need help people. I'm taking a census on which shows writers watch most. It can be for any reason but if you can tell me one reason you like the show. thanks folks!
Top ten shows on TV now.
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Re: Top ten shows on TV now.
You might as well ask, what are your ten favorite shows?
Veronica Mars - writing
House - great character overcomes the disease-of-the-week syndrome
Lost - writing (occasionally) and its bizarre setup
Dr. Who - because it's fun
Medium - entertaining look at a subject of interest
NCIS - I'm not sure why
My Name is Earl - it makes me laugh
Monk - great character overcomes the campiness
Simpsons - because I forget it's a cartoon
Mythbusters - okay, not scripted, but where else can you learn how to escape from prison using salsa?
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Doctor Who -- I've been watching it since I was a kid; it's traditional sci-fi fun
Stargate SG-1 -- I've been watching it since it started
Stargate Atlantis -- Followed it from SG-1
Battlestar Galactica -- I'm a geek. Oh, and it's a good show.
Lost -- It's interesting and they talk about it at work, so it's also a social thing
The Daily Show -- laughter + thought = enjoyable
The Colbert Report -- see The Daily Show
That's it. I limit the number of TV shows I watch on a regular basis. I figure I should be watching several feature films a week if I want to write features. With time spent writing, reading about writing and other activities, there's only so many hours in a day. I dropped Smallville for Lost. I would probably watch a couple others if I let myself get caught up in them, including some that have been recommended to me as shows I would like. I would probably watch more television if I wanted to write for TV.
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Tough to pick ten... but here's my list, in this order:
Lost
The Office
The Colbert Report
Scrubs
Grey's Anatomy
My Name Is Earl
Desperate Houswives (though it's starting to get a little to dark for me and it's really getting out there in the believability factor)
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In no particular order:
Desperate Housewives
CSI
The Shield
Prison Break (it's pretty interesting sometimes/plus I have a friend on the show, so selfish reason to watch)
Law & Order
24 (although it's starting to lose me sometimes)"The two hardest words to write are FADE IN. The two most gratifying are FADE OUT."
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There's no order to this list
House -- great characters and writing
Monk -- same reason
Sopranos -- I'm not sure why I watch it. I'm always surprised
AI (until last night) -- had to see Taylor's shirt and Kat's butchering
Jon Stewart -- writing
Bill Maher (until two weeks ago) -- writing
Frasier -- one of the few shows that makes me laugh out loud
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You know, five years ago I could have easily given you a list of my top ten shows. It seemed like every night there was at least one show I had to see. Then the reality tv craze happened, and frankly I've gotten out of the habit of watching the tube.
I second the ESPN motion, Sportscenter rules.
My Name is Earl has hilarious characters, and I miss the great sitcoms.
I watch Desperate Housewives, but I don't particularly like it anymore.
Caught House a couple of times and Hugh Laurie is great.
Hoping to get caught up in something great this fall!
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1. FOX NEWS WATCH (Yeah, I said it.)
2. Entourage
3. America's Next Top Model
4. Forensic Files
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. Girlfriends
7. Law & Order SVU
8. The Oprah Winfrey Show
9. The Andy Milonakis Show (yeah I said it)
10. The Soup
"Until the Lion writes his own story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." -African Proverb
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I'd have trouble coming up with ten ...
THE SHIELD -- just so gripping, and I dunno why. All it's got really is a few seasonal story arcs ... I really don't like the characters other than Mackey (as opposed to old Buffy re-runs, where I loved each and every character in the ensemble cast) ... but once it got me, circa season three, I had to see all the dvd's and catch it every week. Gritty, gripping, characters and plot, so well written it sounds and feels like it's happening right in front of you.
MY NAME IS EARL -- funny but with heartfelt emotions, too. And depicting the people of Indiana (maybe the whole MidWest? Where is is supposedly set? But them's real folks, lemme tell ya)
THE OFFICE -- side splitting funny, often heartbreaking too.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA -- great, deep, character and idea-driven Science Fiction.
LOST -- you either already know why, or don't.
ER -- I guess its glory days are long gone (but a few years back, ER and NYPD BLUE and ALIAS and BUFFY ruled my roost) ... but it still feels like old familiar friends
On ALL of those older ones ... the dvd's are a wonderful way to lose yerself in an alternate world, next time you're down with the flu etc. watching episode after episode in that weird fever-trance way ...
Someday, I'll go back and watch HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET on dvd (only saw the last season of that, and expect it to be amazing from start-to-finishsigpic
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that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."
-Mahatma Gandhi.
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