard drive if you're still interested... email me at tmhughes at uvic dot ca if you'd like it.

I cannot believe how long it's going to be until Carnivale Season 2 starts! It had some of the most imaginative stories I've heard in a long while.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, March 22, 2004 1:12 PM

After Firefly??? There is television after Firefly?

I was already watching Stargate SG1 before Firefly, so that doesn't count. The only thing really I have been watching on a regular basis since FF is Angel since TNT has started running the earlier seasons at 5 EST.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

WERZBOWSKI

Monday, March 22, 2004 1:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
After Firefly??? There is television after Firefly?

I agree.

There's nothing worth watchin' like mad.

Nada, zip, zero, niente.....

"Wherever you go, there you are."
- Dr. B. Banzai

CONNORFLYNN

Monday, March 22, 2004 3:49 PM

I live in NY and the pickings are slim. I have 1259 channels available to me ..and there are about 4 stations that ever have anything on them worth watching.

MI-5 Excellent show..slightly toned down from the European version I'm sure.

My favorite TV station is BBC America. I watch Simpsons when they are on. Other then that..its BBC.. (and the occasional Food Network show hehe) I'm a huge fan of "The Two Fat Ladies" I only own a couple episodes..but still good stuff.

One show I was Obsessed with..and we can only get like a few episodes every blue moon is "Jonathan Creek". Awesome Hippie-fied Detective/deduction type show. I was sad to see that it had been canceled. I'm still trying to get my hands on all the episodes in DVD format.. No luck yet. BTW for all you Buffy/Angel Fans- Anthony Stewart Head played Jonathan's Illusionist Boss, Adam Klaus,for about 3 episodes in season 1. He was replaced after season 1 because he took a part on some vampire slayer TV show..go figure.

Heres a link for JC
http://www.jonathancreek.net/

BIBSY

Monday, March 22, 2004 4:15 PM

Wonderfalls and Arrested Development.

I haven't seen enough episodes of either of these to definitively rate them as "watch like mad" shows yet, but so far they have me intrigued.

Wonderfalls is random and quirky as all hell, which appeals to me. Someone on another thread said its quirkiness was Ally McBeal-ish, and I'd say yes to a point, but before Ally McBeal began to suck (of course, if you never liked Ally McBeal to begin with, that would be the first episode, but for me it was later in the show's run).

Arrested Development is quite twisted and probably not for everyone, but it's kept me laughing so far.

"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

INDIANABANZAI

Monday, March 22, 2004 4:43 PM

24 is still the only show I watch religiously, even with the 'meh' storyline this season.

I checked out Deadwood on HBO last night, and thought that the one thing that would make it worth watching was adding spaceships.

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Monday, March 22, 2004 9:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Connorflynn:
BTW for all you Buffy/Angel Fans- Anthony Stewart Head played Jonathan's Illusionist Boss, Adam Klaus,for about 3 episodes in season 1. He was replaced after season 1 because he took a part on some vampire slayer TV show..go figure.

And for all ASH fans and Spooks (damn MI-5 as the title, that's the tag line and no more - "its MI-5, not 9 to 5), ASH appears in season 2 for an episode, with what sounds like the worst cockney accent ever - except its his real accent!

He's also the PM in the hilarious Little Britain TV show.

"I threw up on your bed"

MRSKBORG

Monday, March 22, 2004 10:02 PM

Also in season 2 of Spooks - MI-5 the guy from DS9 who plays Bashir,Allexander Siddig also makes a guest appearance watch out for it its very good, although I dont know why they changed the name from Spooks but hey....

KOZURE

Monday, March 22, 2004 10:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mrskborg:
Also in season 2 of Spooks - MI-5 the guy from DS9 who plays Bashir,Allexander Siddig also makes a guest appearance watch out for it its very good, although I dont know why they changed the name from Spooks but hey....

"Spooks" used to be a derogatory term for people of African decent in some areas. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything... much less the reason for changing a name of a show... but you never know.

I used to watch Law and Order - after a while though, you know the pacing and the standard plotline/plotline variants and it all pretty much seems the same. The various spin-offs haven't seemed much different. Same show, different crimes.

I really wanted to give "Enterprise" a chance. The infamous "gel decontamination" scene in the Pilot, followed by a lot of gratiutous flesh in subsequent episodes (Vulcan pressure techniques my a**, McBain) just turned me off. I have no problem whatsoever with sex and/or scantily clad people on TV, but when it has zero pertinence to the plot, it's just pandering.

Tried "Stargate SG-1" for a while but then it seemed to get silly.

Watched Futurama, but it got bounced around between timeslots on Canadian cable and it was hard to find from week to week. Then... cancellerama.

Simpsons and South Park are currently the only shows that I make a solid effort to watch. I find it really sad that a 15-year old cartoon that probably peaked about ten years ago and a mildly entertaining but mostly unimaginative satire cartoon are the best ongoing non-cable TV series available right now.

I've heard a lot of good things about the Sopranos and Six Feet Under, but both are way too far into the series to be able to start watching now. I guess I'll have to borrow or rent the DVD box sets.

Kozure the Kamikaze Highlander

Proud Citizen of Canada-That-Was

MDNIGHTRADIO7L

Monday, March 22, 2004 11:07 PM

Anyone ever watch John Doe? Another victim of the Friday Night Death Slot...

“I loath bus stations. Terrible places. Full of lost luggage and lost souls.”

KARENKAY99

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
After Firefly??? There is television after Firefly?

now i say there always something on television. i can just stick in my dvd and look ... firefly on television!! shiny!!

"They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger."

LJOSALF

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:56 PM

Deadwood on HBO Sunday nights after the Sopranos.

Ljosalf

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

JCWANG

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:17 PM

After watching the first ep of Deadwood, I think I'll stick with it for a while along with Sopranos and The Shield. I can't find anything else out there worth even 5 minutes of my time.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:34 PM

The Shield is pretty cool. Caught it the past three weeks. Fairly good cop show.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kozure:
"Spooks" used to be a derogatory term for people of African decent in some areas. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything... much less the reason for changing a name of a show... but you never know.

A definite possibility - for more trivial reasons, but over here Smallville was initially subtitled as Superman to let people know what it was really about.

"I threw up on your bed"

CAPTAINCDC

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:27 PM

Quote:
Don't worry. The majority off Trekkers agree with you. Its only TPTB that don't realize that.

Forgive my ignorance, but what does "TPTB" mean? I guess it describes me, because I still like Enterprise and have no plans on giving up on it.

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

LINDLEY

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:32 PM

TPTB = "The Powers that Be". Basically, the people in charge of the show.

Angel actually has a recurring in-joke, in that the entities who send Cordy's visions are called "The Powers that Be".

CAPTAINCDC

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:41 PM

Wonderfalls and Angel are must see TV for me. After the first ep, Deadwood might be a regular for me along with Sopranos. And I still watch 24, Six Feet Under, Enterprise, Gilmore Girls, Alias, and The OC.

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

CAPTAINCDC

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:44 PM

Very familiar with all things Angel, I just misunderstood the context that you used tptb. My mistake.

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

GUILDSSISTER

Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:17 PM

I watched Enterprise from the beginning; cried when they ended Farscape; enjoyed the last couple episodes of Carnivale and am looking forward to season 2, and my coworkers got me watching the BBC's show Monarch of the Glen; but the only show to have captured me like Firefly is The L Word on Showtime. I've been watching it since the first ep. and I love it. But it is in a totally different category from Firefly - it's not scifi.

Guild Sister

SPIKESPIEGEL

Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:04 PM

The entirety of my TV viewing this year has been:
Angel, Smallville, Alias and 24. I watch the Simpsons when possible, and my wife is tragically, inexplicably addicted to Friends. I resist adding new TV shows to my life, even when I hear raves about, say, Arrested Development.

However, someone posted here on fireflyfans.net Tim Minear's plea to give Wonderfalls a chance. Minute my wife saw it, she loved the main character, we both thought the show was a lot of quirky fun. So there's the answer: The only show I've picked up since Firefly ended is the show Fox now has in the same trap-door time slot.

"Bang."

LJOSALF

Friday, March 26, 2004 1:19 AM

How could I have forgotten Keen Eddie?

Ljosalf

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

KAY

Friday, March 26, 2004 2:54 AM

If I like a show, it is the "kiss of death", so I'm afraid to get attached to anything anymore. I just bought the "Futurama" season three box set; since I already killed that one, I guess it cant hurt.

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Friday, March 26, 2004 3:00 AM

I started watching Dead Like Me, but it only runs in 13 episode cycles so it's like it gets cancelled between seasons.

And then re-emerges later.

KASUO

Monday, March 29, 2004 7:05 PM

Carnivale. I can't wait for the next season to be released some time in 2005.

Had HBO picked up Firefly, it would still be on the air, albeit with fewer eps per season, but still on at least.

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"Let's moon 'em!"

DYAIRVATREE

Saturday, April 3, 2004 9:51 AM

Kozure, I only found the Sopranos in the third season it's not too late to be into it. And you can rent Sopranos in most video stores. It's some of the best drama I've ever seen. And it's often as funny as Simpsons or South Park. I suggest to everyone to give it a chance. It's some of the best television ever made.

ORANGERFUL

Monday, April 5, 2004 4:22 AM

Dead Like Me was great,but like FINN MAC CUMHAL said, it feels like it's been cancelled because new shows won't start up until summer. I enjoy Monk too (another show on a wacky schedule)...and somehow got hooked on Queer Eye For the Straight Guy (that's as close to reality TV as I get)...

Arrested Development, The Daily Show and Scrubs are my comedies of the moment - other then that it's DVDs of Firefly, Angel, and Buffy every other night.

KINGOFTHEMUDDERS

Monday, April 5, 2004 5:41 AM

CSI. I got into it about a month-and-a-half ago and I am AAAAAAAAALL about CSI right now. It's very similar to the Firefly high I had in January where I almost couldn't go through a day without watching it and there is a certain relief in seeing an eps. I even regretted (a lil bit) missing it on Friday for a UFC ppv.

(Not so much, but it's close to must-watch):

Cracking Up - the one reason not to boycott FOX. This is such a funny show ("They call me the Rainmaker! Cause I got the skills to pay the bills!". Best comedy on Television today, IMO.

The Daily Show - Colbert is god. Colbert is god.... Colbert is god. There ya go.

DYAIRVATREE

Monday, April 5, 2004 2:35 PM

I often watch the Daily Show my own self but I miss the original cast. I thought Craig Killborn was way better than John Stewert. And I'm I the only one who thinks that A. Whittney Brown should have gotten the seat after Craig? To me A. Whittney Brown is one of the most under-rated comedians of all time. Every time he's on it's funny but I haven't seen him since Craig left. Oh well.

The Daily Show is still good though.

TOTALLYFRYED

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by tmurrie:
Well, after an awesome show like Firefly got the boot, what shows did you guys get hooked on afterwards?(but ya know, after the therapy).
I for one, am totally into "Six Feet Under", and yes, I am going crazy for a FOX show too. I'm not proud of it, but I am very much liking "The O.C.". What about you guys? what is your new show that you HAVE to watch every week?

I was getting into Wonderfalls, and I still kind of like Joan of Arcadia, but besides them (especially since one of the two is now gone), the only TV left that I can stand to watch anymore is Angel and Scrubs. Everything else on TV is either boring, redundant, or both.

"C'mon, Kaylee. We all know I'm the funny one."

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Saturday, April 24, 2004 4:45 AM

I admit it that i still watch Fox, but i still think its run by morons. And i also will admit that i watch American Idol which i know is not a 'shiny' show as a rule among all you guys, but i'm addicted to it, not this year so much as last though. Arrested Development is another good Fox show, to bad it'll probably be cancelled because its brilliant. I have become addicted to Angel, watch Smallville whenever i can and i absolutely ADORE Joan of Arcadia. Yes i watch entirely too much television, i guess i'm trying to numb the pain, sometimes it works, but you know...not ALOT

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HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Saturday, April 24, 2004 5:31 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lindley:
TPTB = "The Powers that Be". Basically, the people in charge of the show.

Angel actually has a recurring in-joke, in that the entities who send Cordy's visions are called "The Powers that Be".

i wondered why they say "The powers that be" so much!

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HEB

Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:16 AM

West wing and Angel are the only shows I 'have' to watch now.

PHOTURISPYRALIS

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:51 PM

Er, um, I don't watch TV.

Didn't even have one until I got the urge to rent a movie and all they had was VHS, so I had to buy a TV - so I got one - brand new for $60. :)

Got to watch my first Firefly this past Sunday - and I sat there with a bunch of friends and gorged on it for about 10 hours as we watched all of the episodes on the first 3 DVD's except the last one.

Firefly has the greatest... attitude since the last show that I liked that was cancelled - Freedom .

Maybe Fox will respond to - violence. Heh heh, just kidding. Sort of.

I'll be getting the boxed set sometime soon so that I can convert new addic... fans. :)

Photuris pyralis

Six shots, then drop it.

ALIENZOOKEEPER

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 3:03 AM

Angel was, this season. Before that, i really liked Peacemakers. Now i guess all i have is Joan of Arcadia and Touching Evil.

Liked Enterprises' theme ballad, but the Xindi thing drove me away. Use your prototype on the enemy so that you alert them to the problem and piss them off?!

I need to get with my buddies and watch Farscape on DVD. Back when it was still on, i started to associate it with that soft-porn space opera, what was it called, just becuase they were the same network. Stupid me, but there it is.

Miss John Doe for Karen Kowalski anf that detective e worked with, not becuase it was great!

OSTERBAUM

Friday, May 21, 2004 11:43 AM

Well...I watch CSI and a bunch of other shows, but Firefly is still the best...It's still on here in Finland. YAY!

You can't take the sky from me...

MRSKBORG

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 2:25 PM

Everything over here is just about finished, both Angel and Enterprise finale next week. I'm sure I saw an advert on TV for Joan of Arcadia but I dont know which channel its going out on in the UK. I'm still watching Alias but thats about it till Stargate SG1 and Atlantis go out- and I'm not sure who's picking up Atlantis yet either. Oh and apparently Mutant X is going out here soon too damn shame its on at 4pm and Im working and I wont see it. Such a loss!! Boo Hoo LOL

NWUKSTEVE

Sunday, June 6, 2004 6:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mrskborg:
I'm sure I saw an advert on TV for Joan of Arcadia but I dont know which channel its going out on in the UK.

It starts on Living on mon 7th june, 6:05-7:00. It's on 5 days a week, so I'm sure glad I've got my PVR (Sky+ if anyone cares)

EVILTOBZ

Monday, June 14, 2004 1:21 PM

since buying, watching and loving my firefly dvd boxset i discovered gilmore girls. i know its been around for years for all you american types, but its only had the first series shown on an obscure satellite channel over here in england so cut me some slack. it actually struck me as being very whedonesque in the way its written with strong characters, long involving story threads between the different characters and some great humour. although theres no demons or spaceships obviously ;) and jane espenson even went across onto their writing staff.

MER

Monday, June 14, 2004 1:50 PM

The usual shows. I admit, I still watch Fox, but I haven't really watcheed anything on WB since Maroon 5 on Pepsi Smash (which I missed). I don't watch that station. I'm more miffed about WB than Fox. Fox has put out Firefly, Angel, and Buffy for my viewing pleasure.

The only thing new I watch is Joan Of Arcadia. I'm a rabid viewer of that show. I also have to mention Dead Zone even though I've been watching it before my Joss shows were canceled/put to rest ^-^ (Woo Dead Zone!)

KOHAN

Friday, June 18, 2004 8:54 AM

no new ones... the ones I do watch:

Southpark
(this season's getting better)

Simpsons
(it's the simpsons, I have to watch it)

Smallville
(superman is my kryptonite. Oh yeah, that and Lana is cute.)

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FIREFLEW

Saturday, June 19, 2004 1:01 PM

I must say, I'm really surprised about the proliferance of all these UK shows in the States... Things like Monarch of the Glen and Jonathan Creek I always thought were isolated from the rest of the world, but here y'all are, destroying my preconceptions .

As for 'watch like mad' shows, I've been watching NYPD Blue when it's on in England - it's not new, and I think we're on like Season 8 or something, about three seasons late, but regardless, something about it's very... I dunno. Entertaining. For anyone who knows it, we're at the section where a possible romance is on the cards for McDowell and Sipowicz... They went to Disneyland together; just isn't that sweet? Ah who knows.

Well, must be off - Firefly RPG on Neverwinter Nights commencing soon.

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

CYBERSNARK

Friday, June 25, 2004 4:52 PM

I've been forced to go back to Fox, since they've brought back Oliver Beene. Dunno if Dark Angel counts, since I watched the first-runs (Space started showing reruns last year along with Firefly, we have one ep left before they start over/replace it).

I've also somehow managed to get hooked on Gilmore Girls (after Buffy ended, and I was looking for something new), and, more recently, Navy NCIS (I was waiting for Dark Angel one week and spotted "Logan" as Dinozzo). Both of them are pretty out of my usual tastes, but I like 'em.

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JCOBB

Friday, June 25, 2004 4:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tomanta:
I was hooked on 24 and Alias for a bit but this season has left me underwhelmed for both.

Yeah, 24 was a great first season, but has slowly been going down hill since then.

Alias I enjoyed, but it seemed to me that if you missed one episode you've missed a major part of the story.

I don't care, I'm still free.

AIENAN

Friday, June 25, 2004 5:27 PM

I personally thought that the Second Season of 24 was better than the first in its own way. The thing is, in the second season, as hot as Elisha Cuthbert is, she keeps doing really stupid things so they can keep her in the plot.

New watch like mad show though, Angel, I've watched Season 1-4 in the space of like 2 1/2 weeks.

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Aienan, Resident Cynic

MINGHUSCHUTNEY

Friday, June 25, 2004 5:32 PM

Firefly affected me so profoundly that it has cast a long black shadow over any other show trying to rise up around it. Now Angel has just finished over here and England are out of Euro 2004 I don't think my TV will be seeing much action for a while.

Apart from the Simpsons, Scrubs and reruns of Futurama obviously.

MRSKBORG

Saturday, June 26, 2004 7:27 PM

Well, I have to say that apart from Joan of Arcadia which is showing on living TV over here in the UK ther's not much else on except the blooming footie and tennis, then theres cricket and oh yeah the olympics start soon. So, Ive got to wait a couple of months b4 Stargate and Atlantis go out over here. In the meantime the goggle box is off - not much of a sports fan me.

LJSQUARED

Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:13 AM

*Wonderfalls is definately my No2 show and after seeing episode 10, may almost be on par with Firefly.
"Lick the light switch"

*Two shows I used to watch were Scrubs and 24, both have jumped the shark.

*I just got season 1 of Arrested Development and I'd say it's the best comedy out of the USA in years.

*Black Books from the UK (not sure which channel)

*Crank Yankers (which in Australia shows on SBS but I have no idea in the US)

Does anyone know if that's it for Wonderfalls or is there any chance it might be picked up by another channel?

ECGORDON

Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by LJSquared:
Does anyone know if that's it for Wonderfalls or is there any chance it might be picked up by another channel?

Thirteen episodes were produced, only four aired in the US. But a DVD set is supposed to come out on December 7, so it might depend on how that sells.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

CALHOUN

Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:07 AM

I consider myself lucky for I had never had any inclination to watch Buffy or Angel. After Firefly was cancelled I was craving something Joss so I swallowed my pride and borrowed all seasons of Buffy and first 2 seasons of Angel from a mate. Since then I have been watching approx 5 eps a day and am loving both shows (who knew..)

P.S. how many seasons of Angel are there?

CALHOUN

Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:29 AM

get back up there!

MER

Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
I consider myself lucky for I had never had any inclination to watch Buffy or Angel. After Firefly was cancelled I was craving something Joss so I swallowed my pride and borrowed all seasons of Buffy and first 2 seasons of Angel from a mate. Since then I have been watching approx 5 eps a day and am loving both shows (who knew..)

P.S. how many seasons of Angel are there?

There's about 5 seasons of Angel I believe and 7 for Buffy :)

DOUBLESHINY

Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:45 AM

DOUBLESHINY

Saturday, July 3, 2004 9:45 AM

I still watch The Simpsons, but the writing has really gone downhill. I've been repeat watching all three seasons of Family Guy which I think is hilarious, and I love Scrubs.

I'm also quite amused to see shows like Monarch of the Glen, Spooks and Jonathan Creek are popular outside of Britain. Quick Buffy link : ASH will be playing a millionnaire in the next series of Monarch of the Glenn.

I've been watching Six Feet Under and TRYING to watch Joan of Arcadia, but Living TV are showing one epsiode every weeknight and I've missed loads of them now. Damn schedulers!

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

MICRONAUT

Saturday, July 3, 2004 3:09 PM

A few shows of latter day greatness: Dead Zone, Deadwood, and Dead Like Me... notice the "dead"-themed nomenclature...

Carnivale is good and I'm looking forward to Galactica... and South Park is always a hoot...

Guilty pleasures include Alias, Stargate, Charmed, and Enterprise... they're about as mindless as most reality shows, but a lot more fun... and I don't feel like taking a shower after watching...

Recently gone but not forgotten include Wonderfalls, Odyssey 5, Jerimiah (still some rumours about a possible resurrection, though), and Angel (of course)...

Other than that, the Iron Chef rules!

Much work remains to be done before we can announce our total failure to make any progress...

ELVIS

Saturday, July 3, 2004 7:43 PM

I am so NOT hooked on anything on right now, haven't been since the Angel finale.

Sometimes watch Rocked with Gina Gershon and Dinner for Five. Mostly I watch stations--sometimes 'surf to Sci-Fi, sometimes Comedy Central, sometimes IFC, HBO (2, Signature, etc). Sometimes watch a ball game.

Lately it's been women's tennis at Wimbledon. Two words: Maria Sharapova.

HAVENJAYNE

Thursday, July 8, 2004 12:41 PM

I'm not watching anything right now but Firefly. I was hooked on The Shield and Nip/Tuck.

The third season of TS soured me on that show. Every week they threatened to 'change everything forever' and they never delivered and, every week, they'd make the teaser look like someone was dying and no one ever died. So, yeah, I'm over it.

And I haven't watched a single entire episode of the second season of Nip/Tuck, which just started. It's almost like they're being cutting edge with the language, sex and blood just because it's cutting edge. None of it is ever really pertinent to the plot. It gets old really quick.

I refuse to watch any reality junk.

The last show I was hooked on and had to watch every week was OZ and, even then, I only paid half attention to it. Other than that, I think GvsE/good vs. evil and The Invisible Man were my last obsessions to the point where I was writing fanfic and taking part in SOS campaigns.

We need those shows on DVD like, yesterday.

Haven Jayne