Well, it's a lazy post-holiday weekend, so that's my inspiration and there are 2 questions.
First, what do you like/prefer to watch on TV/the toobz/hulu or wherever you watch show type content? The answer can be genre based or specific shows - however you feel like answering it.
Second, what are you watching now, if you are watching anything?
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well, right now i'm being a girlie girl and watching...
the epic love story The Notebook.
normally, i tend to get my news and stuff online and save the TV for escape. most of the time i watch the criminal mystery spy stuff or law or political dramas or the Newsroom on HBO :D. i watch the occasional comedy, but i'm really picky on comedies. and i do watch movies, especially old ones on the toob too.
but i do read a lot and got a Kindle Fire HD for Christmas from my folks and sibs, so i foresee a lot more reading and music listening in my future. just downloaded what i think is the specific recording i was looking for of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, so that's on my agenda tonight too... :D
I'm kind of like you, my television watching is an escape.
So I like to watch shows that will completely take my mind off of anything and everything but what I'm watching. Kind of like a Calgon, take me away moment.
But everything I watch is always recorded. I've so lost patience with commercials. They break up my enjoyment of whatever I'm watching, plus I don't have that extra time to waste on a commericial I have no interest in.
Me, too.
And you know what I think would be spectacular now? If some great writers got together and continued a West Wing-type show, this time showing the tea party republicans, and include the republican president and a few progressive characters, television characters who resemble Bernie Sanders and Alan Grayson, just to name two, and there are others in that category.
now that would be awesome!...
we need a political show, but not that stupid soapy stuff that Sigourney Weaver did last summer...
and yeah - TV is my great escape! :D
TV
I like to watch:
Survivor
The Good Wife
Grey's Anatomy
Revolution
Revenge
True Blood
Big Brother
Major Crimes
Dallas
Top Chef
Househunters
Football (God Bless the West Virginia Mountaineers!!!!)
NASCAR
What am I watching right now? FOOTBALL!
I like Revolution a lot and True Blood. nt
I like the Good Wife, Revenge, and Major Crimes,
too.
And one thing I really like about Major Crimes is that all the actors aren't super young. I think it's pretty cool that many of the actors are older.
I really like the characters on Major Crimes.
Very fun personalities. And the stories are great, too.
nice list! man - i watched Gray's Anatomy religiously...
for a long time, then missed about half a season andwas too hard to catch up. though once in a while i do check in... i wish i could find a station doing reruns right before it beagn teh recycle so i could watch from the beginning... :D
Do you have Netflix?
Or Hulu Plus? All of Grey's Anatomy is on Hulu Plus. Netflix has everything but the current season.
no i don't have either but i know i've needed to check...
in to netflix or hulu to see... right now i do the pay channels on directv and if hulu or netflix can compensate for giving them up, then yeah, i can swap one bill for another... :D
In many ways I am still a kid
But I can separate fantasy from reality and many can't or assume people can't and that bothers me. I like shows that make me think even if they are not super perfect or PC in every single way. So quite honestly I don't really care who is super offended by any show whether it's the Newsroom which I like or Tarantino movies which I also like. Life is not PC so hate me if one wants, but I discovered the show Dexter(I didn't think I would like it) and I love it.(all seasons were put on on demand) It's so complex psychologically and the study of people, gray areas, morally etc. Serial killers exist. Hell businessmen have some of the same traits. It's also about overcoming something that gets inside you at a young age depending on what bad things happen to you(which creates them) and that is very real and interesting. The acting is great, too. Michael C. Hall was on another show I loved called Six Feet Under on HBO(I recommend that one, too). It also has interesting family and relationship dynamics intertwined.
So it was on on demand for free and I blew through 7 seasons and enjoyed them. I also love Burn Notice. It's also complex(man someone has done their homework on those tips). I mean I respect differing views, but it also makes me less inclined to answer questions like this in a blog format(except for this blog of couse!). It's called escapism for a reason and watching something and enjoying it doesn't make one a bad person or that oen advocates something one way or another. Sorry to rant, but I have kind of had it with bloggers and their opinions about every movie or show that comes out so I don't read them on movies anymore.
Basically every show I like has had its season finale and now I am bored so I am not watching anything. I only have Game of Thrones among a few other shows to watch in 2013. That show Girls is interesting even though it's not marketed towards me. I think you would love the Show Veep with Julia Louise Dreyfus; really takes advantage of her comedic sensibilities and its political which you would like in a funny clever way.
Anyway I don't know where all that came from, but there it is. :-)
"It's called escapism for a reason"
Yes, it is. So whatever anyone watches that helps them achieve that, that's a good thing.
I love Burn Notice, too. I also like Leverage, but I hear they're cancelling it.
Indeed :-)
The whole cast and their chemistry is pretty amazing. I also love Bruce Campbell and the Evil Dead trilogy.
Ahh, with Timothy Hutton? I was meaning to try that one. USA seems to have a lot of good shows these days.
Yes, with Timothy Hutton. And I really love the cast.
They work well together. I hope you can find that in On Demand if you want to watch it.
I also love NCIS, both of them. I think the actors are great, they go well together, and the storyline is almost always interesting.
I also like Hawaii Five O. Only because I like the cast, and partly because I find Alex O'Loughlin laughable when he runs around with his gun velcroed to his body.
And Scott Caan, although I dislike his father James Caan immensely, I think Scott is intersting and funny to watch.
I like Abby on NCIS :D nt
Six Feet Under was awesome!...
and i like a lot of the shows you mentioned... :D
some of teh USA shows are gonna start up again this month for the winter season... :D
I loved Six Feet Under!
The finale was so cool:
Duck Dynasty
LOL
lolol.... (shakes head) ;D
we wait 6 months, then rent the series
no broadcast tv, no cable, no satellite, no nothing except a tv set that we use as a monitor for DVDs.
We recently (like in the last week), rented Doctor Who, 7th series, part 1. Yes, I know it's really something like 38th series. They've renumbered starting with when the show came back on the air. Speaking of doctors, we rented this English thing called Doc Martin, about a London surgeon who, since he faints at the sight of blood, has moved to Cornwall. That was entertaining.
Before that we rented what we call "The Funny Detectives", which is really "Bored to Death" and Treme.
The major problem with renting a series is that we almost have to have a marathon in order to watch the whole thing before it's time to return it. That's why we haven't rented the 2nd season of Boardwalk Empire yet. Just thinking about getting that much violence in such a large dose has stopped us.
Hey, did I mention how much you all mean to us? Before I forget, before the moment passes, thank you all for being part of my far-flung community. I keep thinking life is eternal, and maybe it is, but sometimes, when others pass out of this reality, I realize I need to show my appreciation. I always feel it but sometimes I don't express it. Anyway, where was I?
I'm a big fan of the Oregon Ducks football squad. The student athletes have done well over the last few years but I did not see one down the entire season. I followed every game over the internet. It felt like I was getting a newswire version. "Marcus Mariota runs 12 yards". That sort of thing.
Right back atcha.
That was very nice to say. And I/we appreciate you and shaharazade. We're glad you're here.
Cord cutter, heh? Good for you. I would love to be able to do that, but for right now, I can't. Soon, though, I hope.
Just curious: Do you have a Roku? If not, I STRONGLY suggest you get one. I think you'll really enjoy it.
You are appreciated as well
even if we disagree on something once in a blue moon. Your participation is appreciated.
awe Shahryar - you and shaharazade mean a lot to me and
the rest of the folks here! you help our community be a community! so likewise to you! :D
and yeah, having to do marathons - ya gotta be in the right frame of mind to undertake one. but otoh, you don't have to wait for situations to resolve.
yeah, getting sports coverage online is a different experience, but not all that much different than getting it on the radio... while i prefer visual, text/speech is ok... :o