# Shows that become addictions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682 "2009-01-30T04:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/21 "2009-01-30T17:04:44Z")
We got hooked on _Lost_ this way. The first time we saw _Sex and the City_ was in Siem Reap, Cambodia. One episode. When we returned to Bangkok, someone loaned us a couple of seasons. We’ve not seen the entire series yet. Same with _Six Feet Under_; there’s at least one, maybe two seasons we’ve not seen yet. _Deadwood_ we watched this way, too. saw all of it. I’d heard there was to be a _Deadwood_ movie that tied up some of the loose ends, but I’ve not heard anything on that for quite a while now. A friend just loaned us a set of the first six seasons of _24_, which we’ve never seen before. We’re still on season 1, but it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/22 "2009-01-30T17:50:18Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > Season one of _Heroes_. Oh, same here. I watched it in one day. It’s like a really good, really long movie. Other addictions, in order of addictiveness: Alias Felecity The Office Sex and the City Strangers with Candy Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm (addicting for me, but my husband has a hard time watching a lot of if) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/23 "2009-01-30T17:57:47Z")
Brotherhood. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/24 "2009-01-30T17:59:30Z")
Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Band of Brothers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. hmmm…maybe I’m addicted to shows where the name starts with a “B”… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/25 "2009-01-30T18:42:10Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Ruby makes me laugh and her accent is great and I love Savannah. Yes I’m addicted to watching the dieting ups and downs of a 400lb excuse me 390 lb woman! Now get the helicopter outta here 😉 She is absolutely captivating, isn’t she? I caught it by chance and added it to my TiVo season pass. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/26 "2009-01-30T19:13:29Z")
Do old shows count? We recently bought the entire set of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes shows, and have been watching a couple per night for awhile now. I’m captivated, not only by the star, but by either actor playing Watson, the sets, the costumes, and the location shots at the old English estates. I also love how they stick to the actual stories rather than rewriting them to snazz them up for modern audiences. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/27 "2009-01-30T19:15:01Z")
I don’t get addicted to television series (though the GF and I did watch WAY too much House over Christmas holiday). I get addicted to genres: cooking shows, home improvement shows, survival shows, poker on television. I’ll go through them and burn out pretty quickly, but when I’m riding the dragon, there’s no getting me off of it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/28 "2009-01-30T19:52:16Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Band of Brothers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. > > hmmm…maybe I’m addicted to shows where the name starts with a “B”… Damn right. I love all of those shows but I am addicted to Band of Brothers. I own the DVDs. If I am flipping and it is on I have to watch it. I read the book. I read Winter’s book. I read Guarnerre and Hefron’s book. I read Compton’s book. I’m sick. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Alan\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Bird)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/29 "2009-01-30T20:42:53Z")
_Weeds_ though that’s really more chronic. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/30 "2009-01-30T20:46:44Z")
Farscape, The Shield, The Sopranos, Firefly, Band of Brothers… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/31 "2009-01-30T20:48:38Z")
I tend to watch whatever Kim & Liz are watching. Though I like Scrubs and House (and like mocking ER, the only show I actually make a point to watch every episode of is MadMen. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/32 "2009-01-30T21:00:57Z")
Alias House ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682/33 "2009-01-31T01:15:31Z")
Ah yes, someone’s mentioned _The Office_. We watched both seasons of the British original courtesy of an Englishman we know. And the two-hour Christmas special. Highly recommended. We’ve not seen a single one of the new US series; heard it truly sucked at first but then developed a cult following. And following on that, the same friend turned us on to both seasons of _Extras_, also starring Ricky Gervaise. Also excellent. The thing about British series, at least the ones we’ve seen, is they don’t seem to go on forever. There’s only a handful of episodes in a season. That’s both good and bad, as you can watch a season quickly but are often left hungering for more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-become-addictions/483682.md?page=1)