Your Favorite Television Shows - Page 6

DeadDiscoDildo · 12.05.2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

junkies and their enablers are BORING

unless they kick it glam junkie style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

afterthefact · 12.05.2008, 02:49 PM

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WKRP In Cincinnatti - re-runs air at 6:00PM and 6:30PM every sunday on WGN. my favorite sitcom of all time. No kids!

Survivor - been watching since the first one. My favorite reality show. I like when it gets down to 6-7 people and they are all hungry and paranoid and disheveled.

Inside The NFL - used to be on HBO, now on Showtime. Uses only NFL Films footage for the highlights of the week's games. the best.

Top Chef - catching up to this season's new ones.

How It's Made - I always want to know how everything is made.

Dirty Jobs - the guy cracks me up and he really gets down into the dirt. quite the gross show. responsible for three of the grossest things I have ever ever seen. (the leather tannery, the solid waste (shit/piss) disposal building, and the leather tannery again)

Survivorman is definately the best of it's kind; totally blows Man vs. Wild out of the water.

How it's made is awesome too, although sometimes it seems like they are stretching it, with stuff that isn't really interesting. Exact same thing for Dirty Jobs too.

Rob Instigator · 12.05.2008, 03:05 PM

dirty jobs relies on viewers to send them places, and sometimes either the place or the people at the place are not the most TV friendly.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 12.05.2008, 03:06 PM

I have watched re-runs of married.. with children, probably every SINGLE day since 1997. It is as much a part of my daily routine as prayer and food.

That is the only commercial television I still watch. Other than that I am a PBS junky.

NOVA
FRONTLINE
INDEPENDENT LENS
BBC WORLD
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
GLOBAL VOICES

these are what I watch when I indulge in TV, so that at least I can learn while also not being exposed to the brainwashing and classical conditioning of advertising

afterthefact · 12.05.2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

these are what I watch when I indulge in TV, so that at least I can learn while also not being exposed to the brainwashing and classical conditioning of advertising

Haha.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 12.05.2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadDiscoDildo

old school!

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Haha.

I can't stand commercials, they literally offend my soul! I have to change them instantly, and I will put on the worst crap PBS has to offer, even boring things like Scientific American with Alan Alda or some kind of low-budget documentary about the development of Cleveland's sanitation system just to avoid them.

Rob Instigator · 12.05.2008, 03:49 PM

i love love love scientific american frontiers with alan alda.....

uhler · 12.05.2008, 04:06 PM

30 rock
arrested development
sarah silverman program
stella
the state
freaks and geeks

umm that's all i can think of at the moment. i don't have or watch much tv.

afterthefact · 12.05.2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

I can't stand commercials, they literally offend my soul! I have to change them instantly, and I will put on the worst crap PBS has to offer, even boring things like Scientific American with Alan Alda or some kind of low-budget documentary about the development of Cleveland's sanitation system just to avoid them.

Commercials used to not bother me so much, but now that I have a kid and can see their effect, I hate them.

Fortunately we don't have cable, so the only channel that would have anything on for here during the day is PBS. (Although I think even they stretch the definition of "educational television" sometimes. Maybe kids should do something else OTHER than watch TV? haha

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SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 12.05.2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Commercials used to not bother me so much, but now that I have a kid and can see their effect, I hate them.

Fortunately we don't have cable, so the only channel that would have anything on for here during the day is PBS. (Although I think even they stretch the definition of "educational television" sometimes. Maybe kids should do something else OTHER than watch TV? haha

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not just kids. the news and global perspective puts me in front of my TV much more often than I would like, and consoling myself with the fact that it is positive still leaves a bad taste in my mouth sometimes.. but like most americans, I am rather addicted to visual stimulation, and you can't read a book and smoke a joint, and further, I read a pile of books a week as it is, sometimes you need to take a break from active viewing with reading to passive with watching TV...

compromises compromises..

afterthefact · 12.05.2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

not just kids. the news and global perspective puts me in front of my TV much more often than I would like, and consoling myself with the fact that it is positive still leaves a bad taste in my mouth sometimes.. but like most americans, I am rather addicted to visual stimulation, and you can't read a book and smoke a joint, and further, I read a pile of books a week as it is, sometimes you need to take a break from active viewing with reading to passive with watching TV...

compromises compromises..

I agree, I just meant that I notice it more with a kid...

gmku · 12.05.2008, 04:46 PM

Of current/recent series:

Dexter (holy crap, it's good this season!)
True Blood (I'm a convert)
Burn Notice (when's it coming back???)

LifeDistortion · 12.05.2008, 04:54 PM

The promos say Burn Notice is coming back in January, I think they might be doing what they do with Monk or what Battlestar Galactica is doing, showing like 8-10 episodes then take a break then comes back early next year with another 8-10 episodes and they say its from the same season.

gmku · 12.05.2008, 04:55 PM

Damn, I miss Burn Notice. I really got into it over the summer.

DeadDiscoDildo · 12.05.2008, 05:17 PM

I also don't care if you judge me. I like Lost.

Though it's gone downhill, the first 2-3 seasons were so fucking good that it has kept me hooked and I'm still waiting for the upcoming season.

EyeballGrowth · 12.05.2008, 09:34 PM

My two all time favorites

Not much else:

Saturday Night Live
Monty Python's Flying Circus

EyeballGrowth · 12.05.2008, 09:36 PM

Anyone remember the Avengers? They were like the original X-files. My parents used to watch those reruns everyday at dinner when I was a kid. Great stuff

LifeDistortion · 12.06.2008, 03:26 AM

LifeDistortion · 12.06.2008, 03:26 AM

R.I.P.

PAULYBEE2656 · 12.06.2008, 05:03 AM

i dont give a shit.. my favs are
top gear

family guy

match of the day

the universe on the history channel

12.05.2008, 03:05 PM	#103
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,932	dirty jobs relies on viewers to send them places, and sometimes either the place or the people at the place are not the most TV friendly. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	I have watched re-runs of married.. with children, probably every SINGLE day since 1997. It is as much a part of my daily routine as prayer and food. That is the only commercial television I still watch. Other than that I am a PBS junky. NOVA FRONTLINE INDEPENDENT LENS BBC WORLD AMERICAN EXPERIENCE GLOBAL VOICES these are what I watch when I indulge in TV, so that at least I can learn while also not being exposed to the brainwashing and classical conditioning of advertising __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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12.05.2008, 03:49 PM	#107
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,932	i love love love scientific american frontiers with alan alda..... __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.05.2008, 04:06 PM	#108
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	30 rock arrested development sarah silverman program stella the state freaks and geeks umm that's all i can think of at the moment. i don't have or watch much tv.
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12.05.2008, 04:46 PM	#112
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Of current/recent series: Dexter (holy crap, it's good this season!) True Blood (I'm a convert) Burn Notice (when's it coming back???) __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.05.2008, 04:54 PM	#113
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	The promos say Burn Notice is coming back in January, I think they might be doing what they do with Monk or what Battlestar Galactica is doing, showing like 8-10 episodes then take a break then comes back early next year with another 8-10 episodes and they say its from the same season.
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12.05.2008, 04:55 PM	#114
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Damn, I miss Burn Notice. I really got into it over the summer. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.05.2008, 05:17 PM	#115
DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	I also don't care if you judge me. I like Lost. Though it's gone downhill, the first 2-3 seasons were so fucking good that it has kept me hooked and I'm still waiting for the upcoming season.
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12.05.2008, 09:34 PM	#116
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	My two all time favorites Not much else: Saturday Night Live Monty Python's Flying Circus
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12.05.2008, 09:36 PM	#117
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Anyone remember the Avengers? They were like the original X-files. My parents used to watch those reruns everyday at dinner when I was a kid. Great stuff
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12.06.2008, 03:26 AM	#118
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457
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12.06.2008, 03:26 AM	#119
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	R.I.P.
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12.06.2008, 05:03 AM	#120
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i dont give a shit.. my favs are top gear family guy match of the day the universe on the history channel __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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