OT: TV Talk
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:30 PM CDT
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Don't know if this is worth enough people's time to be a FanPost. And if it turns out not to be, I am familiar with the delete function as it pertains to worthless FanPosts. But, there was some good conversation going late in the GDT today about what shows out there are worth watching. And I am always down to talk good television.
So, right now I am pretty focused on catching all the way up on Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I started watching this past weekend and have gotten through Season 2. I'm hoping to get caught up before the season premier which is about 2 weeks away. I can give that a ringing endorsement. The show is funny, clever, well acted, and the characters are really easy to get into. I am borrowing the DVDs right now, but I will probably add them to my own collection at some point.
I'm up to date on Entourage and Rescue Me, and those two series are both in my DVD collection. Definitely worth your time.
I have fallen behind Lost, 24, and The Wire. Waaay behind on Lost and The Wire. Only one season behind 24. I'll have to budget time for all three because I was into all these shows, just lost track of them and was DVR-less for about a year.
I am going to have to get into Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, and Weeds from what all my friends tell me. Don't know much about any of those series, but I trust my friends' judgment.
Shows that are off air that I highly recommend purchasing/renting/borrowing: Band of Brothers, The Shield
And my biggest TV sin.....I have never seen a single episode of The Sopranos...that is not only a TV sin, but also a serious threat to my mancard.
Best networks: HBO, Showtime, FX
Favorite show ever: The Shield
Favorite show on air: Rescue Me
So, any thoughts?
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There's another show
That I thought had promise but NBC killed it. Kings. They did air a complete season, though.
by Black Francis on Sep 1, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
The Kings cancellation was a shame. It was doomed from the start, though…it never had a strong time slot, wasn’t traditionally marketable, and was a big-budget production. It’s the sort of thing that might have survived on Sci-Fi under a slightly different production viewpoint, It’s too bad it wasn’t pitched there.
by Conjunction on Sep 1, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was Kings in that Friday primetime slot?
NBC hasn’t had much luck in that time slot lately… They deaded Las Vegas, which had developed a decent following, during the writers strike and I don’t think they’ve had anything running more than a season in that slot since…
by N41D on Sep 1, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
And it was definitely flawed, but it was a very interesting concept. Lots of Biblical parallels. Most of the actors were great, especially Ian McShane. And the production was second to none. I think I read somewhere that it cost $20MM per episode or something like that? I’m not sure if I believe that figure but it was shot in NYC so who knows.
by Black Francis on Sep 1, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved that show.
It didn’t start out on Saturday, though. They moved it there halfway through the season. It actually started out on Sunday night, I believe, which is really no better.
I loved everything about that show.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman56 on Sep 2, 2009 1:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
evidently the part that mcshane had
The role for King Silas was originally written for Ian McShane, but Green thought that it would be unlikely to get him to play the lead. McShane was sent the script and enjoyed it, and was very open to returning to television after the critically acclaimed HBO series Deadwood
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Sep 2, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 i liked kings a lot
NBC basically screwed it over (read a story on digg) saying there was no market for it and that it was too smart for people to get lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Sep 2, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
such bullshit.
It’s a fucking TV show. Really it was very soap opera-ish, but the production quality and the writing at times vaulted it way above that. I know I and most of us here are probably smarter than your average TV viewer, but still, that show was NOT hard to understand at all.
The only reason it got canceled was the price tag. Someone from an earlier regime green lighted it and somehow they filmed a full season before ever even aired. By that time a new executive was in place, I believe, and she did everything she could to make sure it got low ratings. They didn’t want to pay for a second season.
On some levels that makes business sense, I guess. I don’t know. I’m not in that business. But you’d think if you had already spent that much money on filming that many episodes you’d promote the hell out of it to at least get some of your money back. Then, if people are tuning in you consider moving everything to soundstages and to Montreal or whatever to cut costs.
by Black Francis on Sep 2, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I finished Sunny about a month ago...
Greatness…
I’m just now starting to burn through The Wire, a couple of episodes into Season 2… Not quite as easy as ripping off a handful of Sunny episodes at a time… Really enjoying it though. Can’t believe I’m just now catching on.
I’m completely up-to-date on 24 and Lost, as both of those have been must-see-TV for me the last few years… I’m only a couple of episodes into this season’s Entourage, but they’re all on TiVo so I’ll catch up there soon enough…
Favorite show on air: The Office
Favorite series ever: Seinfeld
by N41D on Sep 1, 2009 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Wire is definitely a little harder to catch up on
Always Sunny has been a breeze to get through though. I can’t believe I didn’t even mention The Office. That’s one I don’t even DVR…I watch that bad boy live. And of course Seinfeld is up there on the list and in the DVD collection…as it should be.
I’m gonna have to come up with my own top ten Shows list at some point.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very similar to you.
The Shield = best show
Trying to catch up on Lost. Interested in Flash Forward this fall. Really need to watch The Wire.
Battlestar Galactica was one of my favorites. My wife is even hooked on it now and is going through season 2.
How I Met Your Mother is good as well. Wife really likes Big Love. Would eventually like to watch Entourage, Weeds, Breaking Bad and Mad Men.
Other possibilities include Defying Gravity and a few others this fall.
is a fan of Derek Freaking Holland!
by ortonius on Sep 1, 2009 10:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 on How I Met Your Mother
Funniest Show on Television right now
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Sep 1, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How I met your Mother is very funny
That and the office are my two comedies, and now Always Sunny has been added to that list.
I need to get into Breaking Bad and Mad Men too…there is just a lot of TV worth watching right now.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
IASIP is the funniest show
How I Met Your Mother, when it hits, is very good, though.
by venturafearsnolan on Sep 2, 2009 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rising quickly...
Every time I happen to turn it on, I end up enjoying the episode a lot. For some reason, it hasn’t made the transition into must watch TV yet for me….I’ll have to get caught up before the new season.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 on Defying Gravity
I started watching just for Laura Harris, but the show itself is really pretty good. Almost kind of like BSG, minus the Cylons.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is Defying Gravity?
Give us a synopsis for the uninitiated. I’ve never even heard of it, which makes me wonder.
by Hull Fan on Sep 2, 2009 2:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
It’s set a few decades in the future, which explains away how we’ve suddenly developed the technology to send a crew of astronauts on a 6 year mission around the solar system in the “Antares”.
The show is basically about the crew and some of the people at ground control back on earth, and it kind of develops plotlines and character backround though flashbacks to their time spent training for the mission in between depicting current events on the Antares. The underlying plot line so far is there’s also apparently some kind of powerful thing or being (we haven’t been told what, at this point) on board the ship which the honchos at ground control have kept a secret from most of the crew. It’s apparently got more to do with their mission than has been said, and also might be screwing with the minds of some of the crewmembers.
It kind of has yet to really get going in some ways, but I think there could be pretty cool show here depending upon how they develop their plotlines. Heck, True Blood didn’t really get going until the last few episodes of the first season either.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 2, 2009 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think its based
on the song from Wicked.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not trying to start an argument
but I’ve been watching Defying Gravity and I don’t know what anyone would see in it.
I really like Ron Livingston, but this show is really bad.
by Hubris on Sep 2, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It does need to pick things up
More plot, less flashback scenes. But I like the overall premise.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 2, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brother got me hooked on Burn Notice
Show on USA Network. Really enjoy it
How I Met Your Mother is a great show and really fits that Monday time slot on CBS
Band of Brother was great. Highly recommend.
Old school Arrested Development always cheers me up (canceled way too soon)
Really want to see Always Sunny…hear great things about it, might take the DVDs from brother….
And since it was just announced today Mad Men will get a 4th season, might as well pick up on that
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Sep 1, 2009 10:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Band of Brothers was top-notch...
Absolutely great series…
by N41D on Sep 1, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
im actually
just now watching it for the 1st time. i saw a couple episodes like 6 years ago in 10th grade in history class but never watched the whole series. im through 6 of them now though
great stuff, and the pacific is coming out in i believe march 2010, they’ve certainly taken there time making it but hopefully it’ll be worth it
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by studcrackers on Sep 1, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arrested Development
Yes, definitely canceled too soon. That show had a weird run, with DVD/Internet really giving it a following. Will Arnet, Jason Bateman, David Cross….all so good in that series.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still watch AD on Hulu
Been through that series twice now.
by Conjunction on Sep 1, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here...
Any time I need a good laugh, I head over to Hulu for an Arrested Development fix…
by N41D on Sep 1, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same
that show, Curb, and Entourage are shows I never get tired of, no matter how many times I’ve seen the episodes
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Sep 2, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 Burn Notice
I’ve watched the first two seasons on DVD and they are very good.
by Hubris on Sep 2, 2009 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just
finished up watching The Wire. Really, really good show. Waiting for David Simon next show.
Entourage = really getting shittier and shittier by the episode but I am still watching it for the character of Ari Gold.
Trying to catch on Arrested Development episodes.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 1, 2009 10:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Watch Generation Kill in the meantime
Seriously awesome miniseries.
Favorite Show: The Wire
Favorite Show on right now: Lost
Favorite Sitcom on right now: 30 Rock
by LiamP on Sep 1, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
30 Rock
That’s another one I need to watch all the way through. I have seen a handful of episodes here and there and they always seem to deliver.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
30 Rock delivers, I'm always laughing
I didn’t start Tivo’ing it until season 3, and after I watched a few episodes I rented the season 1 & 2 DVDs them in less than a week. Tracy Morgan kills in it, Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin are excellent, and there are an abundance of funny supporting characters (I especially like Dr. Spaceman). Bad news is the premiere is about a month after most other fall premieres…
by drizzle on Sep 1, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tracy Morgan has been great everytime I have seen that show
One episode he had a line that had me doubled over just from the randomness and his delivery…I just had to look it up to make sure I did it justice:
“I believe that the moon does not exist. I believe that vampires are the world’s greatest golfers but their curse is they never get a chance to prove it. I believe that there are 31 letters in the white alphabet. Wait…what was the question?”
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Piven is the reason I watch Entourage too.
He’s pretty underrated IMO
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched "The Goods" last night
Kind of an odd little movie, but highly entertaining. He’s really good in it, I thought.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea that movie felt like watching a series of sketches
But I enjoyed it. Thought it had some funny scenes, and thought Piven was his usual entertaining self. The scene when the lady from Step Brothers is selling that guy a car is hilarious:
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The "We have all just participated in a hate crime" scene was my favorite
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was pretty good too
As was Will Ferrell saying, “Oh no, the dildo’s back.”
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cameo plus the Gospel singers with him
Totally did it for me
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Sep 1, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was directed
by the “other” creator of the Chappelle Show, so if it comes off like sketch comedy, there’s a reason behind it.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ari Gold makes that show
Everyone else just sucks and/or boring
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Sep 1, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drama is also entertaining/annoying but the rest of the cast is very meh.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 1, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some scatter shooting...
Among current stuff, True Blood and Burn Notice are the two highlights of my weekly TV roster (and where has Burn Notice been the past couple weeks?). Defying Gravity is climbing up there with them. Leverage is midly entertaining, albeit a bit cheesy, and I keep up with Entourage.
As far as stuff that I’ve watched previousy…. Battlestar Galactica is the best Sci-Fi show ever. Period. Although Torchwood is pretty good, especially if you’re a Doctor Who fan. I went and re-watched the entire Prison Break series awhile back (I’d seen it when it was on TV, but never really took it in), and that was highly addictive. Same with 24.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I've never followed a Sci-Fi series
So I guess my question is if you’re not into that genre, is a show like Battlestar Galactica worth a watch. Cause my closest experience to Sci-Fi stuff is in the movies….and Mystery Science Theatre, which I love!
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely, IMO.
Even if you’re not a Sci-Fi geek, it’s a great show because they don’t really focus much on the sci-fi geekyness side of things. The focus is mostly on the storyline and the characters, and just about everything in that aspect of it is really, really good.
It does kind of get a little slow at the end of season 2, but it picks back up once you get into season 3.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well maybe I'll put it on my list
Though it will be behind quite a few other shows. But I always hear people rave about it…I have just never been into that stuff.
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 1, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burn Notice
Burn Notice is at it’s midseason break. I think it comes back in January.
by jf55510 on Sep 1, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dang, that sucks.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True Blood
I like that show, though I’m mildly embarrassed to admit it. But actually, it’s a typically great HBO production – I like almost any drama they put out. Sopranos is still easily the best series I’ve ever seen
In Treatment is one of the best 30 minute shows I’ve seen in a long, long time; though its season has ended already.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 2, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Battlestar Galactica
The first two seasons was some truly great scifi. Just great TV, really. I thought it started going off the rails with Season three. I’m just finishing up the last half of season 4 and there have been some very good episodes but the show as a whole I find much less satisfying.
I’m hoping the Caprica series will be good.
by Hubris on Sep 2, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here are all the shows i have on dvd
1st 11 seasons of the simpsons (favorite show ever, dont know if i’ll get the complete set or stop after 12)
The Complete series of the Wire (5 seasons)
Freaks and Geeks
The Complete series of Extras (which is i think 12 eps and a series finale)
Season 1 on flight of the conchords (dont know if i’ll get season 2, maybe when it’s cheaper)
Season 1 of 30 rock and will get the others in the future
Season 6 of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Season 2 of Chappelles show
perhaps in the future i’ll get the complete series of seinfeld since they’re getting to be really cheap. and maybe some southpark and/or king of the hill seasons
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by studcrackers on Sep 1, 2009 11:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Today's Wednesday.
(Flight of the Conchords)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's Business Time
"There is the Vegetarian Hot Pocket for those of us who don't want to eat meat, but would still like diarrhea." Jim Gaffigan
by Suicide Prince on Sep 2, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you, sir.
I was afraid no one would notice..
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i got it
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by studcrackers on Sep 3, 2009 3:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another random suggestion
Not a TV show, but I watched The Objective not too long ago and came away impressed. Don’t know if anyone hear has heard of it or seen it, but it’s a pretty enjoyable combo of a military/sci-fi/suspense movie.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 1, 2009 11:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If anyone here doesn't watch Breaking Bad,
you need to change that…
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Sep 2, 2009 12:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Taking a quick stab at a Top 10
Keep in mind I’m 24 so my list is pretty much made up of shows from the last few years that I have gotten into actual quality programming and not just Saved by the Bell or Full House (yes, I watched those as a child…and you did too so shut up)
1.) The Shield
2.) Rescue Me
3.) The Office
4.) Seinfeld
5.) 24
6.) The Wire
7.) South Park
8.) That 70’s Show
9.) Lost
10.) Family Guy/Futurama
Also Receiving Votes: Always Sunny (It will climb), How I Met Your Mother, Entourage
Need to See: Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, 30 Rock, Dexter
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 2, 2009 12:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And I forgot Arrested Development
It goes to #3 and bumps everything else down
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 2, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
SaltyDawg
If the Shield was your favorite show (and it’s certainly in my top 5) you definitely should be watching Sons of Anarchy. The show’s creator, Kurt Sutter, was one of the main writers on The Shield and also played the Armenian hitman Margos. He’s also married to Katey Segal, who is just brilliant on the show. Jay Karnes (Dutch) also shows up for a few episodes, though in a VERY different role from the one he played in the Barn, and the One-Niners have made a few appearances.
The rest of the cast is also excellent- Charlie Hunnam (Green Street Hooligans), Ron Perlman (lots of stuff), Dayton Callie (Deadwood), Kim Coates (CSI Miami), Maggie Siff (Mad Men), Mitch Pileggi (X-Files), Drea DeMatteo (Sopranos), Ally Walker (Profiler), Ryan Hurst (Remember the Titans), and Sprague Grayden (Six Feet Under). Alan Arkin & Henry Rollins are joining the cast this season.
It takes a couple episodes to get going- the third episode hooked me for the season- and once Jay Karnes and Ally Walker’s characters show up mid-season, things really hit high gear. It’s not The Shield yet, but I think it’s going to be a worthy successor.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
by RCCook on Sep 2, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have only heard good things about that show
I forgot it, but it’s definitely on my need to see list
"I tend to like young Latinos" -Jason Parks
by SaltyDawg on Sep 2, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cast is excellent
And despite the fact that it is good for at least 3 bullshit flag raisings per episode, it is a guilty pleasure of mine, as well.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
We'll show you Obama's birth certificate as soon as you show us Sarah Palin's high school diploma...
by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sons of Anarchy
New season starts next week. Im pumped! and then It’s always sunny starts again
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 4, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly
Friday Night Lights, the TV series of course, is one of the best shows I’ve seen on TV. It has really great acting IMO, and got absolutely hosed by NBC. Luckily it got renewed for two more seasons (the upcoming one will be its fourth), but it airs on DirecTV only until NBC airs it in the Spring (starting in January I believe). Seasons 1-3 are most definitely worth a watch, especially if you love football at all, and it does give a very good insight into past (and perhaps current) issues in American society despite the football aspect. Great show and undoubtedly worth a look.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Sep 2, 2009 1:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I enjoy Friday Night Lights, but I can't get over the football scenes and the overall "culture" the show tried to portray
I grew up living and breathing high school football. My dad was a high school coach for 20 years before he went into administration, and when we were little kids, we didn’t watch Barney, we watched game tape. I missed five and a half of my high school’s football games from the year I was born until the year I went to college. The half-game I missed was when I fell in the bleachers in fourth grade and had to be taken to the hospital.
All that said, I can never get over how fake the football scenes seem in TV shows, movies, whatever. FNL has better ones than most, but the actual football still seems too forced and unnatural to me. The fact that one of the main premises of the show, the coach being at the same school where his wife is principal, violates state law also put me off, but that’s a minor thing I guess.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman56 on Sep 2, 2009 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I'm a girl, my list is probably a little different
but everyone should watch, (not in any order)
The Wire
Battlestar Galactica
NCIS
The Unit
The Shield
Sons of Anarchy
Those are all recent. Babylon 5 would be at the top of my list of older shows to recommend. With all due homage to BSG, Babylon 5 is hands down the best Sci-Fi series ever made, even if the special effects are a little dated.
If you’re interested I can extol on its greatness at length.
by Hull Fan on Sep 2, 2009 2:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
NCIS
I used to watch that pretty faithfully in the beginning, but I kinda stopped watching over the last year or so. Probably could use to catch up on that. I know they’re CSIing it with an NCIS: LA spinoff or something this fall.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Sep 2, 2009 2:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
finally,
somebody mentions sons of anarchy, easily my favorite new show of the last year, and season two starts next week…
by kevinkinsler on Sep 2, 2009 7:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you like smart comedy and aren't watching Big Bang Theory, you're missing out
Dr. Sheldon Cooper is the funniest character on television. He reached Cosmo Kramer levels of zany hilarity this season.
The jokes, analogies, and gags are full of obscure and complex science references that are hilarious whether you understand the references or not. If you’re a nerd or have any nerd-like tendencies you’ll appreciate it even more.
Oh, and Kaley Cuoco is hot.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 7:06 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Solid choice
Although I’m sort of worried that over time I’ll get tired of it like I did Two and a Half Men; both shows are very funny, but Chuck Lorre (the creator of both) tends to play on the same jokes seventy trillion times in a different variation…
by Conjunction on Sep 2, 2009 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is a fair point
I think, though, that the subject matter and acting could make the difference. Charlie Sheen is basically playing himself and there’s only so many ways you can do drunken whoring around, accompanied by a whiny idiotic brother without it becoming repetitive.
I think there is more that Jim Parsons can do with Sheldon. At the core, he’s brilliant, neurotic, and totally devoid of people skills. Granted, that can become repetitive too if not done in the right way (and with Lorre that’s a valid concern), but Lorre has the ability to write it in more varying ways than he does Charlie Harper.
Applying the Drake Equation to the number of girls in LA who might sleep with Howard > Charlie hitting on dumb stupid girls every night.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've tried watching that show twice.
And I haven’t been able to finish an episode. I think it’s that it’s too overthetop nerdy/unbelievable, but maybe that’s because I know too many nerdy people. I guess I’ll try watching it again.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are actually UCLA physicists who consult on the show to make the nerdy physicist part believable
You should really give it another shot. It may be one of those shows that takes a few episodes to grow on you. When I first watched it I thought it was just funny. Now I find it absolutely hilarious.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mean the science part is unbelievable.
It’s just weird seeing nerds in a sitcom…it’s like it’s too nerdy-chic, does that make any sense?
Maybe it’s that the main character is OCD in addition to being a nerd. I don’t associate the two, but perhaps don’t like that the show seems to. This might be me just not liking the character or could me being too easily ‘offended’ …
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh, thanks for clarifying what you meant
The nerdy chic deal is a good point. I’ve been called a nerd since I was a kid, so I know it’s not exactly the “cool” thing to be. I never did really care, and in fact I rather enjoy it, but yeah, it’s certainly strange for the nerds to be the cool ones for once.
I wish a girl as hot as Kaley Cuoco would have a thing for me…
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BBT is one of my favorite shows.
It’s definitely hilarious, and it’s an awesome show, especially because of the humor. It’s gotta rank up there with HIMYM, in my opinion, even though the sumor portrayed is of a different variety than HIMYM. Awesome, awesome show.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Sep 2, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a huge HIMYM fan too
With those two shows on Monday night, CBS owns comedy. IMHO, 30 Rock is the only other show on network television that ranks with the two.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Office?
"There is the Vegetarian Hot Pocket for those of us who don't want to eat meat, but would still like diarrhea." Jim Gaffigan
by Suicide Prince on Sep 2, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been a huge Office fan since Season 1, and have seen every episode multiple times, but I think it has lost some steam
The classic Office episodes are still at or near the top of the greatest sitcom television in the last decade, but this year I think they lost some ground to the others.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're getting away from what made the show great IMO...
Especially when they run hour-long episodes…
They keep digging deeper into some of these storylines, and they just kinda take away from everything…
The Jim and Pam thing was great early on. Now it just feels like a forced soap opera.
by N41D on Sep 2, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed - it's impossible to make the full one hour hilarious from beginning to end
And it waters down the truly good stuff they do put in there.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
big bang theory is greatness
i laughed harder and longer at the joke where sheldon gets stuck in his control loop and the other guy has to re-draw it to get him out than i have at anything i’ve ever seen on tv. That one was classic
exploding highfive
by sarnold on Sep 2, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was one of his greatest moments
Writes a freaking algorithm for making friends and then gets stuck in an infinite loop and they have to write an escape to get him out of the loop.
"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 2, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The scene(s) with him learning to drive were great, too.
“How did you end up on the third floor of the galleria?”
"There is the Vegetarian Hot Pocket for those of us who don't want to eat meat, but would still like diarrhea." Jim Gaffigan
by Suicide Prince on Sep 2, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I had time to watch
even a small portion of what eveyone is watching. I can barely fit in the Rangers games.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 2, 2009 8:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A couple more suggestions
Burn Notice is a sharp spy show on USA. While you’re there, check out Psych for a little mystery and a little fun.
Nip/Tuck pushes the edge in a sexy series about plastic surgeons. Dollhouse is another show that takes some risks.
FInally on BBC, you have Dr. Who, Torchwood, and Primeval.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.
by Caradoc on Sep 2, 2009 8:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Psych!
It’s not the best show ever created, but it’s a fun little ‘detective’ show that doesn’t take itself too seriously. They just started up a new season, and something is different about it, but I can’t put my finger on it. Lighting or tone or something…
My wife and I will record it and then watch Saturday mornings or randomly throughout the weekend. Good stuff
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Psych too
I like that it isn’t really serious and just sticks to the original idea of the show.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Sep 2, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh I loved how they made fun of The Mentalist in this season's premiere
by drizzle on Sep 2, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was genius
"There is the Vegetarian Hot Pocket for those of us who don't want to eat meat, but would still like diarrhea." Jim Gaffigan
by Suicide Prince on Sep 2, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA does that pretty well
Burn Notice, Royal Pains, and In Plain Sight are the same way. They inject just enough suspense and character development to keep it interesting and make you feel like it’s going somewhere, but not so much as to make it a chore.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on Sep 2, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
If I had to make a list (and please note, I’m 26, so maybe M*A*S*H was great, and Cheers seemed great, but they simply weren’t in my “prime”…Wonder Years, on the other hand, probably benefits from being watched when I was 8):
1. Six Feet Under
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire (these top three make the trinity of excellent TV drama and made up for a horrible decade in cinema)
4. Arrested Development (best comedy, hands down, enjoys the James Dean effect of leaving in its prime, but had great self referential ability and is infinitely quotable)
5. Simpsons (in its prime, it was the best satire around)
6. Mad Men (created by a Sopranos writer, and you can tell. Attention to detail and characterization is currently unmatched)
7. Lost (this show is my Ike, and I its Tina)
8. Southpark (Not in vogue, never in vogue, but takes the great satire mantle from Simpsons when its “on”, which isn’t always
9.30 Rock (sharpest comedy on basic network tv)
10. The Office (taking both the UK and US editions into account bumps this up onto the list)
Just Missed: Always Sunny In Philadelphia (nothing classic about it, just great, irreverent, not up in its own ass humor…consistency kept it out of the top ten)
Other shows I’ve watched in full and enjoyed: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Weeds, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, Freaks and Geeks/Undeclared, Chappelle Show
On my “To watch list”: How I Met Your Mother (have seen 5-6 episodes), Rome, Deadwood, and maybe True Blood, just because of Alan Ball
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 9:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I should add a few new ones
“Eastbound & Down” and “Party Down”, both coming off their first season and both very funny, well written shows.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eastbound & Down
One of the few series I’ve had to stop my DVR and rewind because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hear the next line being said.
The jet-ski argument in episode 1 and the birdbath rant in episode 2 are two of the funniest things I’ve ever heard on a TV show.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
by RCCook on Sep 2, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The finale
Was the best part to me. The whole season was a buildup to that final scene and it killed me.
I love the BBQ episode too.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 2, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is definitely renewed, by the way
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
We'll show you Obama's birth certificate as soon as you show us Sarah Palin's high school diploma...
by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent list
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There really aren't any shows I watch...
every week now. The last shows I did that with were probably South Park and Chapelle’s Show.
For me the golden age of TV was in the early ’90’s. I never missed a Sunday night of In Living Color, Simpsons, and Married With Children.
Every now and then I will watch The Office, 30 Rock, and South Park. I also like the comedic news shows of Real Time with Bill Maher, Colbert Report, and the Daily Show.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 2, 2009 10:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sopranos
I love everything HBO does, but honestly, The Sopranos isn’t as good as The Wire. Don’t get me wrong, The Sopranos is very, very good, but it’s not elite like The Wire is…or Battlestar Galactica. It’s very well acted, but the writing is pretty hit or miss at times.
by Apes and Androids on Sep 2, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Wire
I really need to start watching that- my sister-in-law gave me all 5 seasons on DVD a couple months back, but I haven’t found the time to sit down and get into it. Maybe this weekend…
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
by RCCook on Sep 2, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I envy the hell out of you
I think I’d pay a couple thousand bucks to have all memories of the Wire erased, just so I could discover it all over again…
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
We'll show you Obama's birth certificate as soon as you show us Sarah Palin's high school diploma...
by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I convinced my wife to watch it
and she’s hooked now. So I’m going through all the DVDs for the 2nd time. It’s still greatness.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 4, 2009 7:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know right....
Ive got all the dvds as well, wish I could watch them again fresh not knowing anything.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 4, 2009 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heresy!
Really, without the Sopranos, the Wire could never have existed. The Sopranos essentially created the 50+ hour long movie genre. Yeah, there were some hit or miss story lines, and David Chase’s dabbling in the artsy side of mob television had its downside.
I always see things like movies, music, and tv shows in their context. When the Sopranos came out, it wasn’t at all obvious that people would invest not only their time but also money in a show like that (the success of the Sopranos allowed HBO to actually attract subscribers by producing very expensive tv series). That people would put up with an entire episode of plot setting without any real action was not obvious at all – in fact, pre-Sopranos shows that essentially demanded a long-term commitment at onset tended to die quick deaths.
At least that is how I see it.
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by JBImaknee on Sep 2, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are 1 and 1A, for me
The Sopranos had better directing. The Wire had better writing.
The Sopranos leads, JG, EF, Michael Imperioli (very underrated), were superior actors to anybody on the Wire, but I think the entire ensemble of the Wire outperforms the Sop cast. There were some pretty mediocre actors on the Sopranos, hardly any on the Wire.
But it seems like you are saying they are very similar shows, and I don’t think that’s the case at all. The Sopranos, essentially, is really about one character, while the Wire is about institutions and society. Character development was key for David Chase, and secondary to David Simon. There was also comparatively little social commentary in the former, whereas obviously social commentary seemed to be the primary goal with Simon and Burns. The 2 biggest things I think they had in common was the admirable, tremendously rare resistance to easy payoffs (any other show would have Tony finding out about Melfi’s rapist and then “dealing” with him, for example), and the point you alluded to, that they rejected the notion that each episode needed to have the conflicts it introduced resolved by the end of that same episode.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
We'll show you Obama's birth certificate as soon as you show us Sarah Palin's high school diploma...
by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree that the Wire is better than Sopranos
The Wire is the greatest show of my lifetime. But, it’s also a bit like saying a naked blonde is better than a nake brunette — are ya really gonna keep picking nits?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 2, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Office...
If you haven’t seen the UK series, you really should…
For me, it’s probably better than its American counterpart…
by N41D on Sep 2, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We started the BBC version and didn't like it
The Michael character was just too obnoxious. I prefer the bumbling, clueless version better.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think you have to see the bbc version first
to enjoy it. once you’ve seen the softer US version, the BBC version becomes too harsh for most. we watched the BBC version first and loved it, then initially disliked the US version, but it has come into its own and is now the better show.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually started with the BBC version
We watched the first three episodes after finishing Coupling (BBC).
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
i had seen the bbc original series way before the american version and hated the american version at first.
the bbc one is more harsh and has a lot more uncomfortable deadpan to it. the american version seems more lighthearted
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 2, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, and Ricky Gervais is a stinkin genius
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's my list
All of these are shared with my wife, which is nice. We are 40-somethings. Some of these are older.
- The Wire
- Sopranos
- Angel/Buffy
- The Office
- The Shield
- BSG
- Star Trek TNG
- Simpsons
- Homicide
- Entourage
Close but not in the top 10: Firefly (we hardly got to know you). Doll House (still getting to know you). Coupling (BBC version, seasons 1 & 2 only). Tru Blood (just started watching). Sons of Anarchy (need more than 1 season to crack the top 10).
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
On the Too See list:
Generation Kill
Defying Gravity
Always Sunny
30 Rock
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another "Almost top 10"
Weeds
And I would add Six Feet Under as well. Last episode was one the best series finales I’ve ever seen.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tear up just thinking about it
A Cowboy fan from Dallas residing in enemy terretory since 1990..
by Jtiner09 on Sep 2, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I think Six Feet Under’s and The Shield’s finales were about as good as a series finale can get.
The last 10 minutes of the SFU finale was something that I’d always kinda wanted to see a TV show do, and given the nature of that show, I’m not sure any other series could have pulled that off half so well or packed near the emotional punch.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
by RCCook on Sep 2, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
And SFU also introduced me to the greatness of Michael C. Hall, who has the acting range to pull off both David Fisher and Dexter Morgan, who couldn’t be more different characters, aside from the fact they both deal in death and appear to be neat freaks…
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by RCCook on Sep 2, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets see
I’m completely stoked for IASIP and Curb Your Enthusiasm to start up this month. For those that don’t know, the story arc for this season’s Curb is that their making a Seinfeld Reunion show (within the show) and all the actors will be playing themselves for the writing process, rehearsals, etc. Considering Seinfeld is my all-time favorite, it should be a blast with Larry thrown in the mix.
Current favorite show on TV: 30 Rock. Can’t wait for it to start
Crap I’ve watched lately:
True Blood: It’s been spinning its wheels for a few weeks but still entertaining. There’s going to be some weird shit going on in the finale.
Hung: It’s an average show with some generic plot twists but the acting is pretty solid
Mad Men: Omfg awesome
Entourage: This show has gotten so terrible and I honestly don’t know why I watch it. I guess Ari is still pretty good and Sloan is nice to look at.
Real Time with Bill Maher: Because I’m a socialist commie babykiller satanist.
I’ll be excited as always for South Park when it starts up in October. I think that’s most of my “Must See TV”. And if you haven’t watched The Wire yet, you really should.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 2, 2009 11:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
has anyone ever seen the show "The Prisoner"?
it was on in the 60’s i believe on the bbc. but i watched the 1st episode of that about a week ago, it was about 16 eps or so but i look forwar to continuing it
also amc (which has made breaking bad and mad men) is making a remake of the british original
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by studcrackers on Sep 2, 2009 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
saw it a few years ago
Some of the intra-episode plot twists were obvious, but it was still solid. The last episode or two seemed rushed and, frankly, incomprehensible.
I keep hearing that the show is being remade. Possibly it has been picked up by AMC.
by Hubris on Sep 2, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I
forgot to mention House and really surprised that no one mentioned it. The first four seasons were really good, the last season was pretty bad. Season 6 should be starting soon and I am interested to see how it is going to be.
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by coolaid on Sep 2, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oooh, yeah!
Good point. They had some really excellent seasons…I thought last season wasn’t as good, but I don’t think it was bad.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aren't a med student?
If so, do you find the show realistic?
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what I don't understand
is why they have kept some of the original ‘assistants’ around. They still show up in the opening credit sequence but we hardly ever see them. It’s very strange how they’ve handled that. Not that I dislike the new cast members…it’s simply very strange what they have done.
by Hubris on Sep 2, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
House
my guess is it has something to do with their contracts and getting lead billing. They are also prominently featured on the DVD packaging, even though they are not really featured on the show.
I also heard/read that Cameron and Chase are going to be back on House’s team this season. If that is the case, I would think that someone has to go since a five-man team plus House would be really crowded. Taub or 13 could be fired, or 13 could start having Huntington’s complications and have to leave the team. Or they could split the team and have Foreman in charge of one and House in charge of the other. Or if House is in the looney bin for a lot of the season, it would only be a team of five people total (13, Taub, Chase, Cameron and Foreman), the same as season 4 and 5. Guess we will have to wait and see.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
by uthornfan on Sep 2, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With cars...
…it seems to me that most auto journalists are old, and compared to cars, say 20 years ago, there aren’t many that really suck. And I’ve read a few that were negative. Reviews for my car aren’t that great in the performance department, that’s for sure. In fact they called it pretty dull or something like that, which is pretty accurate I guess.
by Black Francis on Sep 3, 2009 2:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reviews
The reviews I read about cars never seem to say anything negative at all. I think they just ignore the bad aspects. They are not really lying, they are just failing to mention the bad aspects. This makes sense when you realize that their advertisers are the car companies and if you are in the media, you can’t say bad things about your advertisers.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
by uthornfan on Sep 3, 2009 3:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tea-V
Shows still on the air
-Lost
-The Office
-Michael & Michael Have Issues (for Stella nostalgia)
-Always Sunny
-Man vs. Wild (even if just to see him describe the taste of urine every now and then)
-Flight of the Conchords
Shows forever in my heart
-Arrested Development
-STELLA (!!!!)
-Home Movies
-Freaks and Geeks
-Beavis and Butthead
Also, a couple months ago I watched the first season of Tim In The City (or I think that’s the right title anyway), and it was consistently hilarious.
by naropean on Sep 2, 2009 12:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know the professor who the Beavis character was modeled after
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 2, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was modeled after a professor?
That’s fantastic.
by naropean on Sep 2, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Van Dressen?
Touch a mountain. huh huh heh huh
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Sep 2, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last week on NPR/Fresh Air, they had Mike Judge on
He told some hilarious stories about living in Dallas with the neighbors that inspired King of the Hill.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You inspired me to look it up and listen to that interview.
In turn, it has inspired me to download Idiocracy, which I’ve never seen.
For the longest time I thought King of the Hill was boring, but over the years I’ve grown to like it. Certainly not the best show ever but very respectable.
by Black Francis on Sep 3, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terri Gross is an epic badass
She has chunks of Larry King in her stool.
This week they have been doing all animal-related topics, and I have been consistently enthralled. They had a forensic pathologist that helped solve animal abuse crimes, a woman w/ Arnsperger’s that made her particularly attuned to animal emotions, but I can’t do the summary justice. Check em out:
And I agree, KOTH was pretty good, sometimes better, but nothing to write home about.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One more thing, DishTV related
We got it on Sunday, and we have a frequent but intermittent problem.
The HD channels’ volume will just suddenly attenuate dramatically. It’s weird; they don’t actually mute, but the vol goes dramatically down and the dialogue or singing goes completely incognito. The corresponding SD channel ALWAYS has perfect volume when we check it.
After talking w/ someone on the phone who’d never heard of the issue, they sent a tech out yesterday. Unfortunately, the wife was there, not me, to deal w/ em. The assclown claims that it must be the broadcasting channel, cuz there’s nothing wrong w/ the dvr. He also says that they have run into this many times before, but are convinced it isn’t their gear causing it.
This is completely fucking counter intuitive. First off, why would it be HBO or Showtime’s issue if the corresponding SD channel had no sound issues?? Furthermore, I have done the best informal survey I could amongst peeps w/ all varieties of cable and directv, and NOBODY has ever seen this happen w/ their HD channels. And this fool says he hears about this problem all the time, but it can’t be a DishTV issue? Really?
Have you run into this issue at all w/ Dish (assuming you have HD)?
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No I haven't run into that problem.
You might try that scanning thing to see if it fixes it. When things begin to fuck up with my DVR that usually fixes the problem.
Idiocracy wasn’t very good. I’m thinking Judge hit his peak with Office Space.
by Black Francis on Sep 3, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Idiocracy
It wasnt that good of a movie but the premise was cool.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 4, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah the movie was terrible
but the satire was pretty good. The Musers highly overrate it though.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 4, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was screaming for Terry Gilliam to direct it.
I think British humor would have worked better in that movie.
by Black Francis on Sep 4, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm on DirecTV now
But that used to happen when I had Dish. We couldn’t figure it out — their tech help people basically called me a liar when I said it was happening. You just gotta keep the remote handy I guess.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 4, 2009 7:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you weren't able to narrow it down at all?
I’ve already counted 5 different channels it has happened on.
And are you saying it never goy any better?
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 4, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think what happened was I just got used to it
it mainly happened when it would switch to commercial but I rarely watch live tv anymore.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 4, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dont have dish but..
My fios HD does similar things as well, except mine the audio completely drops for a few seconds.
I think it’s a bandwidth/ compression issue.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 4, 2009 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A few seconds I wouldn't mind
This happens for 20-30 minutes at a time.
Which means that recording anything on the HD channels is pointless.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 4, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Freaks and Geeks belongs in the conversation with just about any show but the Wire, Sopranos, 6 Feet, and Deadwood
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since we're in the summer break...
…not a lot of network stuff to keep tabs on. HIMYM and Big Bang Theory are household favorites. They’re some of my favorites. They’re also just about the only thing outside of the Daily Show/Colbert Report that my wife takes time out of her day to actually sit down and watch.
My DVR is ready and waiting for 30 Rock, My Name is Earl, Lost, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, which are out of season. Hell, even Jeopardy is in reruns right now.
I’ve been catching up with Dexter via Netflix. That’s definitely one of my favorites.
Among stuff that I am watching regularly that IS in season right now, Mad Men is incredibly good. True Blood is fun, but empty. I still watch it. I love Top Gear and my dream job at this point is executive producing an american version. I’ve been watching Warehouse 13 on Sci-Fi and that’s kind of fun. Hung hasn’t been great but hasn’t been bad. I used to really like Rescue Me, but I’ve lost a little interest. I still watch it, but it may sit in the DVR for a few days before I get to it.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on Sep 2, 2009 1:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Adam Corolla was going to host
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_%28U.S._TV_series%29
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was keeping an eye on that
I was cautiously optimistic.
I think what would be perfect would be if HBO ended up with it. They believe in high production values, have a higher threashold for patience in building an audience, and would allow for the needed editorial freedom.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on Sep 2, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't have to be HBO...
…but I would like to see it grown more naturally than hyped up like some Desperate Housewives/Who wants to be a millionaire ridiculousness.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 2, 2009 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am afraid it would suck
In America, no magazines or TV shows that review things ever criticize the products. Read Car and Driver and find the last time they said a car sucked. The same goes for magazines that review other things: computers, guns, etc… The great thing about Top Gear is that when a car sucks, the hosts talk about it. They are very critical which is very entertaining. If the American show just talked about how great cars were, it would be very boring. I can also see the “Star in a reasonably priced car” segments basically taking over the show and being used to market other shows on the same network. I just have no faith that an American version of the show would even come close to approaching the greatness that is Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
by uthornfan on Sep 2, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was aluding to that earlier
I didn’t articulate it specifically, but that’s one of the big reasons why I would want it on HBO or another non-advertiser driven format. That’s part of the “needed editorial freedom” I mentioned.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by JM Barten on Sep 3, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
If they had it on any of the four major networks, the auto industry would be big advertisers (which makes sense since it would be a show about cars) but that would mean that no bad words could be said about them. The 2011 Ford Fiesta would be an awesome car in the same class as the Bugatti Veyron and Pagani Zonda.
If I am not mistaken, I think the BBC is commercial free so that may be why they are allowed to speak their minds about what they review.
The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin
by uthornfan on Sep 4, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been commenting but time for my official list
I’m having a hard time truly ranking so I’ll just separate into tiers:
House
30 Rock
The Office
-———-
Fringe
The Big Bang Theory
24
Dollhouse
How I Met Your Mother
South Park
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Excited it’s finally back)
-———-
Rescue Me
Friday Night Lights
Mad Men (I came into it late, still need to see season 1 & most of 2)
Psych
Entourage (For Ari & Sloan, obviously)
As far as older stuff:
-I still enjoy watching Seinfeld reruns
-Hulu for Arrested Development is a favorite thing to do when I’m bored (or desperately need a laugh, such as after a Rangers heartbreak)
-I have Chappelle’s Show on DVD, wish he could’ve done another season or two before walking away
-Based on the pilot, I anticipate Glee will be a guilty pleasure.
"I can hit 100 whenever I want." ---Neftali Feliz
by drizzle on Sep 2, 2009 2:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's my faves...
I watch all kinds of stuff… comedies, cartoons, dramas, whatever I can get to…
Mad Men
Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Band of Brothers
Sons of Anarchy
Arrested Development
Burn Notice
Heroes
Metalocalypse
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Squidbillies
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Stroker & Hoop
King of the Hill
American Dad!
Home Movies
I own all the seasons & special releases of:
Chappelle’s Show
Family Guy
Futurama
Frisky Dingo
P.S. … Did any of you see the AMC Original Movie: “Broken Trail”? If you didn’t, watch it… Thomas Haden Church and Robert Duvall are money in it… thx
Stay thirsty, my friends....
by hotshot215 on Sep 2, 2009 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Broken Trail was awful
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's amazing to me how...
some LSBers have enough time to watch a shitload of TV.
Although I guess DVR’s and series’ on DVD have made it much easier now than it was 10 years ago.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 2, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Right
Sports is the only thing I watch live, and then only sometimes. I often try to record the 1st half of a sporting event and then catch up by the end by skipping commercials. I see no reason to waste my time watching commercials when there are so many better things to watch.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 2, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sporting events...
only way to go is to record the first hour or so and then skip the commercials.
Enables me to get other things done, and keeps the amount of complaining from my wife about watching too much sports down as well.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 2, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
while that is true for sports
it’s also very true for tv shows. Very, very rarely do I watch anything live. There’s no point and I have no patience for stupid commercials anymore.
by Hull Fan on Sep 2, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Between work and baseball
I have to stay up late at night to watch ANYTHING else. And if the Rangers are off I’m usually playing catch up from work not done the night before.
I have a DVR, but it’s useless to me right now because I have no time to watch anything it records. I have like 15 hours of Nova on it I haven’t even looked at to see what they are.
by Black Francis on Sep 2, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mad Men
I still don’t get the appeal. I watched the entire first season really trying to like it but I just didn’t. Once I got past the 60’s schtick there isn’t much to it. Ok, everyone smokes, drinks, and screws around…..we got it. There is only one interesting character in the entire show (Don Draper). The rest are just boring wastes of time between Draper’s scenes. His wife is just flat annoying and a terrible actress. It is a nice visual show though, I will give them that.
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Sep 2, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Peggy Olson
She’s a great character.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 2, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Slattery is phenomenal
As is Vincent Cartheiser.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for those of you creating watch lists
go ahead and add this to it:
http://www.hbo.com/events/boredtodeath/
you can watch the preview right now to whet your appetite.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 2, 2009 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that looks very promising
You have excellent taste (because I agree w/ you…ha ha).
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gagreed
This show seems right up my alley, with a great cast too.
I usually give anything film noir-ish a good look. Hell, I even sat through The Black Dahlia yesterday on HBO and it was fucking awful.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 3, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try the book
Ellroy is excellent.
American Tabloid is his best, but that whole LA series is a damn good read if you like noir.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard the book is great
And it’s just the film that’s a turd. I love love love L.A. Confidential so I need to check out the entire series.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 3, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its been 10 yrs or so since I've read most of them
If you want, I could look through em to remember which ones were best (other than Tabloid, which is is half-noir, half-historical fiction), and give you a recommendation.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For sure
Don’t feel any rush though, with the semester firing up my personal reading time has greatly diminished.
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses. Or two dumpsters.
by TheBZA on Sep 3, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's UNT
How hard could the reading be?
I keed, I keed.
I’ll shoot it to you on facebook.
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by Brian Thomas on Sep 3, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
UNT
I went to college there. Great times. We started a petition to get the call letters of the radio station changed to “KUNT” from KNTU or whatever it is. Didn’t work.
by Black Francis on Sep 3, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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