# What will the Dopers be watching this fall (Mondays)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943 "2004-05-25T04:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/21 "2004-05-25T16:02:08Z")
[Antiques Roadshow](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/) on PBS at eight, then off to bed with a cup of tea, a cat and a good book. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/22 "2004-05-25T16:22:40Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > [Antiques Roadshow](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/) on PBS at eight, then off to bed with a cup of tea, a cat and a good book. Oh, yeah! PBS. It’s not that Public TV is bad out here, but it doesn’t hold a candle to WGBH in Boston, where I lived until 7 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/23 "2004-05-25T16:28:37Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > Apparently, they’ll just as soon draft PA flunkies as actual skilled workmen to nail everything up, and then light it and tape it so it looks good for TV. Then they leave you to live in their half-assed efforts. > > Some people have had to spend thousands of dollars re-renovating their homes after one of these shows takes over. Well, this shouldn’t conceivably be a surprise, particularly to anyone who’s ever done \* any \* remodeling of their own. Almost all these shows have a ridiculously tight schedule (e.g. completely remodel a house in six days). Most of the schedules barely leave enough time for the drywall mud to harden, much less for anyone to do a decent job prepping surfaces and painting. As for the OP, I pretty much abandoned network TV a few years ago. For the past few months, SciFi channel has been running (the suprisingly decent) Stargate SG-1 on Monday nights, but that’s getting old now. So I dunno. Might have to get a life. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/24 "2004-05-25T22:15:35Z")
As with the past two seasons, I’ll be watching Everwood and CSI:Miami. Why don’t they put any decent shows on in the 8pm timeslot on any days but Friday and Sunday? They could do better than reality tv in that slot, I think. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/25 "2004-05-26T15:57:58Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > They could do better than reality tv in that slot, I think. All the channels could do better than reality in all the slots, IYAM, unless they were all as good as “The Amazing Race”. There were articles earlier this year saying that advertisers didn’t want reality TV anymore, so I’m surpised it makes up so much of the schedule for this fall. ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/26 "2004-05-26T16:08:36Z")
Mnf ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/27 "2004-05-26T16:23:49Z")
Monday Night Football What, there are other things on Monday nights too? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/28 "2004-05-27T00:51:06Z")
WWE RAW and nothing else ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/29 "2004-05-27T01:29:09Z")
Never really watched anything on Mondays–don’t think I’ll be starting now. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/30 "2004-05-27T06:01:46Z")
> [@fc1114](#): > > WWE RAW > > and nothing else Is that on cable somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/31 "2004-05-27T06:28:49Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > [Monster House!!](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/monsterhouse/monsterhouse.html) Me, too! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/32 "2004-05-27T06:52:23Z")
_Antiques Roadshow_ at 8, then three hours of back to back _Law & Order_ reruns on TNT. If TNT ever discontinues Monday night L&O night, i’ll have to start taking a class or something. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/33 "2004-05-27T14:47:53Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > If TNT ever discontinues Monday night L&O night, i’ll have to start taking a class or something. 😃 Say it, Sister! Testify! ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/34 "2004-05-27T23:05:22Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Monday Night Football > > What, there are other things on Monday nights too? 😃 I recall a lot of tongue-clicking articles about MNF when Dennis Miller joined, saying the show should just be dropped, that it had lost its vitality. I didn’t really buy it at the time. There’s nothing inherently different about football on Monday night than any other night. And if there weren’t announcers to hate, let’s face it, it wouldn’t be a football broadcast… ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/35 "2004-05-29T13:38:13Z")
bump 😉 ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/36 "2004-05-29T15:22:22Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > There’s nothing inherently different about football on Monday night than any other night. And if there weren’t announcers to hate, let’s face it, it wouldn’t be a football broadcast… Well, MNF seems to have had way too many lopsided-score games of late. That’s because the games are selected way ahead of the season, based on teams’ performance the previous season. But by the time trades and free agency take their toll, the new season’s teams may be a mere shadow of their previous selves. But no matter, I’m still gonna watch because it’s still the best thing to watch on Monday nights. And I HATE John Madden! What an overblown announcer/analyst he is! ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/37 "2004-05-30T16:21:47Z")
> [@annieclaus](#): > > Well, MNF seems to have had way too many lopsided-score games of late. That’s because the games are selected way ahead of the season, based on teams’ performance the previous season. But by the time trades and free agency take their toll, the new season’s teams may be a mere shadow of their previous selves. > > But no matter, I’m still gonna watch because it’s still the best thing to watch on Monday nights. > > And I HATE John Madden! What an overblown announcer/analyst he is! I’ve seen part of exactly one football broadcast announced by John Madden. He had a horrible abomination from hell called the “Coach’s Clicker”, which allowed him to scan back and forth through the instant replay in a motion-sickness inducing fashion while he tried to call attention to some detail or other. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943/38 "2004-05-31T14:08:27Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Honest to Og, though, I watch less and less TV with every passing year. I’ve found that to be the case myself. I’m not actually goingto sit and watch television for week straight. Far cry from my childhood. You know how they used to say kids watch an average of 6 hours a day? It was really more like two or three. The rest was me wrecking the curve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-mondays/246943.md?page=1)