# Arrrrrgh! The holiday season TV drought

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 20, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852 "2010-12-20T17:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852/1 "2010-12-20T17:27:00Z")

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Now that I have a few weeks during which I have the time to watch a bit of TV sitting on the sofa in the evenings, instead of having to catch things here and there online when I can squeeze them in, I see that none of my shows are showing new episodes until mid-January (most of them around Jan. 20)! And some of them are even done until next year. And some have been cancelled or completed. January is too busy for TV. What can I watch now? Fiction comedy or drama - no cop shows, lawyer shows, or doctor shows.

Crazy-making.

Archer - new season starts Jan. 27  
Boardwalk Empire - done until probably next fall  
Community - resumes Jan. 20  
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Who knows when?  
Downton Abby - returning some time in 2011  
Entourage - summer 2011  
An Idiot Abroad - Done  
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret - Done  
Louie - summer 2011?  
Mad Men - summer 2011?  
Modern Family - Jan. 5 - okay there’s one at least, but that’s _weeks_ away  
Mythbusters - phew - coming back Jan. 4 - but it’s a reality show, not fiction  
The Office - Jan. 20  
Outsourced - Jan. 20  
Parks and Recreation - Jan. 20  
Penn and Teller: Bullshit! - Who knows?  
The Ricky Gervais Show - Jan. 14 (I much prefer him as a cartoon than in podcasts or standup)  
Spartacus - Jan. 21  
Terriers - Cancelled  
The Tudors - Done  
V - Returning Jan. 4  
The Walking Dead - fall 2011

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852/2 "2010-12-20T17:34:13Z")

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I’ve found the lack of Christmas-themed episodes disappointing, myself. Warehouse 13 had one, Eureka and Psych neither of which I watch had ones, but almost no one else did. ☹

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852/3 "2010-12-20T21:36:56Z")

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Now’s a good time to watch an older series on DVD that you’ve meant to watch but never had the time for. How about The Wire?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852/4 "2010-12-20T21:43:46Z")

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I’ve been watching Coupling on NetFlix On demand.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrrrgh-the-holiday-season-tv-drought/564852/5 "2010-12-20T21:46:39Z")

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That’s too much of a commitment, really.

Plus, it’s a cop show.