The TV show Addict Thread!
 

This was brought up in another thread. There seems to be an amazing plethera of new shows on TV that are worthy of watching on a regular basis. And most seem to have a continuing story line, a la soap opera, that keep you comming back each week. The sitcom is out, reality TV is in.

I'm hooked on:

Smallville (VERY well written)

LOST (Wow is all I can say here. It's a movie in installments!)

Kyle XY (interesting mystery)

I started watching Heros last night. It looks to be pretty good.

So, what's in your Tevo?

We're currently season passholders for:

Lost (there's already an excellent thread about this. Premieres tomorrow!)
House (though it stresses me out time to time. Hugh Laurie is quite a draw.)
The Office (just finished catching up in time for season three. Jim and Pam!)
Veronica Mars (probably my favorite right now.)
The Daily Show (no, maybe this is my favorite.)
The Colbert Report (OK, this is totally my favorite. You're on notice!)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Second episode was better than the first.)

I use a DVR rather than a Tivo but the effect is the same:

Survivor
Amazing Race
Most things poker (ie WSOP)
House
Mystery!
Rosemary & Tyme (<- for the Mrs)
Deal-or-no-deal (<- for the kids)
Misc Movies as they come up

oops, and of course Mythbusters. Gotta have that! (Thanks CP)

Oh, and I've stared converting all my DVD's into DivX format (1/3 the size of a dvd) so that I can add them to my DVR's list of avalible shows to watch.

I've never seen Lost, never seen House, never saw an episode of Friends, missed George Clooney's entire TV career, in fact. About all I watch at some point after I've tivo'd it is Project Runway. I tivo movies and PBS programs to watch at a later time.

I can't remember the last commercial tv show I watched weekly!

Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

But mostly because after 15 years, Law & Order is a well established habit. The only show among the new series that I'm going to allow myself to watch is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and I'll watch the first few episodes of Heroes and if it holds up I'll make sure to watch it on DVD when the series is over and I know the makers of the show were able to take it to some conclusion.

The current glut of serialized television dramas (like Lost and 24) is a good thing but I also read a lot of epic fantasy. For the same reason that I don't start a series of epic fantasy until I know the author has finished the series I don't want to start watching a TV under the threat that it will get cancelled 9 shows into the season. And the very nature of this type of TV show makes cancellation much more likely (for the most part they can only lose viewers rather than gain new viewers who will be lost if they jump in mid stream).

LOST
Mythbusters
The Soup
Survivor

Those are the MUST sees.

I don't have Tivo and the only thing I'm currently watching is Project Runway. I just have to try to remember when it is on or catch one of the many reruns.

Do you know how to get things off the DVR and onto DVD? I have some U2 live appearances on award shows etc. I'd like to grab off the DVR so I can edit them down and save them. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be an option with my cable co. DVR. :(

Oh, and if you like Mystery! check out Wire in the Blood. Season 4 starts on BBC America next week.

The shows I can remember right now:

Lost
24
Survivor
Amazing Race
L&O: CI
L&O: SVU
Studio 60

Countdown with KO

Tivo suggests a bunch of programs that I'll usually wind up deleting, unless it's a movie I haven't seen..

I apparently don't have a life -

Grey's Anatomy
Gilmour Girls
Numbers
Cold Case
The Girls Next Door
The Soup
Studio 60
House
Bones
CSI
How I Met Your Mother
Shark
Two and a Half Men
Wire in the Blood (Stef is right it's great)
Life on Mars
Hex
Murder City
Lost