# What are your shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004 "2006-05-24T04:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/21 "2006-05-24T14:08:51Z")
Let’s see here: Gilmore Girls Family Guy Battlestar Galactica This Old House (and all of it’s children) Dirty Jobs Grey’s Anatomy The West Wing (up until a couple of weeks ago, that is). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/22 "2006-05-24T14:19:43Z")
This is pretty much all of them. Yankees Games (MLB) My Name is Earl Sopranos Simpsons South Park The Daily Show The Colbert Report Dr Who (the new ones on the Sci-Fi channel) Myth Busters NY Giants Games (NFL) I occasionally watch Nets, Knicks, Family Guy, Boston Legal & SNL. Movies on TCM or from NetFlix. I am catching repeats of Soap on Tubetime. Jim ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/23 "2006-05-24T14:22:04Z")
I don’t have any new shows that I’m all that keen on except for maybe the new Doctor Who. (A few years ago I also watched most of the old ones from Tom Baker forward on PBS.) Is there anything new worth watching now besides maybe Dr. Who? I haven’t seen anything up to the level of Buffy, or Babylon 5, or The X-Files. I tivo Friends and Will & Grace a bit but don’t follow them. I Tivo’ed all the way through Buffy (twice), DS9 (twice), Babylon 5, and Lexx. I haven’t had much to watch for about 2 years now. I skip through late-night shows and I Tivo ABC World News Now. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/24 "2006-05-24T14:26:28Z")
Almost everything I’ll watch is on Food Network. Everyday Italian, Emeril, Good Eats…hell, you name it and I’ll probably watch it. I am totally fascinated by Iron Chef. I like to watch the Colbert Report, but I’m usually on the phone with the SO. I can’t do two things at once so I turn off the tv. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/25 "2006-05-24T14:40:14Z")
Prison Break My Name is Earl Scrubs Mythbusters Family Guy Hi-Def Sharks & 49ers Hi-Def anything else ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/26 "2006-05-24T14:50:36Z")
_24_ _The Dead Zone_ _Monk_ _Veronica Mars_ (albeit inattentively, as I usually a bunch of tasks in the background) \*Lost \* (again, not so attentively) _The Apprentice_ and the late, lamented _Justice League Unlimited_ For a while, _American Inventor_ was on that list, but I eventually found myself fast-forwarding through much of the fluff. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/27 "2006-05-24T15:32:04Z")
I don’t really watch TV so much anymore, but for a while it was **Sports Night** , then **Carnivale**. Both RIP. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/28 "2006-05-24T15:47:07Z")
Well here’s my list, sorted by day of week: Monday: King of Queens How I Met Your Mother Prison Break Apprentice Tuesday: Amazing Race Wednesday: Lost Thursday: Survivor CSI The Office ER Holmes on Homes Friday: Nothing Saturday: Nothing Sunday: Sopranos Big Love Deadwood Rome Man I watch a lot of TV!! MtM ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/29 "2006-05-24T15:51:21Z")
Monday - Medium Tuesday - American Idol, House Wednesday - Top Chef Thursday - CSI Friday - Ghost Whisperer, Numbers Saturday - hopefully a Bonanza marathon Sunday - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition and Iron Chef America There’s always other filler things like What Not To Wear, House Hunters, etc. - and there’s usually a council meeting on Monday and Planning Commission on Tuesday to yell at the TV about…but the above is about it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/30 "2006-05-24T16:45:44Z")
The shows I’m passionate about are: Veronica Mars Project Runway Amazing Race Other shows I love: Supernatural 24 Dr. Who Other shows I enjoy: Cold Case Desperate Housewives Numb3rs Earl AI (though I always regret it) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/31 "2006-05-24T16:52:38Z")
Whenever _Law & Order_, _Sopranos_, _Simpsons_ and maybe a few others, have new DVD releases I will watch them. I haven’t had TV in over 5 years tho so I only watch DVD stuff. In a bar I tend to watch commercials. When you’ve never seen them, they tend to be funny/interesting a time or two. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/32 "2006-05-24T16:58:39Z")
The only show I make a point to watch is _24_. Can’t miss the Power Hour. Otherwise, I’ll try to catch _Scrubs_ and _Mythbusters_ when they’re on, along with _TDS_. Not that I don’t like TV, I’m too lazy to keep track of what’s on when, and I always end up discovering shows way after everyone else- I started watching _ER_ last year. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/33 "2006-05-24T17:24:25Z")
I record How I met your mother Scrubs My Name Is Earl The Office ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/34 "2006-05-24T17:56:49Z")
Apointment: The Office Battlestar Gallactica Grey’s Anatomy **Try to Catch:** Law & Order SVU Scrubs Family Guy The Colbert Report The Daily Show **Avoid like Poison** Fear Factor American Idol The Apprentice Lost **Own** Arrested Development Buffy Angel Firefly Futurama Chappelle Show Band of Brothers ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/35 "2006-05-24T18:08:41Z")
Well, there are shows I like, but don’t really go out of my way to watch or tape. Those, I don’t count as “my” shows. “My” shows are: NCIS Criminal Minds Survivor The Amazing Race My Name is Earl CSI (original flavor) (used to include The West Wing…:sniff:) Shows that _almost_ make the list: Countdown with Keith Olbermann Good Eats Mythbusters Disclaimer: We refuse to subscribe to HBO, so I know that we’re missing some highly-praised series. Oh well - allows me to have a life sometimes. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/36 "2006-05-24T18:19:02Z")
Everything is Tivoed at our place, but we regularly watch live: How I Met Your Mother Scrubs Lost Battlestar Galactica Las Vegas A big hunk of the Food Channel Every Dodgers, Red Sox, Padres or Cubs game on. Other than that, it’s kinda spotty. I record Conquest, Mail Call, Wings, Coach, Night Court and a bunch of other stuff TVLand has on at 3am. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/37 "2006-05-24T18:38:03Z")
Trailer Park Boys Penn & Teller’s Bullshit Family Guy Apprentice Ultimate Fighter America’s Next Top Model Project Runway American Idol American Dad Sopranos ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/38 "2006-05-24T19:12:21Z")
1. Whatever the wife is watching (McLeods Daughters isn’t bad) 2. Good Eats 3. Battlestar Galactica 4. Dino/geology/history/space/anything non-hitler related on History/TDC/TLC 5. Mythbusters 6. There is NO number 6 7. honerable mention for Firefly 8. The Tick reruns 9. I wish Dr. Who was here, but I keep forgetting to set the DVR 10. Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/39 "2006-05-24T19:54:00Z")
The Sopranos The Daily Show The Colbert Report Countown with Keith Olbermann (only serious newsman with balls) ---
**Author:** ![BugaBooRu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BugaBooRu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BugaBooRu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004/40 "2006-05-24T19:56:44Z")
House, Big Love, and the entire Discovery Health channel. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-shows/358004.md?page=3)