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[Max]

the only SCRIPTED tv shows worth watching are "The Office" and "House"...sometimes "Entourage," but I think it's a bit contrived nowadays.

network television hates smart tv. look what happened to "Arrested Development."

if its dumb, has a lot of sex/fart/gay jokes in it, and runs under 22 minutes, it's a tv show.

don't worry. i'll change hollywhore around with some brilliant sitcom.

which, btw, will get 39483204 emmys...and then scrapped by some FOX/CBS/ABC/NBC exec who thinks people "just don't get it."

okay, i agree with the office and entourage and of course, arrested development.  but house?  especially when talking about scripts...my god, it's the same every episode! 

someone gets sick.
house is grumpy, but funny.
this is a weird sickness!
snarky comment from house.
they try to heal sick person.
it doesn't work.
house is sarcastic and mean.
they try something else.
it doesn't work.
house is sarcastic and mean.
house has a brilliant idea but it involves something sketchy or unethical.
big leader doctor woman (cutting?) says "no house, you can't do that!"
house does it anyways.
house's brilliant idea in the last 10-15 minutes of the episode works.
patient healed (note:  sometimes patient dies.  this is rare.)
house is grumpy/mean/sarcastic.
ftw!

You forgot 'after house's brilliant idea works and the patient is healed, house broods'

It's a subtle variant to being grumpy/mean/sarcastic.

:edit:

[tw2113]

I just avoid it all when possible

[Emaline]

Honestly, as a past-present-future employee of a major television network, I agree with you guys. There are very few shows I watch these days, mostly "The Office", "30 Rock", "Studio 60", "Scrubs", "The Daily Show", "The Colbert Report" and pretty much anything on Bravo. Hah, after reading my list maybe I do watch a little too much TV!

But you can't expect executives to just hand you quality TV. I feel as though NBC offers the best selection of "smart" TV... a lot of my friends are really into "30 Rock" (written by Tina Fey) and a few of the other posters on this thread have cited "The Office" as a favorite. (OH dear god... I'm in love with John Krasinski!) but anyways, I think the problem is that it's way too easy for execs to throw away money on shows that are a gamble, because they can cancel the season halfway through and shunt the remaining money into another show waiting in the wings.

And, oh yeah: RIP "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". I fucking loved that show.

[War in Europe...]

anyone remember "the apprentice"? anyone who would actually want to go through a job interview which lasts months on national tv WITH donald trump, might i add, i would find a little crazy.  but whatever...people like money...
saturday night live used to be pretty good, but now it's more of a hit-or-miss.  i'd agree and say that 30 rock and the office are good, but other than that, i'll put in a dvd.

 

[imaginary friend]

I've watched almost no prime-time TV since the '80s. What did I miss?

plur

[Mr. Anagrammatism]

I've watched almost no prime-time TV since the '80s. What did I miss?
plur

Ummm... I think Friends became a spin-off about Joey, was the last I heard.

[Mr. Anagrammatism]

I've watched almost no prime-time TV since the '80s. What did I miss?
plur

Oh, you also missed REALITY!

[Jarboe]

I'll admit it, I love me some HGTV. Always great ideas for do-it-yourself home projects. But then, I have a slight passion for design.

[Niels]

all the good TV-shows usually get cancelled after a season or two... (things that come to mind are Dead Like Me, Carnivale, or Queer As Folk (the UK version, the US version was total crap and basically just copied the UK version)

[Emaline]

all the good TV-shows usually get cancelled after a season or two... (things that come to mind are Dead Like Me, Carnivale, or Queer As Folk (the UK version, the US version was total crap and basically just copied the UK version)

Don't forget Freaks and Geeks! James Franco sure was dreamy.

[CottonCandy]

Good tv: Six Feet Under.

I have all the boxsets back in Finland, nngh.
And they showed reruns in here, UK, but ridiculously late, around 2am which got booted to 4-5am because of BB live. Now, even though Big Brother is my guilty pleasure (please don't hit me), I'd still rather watch good scripted drama. But it was too late even at 2am, for someone who has to wake up at 7am if not earlier to work.

[caddy]

actually, the last good television programming i watched was old school Ren and Stimpy. fuck. i'm fucked up as an adult for it, but goddamn how i couldn't have been primed for adulthood without it.

Stimpy
Remember the royal anthem of the kilted yaksmen!

Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses...
And we have to clean-up after them
And our saddle sores are the best.
We proudly wear women's clothing.
And searing sand blows up our skirts.
Ren and Stimpy
And buzzards, they soar overhead.
And poisonous snakes devour us whole.
Our bones will bleach in the sun.
Stimpy
That's it!
Ren and Stimpy
And we will probably go to * * * *.
And that is our great reward
For being the - uh - roy-yal
Canadian kilted yaksmen!

[KittKat]

the only SCRIPTED tv shows worth watching are "The Office" and "House"...sometimes "Entourage," but I think it's a bit contrived nowadays.

network television hates smart tv. look what happened to "Arrested Development."

if its dumb, has a lot of sex/fart/gay jokes in it, and runs under 22 minutes, it's a tv show.

don't worry. i'll change hollywhore around with some brilliant sitcom.

which, btw, will get 39483204 emmys...and then scrapped by some FOX/CBS/ABC/NBC exec who thinks people "just don't get it."

okay, i agree with the office and entourage and of course, arrested development.  but house?  especially when talking about scripts...my god, it's the same every episode! 

someone gets sick.
house is grumpy, but funny.
this is a weird sickness!
snarky comment from house.
they try to heal sick person.
it doesn't work.
house is sarcastic and mean.
they try something else.
it doesn't work.
house is sarcastic and mean.
house has a brilliant idea but it involves something sketchy or unethical.
big leader doctor woman (cutting?) says "no house, you can't do that!"
house does it anyways.
house's brilliant idea in the last 10-15 minutes of the episode works.
patient healed (note:  sometimes patient dies.  this is rare.)
house is grumpy/mean/sarcastic.
ftw!

ZOMG MARK
I WISH I COULD QUOTE ALL OF THAT


 

granted, yes, house is similar every time but
the acting is
pure genius
and the concept
is original

its basically good tv
for the characters.

[Mr. Anagrammatism]

Oh Kat.
Give it up - TV is dead.
if you want to be a maverick you gotta do it in your own medium, I think.

Porn pulp fiction with Matt?

[Surabaya Johnny]

I mainly watch shows like Next or any other mindless dribble for shits and giggles. Primarily, the only shows that I care about are Will & Grace or The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson... and occassionally a Law & Order episode here and there. Bravo is starting to piss me off, though... Top Chef and Project Runway I don't mind so much, but their newer programming looks ridiculous. It also irks me a bit when brilliant shows are cancelled to make way for senseless junk. Take God, The Devil, and Bob - perfectly fine show... and it gets canned because people thought it was offensive to Christianity.