Can’t stand the show- but I looove the theme song. Once in a while I’ll tune in just for the song. Or, sometimes to count how many times in the show i can see the police violating someones Civil Rights- and what’s odd- they still do it, even though they know they are being filmed! :eek:
3rd Watch- the problem here is that it’s an NBC “drama”. :dubious: When NBC has a drama, what they do is put each and every cast member through hell, and every relative, friend & lover too. No matter how contrived the tradegy is- you know it’s gonna happen. When I saw Carter on ER and how happy he was to be having a baby- I knew that baby was dead or something terrible was going to happen. No one is allowed to have a happy monogamous relationship for any length of time. Dem’s the rules. :rolleyes: Now- ER has a great cast, and great writing (other than the “NBC Drama rules” of course), but 3rdWatch doesn’t. So when NBC has all these terrible tragedies happen- you just don’t care . NBC just needs to go for it as more of an action show.
Becker was brought back. :rolleyes: I think that no one really watches it, it’s just bribe money from RJ Reynolds keeping it on the air.
Any so called “reality” show. In addition to being boring as hell, there’s a huge irritation factor based on the sheer number of them and the success of the genre. I’ll confess that my judgement may be a bit unfair, as I don’t watch any of these shows, but I do hear about the premises for each of them. I don’t even have TV anymore, and I somehow still know about these shows through an apparent cultural osmosis. I know who William Hung is for fuckssake. I hate that I know that. I hate that I know who Simon is. I hate that I know Regis where’s color-on-color ties and shirts. I hate that I know that the fat naked guy from survivor is named Richard. I’ll just refer to him as Dick, thank you.
Springer. I understand the schaedenfreude from watching such a show. But it gets really tiring to constantly see the trite and ugly side of humanity. And it’s so predictable to boot! Person A has some sort of conflict with person B. A fight ensues between the two. Big guys break up the fight and Jerry stands around looking appallled. I don’t believe in hell, but I think it should be invented for Springer and those who keep his pockets lined.
As for King of the Hill, everytime that I try to watch it, I see that it’s well-written with a lot of natural and unforced humor, and yet I still wouldn’t care if it was never shown again.
Shit, I just hate TV. Except for weird sporting events. The weirder and more inane, the better.
Wow Purd Werfect I definitely had to look up the word schadenfreude and I consider myself to have a pretty good vocabulary. You spelled it slightly differently but geez, that should get a special mention as the SDMB “Word of the Week”.
Also, is it just me or are there only two episodes of "Celebrity Poker" which get endlessly repeated? 'The game is Texas 'Hold ‘Em’ where each palyer receives 2 cards face down and they bet. Then 3 cards called the ‘flop’ are turned over and …"
ARRRGGGHHHHHH !!!
I’ve been informed it’s time for my medication.
See ya.
Actually, TAR has its share of product placements. They give away quite a few vacations “courtesy of Royal Caribbean or American Airlines”. They also made a point out of using some brand of cell phone in one episode (the exact brand of which I forget) and they make a point out of using Kodak digital cameras as well (most obvious on the website).
Three pages in and nobody has mentioned Smallville???
I’ve caught the tail ends of several episodes just because it came on before Angel. You remember Angel, right? The show on WB that was actually, you know, good? I’ve also halfway watched a couple of entire episodes (well, had my nose in a good book and wasn’t paying attention, just had the TV on before Angel came on).
The only halfway interesting character on Smallville is Lex Luthor, and I think that’s just because of the Anakin Skywalker factor. You watch him knowing that he’s eventually going to turn out to be, well, Lex Luthor, and you want to see how the character evolves. I’ve almost considered watching the show regularly because I think it would be interesting to watch Lex’s Descent Into Evil, but then I realize that that I will have to sit through probably thirty-six minutes of trite, contrived and generally lame crap to get to see the Six Interesting Minutes of Lex.
Plus I’m kind of boycotting the WB because I’m still pissed off at them for cancelling Angel.
I mean, hell, if there has to be a TV drama series about the teenage years of a comic-book hero in the making, couldn’t they do someone who would have been an interesting character even before he started wearing Spandex and fighting the Forces of Evil, like, oh, say, a young Bruce Wayne?
I usually watch Cops when I’m feeling bad about my life. I’ve probably watched about 2 episodes in the past year. A good friend of mine watches it religiously, though. That show does wonders for your self esteem. “Man, I’m having some problems paying my bills this month, but hell, at least I’m not living in a trailer park with THAT dude”
I tried to do the same thing with Springer one time, but I had to turn it off after about 10 minutes. It was so damned trashy I felt dirty for even watching it.
I cannot understand why anybody would want to watch the “DREW CAREY SHOW”…it is like watching a retarded person. Of course, his friends are even more stupid…go figure! “JERRY SPRINGER” seems to be very popular…of course, all of his shows are the same…just ignoramuses on display (and apparently PROUD of their bizarre appearences, fat, missing teeth, etc.).
What really amazes me is the reruns (ala TVLAND): most of those 1950’s TV shows were awful! Take “Leave It To Beaver”-that series would be cancelled after 3 episodes today!
JAG I’m a retired Navy guy, and don’t watch it. FactoPop watches it religiously, and can’t figure out why I don’t. The Nanny The GF watches it at closing time at work when things are slow. Her and her kids loved it. As a result, I’ve seen nearly all the episodes in the last couple of years. The only one I liked was the one where Drescher reprises her Spinal Tap role (Bobbie Fleckmann.) And only because of the in-joke. CSI: Miami Watched only part of one epsiode, last night in fact. And that was just to catch a glimpse of Emily Procter (been nuts about her since her days on West Wing.) Everybody Loves Raymond We mortals may hate the show, but according to a factoid in the new TV Guide, Sharon Stone loves it. And she first saw it on an airplane. Gulliver’s Travels Hallmark Special Danson had to be cast because of Mary Steenbergen, methinks. After all, she is a respectable actor (Academy Award and all.)
and of course, Cops - they could probably film every episode over here in Southeast Virginia. Something on the news last night about a guy making his girlfriend eat her own hair. Just waiting for that one to show up on the show.
But my favorite junk show that I used to watch was The Mother-In-Laws but I could only see it when we were visiting relatives out in Los Angeles about 30 years ago. Never even saw it mentioned anywhere else, at any tme, for any reason.
I remember watching an episode of it when it first started. I thought, “This show won’t last but five episodes.” Unfortunately, I was wrong. Then again, I thought that executives would wise up and move “Freaks and Geeks” to a good timeslot and then it would live on forever.
As for Ted Danson----I liked him as Gulliver! I don’t have a problem with Danson and I used to watch “Becker” until they got rid of Terry (I think that was the character’s name).
Sorry. I’m pretty sure I kept Perfect Strangers and Who’s the Boss on air single-handedly.
And I watch the reruns too.
Having said that, I agree about Smallville. Oh god, what a horrid show. My husband insists on watching it, and I insist on mocking him and the show…it’s the only thing that keeps me interested and sane.
Tough Crowd has to be one of the most atrocious shows on right now. I watched as a train wreck when it first started because Colin’s ability to host a show was so bad it was funny. Well, it never improved. Also, from what I remember from the first shows, he was definitely left-wing leaning and somewhere over the last year he’s moved to the right. I doubt that has to do anything with his personal convictions but more for a network left-right balance because his opinions are complete bullshit. (Speaking of which, Penn & Teller’s Bullshit is awesome and should stay on in perpetuity).
Am I the only person who is totally underwhelmed by CSI? I watched the entire first season on DVD and I found it to be breathtakingly mediocre, and frequently dumb and predictable.
I think the problem with I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and others from the same era is that everything has become obvious. It’s hard to laugh when you know what’s coming two minutes before it gets there.
