TV Shows

[Terian]

So, what are some of your favorite TV shows? I had a phase where I was pretty obsessed with television, and ended up watching upwards of 30 different shows, half of which in their entirety.

Some of my favorites:
House (House must be an INTJ)
Scrubs
The Office
Lost
Battestar Galactica (re-imagining)
Firefly
Farscape
Dexter (he's very similar to INTJ)

There are others, but I'll stop there. This thread doesn't have to be strictly superficial. I'd love to hear your thoughts on characters in your favorite shows and different concepts portrayed in them. Also, I'd like to compile a list of INTJs from television and cinema, so you can help contribute to that.

[notoppings]

My DVR list is simple:

Doctor Who (The new stuff)
Psych I enjoy Shawn
Reaper
Bones
Torchwood
House

Thats usually enough for me to watch when I'm home.

[Szarra]

I watch my TV online. ;D

Currently watching:
Lost
Ugly Betty
Samantha Who?
Men in Trees
Women's Murder Club (They finally put it online! Though they've only put up the last two shows so far, which stinks.)
Scrubs

Awaiting the return of:
Pushing Daisies
Chuck
Heroes
Bionic Woman

Sad to say goodbye to:
Jericho (I hope it gets picked up by Sci-Fi. If it does it will be the only reason I watch that much hated channel.)

[knock7]

The best show of all time is Jericho, but it got canceled. I also like Reaper, Justice League and Superman.

[aok]

Wife Swap, Trading Spouses, Moment of Truth, No Reservations, Man vs. Wild, Bizarre Foods, In Treatment, Weeds, etc...

[catd]

Stephen Colbert cracks me up!

[Beery Swine]

I like Scrubs too and I used to love Farscape but I've seen it too much and kind of killed the experience for myself. I mainly watch typical guy stuff like Family Guy, American Dad, South Park. I love Politically Incorrect, sometimes catch The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Some random stuff on the Discovery Science Channel. Oh yeah, and the new Spider-Man cartoon.

[TheEnlightenedOne]

So, what are some of your favorite TV shows? I had a phase where I was pretty obsessed with television, and ended up watching upwards of 30 different shows, half of which in their entirety.

Some of my favorites:
House (House must be an INTJ)
Scrubs
The Office
Lost
Battestar Galactica (re-imagining)
Firefly
Farscape
Dexter (he's very similar to INTJ)

There are others, but I'll stop there. This thread doesn't have to be strictly superficial. I'd love to hear your thoughts on characters in your favorite shows and different concepts portrayed in them. Also, I'd like to compile a list of INTJs from television and cinema, so you can help contribute to that.

I bet it's been debated more times than anyone would bother taking the time to count, but I'm not so sure House is an INTJ. He makes all his diagnoses based off of his senses, suggesting more of an "S" personality. Also, he tends to act impulsively a lot, which would indicate "P", not "J'. So maybe House is closer to ISTP?

[Mozzes]

This is a subject that makes me a little sad because most of my favorite television shows are no longer on the air. The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Futurama, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, Arrested Development, Seinfeld.

I don't watch much TV anymore, but it seems like I pay for HBO just so I can watch Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[Zirka]

The shows I currently watch (online) are Bones, House, NCIS, Criminal Minds, NUMB3RS, Dexter and The Tudors.

[integratedvelocity]

Bones, House, Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break

[pensivemuse7]

Currently: Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Lost
No longer running: Veronica Mars, Firefly
Awaiting return: Dexter, Pushing Daisies
Need to catch up: Heroes

[Claptonian]

I bet it's been debated more times than anyone would bother taking the time to count, but I'm not so sure House is an INTJ.

This truly has been debated to death, and no one ever budges. To each his own; I would vote INTJ.

[azelismia]

This is a subject that makes me a little sad because most of my favorite television shows are no longer on the air. The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Futurama, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, Arrested Development, Seinfeld.

I don't watch much TV anymore, but it seems like I pay for HBO just so I can watch Curb Your Enthusiasm.


pete and pete was great. Futurama has some new eps in the works. I never got seinfeld. I think I am the only person in the world that really can't stand that show.

[Nameless]

Desperate Housewives
Notorious (biographies of serial killers)
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Project Runway
Almost any gameshow

I don't really watch that much TV either.

[Roy G Biv]

I watch zero TV because I cannot stand commercials. Thankfully, there are DVDs.

Series I enjoy now (or enjoyed in the past):

The Wire
House, M.D.
Rome
The Tudors
LOST
Big Love
Queer as Folk
Grey's Anatomy
The Shield
The Sopranos
I, Claudius
Six Feet Under
Deadwood
X-Files
MI-5
Cracker (UK version)
Foyle's War
Sleeper Cell
Prime Suspect
Sex and the City
Millennium
Weeds
Fawlty Towers
Twin Peaks
CSI (Las Vegas only)
House of Cards (trilogy)

[Vivid]

I like...

Invader Zim
Dexter
Futurama
The Simpsons
and documentaries.

I think Dexter uses a lor of ti. I'd type him as an INTP, ENTP or ISTP.

[lambpox]

I think House is an INTJ.

House (DID ANYONE WATCH LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE?! cut-throat bitch...-crys in a corner-)
Heroes
The Office
Scrubs
E.R.
Desperate Housewives
Law and Order: SVU
Futurama
Project Runway
Make Me a Supermodel
Flight of the Conchords (!!)
Colbert Report
Supernatural

[punkyplatypus]

Law & Order -all three (CI's Detective Goren, SVU's Dr Huang, & L&O's Jack McCoy may be INTJs)
ER
House (House is an INTJ)
Almost anything on the Food Network
Futurama (The Professor or Hermes may be an INTJ)
The Office
Heroes
The Venture Bros
Harvey Birdman
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Dirty Jobs
Dateline
20/20

[INTJewel]

The only shows I actually plan to watch are:
The Big Bang Theory
Boston Legal

The show I watch out of a 30 year habit:
SNL (but I still call it Saturday Night because that's what it was called thirty years ago)

DVDs:
The Odd Couple
Six Feet Under
Northern Exposure

[MetalWounds]

Titus (Loved this show)
Family Guy (Losing interest lately)
Perry Mason (Perfect example of an INTJ)
Law And Order, C.I.
Star Trek TNG

As you can see most of my list is wildly out-dated, I don't watch a lot of T.V.

[jimmywallaby]

Current:
24
The Mole (after a hiatus, it's finally coming back :cheesy:)
Scrubs
Family Guy

Previous:
ER (the show went downhill after Season 8, I barely acknowledge the seasons after)
Batman: The Animated Series
Everybody Loves Raymond
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Red Dwarf
Rocko's Modern Life
Seinfeld
Frasier
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Mr. Bean
Chappelle's Show

[Sol]

There are many good shows out there: 30 Rock, Weeds, LOST, Desperate Housewives, Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Here in Brazil the soap operas still rules, but we are improving our TV skills from watching some good cable shows.

Oh, love The Office.

[cypher72]

House
The Office
30 Rock
Scrubs
Chuck
Arrested Development
Psych
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Eureka

My problem is that i don't get cable or satellite so i have to rent them or get them online. Hulu (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) has a fairly large selection, and it's legal. Unfortunately, they don't always have all of the episodes of the shows on there.

[Scantilyclad]

Scrubs
Nip/Tuck
The Biggest Loser
One Tree Hill (lol)
Charmed
Family Guy
Jeopardy
Firefly
What Not to Wear
Beauty and the Geek

I'm sure there are others that i can't think of right now.

[spiritdetectivegirl]

Oh, and Beavis and Butthead, Stargate Atlantis.

[Blendy]

Colbert Report!

[zxctizzle]

Scrubs, heroes, rome, prison break and one that doesn't appear to be that populr but is one of my favourites....24

[Isolation]

Monsterquest
UFO Files
UFO Hunters
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
First 48 (and other real crime shows... too bad I don't have court tv anymore)... why did they change the name to tru tv anyway??

Oh, and thanks to insomnia I started watching the Rosanne reruns on nick at nite. :p

[dissident]

X-Files
Heroes
Prison Break
Star Trek (Deep Space Nine, TNG, and Voyager, in that order)

I could probably get myself into others like House but I haven't got them downloaded yet. :)

Not that big into television and hollywood as a whole, although within hollywood there are plenty of diamonds to be found.

[Beery Swine]

I never got seinfeld. I think I am the only person in the world that really can't stand that show.

For years, neither did I. The key to that show is to NEVER start an episode at any point after the begining lest nothing make sense. You either watch it from beginning to end or not at all, and even then it took like 8-10 episodes before I said "hey, I kinda like this."

[replicant]

House
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: SVU
No Reservations
Bizarre Food
Deadliest Catch
Dirty Jobs
Mythbusters
What Not To Wear (admittedly as I have gotten older, a little more of the girly side has appeared)
Clean House (makes me feel better about my house clutter LOL!)
How Do I Look
Miss Rap Supreme
Red Green
Are You Being Served? (PBS re-runs this show in my area)
As Time Goes By
Futurama
Simpsons
Star Trek TNG

[Zadoc]

The Office
Battestar Galactica (re-imagining)
Farscape



I'll second those, and add:

The West Wing
Studio 60
Sports Night
Star Trek: TNG
Enterprise
Family Guy
South Park
Frisky Dingo
Venture Bros.
Highlander
Cowboy Bebop
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

[azelismia]

For years, neither did I. The key to that show is to NEVER start an episode at any point after the begining lest nothing make sense. You either watch it from beginning to end or not at all, and even then it took like 8-10 episodes before I said "hey, I kinda like this."


you were brainwashed! i've tried watching a few episodes from the beginning. they just aren't funny, nor are they even interesting.... ugh

[Claptonian]

you were brainwashed! i've tried watching a few episodes from the beginning. they just aren't funny, nor are they even interesting.... ugh

Seinfeld is the ultimate NT comedy. :laugh: It never ceases to crack me up.

[azelismia]

Seinfeld is the ultimate NT comedy. :laugh: It never ceases to crack me up.


what precisely is NT about it?

[Terian]

what precisely is NT about it?Nothing; he's wrong.

[Beery Swine]

Seinfeld is the ultimate NT comedy. :laugh: It never ceases to crack me up.

Whoa, easy there, Tex. I don't know about it being NT, but it is a great comedy.

To the people who don't like Seinfeld you have to at least see The Soup Nazi and The Limo episodes. Can't-miss comedy, folks.

[azelismia]

Red Dwarf is one of my all-time favorites. I consider that very good tv.

[Malotis]

House
Weeds
South Park
Simpsons
Death Note

Not really a big T.V. person. Most of the time I watch the above shows for free online.

[Mozzes]

Whoa, easy there, Tex. I don't know about it being NT, but it is a great comedy.

To the people who don't like Seinfeld you have to at least see The Soup Nazi and The Limo episodes. Can't-miss comedy, folks.

I agree, although Elaine did strike me as an INTJ and Kramer as an ENTP (or maybe ESTP).

[azelismia]

I agree, although Elaine did strike me as an INTJ and Kramer as an ENTP (or maybe ESTP).


From what Little I saw of that show, Elaine was not a N and she doesn't seem introverted either. Or terribly thinking... Judging I'd agree with. her character REALLY was grating. Esfj would be my guess for her. Kramer was the only character I did like on that show.

[tp6626]

Sopranos
Office / Extras
Mighty Boosh
Anything of Dave Gorman's
Used to like 24 but bit repetative now.
Used to be a big X-Files fan since I was 10ish.

Anyone know what type Tony Soprano would be (ENTJ???)!

[nonentropic]

eh, the original Outer Limits, the original Star Trek...and the original Untouchables. maybe i'm lost or something. too old maybe. tv just isn't where it's at anymore. ah, i just thought of one i've tended to like on and off during the past 2 years or so: G4 (: ... (some newer cartoons work for me though...many older one as well). [[what about internet shows? radio programs and stuff like the show Extreme Tech.com puts out...Digital Life TV?]]

[Mozzes]

From what Little I saw of that show, Elaine was not a N and she doesn't seem introverted either. Or terribly thinking... Judging I'd agree with. her character REALLY was grating. Esfj would be my guess for her. Kramer was the only character I did like on that show.

I didn't like her either, but she didn't seem extraverted to me. I mean, except for the occasional boyfriend the only social connections she seemed to have were the other 3 main characters on the show. Only Kramer seemed to have aquaintenances and friends outside the of the other 3.

Jerry was probably IxTP and I didn't like George much, but I'd guess ISFP.

Actually, I didn't like any of the characters individually (except Kramer), but I thought they had an awesome dynamic and I couldn't help but laught at some of the impossibly bizarre situations they got themselves in.

[azelismia]

I didn't like her either, but she didn't seem extraverted to me. I mean, except for the occasional boyfriend the only social connections she seemed to have were the other 3 main characters on the show. Only Kramer seemed to have aquaintenances and friends outside the of the other 3.

Jerry was probably IxTP and I didn't like George much, but I'd guess ISFP.

Actually, I didn't like any of the characters individually (except Kramer), but I thought they had an awesome dynamic and I couldn't help but laught at some of the impossibly bizarre situations they got themselves in.


eh, they just seemed like barking baboons to me. not funny.

[replicant]

I do not like Seinfeild. I never found that show quite funny. Why people loved Friends I have no idea. Yick!





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Speaking of old programming, I loved the Twilight Zone, Tales from the Darkside, Amazing Stories, and V!

V scared the crap out of me as a kid. I had a lot of nightmares about being eaten by lizard people.





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I am a sci-fan so I like the old Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and Babylon 5. Does anybody remember Mann and Machine. hehe

[nonentropic]

hmm, yes the Twilight Zone is good. make me think of Alfred Hitchcock Presents another oldie and goodie. when i was a kid (early '70's for this eg.) there was a TV show that i always caught on Fridays (missed the ealier episodes though)...it started out as Night Gallery (again by Rod Serling) and then it transitioned into Circle of Fear. these were some damn freaky weird (scary for some) shows. as a kid around 8 or 9 i just found them fascinating. i was heavy into science fiction/horror/cartoons and comic books at this time. some interests do stick.

[Claptonian]

what precisely is NT about it?

It's hard to put my finger on it, and maybe I'm wrong, but every NT I've ever known either relates to the characters or, if they don't relate to them, still exhibit Seinfeld characteristics. I think it's just the way the show is set up as a group of elitists who basically spend their life questioning, analyzing and ripping apart the world around them. They don't fit in with other people and they're convinced it's because they're on a higher level than the rest of the world, except on the rare occasion when they realize their own faults, in which case they become self-loathing, but still elitist. This is basically a boiled down version of Keirsey's description of the NT temperament.

[azelismia]

It's hard to put my finger on it, and maybe I'm wrong, but every NT I've ever known either relates to the characters or, if they don't relate to them, still exhibit Seinfeld characteristics. I think it's just the way the show is set up as a group of elitists who basically spend their life questioning, analyzing and ripping apart the world around them. They don't fit in with other people and they're convinced it's because they're on a higher level than the rest of the world, except on the rare occasion when they realize their own faults, in which case they become self-loathing, but still elitist. This is basically a boiled down version of Keirsey's description of the NT temperament.


Except the entire cast of seinfeld consisted of blathering morons.

[einnelsate]

Nip/Tuck
The Big Bang Theory's pretty good for scripted humour. :)

[lancelot]

I am disapointed with the ending of the Prisoner series. I know Patrick Mc Goohan has defended the ending, saying "Number 1" is really the evil in all of us. Yet in my opinion, the ending was poorly directed and nothing was resloved.

[ThaiGreenTea]

Malcolm in the Middle <== Favorite by far

Scrubs (Got a little predictable, but still fun)
Enterprise: Original
Fawlty Towers
The Office
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek Next Generation

[emanon]

Bones (I should sit down and think about the MBTI types for each character. That will make a good trying-to-go-to-sleep exercise tonight.)

Psych
Chuck
Heroes
Stargate: Atlantis
So You Think You Can Dance

[Terian]

Okay, I'm adding Freaks and Geeks and How I Met Your Mother to my list. Those shows are some of the funniest television I've seen. :D

[Lemmiwinks]

Current shows: Psych, South Park
Recent Shows: NewsRadio, Beavis and Butthead, Chappelle Show
Classic shows: Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Gong Show, What's My Line?, Show of Shows, Carol Burnett (I can watch TZ and ST on Joost.com, there are plenty of clips of all the other classic shows on youtube)

[quest ion]

The Apprentice, Prison Break(specifically season 2), Documentaries(but not those on bugs or flowers), Friends, The Simpsons, Gossip Girls, Grey's Anatomy.

[Danisty]

Current network shows:
Jeopardy
House
Criminal Minds
Supernatural
Doctor Who

Cable shows:
Good Eats
How It's Made
Weaponology
Engineering an Empire

Old/cancelled shows:
Earth 2
Star Trek: TNG
Becker
Frasier
Farscape
Carnivale

Also, a love a lot of anime, but I didn't see most of it on TV.

Am I the only person here who can't stand Jericho, Prison Break, and Lost?

[Max]

Just a few:

Family Guy
South Park
FRIENDS
Supernanny
Three's Company
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Death Note (I have yet to watch this on tv)
I love The History Channel and The Food Network.

[lancelot]

Lost is good, and 24 is not bad

[SteveFALZ]

The Office
Futurama
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Heroes
Arrested Development
Freaks and Geeks

[TheReal]

Masterminds on the history channel is one of my favorites!
Basically everything on discovery channel.
The Office, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, Family Guy, Prison Break, UFC fighting, MTV cribs.

[Zirka]

Oooh! I'm adding The Big Bang Theory to my list. Despite the extreme stereotypes, I find the show intensely amusing. It also has a really catchy theme song. "Our universe was once a hot, dense place....

[Pirate1650]

Top Gear and MXC!

Discovery Channel has some sweet stuff too,

Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs.

[vanidence]

Hm, very favorite Shows, let's see:
~ Charmed
~ Desperate Housewives
~ Ghostwhisperer
~ Malcolm in the Middle
~ Moonlight
~ Nip / Tuck
~ Sabrina Teenage Witch
~ Scrubs
~ Seven Days
~ Two and a half Men
~ X-Files

~ The Gargoyles
~ Drawn Together
~ Simpsons
~ South Park

Hope I didn't forget any. ^^°
In any Way...why I like them? Because they make me have a good Laugh. And they are great as a Distraction or to relax. =)

[Terian]

I just started watching the Big Bang Theory. I love that show.

[Smotor]

For some reason, I'm really digging Third Rock From the Sun, at the moment. For the life of me, I can't figure out why...

[zibber]

For some reason, I'm really digging Third Rock From the Sun, at the moment. For the life of me, I can't figure out why...

It's funny?

It's well written?

John Lithgow is a great actor?

Could be that it just hits some kind of sweet spot. I have that with Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (Two Guys and a Girl). My love for that probably stems mainly from the freedom that show gave Ryan Reynolds, but it's still something I'd typically feel quite neutral about (like Two and a Half Men).

[silversun]

Futurama and South Park are my favorites right now.
I usually don't watch much TV!
For a while I was addicted to America's Next Top Model and What not to Wear.
I saw The Big Bang Theory on the airplane over the summer and thought it was HILARIOUS but I haven't gotten around to seeing it since.

[Santana28]

hmm...

It's ALways Sunny in Philadelphia
House
Top Chef
Chef Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (and all of his other shows)
Survivorman
Man Vs. Wild
Bizarre Foods
Anthony Bourdain : No Reservations
Iron Chef / Iron Chef America
Good Eats (ALton Brown is my idol)
As The World Turns (soap opera, been watching since 1985 or so)
24
Invader Zim
Reruns of the X-Man cartoon series, and Batman the Animated Series
NFL
Anything on the History Channel or Military Channel
South Park
Star Trek TNG reruns

[amusination]

Wow, so many people who like Lost! I can never find them in real life...

I like or have liked:

Lost
The Office (both versions)
Heroes
My So-Called Life
Freaks and Geeks
Eureka
Star Trek (any, except Enterprise)
What Not to Wear
South Park
Simpsons
Family Guy
Seinfeld
Friends - I think because all the characters are somewhat neurotic ;)

[kmweber]

The Office
30 Rock
House
NCIS
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
Cheers
M*A*S*H
The Rockford Files

[dandylion]

Shows I like:
- Supernatural (the brothers are cute and funny)
- Gossip Girl (guilty pleasure)
- Ugly Betty (very amusing)
- Samantha Who (I never expected this so be great, but I sat down and watched it one night out of boredom and I really enjoy it now.)
- What Not to Wear (makeovers are fun!)
- Throw Down with Bobby Flay, Grill It, or anything else with Bobby Flay (my culinary hero!)
- AC 360 (I love this guy.)
- Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentiis
- Iron Chef American (the host is so dramatic, I love it)
- What I Like About You (funny)
- Good Eats (Alton Brown is cool)
- Spongebob Squarepants
- Fairly Odd Parents
- Charmed
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (never gets old)

Shows I watch sometimes because my roommate does, so I can't help but watch, too:
- Pickup Artist 2 (I actually like this!)
- Wife Swap
- Parental Control
- Next
- Chef Jeff

[dragonsscout]

Shows currently on air:
Heroes
Battlestar Galactica
Daily Show & Colbert Report
Lost
30 Rock

Off the air:
Star Trek (except ENT, ugh)
Firefly
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Malcolm in the Middle

On occasion:
Law & Order (regular & SVU)
Family Guy
CSI (original)
Spongebob Squarepants
The Simpsons

[SoupNazi]

Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
Buffy
Angel
The Cosby Show
Happy Days
Frasier
Friends
Boston Legal
MacGyver
and.. Seinfeld

[rztrnc]

Battlestar Galactica
and a bunch of local shows...

[enWTFp]

From time to time I like some series and watch a lot of them in a row (using Internet, not TV). Not recently though. Really, all of it seems worthless.

I came to tell I just watched some episodes of Mythbusters, for the first time. There are useful things, but the whole hyper attitude is kind of ... unnecessary, to put it mildly. They do tend to call a "proof" a single experiment that is not always completely convincing; and in addition should require more than one tryout to be conclusive. In the end, this is just a show. It lets some lazy TV-watchers to boast around about "facts" that they can never be sure of. I can't completely trust a show that produces this:
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What kind of argument is this? What they prove is that there are reflectors on the moon. Does it prove that Apollo brought them there? No. They can be put there by unpiloted spacecraft, obviously. Now, what type of audience is this show targeting? (I'm not saying the conclusion is wrong, just they use flawed logic in-your-face.)

I don't care much. It just could be bothering to have to argue with somebody who's applying wrong arguments from a TV show, using its popularity as some kind of authority.

[Drienne]

The Big Bang Theory
Criminal Minds
Dexter

and i know there's more, but none that i get upset about if i miss them.

[LvHmBirth]

Currently on the DVR:
House
Numb3rs
Chuck
Psych

Shows that I miss:
Third Rock
News Radio
Frasier
MacGyver

[mplogue]

Since I hate to be tied to the TV in order to catch current episodes, I tend to get my favorite series on DVD when they come out. Many of my favs are similar to what folks have already posted:

Firefly (my all time favorite SF - shame it was prematurely canceled)
Dexter
Gallactica
Monk
NCIS
A Touch of Frost
Midsomer Murders
Heros
Dr Who
Bones
Inspector Morse

[Isca]

The X-Files

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

[Ex Libris]

Doctor Who is my all time favourite show. New Who and Classic series. The Doctor is a brilliant character, a kind of cerebral, daredevil antihero the like of which is rarely seen.

I absolutely hate reality TV, on the grounds that it's superficial and sophomoric consumerist crap. If my sister has commandeered the television and I'm watching it for even five minutes out of sheer boredom I start to feel my brain dribbling out of my ears.

I tend to like a lot of sci-fi though. Stargate (SG-1 and SGA), Dark Angel, Firefly and pretty much anything with vampires (my guilty pleasure) on the grounds that there's something about bloodthirsty creatures of the night that I can identify with.

[benphua]

I love Dr. Who (2005 onwards, have not seen the older ones yet), he's just absolutely brilliant in every way.

Torchwood because Harkness just rocks.

There's nothing much on the american side that has perked my interests for a while but that's because I havn't really looked into it, I was hoping to watch mad men.

TV shows that I've saved are:

Friends - most amazing chemistry of six tv people I've ever seen, they could have kept going past season 10, ugh and now all their careers went sad.

Futurama - Physics, comedy, satire, irony, math, robots and limitless possibilities for adventure.

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Robot Chicken - for brain switch off-ing.

[JTG1984]

Shear Genius
The Biggest Loser

[Joseph K]

Californication
Dexter
Big Bang Theory
Breaking Bad
Rome

[DurrRuhRurr]

South Park, Drawn Together, Bullrun, old Knight Rider, and Dukes of Hazzard.

[Plane Stress]

I grew up without TV so I don't know anything about most of these newfangled shows that are on nowadays, so I'd say my tastes are a bit unusual, but here are my favorites:

Red Green Show
Daria
Top Gear
Mythbusters
Dirty Jobs
Are You Being Served?
The Good Life
Tom and Jerry
Pink Panther

[intellael]

Current:
Bones, House, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal

Past:
Earth:Final Conflict, Babylon, Star Trek:Next Generation, X-Files, SG, SG-1, Girlfriends

[raharu]

Burn Notice
Mad Men
Rome
Scrubs
Friends
30 Rock

Breaking Bad, House and Psych are all right too. I'll watch them if someone else has got it on. I also like Law and Order: CI just for Vincent D'Onofrio's character :p.

Lost and Battlestar Galactica also seemed cool, but I never got into them soon enough, and now I can't find time to catch up.

[Winterstorm]

That's 70s show!

[DewFuel]

Battlestar Galactica
and a bunch of local shows...


awaiting the shitty ending to a shitty 4th season myself.

[Trenchant1]

There are only two shows on at the moment that I don't want to miss - Dexter (coming to the end of season 2 here in the UK) and
Shameless (which you will probably never see if you live outside the UK).
I also like
The Big Bang Theory
My Name Is Earl.

From the past
Band of Brothers. Excellent.
The Wire. Also excellent.
Due South. The one with the Mountie who goes to Chicago with his deaf wolf and who speaks to his dead dad. Great fun.
The Sopranos. I missed a few episodes and decided not to watch any more until I could get it on DVD. I'm waiting for the price to come down. :)
Aufwiedersehen, Pet. Another UK one. Incomprehensible to most Brits, never mind anyone else. Being reshown on ITV4 at the moment.

[aweeks007]

X-Files and House. No TV, so I have to catch them on DVD.

[Cocoa]

.I love and adore British Humor, or the humor from the Commonwealth. My top 4 entertaining shows -in no particular order- are:
i) Flight of the Conchords (New Zealand- Britain)
ii) My family (Britain- especially first 5 seasons)
iii) Keeping up Appearances (Britain)
iv)Chaser's war on Everything (Australia)
I could watch it over and over again and it's funny every time :P


OOOH, also
Fawlty Towers (British) -hilarious!