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mayflower2258
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Username: Mayflower2258
Post Number: 107
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 9:14 pm: | 
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Say you have a few days a week to schedule a regular quality show(drama, comedy,documentary series,mystery, legal or medical)...which 3-5 would you recommend this fall? (please, no "reality shows" or any shows like Nanny 911) |
Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 1641
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 4:58 pm: |
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I'd say "Rescue Me" but it's a summer show. Still, it is really good. For fall shows, what about "The Office." I like very few comedies these days, but that one rocks. Also, "Weeds" is good on Showtime if you have it. And if you can commit to really following a show, check out "The Wire" on HBO. GREAT show, but hard to follow if you miss one or two. |
tom
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Username: Tom
Post Number: 5533
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 5:41 pm: |
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Lost
Battlestar Galactica*
24 (starts in January)
*Yes I know -- I thought the same thing. Then I started watching it. It is nothing like the '70s version. |
Lydia
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Username: Lydial
Post Number: 2127
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 6:05 pm: |
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I like "Entourage" - very funny, plus I like to match up my friends with our Entourage doppelgangers. I'm Drama. Wah.
"30 Days" always blows me away - plus Morgan Spurlock is so good-natured - he's the person I wish I could be in a heated situation.
Heard great things about " Bulls Hit" but we don't have Showtime.
If you have TiVo - "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" are a must - fake news is truthier than real news these days. |
eliz
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Username: Eliz
Post Number: 1686
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 6:15 pm: |
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Entourage is a fave here but it will be over in a week or two until sometime this winter.
We like Lost, Nip/Tuck, House, Without a Trace and I like Grey's Anatomy. There are a few promising shows coming out this fall as well.
I know you said no reality but we're fans of the Amazing Race. |
I'm Only Sleeping
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Username: Imonlysleeping
Post Number: 226
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:21 pm: |
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The Wire is the best show in the history of television, but you really need to start from the beginning. |
greenthumb
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Username: Green_thumb
Post Number: 68
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:30 pm: |
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Is The Wire on DVD for those of us who don't have HBO? |
I'm Only Sleeping
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Username: Imonlysleeping
Post Number: 227
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 7:53 pm: |
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Yep, seasons 1-3 are all on DVD, and that's really the best way to watch them anyway. If you have any interest in cop shows, you will not be disappointed. |
hismom
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Username: Hismom
Post Number: 485
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 8:18 pm: |
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We don't have any premium channels so I'd vote for House on Fox, but it will be preempted a bit in October for baseball. I love it - it has a great deal dry humor for a drama and I even got my husband hooked on it. Occasional Maplewood reference,too!
Grey's Anatomy is also pretty good. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 4205
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:05 pm: |
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non-reality - Entourage and Family Guy.
Wife Swap, Trading Spouses, Paris Hilton: Til Death do us Part, Who's Wedding is it Anyway, My Super Sweet 16, Nanny 911, Supernanny ... I love all those as well
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shestheone
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Username: Shestheone
Post Number: 312
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:02 pm: |
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The Nine will debut this fall. The pilot is excellent! |
mayflower2258
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Username: Mayflower2258
Post Number: 108
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:59 pm: |
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Interesting...they are all a little left of mainstream - just my cup of tea. Family Guy is SO irreverant, and funny. I like Morgan Spurlock A LOT! I'll have to check into The Nine. I caught onto Grey's Anatomy, after a lot of the story got good, but I could bite on that (Patrick Dempsey), The Office, yea...Steve Carrell has been consistently a riot in EVERYTHING, House sounds good.
I was very into 6 Feet Under in its day, and loved the quirkiness of it. I hear "Brenda" is in the new Weeds show.
Fact is, I can really only follow 3-5 at most in a week. There are so many, I really want quality.
Thanks for the ideas!
Keep them coming, if there are more. |
Geri Fletcher
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Username: Gerif
Post Number: 63
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:12 am: |
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Lost
Supernanny
The Office |
Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 1642
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:24 am: |
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I didn't mention "24" because you said you wanted fall shows and it doesn't start up again until January, but that show is amazing. We just finished watching all the other seasons on DVD, too....it's taken us six months.
Can't think of anything else. All I really watch is HBO and Showtime, with the exception of "The Office" on NBC and "24" on Fox. I'm a big user of the DVR feature, too, so I barely ever watch shows when they're really on. This is a great thing if your life keeps you busy and you keep forgetting when shows are on. You just click in and see what you have waiting for you. |
mimi
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Username: Mimi
Post Number: 284
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:38 am: |
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Rescue Me
House
The Family Guy
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Redheadgirl
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Username: Redheadgirl
Post Number: 43
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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The First 48 on A&E
Weeds
24
Monk on USA
The Closer on TNT
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ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 3015
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 4:05 pm: |
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The Office
Lost
Grey's Anatomy
A show called What About Brian? showed some promise.
As for the cable channels:
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Weeds
The Sopranos (returns in January for eight final episodes) |
Lucy Smith
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Username: Lucy123
Post Number: 237
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 4:22 pm: |
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House
Grey's Anatomy
The Office
King of Queens |
bets
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Username: Bets
Post Number: 23873
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 5:29 pm: |
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Metwork TV:
How I met Your Mother
Scrubs
Lost
The Office
Boston Legal
Pay TV:
Entourage
Weeds
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Dennis J O'Neill
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Username: Plungy
Post Number: 74
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 6:45 pm: |
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Lucky Louie!!! (send the kiddies to bed 1st) |
ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 3018
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:40 pm: |
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Oh, yes - forgot Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother. Those two are great shows.
Entourage ends in two weeks, no? |
bets
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Username: Bets
Post Number: 23875
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:46 pm: |
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Sadly, it does (until January, correct?). |
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