# So what are you (still) watching this fall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741 "2005-10-24T22:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/1 "2005-10-24T22:23:05Z")
I know we had one of these when the fall launches began, but what shows has everyone actually stuck with (new series or new seasons of old shows). I’ll be on board with **Arrested Development** until the day it dies, and am crossing my fingers for **Kitchen Confidential** (which got exponentially better after the pilot episode, though the ratings are crap). I’m a big fan of Wentworth Mill- er, **Prison Break** , and catch **My Name is Earl** when I remember. But that’s about it. So, what’s everyone else still into, and what have you given up on? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/2 "2005-10-24T22:27:56Z")
I think Prison Break and Invasion are the only new things I’ve added to my viewing, and the latter pretty much only because it’s on after Lost, I tape Lost every week and it’s just as easy to tape two hours as it is one. Oh, and I’m watching the new season of TAR but it’s been around for several years. So it’s new to me, but not new. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/3 "2005-10-24T22:31:02Z")
Supernatural I’m still taping. It just hasn’t disappointed me yet. Boy, I’m an optimist… ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/4 "2005-10-24T22:47:44Z")
After trying a lot of new stuff this season, the only new additions to the roster are **Prison Break** , **Bones** (purely for its mockability), and **Rome**. I’m trying to love **Kitchen Confidental** and **Commander in Chief** but neither is a must see show. As for new seasons of existing shows, I’m back on board with **Arrested Development** after missing most of last season to a scheduling conflict. **House** is another I can’t miss. **Survivor** , **Lost** , **CSI** , **NCIS** , and **Desperate Housewives** have all moved to “I’ll try to catch them if I remember, but I’m not excited any more” status. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/5 "2005-10-24T22:49:00Z")
I watch very little TV as a whole. The only 2 shows I CAN’T miss are Surface and Will & Grace. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/6 "2005-10-25T01:16:32Z")
I’m still watching Surface, and apparently they just picked it up for a full season. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/7 "2005-10-25T01:22:02Z")
I’m watching **Rome** and **My Name is Earl**. I’m still loyal to **Housewives, CSI, Lost,** and the first two **Law and Order** s. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/8 "2005-10-25T01:35:15Z")
Things I actually like: How I met your mother My name is earl The Night Stalker Things I still watch: Out of Practice The Office Joey ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/9 "2005-10-25T01:45:50Z")
My only can’t-miss show is **House**. Other than that, I just wander in and out as my roommate controls the TV set. Of course, that’s how I got addicted to **House** in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![Forlorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bb73d2/32.png) [@Forlorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forlorn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/10 "2005-10-25T01:56:38Z")
**Veronica Mars** - best thing on TV, IMHO. Makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me wish it was on every night. For like, two or three hours. **Lost** - but they better come up with some exposition soon, I’m ready to take a flight to the island, crash, survive improbably, and start kickin’ ass. That jungle monster? Is me. Enough, solve some of the mystery already. The enigma within a riddle wrapped up in a puzzle surrounded by WTF is getting \*old. \* **Rome** - I’m fascinated by the accents - and any series that’s not afraid to show dangly bits is alright by me (Mark Antony’s, that is)! 😉 **Survivor** - season after season, it just doesn’t get old to watch the sorting of the stupid from the stupider - I enjoy the physical challenges the best - it’s amazing to see someone totally suck it up and overcome such grueling conditions (hat’s off to ya, Amy, you’re awesome, I hope you win) **The Biggest Loser** - I’m fascinated at people with such mortifying body issues willing to get on national TV and wear tight gut-hugging spandex…and two-piece bathing suits, and be worked to death to lose seemingly impossible amounts of weight, by idiotic trainers who I wouldn’t pay to show me how to tie my shoes. I cheer for the contestants, mostly, to succeed, unless you’re Nick, and then I’m glad you didn’t. AssTool. **Nip/Tuck** - It’s veering into jump-the-shark, but the little murder-mystery arc they have going through this season will keep me glued. Prefer **The Shield** , though, can’t wait until it comes back after N/T goes on hiatus. Chiklis has balls the size of turnips, I love the tough-guy routine. He’s hot. **Prison Break** - I’m riveted - I think it’s probably the best new show, and not just because FOX tells me so, every five minutes. I only watch it for Peter Stormare, anyway. Watch TV, much? Yup!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/11 "2005-10-25T02:41:17Z")
Someone convinced me to give Arrested Development a chance this season and now I’m totally hooked on it. I think it’s just about the funniest thing on TV right now. I’ll be sooooo disappointed if it gets cancelled. ☹ Last week I tuned into My Name is Earl for the first time and it was better than I expected, so I guess I’ll probably start catching that regularly too. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/12 "2005-10-25T03:09:55Z")
The new shows I’m sticking with are **My Name is Earl** , **Everybody Hates Chris** , **Martha’s Apprentice** , and **Supernatural**. Oh, and **Killer Instinct** , like **Selkie** , for the mockability factor. I haven’t watched Surface or Prison Break yet – I’ll catch them on reruns. Watched but wasn’t taken by Bones, Threshold, Night Stalker, and Invasion. My son told me about an A&E show called **The First 48**. It follows real detectives as they try to solve crimes in the first 48 hours. One episode showed some detectives who were either really stupid or really lazy, or maybe I just expect too much after watching Law and Order. A guy rented a car in Ohio and traveled to Miami to buy a kilo of cocaine using money he printed himself. He was found dead by his car. The detectives caught a break and found the guy who sold him the drugs. He lived 2 blocks from where the murder happened. When he failed to confess, the detectives let him go. They made no attempt to trace the murder weapon and they didn’t even search the guy’s place for evidence. They just gave up when there was no confession. The case remains unsolved. I guess the cops figured that if the victim was dumb enough to try and buy drugs with counterfeit money, he deserved what he got, but it was upsetting that they didn’t try harder. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/13 "2005-10-25T05:41:46Z")
I try not to miss _CSI:Crime Scene Investigation_, _Crossing Jordan_ & _NUM3ERS_. These have dropped off my list: _Law & Order C.I._, I only watched it because I liked the team. I can’t be bothered to keep track of which team is on which week. Actually, all the L&O clones have gotten boring IMO. _Monk_ was hit or miss to begin with, or maybe the novelty has worn off. _Will & Grace_ just went over th edge. Since they can’t move on, I had to. I liked _The Closer_ this summer. Too short a season. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/14 "2005-10-25T13:09:13Z")
I still love Arrested Development and The Office, and I always try to watch My Name Is Earl and Kitchen Confidential if I can. Also Family Guy if I’m around on Sunday nights, but I think I’ve seen them all by now. I look forward to the return of Scrubs, 24, and The Shield in January. I still tune into Saturday Night Live, but just to snark on how awful it usually is. I can’t think of many other shows with such talented casts that are so damn bad all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/15 "2005-10-25T13:20:36Z")
All of mine have already been listed: **House** **My Name Is Earl** **Arrested Development** **Rome** I’m looking forward to when **Battlestar Galactica** starts back up in January. I meant to catch **How I Met Your Mother**. I haven’t seen anyone on here raving about it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/16 "2005-10-25T13:35:33Z")
**Boston Legal** Shatner cracks me up: “I’ve got the Mad Cow” **Two and a Half Men** Snappy dialogue for a 30 minute sitcom: “In bed, she moves like the paint shaker at Sherwin Williams” **Medium** I like the characters, and the spooky angle to crime solving. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/17 "2005-10-25T14:54:48Z")
Still watching Surface, Supernatural, Invasion, Kolchak and Threshold, along with the returning shows NCIS, Lost and CSI. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/18 "2005-10-25T15:14:18Z")
Mondays: The CBS sitcom lineup. **King of Queens How I Met Your Mother Two and a Half Men Out of Practice** (the weakest of the four, but not terrible) My wife also likes **Wife Swap** (hmmmm…) I also get the **Daily Show** on four weeknights, and I’m still testing the waters on the **Colbert Report** Tuesdays: **The Amazing Race House Law & Order: Special Victims Unit** Wednesdays: I used to watch **So You Think You Can Dance** , but that’s over. Thursdays: As soon as the World Series is over, it’s back to **Reunion** , the anti-Friends! Fridays: **Supernanny**. And no, we don’t take sides, we watch **Nanny 911** too. We’re both teachers, and we like to see mediocre parents called on the damage they do to their children. Guilty pleasures, what can we say? Saturdays: **Cops America’s Most Wanted** Sundays: Why **Extreme Makeover: Home Edition** is not on our TiVo, I don’t know. **60 Minutes** We also watch the other news magazine shows, like **48 Hours** and **Dateline**. I TiVo **Meet the Press**. One would think that after 58 seasons they would be fresh out of plotlines, but go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/19 "2005-10-25T15:21:31Z")
I’m watching Las Vegas (I got into it during the off season, watching all past episodes in about 2 weeks). I also watch House, Grey’s Anatomy (they’re hot, what can I say?), Lost (watched last season, so it isn’t new), I tivo Apprentice, and Survivor to watch at my leisure. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/20 "2005-10-25T15:48:21Z")
I’m quite enjoying Threshold, which is more intelligent than it has a right to be. –Cliffy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741.md?page=2)