I'm with you on The West Wing. The Christmas episodes have even become part of our holiday traditions.
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Nothing much too watch right now, except Sleepy Hollow. I must admit the first year was the best. Year three a little boring, but the lead male character who plays Crane is gorgeous! Ray Donovan is over, gosh I love Liev Schriber. Always can turn on Big Bang Theory for a laugh.
I'm trying to watch Nashville this year if I can stand to watch Juliette/Hayden. She is so mean and self centered I can hardly stand her! I hope Avery dumps her for good!
I love Big Bang Theory too!
I'm trying to watch AHS:Hotel but at the moment it's a very WTF?? kind of program - not sure if I'll watch the rest of it though. My favourite season was Coven - that was brilliant especially with Stevie Nicks and the music ;-)
I grew up watching Are You Being Served - there is a movie made in 1977, I think, where they went to Spain on holidays - it's very funny from what I can remember.
I am going to make the West Wing my Christmas box set binge watch this year. I never got round to watching it when it was on TV but better late than never!!
I've gotten hooked on Criminal Minds again. I think it's a terrific show but at times quite graphic and VERY disturbing. Seriously creeps me out sometimes but can't stop watching.:eyebrow:
I like this one, too. Unfortunately, it's not just weirdos, it's psychos and lunetics, as well. But, good news is, there are those who will turn over every last slime covered rock to track them down and nail them to the wall. From one dawn to the next. On it.
And, if they all looked like Agent Morgan, the world would be a happier place. Not to mention, intelligence is so hot! :heart:
My mom likes to watch shows from her childhood. One of the shows she watches is Adam 12. It comes on at noon (2 episodes). I'm usually eating lunch while the show is on, and I must admit that I've taken a liking to it.
So the Sundance channel has started showing Breaking Bad from the beginning and my curiosity made me watch the first four episodes last week. :shock:
OMG, it's so violent! I had no idea what to expect and knew mostly nothing about what it was even about. I just knew that it won awards and some of you here recommended it. After those episodes, I didn't think I wanted to watch any more, but I find myself curious about what is going to happen next! Shall I watch tonight or give it up? That whole scene with the dissolving the body in the bath tub pretty much did me in! Yuk! But yet...........
Usually, I just look away during gory scenes, but this show seems to have a lot of them! Hmmmmm.......
We have it but we haven't watched it yet.
I am gearing up for watching the BBC's remake of my beloved War & Peace. The previews of it haven't been encouraging. It's only a six parter whereas the book to put it mildly is very long & the original BBC series ran for at least 20 episodes. My fear is that all that nasty 'war' stuff will be removed & we will just get the romantic parts. War & Peace is not Jane Austen. :weep:
I have the same affliction :) Also, it makes me laugh when they bust a hippie on acid, I don't know why.
MeTV used to show Adam 12 at about 4 in the afternoon, so I could catch it whenever I had a day off or got home early for some reason.
It's on Antenna now? Good to know.
Not Antenna. I don't have digital tv, only my uncle does. It comes on some channel called cozi tv or FETV, which is channel 82 on dish network. For the past week, though, Hazel has been in the timeslot of Adam 12. I haven't seen it come on at any other time.
Hazel! I haven't seen that since I was wee child.
When I'm at my mom's house I watch Fantasy Island on Cozi TV. It's so stupid that it's weirdly compelling. Maybe that's why people watch the Kardashians.
Fantasy Island is cool because of all of the celebrities that guest starred on it. Plus, "de plane, de plane". I watch Murder She Wrote alot on cozi tv.
The first time I watched Hazel, I said "that's Mrs. Claus" because Shirley Booth (Hazel) voiced Mrs. Claus in The Year Without a Santa Claus claymation cartoon. That's what I knew her for, lol.
She had a kind of abrasive voice as I recall, kind of like Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched.
AW, Gladys Kravitz. I love the first few seasons of Bewitched - the black and white with the "old" Darrin.
Has anybody watched "Bloodline" on Netflix?....great show..
Nope GH, but I've heard some really good things about the show.
The only ysitcom I currently watch on TV is The Big Bang Theory. The only drama I watch regularly is Nashville and occasionally Law & Order SVU. And the only reality show I watch is The Voice. That's pretty much it for me and TV except I will probably watch some of the NFL playoffs and, definitely, The Super Bowl.
Gotta love Big Bang Theory, the older ones are the best.
I'm currently watching the new season of Shameless on Showtime.
Gotta love those ruthless Gallager's.
This doesn't fit under the title "favourite" but I wondered if anyone had watched Vinyl? It's the Scorses/Jagger series set in the 70s New York record industry. I made it through the pilot - just - but I'm not sure I want to continue. Almost the only bright spot was hearing a relatively obscure Wishbone Ash song (on the radio when the protagonist is in his car just before he "discovers" disco). It's dingy and dark with everyone swearing, lots of drugs, business meetings in the middle of an orgy. What's missing is any sense of joy. If Almost Famous is too feel-good, this is the opposite.
I love "Bloodline"!!! :D One of my favorites from Netflix and have became such a huge fan of Ben Mendelson from it, and already was a fan of the rest of the cast especially Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) and Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks).
I love TV and I used to actually be a spoiler mod on a forum similar to this for the show LOST (had the same username). LOST was such a huge experience for me and the first time I got involved heavily with the online fandom. Also love "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (again my username), Once Upon a Time, The Flash, Seinfeld, The Mindy Project, The Office, Boardwalk Empire, Orphan Black, Outlander, Crime Story, Downton Abbey, Gotham, all the Sherlock Holmes shows, 24, Prison Break, Peaky Blinders, Master of None, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the Marvel/Netflix shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, soon Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Punisher). Plus, so many other classic sitcoms, soaps, and shows over the years.
About "Vinyl", I haven't seen it yet but I have the first two eps on my DVR. My Dad really likes it as he loves Martin Scorsese's films, especially "Goodfellas", though my Mom was hoping more for an "Almost Famous" kind of story. I however also love Marty's movies/shows, especially "Boardwalk Empire" where he mixed fictional and real life characters, so I'm interested to see how this show goes. It already got renewed for a 2nd season as well.
I started watching UW just to hear some old tunes. Bobby Cannavale is better playing a gangster such as the one he played on Boardwalk Empire. I don't know, it kinda sucks you in, but not sure I'll continue...I do love Olivia Wilde as his wife character. I was looking at all the album covers on the wall which was cool. And they said the line Just flew to LA to deliver a check to Geffen. So maybe it'll get better.
Right now I'm fascinated with Lucifer. The guy who plays him Tom Ellis is gorgeous and is from Britain with a smooth voice.....Plus it's dark,mysterious, sexy and funny.
I'm really into Jekyll and Hyde on CBC. Unfortunately, I heard they cancelled it :scowl:
I followed your lead and I'm enjoying Lucifier. I've not come across Tom Ellis before but I love his delivery.
I'm also watching Bosch. I've read most of the books but I can never remember the plots. It's a good adaptation. Apart from the police procedural aspect, there are plots about politics, both within the office and in local government. Also - rare for a US cop show - the characters look like real people. Their clothes are crumpled, they don't run around in high heels without a hair out of place and very few are drop-dead gorgeous.
I'm still slogging through Vinyl.
No TV shows have been interesting to me lately. All of the CSIs are over, and now everyone is all about The Walking Dead but I'm not a fan of it, nor was I a fan of Breaking Bad.
I've always been more of a movie guy. If I turn on the TV, I'm watching a movie or something special.
But, I have Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, HBO GO, and Netflix, so I can always go back in time. ;)
]I have 2 new shows that I must watch every weekend, though they air at the same time, which means I have to choose between them.
The first is Svengoolie, which airs every Saturday night at 10 on METV. It's a 2 hour long show in which the host, Svengoolie (Rich Coz), shows a classic horror film. I've enjoyed most of the movies so far. Sven uses dry humor as a gag before commercial breaks, and he also discusses the movie and its cast.
The other show is a britcom called Vicious, which airs on PBS every Saturday night at 10:30. It stars Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as 2 old gay men who've been partners for nearly 50 years. It's about their life now and their inner circle of friends/neighbors. I've only seen 3 episodes so far, but I've cried during each episode because I was laughing so hard.
ETA: I forgot to mention the older TV shows I've gotten interested in, The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, The Carol Burnett Show, and The Tonight show with Johnny Carson. All come on AntennaTV every weekday, except Hogan's Heroes and The Carol Burnett Show which are on METV.
I didn't take to Vicious despite the wonderful cast. It's too much of the old-fashioned small set sit-com. A link between that and Game of Thrones - the nice young neighbour in Vicious plays one of the nastiest characters in Game of Thrones (the one who tortured Theon and married Sensa).
There's a new epsiode of GoT waiting for me. If only I could remember what happened last time!
I'm working through The X-Files. "Deep Throat" in season 1 turned out to be the same Washington aide that met with Harry's brother in Let's Get Harry.
Bill Maher's and John Oliver's comedio-political shows have long been favourites of mine. Also watching the newer shows "Better Call Saul" and "Vinyl," both of which I rate very highly.
Also giving a good re-watch to old "Frasier" Episodes
I don't watch much TV anymore, but I do enjoy a few shows I DVR regularly. I love Better Call Saul, Brooklyn Nine-Nine ,and The Big Bang Theory. One show that really stood out for me was Horace And Pete, the show put out by Louis C.K. on his website. It starred Louis, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Alan Alda, and Jessica Lange, as well as other big names. I bought the first episode for 5 bucks not really knowing what to expect, as the only promotion it received was an e-mail from Louis. I figured "Eh, if it sucks I've only wasted 5 bucks". I'll tell you what, it was so engrossing to me I found myself waiting every week for him to put out a new one. I encourage everyone to give it a shot. It was fantastic.
I feel I should check it out, if only to know what so many people are talking about! I was avoiding it because it seemed like "The Tudors," where the women were doffing their tops every 5 minutes but the men stay fully clothed. Unfair!
Anyway, the lovely Jonathan Rhys Meyers will be joining the cast of "Vikings" next season, which will be sensational.
I am love love loving Grantchester. The Brits have the best TV shows. Now I'm waiting patiently for season 3.
I agree, DS. I do watch a couple commercially produced tv shows, but for quite some time, most of my regular viewing has been on PBS. I'm going to miss Mr. Selfridge and the Downton gang; but, like you, I have been loving Grantchester!