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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.