Shows I’m watching

Now you’re talking my language. For my money, the best shows on tv are Veronica Mars and Battlestar Galactica, both in their third season. Both are dismissed as silly genre exercises by tv snobs and both are among the best shows in the last 5 years. (Six Feet Under being the best).

Other staples include House, Lost, and The Wire. The only new show I have given a good shake is Studio 60, which has been decent. I also plan to watch Dexter on showtime when it starts up (see earlier sfu comment).

My position is that I’ll generally ignore new shows until they have proven themselves either mainstream successes or critical darlings. If word of mouth is strong enough, I can download past episodes and catch up.

I saw a commercial for Battlestar Galactica last night and mentioned to the step-daugther that it’s supposed to be one of the best shows on TV. Her response was, “that?”

I have to go to Blockbuster and rent the past couple of seasons of Battlestar Galactica and hide in the home theatre for a few days. A few people have told me to watch it now.

I want to also try to catch up on 24 and Lost. The problem is always finding the time. Life isn’t fair.

I heard that Studio 60 was “decent” as you say. For me a show has to be outstanding and even then it might not appeal to me (The Office).

Grey’s Anatomy is another show that I’ve been told to watch but finding the time is always a big problem.

I’ve been told Grey’s Anatomy is good, but I am suspect. I think it’s good the same way Desperate Housewives is good. High quality production but uninspired. Besides, with House on and Scrubs coming back, I don’t need to spend any more time in a hospital.

As for BSG, make sure you get the mini series first. The show, because it has the perjorative label ‘sci-fi’, doesn’t get much attention from the press. However, the writers have turned modern politics on its head. In season three the heroes are the terrorists trying to overthrow the occupational government (which is guided by the one true god) and suicide bombers are considered an acceptable form of attack. Election fixing, martial law, the show has it all.

By the by, did you know that when you preview a comment line breaks don’t show up but when it is finally posted, they do? Are you fixing them, should we be using br tags?

If you liked The West Wing, you’ll probably like Studio 60. However, if you watched a lot of The West Wing, you’ll feel like you’ve already seen most of Studio 60.

Pat and I loved the new Battlestar Galactica, but we haven’t seen it regularly. At the beginning of the second season we stopped watching because we had missed too many episodes of the first season. We have to rent them, as well, to catch up.

I’ve been watching Battlestar for two years now and it’s a great show, rent the 1st 2 seasons and get up to speed quick.

Also Lost, My Name is Earl, The Office (yeah i know the british version is better but I love Steve Carell as Micheal and Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute) are all great shows.

As for new shows i’ve been watching Heroes (great show), Shark (James Woods), and Entourage.

Make Lost a priority!

I just began to watch Six Feet Under for the first time, and I’m still not quite finished with Carnivale. I’m enjoying Weeds, Scrubs, and (a shock to me, the NBC) the Office, all of which I’ve been enjoying—not that they are great art. I also have a bit of Arrested Development to still get through. I’m looking to start with House and Grey’s also.

All rentals, of course.

nice :)
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