Whatcha watchin?
 

After years without much TV watching at all, I find I now have a whole lineup of show's that I really want to watch each week. Including the stuff that's on reruns right now, these are the shows I love:

Demetri Martin - this guy is funny!

True Blood

Weeds

U.S. of Tara - slow start, but it's gotten good

Flight of the Conchords

The Office

Scrubs

So, what are you guys watching? Am I missing anything fantastic?

At the moment? The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy

Good list, T, but you're missing 30 Rock!

30 Rock.

Been there done that, over it. Is anyone else as sick of Tracy Jordan as I am?

I agree that Demetri Martin is funny, I just haven't yet seen him be particularly funny on his new show.

I'm working through The Office, Quincy, Columbo, and Perry Mason via that magic of Netflix. For new TV The Amazing Race, Heroes, The Daily Show, The Soup and Craig Ferguson's pre-guest segments are the shows that I try to watch live or shortly after they air.

Giving Dollhouse a chance but am not particularly whelmed yet.

DVR picks up new episodes of various Law & Orders and I eventually watch them.

We're starting to get caught up on House

Agreed on Demitri Martin. The show's really mediocre. Although the most recent episode, Safety, was the best yet, so I'm still giving it a chance to improve.

No, not sick of Tracy Morgan, and most definitely not sick of Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.

Susan is really into it (mainly because it is Josh Whedon
vehicle), but I am kinda meh on it.

I have been loving Leverage (on TNT), but they currently aren't showing any episodes.

And I hope Sci Fi finally puts Eureka back on the air.

Yeah, my problem with Dollhouse is I'm still intrigued by the concept and the metastory they are revealing but the main story in each episode has been pretty bad in every episode. Since there's only about 5 minute of metastory development per episode that isnt' a good return on investment.

Oh, and I forgot the cable dramas:
Saving Grace (though I'm fading off on this one)
The Closer
Burn Notice

I've never seen more than a few snip-its of episodes before but I have been watching this seasons version of Celebrity Apprentice.

It's been interesting to see how F'd up these "celebrities" are at everyday tasks. Given that they have all done well in their respective fields, I was expecting them to be... Well I don't know what but certainly not the clueless twits I've seen so far.

So far the men's team has lost all the challenges. So I'm curious, does the show typically keep the teams as is down the the bitter end where in theory we could have a single guy VS the entire women's team or is there a survivor style merge/mix up at some point?

I watch way too much TV -

Ashes to Ashes
Last Resturant Standing
The Graham Norton Show
Fringe
House
Burn Notice
The Closer
Bones
Brothers & Sisters
Top Gear

If you're in for high quality juvenile/absurdist humor:

Tim & Eric Awesome Show
Robot Chicken
Superjail
Xavier Renegade Angel

So, pretty much anything (non Anime) on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Not for everyone, but we really love those shows.

I haven't watched Apprentice since the third season or so but they'll keep the teams roughly equal by moving people from one team to the the other.

Well, Project Runway doesn't have a time slot or station yet for Season 6, so the answer is nada.

We tend to watch a lot of Animal Planet, but we've also really gotten into 'House' this year. I love Hugh Laurie. We also watch TLC shows like 'Little People, Big World' and 'Jon And Kate Plus Eight'- the mom on that show drives me crazy, but the kids are (mostly) cute. One of the older girls is kind of evil, so it's fun when the camera busts her smacking her siblings, etc. I sometimes feel a little weird about watching people (especially kids) on reality TV, but I console myself with the idea that they are very well compensated for it. I do wonder how messed up those kids are going to be, growing up in front of an audience and all, but their parents seem pretty together so maybe they'll turn out okay.

Oh, and on the subject of reality and Project Runway, Top Chef, when it's on. Currently between seasons, but I'm sure Bravo's repeating the heck out of it as per usual. It's the only other reality competition show we watch other than Survivor.

I've got a bunch of shows archived on my Tivo that I'm just getting around to watching. I'm five episodes into Fringe. Is anyone else watching this? Does it ever get good? I think I'm going to bail...

I bailed on Fringe after three episodes. Other people seemed to like it even from the beginning but I don't have a real sense on whether it ever improved.

I think Fringe got better. But it did seem to take a while.

I'm working thru a bunch of old stuff. Mad Men, I loved the 1st season, meh on the 2nd, but I'll watch the now-airing 3rd when its available.

Watched Season 4 of Lost. Would love to catch up completely. Can I get Season 5 shows anywhere on the net?

Am currently catching up on the 1st two seaons of Dexter. Love it. Not a Showtime subscriber, so I'll have to eagerly await the current season coming out on DVD.

Also from Showtime, I was going to watch the 2nd season of The Tudors, but the first disc left me meh ... so I'm removing it from my queue.

I'm also catching up on Season 4 of Dr. Who, and that will bring me up to date on that really fun show.


Next up, Arrested Development ... and then I think I'm gonna be done with TV for a while.

I can't wait for the next season of Weeds to come out on DVD, and for True Blood to start up again! Love those shows. But I don't watch any current TV. I only play catch up on shows highly recommend by a number of people who's tastes I've come to trust.

ABC.com has them the day after they air.

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I faithfully watch (via TIVO):

NCIS
Lost!
24
In Plain Sight
King of the Hill

Aren't you forgetting something......

Oh. I see. Never mind.

I watched that last night. I do not care for LtCG, but I liked seeing him skewered.

Why was Maureen "Marsha Brady" McCormick on that show? What's her relationship to him?
I have never liked Tracy Jordan. I didn't like him on SNL and I don't like him on 30 Rock. I like 30 Rock, just not him. I think he's an annoying buffoon and wish he would just go away. And can someone please tell him the word is "ask", not "aks"....

I'm currently watching:

• Kyle XY (though I think tonight is the series finale)
• Heroes (no, it's not been good as of late, but I'm still holding out hope)
• Reaper (delightfully shocked it got a second season)
• Lost (luh-huh-huhving this show!)
• Jeopardy
• South Park
• Important Things
• The Office
• 30 Rock (see above)
• e.r. (also on final episodes)
• Battlestar Galactica (jeebus that's a great show, I'm gonna miss it)
• Dollhouse (agreed, it's had a slow start, but I trust Joss)
• The Simpsons (yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever, I still like it)
• King of the Hill (final season)
• Family Guy
• American Dad
• What's My Line? (reruns of the original 50s/60s show on GSN)
• Comedy Central Presents (half-hour stand-up specials)

Here are some shows I'm waiting to come back on:

• Eureka (has it been renewed?)
• My Life on the D List (come on, I'm her key demographic)
• Sanctuary (not stellar, but I love Amanda Tapping and the guy is a cutie)
• Dexter
• Penn & Teller: Bullsh¡t

Oh that was cold.

Nothing like a dose of harsh reality :D

• Agreed on the sentiment. We thought it was gone and recently caught its re-appearance.

It looks like it is, but I am not certain. The Sci-Fi Channel schedule for March 24 has the show back on, but I do not know if those episodes have been previously shown. I read somewhere that new episodes would be starting on May 8, but I cannot find anything to corroborate.

Eh, I called the Sharks winning the Cup about 1/4 way through the season and have accepted (in January) that if we make the playoffs we're not going beyond the first round. I'm just thinking of all the money I'm saving by not buying playoff tickets...

How could I forget to list Heroes? I love it, and I think it's picked up a bit lately. And Jon. I will always heart Jon.

One that nobody else mentioned that I like is The Big Bang Theory. Little stereotypical in the characters but the 'cute dumb blond neighbor' role has fleshed out a lot more than I'd have expected, and each of the 4 geeks does have some 'redeeming human traits' (some more than others, though!)

I love Big Bang, and How I Met Your Mother, and Rules of Engagement. Oh and cause I love crap teen drama - One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.

Leverage
Burn Notice
In Plain Sight
Bones
Doctor Who
Heroes
Lost
Chuck
Primeval
General Hospital
Torchwood
The Catherine Tate Show
Ghost Hunters
Myth Busters
Chimp Eden

I've DVRd, but not watched, Trust Me. I'm also thinking about giving Ashes to Ashes (the sequel to the original Life on Mars,on BBC) and Castles a try.

I tried Fringe but the lead actress's voice annoyed the hell out of me.

Oh yeah, Mythbusters, we do still watch that when it's new. It's just not as good as it used to be - way too scripted and full of lame jokes. What a shame.

We've been minimizing, but Tivoing these:

30 Rock
The Office
Lost
How I Met Your Mother
The Soup
Important Things
Dollhouse - which, thank goodness, is supposed to get better on Friday - as Fox started giving Joss more creative control. Let's hope.

Dirty Jobs. Though we've learned to not watch during dinner.

Oh yeah, add Dr. Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, and Robin Hood to my waiting to return list. The BBC sure has some quirky scheduling.

Axemen, How It's Made, Battles B.C., Life On Mars

No kidding! Is Sarah Jane Adventures coming back? I thought it kinda ended when the computer turned out to be evil.

I forgot to add Curb Your Enthusiasm.