Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic What shows other than L&C do you just LOVE?!

Carol's and my antics in the Scardino thread had me wondering if anyone else here is a big fan of Friends? I love, love, love it. It's my other favorite show of all time after L&C. I drive my husband crazy because if an episode is on cable, I'm all, "FRIENDS! We must watch!" and he says, "Uh, you own all 10 seasons on DVD, turn it to ESPN," and I'm all, "Are you still talking?"

I wasn't actually allowed to watch Season 1 -- I was 12, and it was too racy, according to my mother -- but I coughtapeditbehindherbackcough and then started actually watching watching it in Season 2 with her knowledge. To this day, Chandler remains my favorite, and I loved when he and Monica got together

I think I love it because the dialogue is so witty -- and quotable -- and it's easy to follow. I actually watched some of my DVDs while I was in labor. I also think I snapped, "Could I BE having any more contractions?" at one point. It was really cool to get to see the Central Perk set at Warner Bros. during LAFF in 2008, even if the lame tour guide wouldn't let us sit on the couch. (Then again, she kept calling L&C "The New Adventures of Lois and Clark." Um, sure.)

As for current shows I love, I am a huge Desperate Housewives fan even though it's kind of terrible lately, and I have gotten really into Private Practice, which is all of a sudden way better than Grey's Anatomy, and has the fabulous Addison as its heroine! She reminds me a little of Lois, only sluttier.

Anyway, what are some shows that you absolutely love, and tell us a little bit about it! With summer reruns coming, maybe this thread will inspire some DVD rentals or Netflicking!

Friends, obviously. I even wrote a Friends L/C crossover once for Annette's birthday. I had a plot for a second one that revolved around IASWAA but never wrote it.

NCIS is also obvious to anyone who read OTOH/UP - wherein a college aged, bedridden Lois turns to NCIS fanfic. She was always good at figuring out WhoDunIt. I also have a sort of crossover half plotted out [as in L/C work with NCIS instead of Henderson etc on the case because it's a sailor - not a true crossover].

Big Bang Theory is a recent new favorite [have watched all eps through this week's in the last month or so] - I need to order those sometime soon. I have others that I have access to through a friend's iTunes and on DVD but those are the ones I pull out to watch regularly. I have most of LOST, Bones, Numbers, CSI LV, JAG, etc.

Ooo and Castle. Though it's only in the second season and only had a half first season so not much to rewatch.

I also have movies I rewatch regularly. Air Force One, Apollo 13, Die Hards, Lethal Weapons, a bunch of others. Watched The Notebook today - not sure if it'll be a rewatch unless I need to cry :p . Damn you Nicholas Sparks! But good movie.

Well, it's a bit of a past obsession, but I do love Stargate SG-1. I amaze my husband, because I can name any episode in the first 5 seasons within a minute of it being on. If I can't name the exact ep, I can describe what happens. Seasons 6-8, I'm not so good on (2-5 minutes), and 9/10 are worse. Daniel was cute (though I miss his floppy hair), I wanted to be Sam, and I thought Jack and Teal'c were cool.

Current TV obsessions?

Big Bang Theory - I can easily compare myself to Leonard, and I kept rooting for him and Penny to get together. Sheldon's complete lack of social skills, and his disregard for most of them, can be extremely hilarious. I thought the show was going to fail, but I love it.

Castle - Oh my oh my, am I loving this show. I've got a tiny bit of a crush on Nathan Fillion, so that's a draw. But the characters themselves are great. He plays Rick Castle, a mystery writer who needed a muse for a new character after he killed off his previous major character. He starts trailing Detective Kate Beckett on her cases, who initially hates the idea, but has slowly come to appreciate his outlook. Not that she'd ever truly admit it. There's sexual tension, there's mystery, and there's humor and his absolute irreverent love of everything around him.

Bones - I got into this one slowly thanks to repeats, then devoured all of the previous seasons. The mysteries are interesting, but the characters are more fascinating. Everything from Brennan & Booth's chemistry (both sexual and just the way they play off each other) to Angela and Hodgin's history and all of the other squints just keep me drawn in. I've even got the hubby interested. We started watching it a little late last night, and I was fine to just start watching from after the beginning credits. He made me rewind to the beginning, though.

I've mixed feelings about Big Bang Theory -- I love the geek humour but dislike the gutter humour.

My favourite shows: I consider Babylon 5 to be the best show that was ever made. (I know, I know -- That may not be the most politically correct thing to say on an LnC MB. My love of B5 in no way diminishes my appreciation of LnC.) I love the original Star Trek series. It may be very dated now, but it was way ahead of its time. I also enjoy the quirky humour of Forever Knight, despite my not generally enjoying things vampire related.

Edit: Oh yes...How could I have forgotten the original Twilight Zone? That show was brilliant, and, special effects aside, definitely stands the test of time.

cheers,
Lynn

Castle!! Definitely, definitely, definitely. Love Nathan Fillion and Stana Kanic in their roles as Rick Castle and Kate Beckett, and I love their energy. It's a much more fun ship than my other current obsession, Law & Order:SVU (because they actually let their leads interact and have personal lives, which SVU seems to have something against. I adore Olivia and Elliot, but I have come to grips with the fact that the showrunners love to dangle their amazing connection and chemistry in front of fans with absolutely no intention of moving the characters in any direction toward each other! Whew, sorry. /end rant)

Anyway, Castle is mystery and fun and crazy cases and police work and drama and great writing all wrapped up in one. Win, win... if you aren't watching it, you definitely should be! Monday nights are my favorite nights of the week now.

Tracey

My current can't-miss show is Chuck. I don't know how anyone who has ever thought of themselves as a "nerd" (and proud of it!) could fail to love this show. In one episode (which I think was last season) the fate of the country (or was it the world?) depended on someone setting a record high score in a video game. I KNOW these people! Of course I appreciate the show even more because my husband worked in a store very similar to BuyMore when we were first married.

Anyway, the show was already canceled and brought back last year, so I urge you to Netflix it and catch up as soon as possible. And don't let this past season's similarity to the Mayson/Dan arc of LnC or the stunt casting drive you away--it does eventually get better.

my favorite American show right now is GLEE. i'm such a sucker for show tunes and Broadway. I was weaned on Sound of Music, and insisted on going to school in Europe. Not Austria, though -- ended up in Switzerland. lol. I did get to pretend to be Maria in the hills sometimes. lol!

But yeah, I love GLEE. I'mma buy the 2nd Season OST after I memorize this first one I just got the week before.

LOL, a big fat ditto. I think I was about 11 when the people I went to school with discovered I didn't watch the show. My mother really wasn't into tv in general, so there are all kinds of shows I didn't watch growing up that apparently qualified as a capital offense. (Home Improvement...Seinfeld...Friends...the list continues, if I think hard enough)

Ok truth be told I forget to turn on my tv a lot. But I never miss Grey's Anatomy or American Idol.

Other shows I love when I do remember to turn on my tv:
Desperate Housewives
Brothers and Sisters
How I Met Your Mother
The Middle
Bones

PS thank heavens there's a couple of murderers on the block right now. I seem to only love this show when people are sleeping with the fishes.

JD

NCIS - if you overlook the usual oversimplified forensics (and the sheer impossibility of Abby doing everything) it's a fun show, though the plots are getting a little repetitive. My most recent long fanfic was an NCIS / West Wing / Bones / Supergirl / Superman Returns crossover.

Burn Notice - I like shows about really competent people, and this one works for me pretty well. I've never done any fanfic for it, not sure why.

Being Human - the BBC's most popular horror / supernatural series. If you're not familiar with it, the main protagonists are a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost who share a house, all of whom just want to be treated like anyone else. It sounds like the premise for a sitcom, but it really isn't - warning, it gets very bloody occasionally. I'm waiting to see the third series before I try fanfic, they've left it on a cliffhanger.

Dexter - crime-fighting serial killer. Need I say more? I've written several Dexter stories.

Doctor Who - Do I need a reason? Needless to say I've written fic.

Sarah Jane Adventures - The Dr. Who juvenile spinoff, just good fun in the Whoniverse. I've got some ideas for fanfic, not written anything much yet.

Bones, but I generally wait to buy the DVD box sets.

I seem to have lost most of my interest in CSI and the Stargate universe, not sure why.

I had never heard of this show; I've just added it to my NetFlix queue (along with Chuck, cookiesmom). Thank you both for lettign me know about these shows!

Saori, Did you ever see the old American TV show "Fame"? It took place in a school for the performing arts and always had several musical numbers each episode.

cheers,
Lynn

To this day, I think my mom's head would explode if she knew of all of the innuendo cropping up on S4 of L&C. Oh, the irony. Friends and ER were a big fat no, and here they are ... "bouncing up and down on horseback to get the juices flowing" in good ol' Metropolis. Family programming indeed.

I don't watch TV much, unless I'm overhearing something someone else is watching. Mostly the someone else is my 11-yr-old daughter. So I guess the show that I "watch" that I like most would be Big Time Rush, which is on Nickelodeon and aimed towards young-ish teenagers and tweens. It's a funny sitcom, and I do enjoy the music. Plus Carlos often reminds me of Dean. I don't much like smut or gutter humor these days, and it's hard to find a grown-up show without that.

My husband watches Smallville faithfully, and I've watched some episodes with him. Babylon 5 is amazing (multi-year story arcs, wow). I liked Firefly for the most part (so I guess I should check out Castle).

I've really enjoyed Stargate SG-1 -- the writing doesn't insult my intelligence, even when the show gets very complex. The characters are great. I'd like to see Sam & Jack get together, but that's not happening, and I can deal with that. It lost a little something when Jack left, but I do like Cam. Great humor - Wormhole X-Treme is hilarious. (Any episode with Martin and "Murray" is a stitch)

Dang, now I want to go rewatch "1969", "Crystal Skull", "Tokra (part 2)", "The Lost City", "Moebius" and tons of other great episodes...

PJ

Shows I'm currently watching and don't like to miss (though I probably wouldn't buy DVDs or do repeat viewings):

The Mentalist
Criminal Minds
Castle

Shows I'm currently watching and adore (DVDs on pre-order at Amazon ) :

The Vampire Diaries
Supernatural

Shows I'm currently watching and will probably buy DVDs and watch again:

V
Dr. Who

I'm also a huge fan of Survivors and Being Human - cannot wait for the next series of both. Even though the former is so illogical at times it drives me nuts. Oh, yes, and Dexter, too.

And among my many old time favourites, SG1 and The Young Riders still reign supreme, I guess.

LabRat

I have to put in another plug for Chuck. It has a lot of parallels with the Superman mythos--secret "powers", secret identity, reluctant hero masquerading as lowly civilian. I think L & C fans would enjoy it.

My son watched all ten seasons of Stargate 1 on DVD last fall when he was sick for about three weeks. For a while he was doing perimeter checks of our back yard and employing imaginary C4 to keep the bad guys away.

I was at least allowed to watch L&C the first time around - I was 14, but my parents thought I was insane...which is a whole different conversation anyways.

Currently I don't have a huge number of shows that I'm watching - shocking, considering my TV-holic ways in the past.

Castle - Love, love, love it!!! Love Nathan Fillion - who wouldn't! But seriously, great interaction between the characters. Have watched Fillion through Firefly and even back into his Soap Opera days on One Life To Live.

Lost - I'm not sure why anymore, cuz I still have no idea what's going on. But it's the last season, so I can make it through a few more episodes.

I can always find a Law and Order (original or SVU) somewhere to watch if all else fails.

I AM intrigued by this Glee phenomona...people at work keep talking about it too. I DVR'd one, but haven't watched it yet.

Now, shows that I spend too much time watching on DVD...Most of them are a little older, but still AWESOME!

Star Trek (TOS and TNG) - classics, never managed to get into Deep Space Nine though.

The West Wing - such a good show!!! and so smart.

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer - also such a good show (at least the 1st 3 seasons were), and I know you guys won't make fun of me for it.

Veronica Mars - the first season was amazing! Other 2 seasons also good, but 1st season was untouchable. One of the best done shows that I've seen in a long time, and it was on UPN - that's the most shocking part. I know girl detective solving mysteries may sound a little cheesey (and I'm a Nancy Drew lover from a long time back), but it was smart and funny and plot-driven rather than spending the whole show sulking on teen angst. The angst that was there was incredibly important to the A plot and that happens so rarely in shows.
Can you tell this is my current favorite.

Must go back to my DVDs now.
Jill

This is an interesting topic. First my past obsessions some of which i currently read fanfic in and sometime rewatch on dvd:
Star Trek (my first and still much loved fandom beginning in 1966)
Star Trek TNG
Star Trek Voyager
Babylon 5
Beauty and the Beast (tv version)
The X-files
Magnum PI
Buffy
And to a lesser extent numerous other usually sci fi shows.
Currently i rarely find anything worth watching on the
old networks abc,cbs or nbc. The last sitcom i watched regularly was probably either The Mary Tyler Moore Show or Newhart. Which certainly gives away my age. I haven't been able to get into more recent sitcoms though i occasionally have tried to. I tend to watch cable if not watching dvds.
Currently i watch
What Not to Wear on TLC
On HGTV
House Hunters
House Hunters International
Divine Design
The Tudors on Showtime
Dexter also Showtime
And i constantly have Fox News channel on while
surfing the net or reading fanfic.

Oops i forgot one of my big favorites Stargate
SG1 and to a much lesser extent the earlier seasons of Stargate Atlantis.
I read a lot of Stargate fanfic.

Patti -

Totally random aside[well not TOTALLY]...

Have you read Becky Bain's Timeless ? It's a crossover with Beauty and the Beast. I've never read it but I've been told so many times that it's fabulous [even if you've never seen B/B]. It really is on my to do list... :p

Carol

Thanks Carol . I will read that fic. I don't believe i've read it. By the way,
i do highly reccomend Beauty and the Beast. It is on dvd. I tend to think most people who like/love
Lois and Clark would love BTB. I would however,
reccomend watching the series for the first time
from the beginning in order. The relationship evolved from episode to episode. However, i can only
reccomend the first two seasons. They totally destroyed the show in the third season in my and
a lot of other fans opinion. As much as i love L&C
in my opinion BTB was the most romantic tv series ever made. The acting, writing, wardrobe, set design all were phenomenal. No offence anyone. L&C is a close second romantically. L&C has much better fanfic in my experience though . At least that i've read.

I simply couldn't stay away from this thread.

I watch almost nothing live. The ONLY exception is ...don't shoot me... Smallville. There are elements of that show that I have enjoyed very much. When it is all done I think I'm going to go through and pick out about 1/10 of the episodes and make "Bob's Smallville" with a lot of Clois

As to what I am watching now, all on DVD are:
Wonderfalls: There is only 1 season but it is fabulous.
Pushing Daisies: Iolan's crossover got me hooked.
Nero Wolf: The Timothy Hutton as Archie version.
Dresden Files: Again only one season. I liked the series better than the books.
Farscape: The Aeryn/Crichton relationship reminds me of Lois and Clark.
Firefly: It was just fun.

Bob

I wasn't going to jump into this thread either, but I need a break from convention work.

Of current shows, Castle is by far my favorite. I seem to have a 'thing' for strong,attractive, competant women. Go figure.

I enjoyed Chuck but it seems to be having trouble figuring out where it wants to go. The premise was too limited to sustain several seasons. It doesn't look good for its survival.

NCIS has stayed strong and I enjoy the Mentalist when I get a chance to see it. The Human Target has potential to be fun, but we haven't seen enough to see if it has legs.

I too liked the Dresden files a lot. The show turned me onto the books (though I certainly wouldn't say that it was better than the books). It took me a while to reconcile the physical differences between the characters of the show and the books.

SciFi (now SyFy, or something like that) also has a great original series with Eureka. Fun show.

Never a big fan of the Stargate franchise, but I did watch them if I was home. Can't watch the new one... its incredibly boring.

I really liked Burn Notice (which I discovered through the DVDs)but I haven't been able to watch it this past season.

I've tried to watch Bones several times but I just don't find her appealing at all.

Not a big Dr. Who fan since the Tom Baker days (Sarah Jane), but I absolutely loved Torchwood which I got into via the DVD sets. I think it took me three weeks to get through all three seasons.

That brings us to Smallville. I'm embarrassed to say that I watch it if I'm home. But for one main reason only... Erica Durance. I think she does a great job as Lois (especially given the 'quality' of material she has to work with). Lets face it, the writing on that show is abysmal.

Tank (who has to admit that his most frequent television watching involves Minnesota Twins baseball)

I will point out that I didn't say that the show was better then the books, I was simply saying that I liked the show more than the books. I found the books to be a bit too dark for my tastes.

Bob

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Smallville's Clark is even more of a bonehead than ours.

I blame the writers. They went into the story saying "no flights, no tights" and that seems to have painted them into a corner. He really should have created Superman by now; the only reason he hasn't is that the writers don't want to go there. So they have to invent reasons to prevent it, on screen, and the reasons get really thin at times.

Still, it's maddening to watch.

PJ
who gets to hear her husband expound on all the interesting points and problems of Smallville. :rolleyes: Interesting to him, anyway.

Totally agree. In fact, this season they are writing Clark very out of character - he's doing things that Superman would never do.

For example, in the beginning of the season, he was "tagging" by burning his "S" symbol into nearby walls with his heat vision.

And he got information out of a character by speeding her up to the top of a skyscraper and threatening to drop her. Superman WOULD NOT DO THIS!

I'm wondering if he's been possessed, or mind-warped, or something, because the Clark on "Smallville" is not acting like the future Superman at all.

Just my two cents.

Our Clark did take whatshisname to the top of a few story building in TOGOM. The script says he has Dillinger at the top of a 30 story building, shoves him off the building then catches him near the ground. I didn't think it was that tall in the show but...

Oh, thanks, Tank, I forgot about Eureka when I posted mine. I spent a lot of Mother's Day watching the marathon on SyFy. I just love how it's a town of geniuses, yet it's the non-genius sheriff that makes the intuitive leaps to save the day.

I enjoyed the Dresden Files when it was on tv, and it got me into the books. Sure, they're dark, but I absolutely love Harry and all of his wisecracks.

Ditto on the "not being allowed to watch Friends because I was too young" thing. I think I was 12 or 13 when the show started and didn't really start watching it until I was in my 20's...at which point I couldn't get enough of it.

All time favorites (besides LnC):

-Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman--The history in this is just great and Joe Lando is certainly easy on the eyes!
-Star Trek TNG
-Star Trek Voyager

Recently watched all of DS9...to the person who said they couldn't get into it...you kind of have to struggle through the first two seasons, but once you get to the buildup of the Dominion War, it gets VERY good.

Currently watching:
-Private Practice--Love Addison...(can I tell you how much I HATE Naomi and wish they'd write her out of the show?)
-Grey's Anatomy-This one goes up and down for me. The show seems like it goes through two phases repeatedly-it is either REALLY good or they don't know where they are going with it.
-In Plain Sight (on USA Network)-Follows a female Witness Protection Officer (US Marshall), her life, interactions with witnesses, her partner (who is hilarious!). Really good show.
-Big Bang Theory-My husband is a huge comic book geek and I'm a huge Star Trek fan, so this is hilarious to us. I know a lot of people who aren't "geeks" though who also love the show. Hands down funniest thing on TV right now.

I'm going to second Dr. Quinn--it's really my mom's favorite show, but I really like watching it too (favorites are definitely the first two seasons, before they switched actresses for Colleen--the second one never felt like a pioneer girl to me--she didn't have the same "feel" and didn't click as well with the other characters, I thought).

But my favorite show would have to be The Pretender. I love the premise, and Jarod and Miss Parker are two awesomely complex characters. Unfortunately there's not as MUCH good fanfic as there is here, but there are a couple of really good authors and one that's simply amazing, so I do enjoy the fanfic there. Although I wish they'd finished the show off, there's been some great fanfic taking off from where it ends, since it leaves things so open, so that's always good.

I loved JAG because Harm and Mac relationship reminded me of Lois and Clark and it was the first show I attached myself to are Lois and Clark ended. Though by the end I was annoyed at how long they dragged out them admitting they were in love with each other. A lot of guest stars on Lois and Clark were guest stars on JAG as well.

Veronica Mars was cool I loved the first season and while the next two weren't as goon they were enjoyable. I especially enjoyed Veronica's sassy attitude.

Currently when I'm bothered enough I'll watch Bones, The Mentalist, SVU and my in part due to my love of all things Twilight I'll watch Vampire Diaries, but for the most part I don't watch too much anymore.

IMO, there aren't very many good shows out there right now. There are a few I like: House, SGU, V. I still love Doctor Who, even with the colorful new Daleks (which I'm hoping won't last!). Sadly, the only way for me to watch the new Doctor Who episodes is online & usually in not exactly the best resolution.

Tara

I have to say that supernatural is my second favourite to lnc, i just love the supernatural and mix it with two hot men who could resist but closely following that at the moment has to be glee, theres some weird moments in it,like how that girls stomach ballooned within a week, but other than that, it plays songs which I love (big 80's girl!) and so I can sing along to them, and find myself doing, must annoy the neighbours sometimes but *shrugs*

This is my second-favorite show behind L&C -- in fact, they're the only shows I've ever watched from pilot to finale during their original run.

I was really into Buffy the Vampire Slayer for a while. Seasons 2 and 3 are really amazing. After that things began to drop off.

I also love Wonderfalls! It's so creative and intelligent and funny.

I just recently started watching Castle on DVD, thanks to some of the recommendations I saw here. Wow, IT is very L&C-like, especially first season L&C. I love it!!

I started watching Desperate Housewives because of Teri, but have learned to love it. My new favorite of this last year was the Good Wife. She is so much fun. I also love Simon Baker in the Mentalist.

I love Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods and Kathy Bates in Harry's Law. Both are new this year.

I came back to fix this because I forgot some of my favorite shows from the BBC. Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, & Fawlty Towers are a few of my favorites.

Pat

Let's see...

The CFL on TSN (Canadian football - although I'm still recovering from Saskatchewan's loss to Edmonton this past weekend. But in spite of that, I think my boys are going to the Greycup this year and I think they're going to win )

This will, when winter comes, change to Canadian curling on TSN.

Oh, and I'm a big fan of Mash reruns on The History Channel.

Other than that... whatever looks good when I'm in the mood to watch TV.

ML

My watching habits aren’t typical since I refuse to pay for television, only watch about 2 hours a week when I’m working away from home and too busy to watch TV when I am home.

So, that said, I’m partial to:
L&C (own on DVD)
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (own on DVD),
Quantum Leap (own on DVD),
Eureka when I can catch it,
Stargate (any) when I can catch it,
That 70’s Show when I can catch it,
Been watching Twilight Zone (old and new) and The Outer Limits when I have bandwidth.

I'm currently only watching a couple of shows:

Dexter S4
The Mentalist (re-runs of S1)
Medium S6

And rewatching/wallowing from my DVD collection:

Stargate Atlantis

I'll be watching Sherlock and Wire In The Blood S5/6 over the weekend, because the DVDs arrived this week. Although watching the former for the second time will no doubt make me even more crazy for S2 to arrive and resolve that cliffhanger! Yikes!

LabRat

The only show I've followed lately was Ghost Whisperer even though it became kind of repetitive after five seasons (must be one of the reasons why it was cancelled). But it has ghosts and that supernatural element tends to captivate me.

Whenever I can I watch The Mentalist (but public television in Portugal hasn't complied with my needs and work schedules so I'm behind on what's happenning in the show).

But other than that (and besides LnC)I'm a fan of Quantum Leap, loved the short-lived Carnivale as well as The PJs, watched Charmed and reruns of Full House religiously :rolleyes: . Oh! And I cannot forget to mention Sailor Moon, my favorite animated series since I was...8.

And Remington Steele. It has crime, mistery, romance, what more could I want (besides ghosts, maybe)

Firefly, for me, right now is on top of LNC. That show has/had just about EVERTHING I could have wanted in a TV show, Jayne Cobb being the BEST mercenary every, Mal the best pirate captain, Wash an awesome/funny/cute pilot.

After LNC is Deadwood and The Tudors, I watch the reruns on 101 every time they come on. Something about the language, even the blue stuff, is so poetic and meaningful.

Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nick was good and so was Invader Zim. Icarly isn't bad either, I watch it with my 12 year old, but I can't find anything that was ever as good as Firefly.

Xena
Hercules
Lost
Dexter
Jack of All Trades (was waaaaaay too short lived)

GAME OF THRONES!!!!! omigosh, GAME OF THRONES!!!

Tyrion, the best funny/smartest lines; KHAL DROGO, best BUTT ever!!! Eddard Stark, so noble

My current favorite is Leverage. A Leverage crew vs Lex Luthor would make a good fanfic.

Right now the two shows which are unmissable for me are Fringe and Vampire Diaries. Can't wait till next seasons! Also eagerly awaiting S2 of The Walking Dead, S5 of Dexter and the final season of Medium.

LabRat

In no particular order...

Charmed
Firefly
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Weeds
Bones
White Collar
Archer
Nip/Tuck (the first 4 seasons, anyway)
Torchwood (first 2 seasons)

And, probably topping everything at the moment, is Pushing Daisies. So good. <3

I'm not real excited about any current shows. I used to love CSI but the last few seasons have been poor so I've lost interest. I was excited about Lost but got disappointed when it never really came together.

Nowadays, I look forward to The Big Bang - love geeks! And Eureka is tons of fun too.

All time favorite shows include:

Lois & Clark
Earth 2
Babylon 5
The Twilight Zone
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lost in Space (don't laugh too hard)(Did you know that Jackson Gillis who wrote for the original Superman show also wrote some great LIS episodes?)

Joan

My best friend and I know every word of Friends by heart, and quote it in almost every conversation we have. I marathon it in the background about once a month, and she does the same. Flawless show is completely flawless.

The other show I'm (still) obsessed with is The X-Files. Another flawless show... and also frequently marathoned.

Julie

I am currently a huge fan of Chuck. In fact, I posted about it a while ago, here .

Chuck is romantic and funny and really well done. Plus, it's got Adam Baldwin! Oh, and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, etc) was in quite a lot of season 3, and had a very interesting character arc. They've got some great guest stars. Linda Hamilton and Timothy Dalton were in a lot of season 4.

I wish L&C had been a bit more like Chuck, in some key areas, actually...

PJ

Props go to cookiesmom for "Chuck" my ALL TIME favorite show (besides LnC, of course) and I continually rave about it to the few friends of mine who actually watch it.

And seriously. I went through this *entire* list and only found ONE person mention "LOST"??? (you know who you are... DC ) I got crazy into that show, and I still have bouts where I get obsessed. Example: all six seasons are sitting on my Netflix queue right now, and I'm about to have a massive marathon of EPIC proportions before the summer season's out (nothing good's on in the summertime anyways)...

And it's old, and it's a reality tv show *cringes to self* but it's really the best of all time: The Mole. If you haven't seen it before, you've missed out. It was an awesome show on ABC, and I'm wishing it would get revived at least for the summer or something. Look it up if you get the chance.

That's pretty much it. Not to say I don't watch most of the other shows mentioned, plus comedy shows like the Office or Friends or Monk or anything like that- but I don't obsess with them like everything else. (Well, maybe I do obsess with Monk).

*high fives*

I must've written my post here before I got into Sue Thomas F.B.Eye. C'mon, anyone here even HEARD of that show? I was madly into it last summer (of course, after it was canceled). And I still have an intriguing WIP in my stories folder for STFBE that needs a good beta to help prompt more writing . . .