# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/21 "2005-10-25T16:02:27Z")
Sundays: Rome, Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm Mondays: Football Tuesdays: Earl & The Office Wednesdays: Lost Thursdays: Nothing Fridays: Bill Maher, One Night Stand Saturdays: SNL Great Pumpkin is on tonight, though. I think I’ll be catching that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/22 "2005-10-25T17:32:02Z")
**Desperate Housewives** \*\*Rome \*\*(I’m liking this more and more as the season progresses) \*\*Surface \*\*(Don’t ask me why…) **Prison Break** (pretty hokey, but I’ll hang in at least until they escape) **Nip/Tuck** (that Tues 10PM time slot on FX is good, although this is the worst of the troika) **Over There** (pretty damn good show, again on FX) \*\*Lost \*\*(can’t get enough) \*\*Invasion \*\*(getting better after a slow start) \*\*Survivor \*\*(the only reality show worth watching) **CSI** & **W/O a Trace** (sometimes) ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/23 "2005-10-25T17:54:13Z")
Gah, why isn’t anybody watching **Alias**? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/24 "2005-10-25T17:59:13Z")
Of the new shows: My Name is Earl The Office (these two are just solid funny in two completely different ways) Prison Break (The conspiracy plot is actually getting to be on par with the prison stuff in terms of excitement) Supernatural (thanks to WBs replays on Sunday nights) Will watch if I remember it is on: Surface Threshold Twins Related ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/25 "2005-10-25T18:29:46Z")
> [@Licentious Ectomorph](#): > > Gah, why isn’t anybody watching **Alias**? ☹ Because it the sucking became undeniable late last season and I couldn’t make myself care enough to tune in this fall. Plus, it’s on opposite of **Everybody Hates Chris** (and **Joey** - which, as bad as it is, is still better than **Alias** ) From this season, I’m still watching **My Name Is Earl** and **Everybody Hates Chris** , and that’s it. Nothing else really managed to keep my interest. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/26 "2005-10-25T18:32:22Z")
Monday: Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential Tuesday: My Name is Earl, The Office, Bones (which isn’t that great) Wednesday: Lost, Veronica Mars Thursday: Smallville Saturday: Justice League Unlimited On the other days I catch up on other random TiVoed stuff (mostly cooking shows, MXC, Adult Swim stuff, etc.) or DVDs. We’ll probably watch 24 when it starts, although it’s on probation. Also looking forward to the new season of The Shield, whenever that starts. ---
**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 25, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/27 "2005-10-25T18:34:44Z")
except JLU is gone, who knows when it shall return! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/28 "2005-10-25T18:52:19Z")
**Lost** - I see I’m in very good company. **Rome** - Like Helen of Troy, with her ass on fire! **Grey’s Anatomy** - Looks like I’m alone on this one. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/29 "2005-10-25T19:51:03Z")
Of the old stuff, I’m still watching **House** and **Arrested Development**. I’ll start watching **Veronica Mars** as soon as I’ve finished watching the season 1 DVD’s. I also watch **America’s Next Top Model** because I like to watch them mess with the contestants. For the new stuff: I’m giving **Kitchen Confidential** a half-season trial. I’ll flip to **How I Met Your Mother** if I remember it’s on, those that’ll stop soon if the main character doesn’t stop being a whiny little bitch all the time. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/30 "2005-10-25T19:56:40Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#): > > 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? I happened upon the first episode of Prison Break and have been addicted ever since. That Wentworth Miller…is worth getting caught in a prison riot if you get to be in the air ducts with him trying to escape it. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/31 "2005-10-25T20:37:05Z")
Agreed that **How I Met Your Mother** is surprisingly not only better than I thought it’d be (a very low estimation), but is actually _good_. It’s gotten a Tivo Season Pass. **Commander In Chief** is a laugh riot for the cheesy, melodramatic dialog that even two fine actors like Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland can’t make sound halfway plausible (my favorite being “I work in an Oval Office, but I always feel cornered!”) **Boston Legal** is back, and I loves me my Shatner/Spader fix. That Candice Bergen is becoming a larger character is a very good thing, too. Anything else is pretty incidental. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/32 "2005-10-25T20:45:18Z")
24, Arrested Development, and Scrubs. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/33 "2005-10-25T20:50:29Z")
The only new show I’m still watching is **Ghost Whisperer**. Old shows I’m watching are **Smallville, Survivor, Lost, Veronica Mars,** and **House**. I’ve given up on **Threshold, Surface, Invasion,** and **Bones.** ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/34 "2005-10-25T20:55:21Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Because it the sucking became undeniable late last season and I couldn’t make myself care enough to tune in this fall. :eek: Blasphemer! I cast thee out! :mad: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/35 "2005-10-25T21:07:42Z")
New shows: Supernatural (Jensen Ackles, nuff said) Related (it’s cute, I’m still giving it a shot) My Name is Earl Old shows: Grey’s Anatomy Arrested Development Lost Boston Legal The O.C. Alias Joey (when either of the previous 2 aren’t on the DVR picks it up) Rome The Office Weeds (So bummed that the season just ended!) 24 when it comes back - but it’s on probation for me too Dropped: Desparate Housewives - just wasn’t worth the effort for a couple of laughs per show Yeah - I watch some TV - the DVR is a wonderful thing! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/36 "2005-10-25T21:09:38Z")
I continue to watch: **Desperate Housewives, Surface, Medium, Boston Legal, Lost, Kolchak, ER, SNL.** Sometimes I will glance at a few others but I tend not to stick with them for long: **Joey, Two and a Half Men, Ghost Whisperer, Invasion.** I will still sometimes watch **Dateline** and a few other nightly news shows, and maybe a bit of daytime shows, but no soaps. And reruns of the third incarnation of TZ, The X-Files, and Malcolm. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/37 "2005-10-25T21:29:20Z")
Of primetime type stuff, the only new series I’m watching this year are _Rome_, _How I Met Your Mother_, and _Weeds_ (which had a very short season and is already over). I’ve only seen the premiere of _Bones_, but I may start watching it again once the _World Series of Poker_ is over, as they’re currently on at the same time (or they were and will be again when baseball ends). Of returning series, I’m watching _Arrested Development_, _Veronica Mars_ (gotta agree with **Forlorn** ), _Family Guy_, and _The Simpsons_. Oh, and I tivo’d a bunch of _Battlestar Gallatica_ season two, and am slowly working my way through the episodes, now that I’ve finally caught up on season one. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/38 "2005-10-25T21:45:45Z")
> [@Licentious Ectomorph](#): > > Gah, why isn’t anybody watching **Alias**? I am, but I was only including shows that were either new this season or new to me. Sur the show is completely ridiculous but I knew it was ridiculous when I signed on four years ago. Hardly seems fair to leave on account of ridiculousness now. I realize I’ve been watching the new series _Close to Home_ on CBS this season too. It’s on after TAR and there doesn’t seem to be anything else on at that time so the TV just sort of stays on. It hasn’t sucked so far, and it has the hotness of Christian Kane, so I’m in for now (but if something better came along I’d probably drop it). ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/39 "2005-10-25T22:29:06Z")
> [@Forlorn](#): > > **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. \* This brings to mind a Charlie Parker quote that I mentioned in the Jazz solo thread: > [@Charlie "Bird" Parker](#): > > The audience needs to know what’s coming about 50% of the time. More than that, they bored; less than that, they get confused. In terms of TV shows, if you always know what’s coming next, you get bored, and if you never know what’s happening, you get confused. I don’t watch “Lost”, but it sounds like it’s guilty of the same thing the X-Files could often be accused of, which kind of a meta version of the above: If you know more than 50% of the time that’s what’s coming next is meant to confuse you by being unexpected, you get exasperated. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741/40 "2005-10-25T22:48:03Z")
I watch new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Teen Titans, South Park (and Drawn Together sort of by default), and Family Guy on a weekly basis. Yeah, I like animation, plus the half-hour blocks are a lot easier on my schedule. I save the serious TV time for sports 🙂 If I had more time, I’d be making sure to catch Gilmore Girls and Boston Legal (and will probably catch up with them on DVD, as I did with stuff like West Wing back when it was still good), and I’d probably be sinking sick amounts of time into whatever was on the Food and Cartoon Networks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-still-watching-this-fall/327741.md?page=3)