# Famous TV shows you never watched, or cared to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257 "2003-09-23T04:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![corndog\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@corndog\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corndog_man)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/1 "2003-09-23T04:57:17Z")
What high rated TV shows have you never watched, or really cared to watch? I have never watched, or watched once, ER Friends Buffy the Vampire Slayer Frasier (Cheers was a classic) Conan O’Brien (for a dislike of talk shows generally) All reality shows, Survivor, Big Brother, Joe Millionaire. HBO stuff like 6 Feet Under, Sopranos (watched once) I do not want to get into a discussion of the above merits of these TV programs. I love TV, but there is only a certain number of hours that one can watch the thing, and there are now four major networks, two or three minor networks plus numerous cable selections, and there is stuff that I like, so I don’t watch another network’s TV shows. Do you have any other examples? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/2 "2003-09-23T05:00:15Z")
West Wing, Survivor There are tons of other ones, but it’s late and I can’t think. Those are the two that are at the tip of my brain ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/3 "2003-09-23T07:14:32Z")
Southpark, the Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/4 "2003-09-23T07:31:04Z")
The Crosby Show Anything related to a concept of “Reality” And wasn’t the Emmy award ceremony last night horrible? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/5 "2003-09-23T07:32:20Z")
Of course that’s _Cosby Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/6 "2003-09-23T07:34:46Z")
Seinfeld Buffy Dragonball (“Z,” or otherwise) Cowboy Bebop Sports (Except the Olympics. Sometimes.) Any of the “Survivors” after season 2 West Wing CSI Pokémon (I _did_ watch “Digimon,” though. Up through season 3, at least.) The Simpsons (Not since about 1997.) ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/7 "2003-09-23T07:53:37Z")
ER That “real time” one, what’s it called, 24 or something? Friends - well, I watched it a couple times and hated it. Sex and the City West Wing Fear Factor Trading Spaces Baywatch ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/8 "2003-09-23T11:13:55Z")
I have never seen an episode of Alias. I’ve seen USA’s Le Femme Nikita though so I get the basic gist. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/9 "2003-09-23T11:39:12Z")
Hello, Larry (OK, so I’m not alone) 24 West Wing Cheers Seinfeld Baywatch Conan ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/10 "2003-09-23T11:43:18Z")
Buffy Any of the Star Trek franchise 24 plus all the cable stuff: Sopranos, Sex and the City, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/11 "2003-09-23T12:49:03Z")
I haven’t seen: Any reality show (and yes, that includes _The Real World_ and _Road Rules_) I have seen _Seinfeld_ once. I haven’t watched _Law & Order_ or any of its premutations and/or spin-offs. I haven’t seen a full episode of any show that’s come out in the last two years other than _Buffy_ (courtesy of the Intarweb) and _Enterprise_ (ibid). _Full House_ _Baywatch_ As with **twickster** , I’ve never seen _The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under_, or any other HBO original series, except _From the Earth to the Moon_, which I saw on DVD. I’m not really a TV watcher. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/12 "2003-09-23T13:23:35Z")
Friends (saw it once) ER 24 Soparanos/Oz/Six Feet Under/Sex in the City Buffy tVS West Wing Will & Grace (saw it once) ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/13 "2003-09-23T13:55:33Z")
Buffy Beverly Hills 90210 (and it was on when I was in Jr High, and everyone else watched it) West Wing Will & Grace Six Feet Under Sopranos Fear Factor Survivor Big Brother Any of the marrying shows that are out there… ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/14 "2003-09-23T14:15:40Z")
Do movies count? I have a pathological, illogical and totaly unreasonable urge not to see any “must see” or most seen movies. I have never seen Titanic, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, LOTR etc (all those top ten kinda deals) I have recently decided that while the child can go see Finding Nemo, I won’t. I have no reason for never having seen these movies. I just think “must see” means “na…I don’t have to…you can’t make me” I feel stupid about this sometimes, particularly since I have some illogical, pathological totaly unreasonable desire to watch any and all “reality tv” programmes. Yes I need professional help. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/15 "2003-09-23T14:26:54Z")
Aside from a couple of the HBO series, there are no popular shows that I’ve ever made an effort to watch. No Seinfeld, no Friends, no Buffy, no West Wing, no X-Files, no reality idiocy. Well, I am an HGTV junkie after all. But the most recent network show that I care about is Scrubs, and I keep forgetting to tune in for that. I just can’t get excited about TV in general. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/16 "2003-09-23T15:04:24Z")
I watch too much TV and more than my share of crappy TV, and I’ve never watched: NYPD Blud Anything on HBO (Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, etc.) ER Any reality show Any marrying show The West Wing Will & Grace Deep Space Nine South Park Any show featuring Jim Belushi ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/17 "2003-09-23T15:08:37Z")
West Wing ER Alias NYPD Blue any reality dating show Big Brother Oz I watch less and less TV as the years go by…if it isn’t the Cubs, Dodgers, or on the Discovery Channel, it usually doesn’t get watched. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/18 "2003-09-23T15:16:05Z")
I must be some kind of freak because I don’t have a show I watch regularly. Everyone else seems to have one they never miss and enjoy talking to others about in endless fashion. I just never got into anything on tv THAT much. I have to admit that this does not make me an intellectual in any sense. It probably speaks more to my short attention span and the fact that I’m easily distracted (and that I like playing with my daughter more than watching tv which is just further evidence that I have the mind of a small child). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/19 "2003-09-23T15:16:38Z")
ER All reality shows, Survivor, Big Brother, Joe Millionaire. HBO stuff like 6 Feet Under, Sopranos (watched once) West Wing NYPD Blue South Park Will & Grace (although Debra Messing is hot.) Any of the Star Trek franchise Fear Factor ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257/20 "2003-09-23T15:17:05Z")
Survivor (tho’ I saw the 2d season finale at a friend’s house) Baywatch (seen a few episodes) The Honeymooners Gilmore Girls Smallville (after the third episode – which is funny, because I’m a comics fan) –Cliffy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-tv-shows-you-never-watched-or-cared-to/203257.md?page=2)