NationStates Jolt Archive


Which TV shows do you watch obsessively?

Dalmatia Cisalpina
23-01-2008, 23:29
As in, you watch them every time they're on and you're home. Personally, I watch a lot of "Mythbusters" (new episode tonight!). I also watch "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" when I want to feel better about myself.

So, what's on your TVs, NSG?
Khadgar
23-01-2008, 23:34
Mythbusters, Stargate Atlantis, Heroes.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
23-01-2008, 23:36
Mythbusters, Stargate Atlantis, Heroes.

You I like. You have very good taste. :cool:
Chumblywumbly
23-01-2008, 23:41
You have very good taste. :cool:
You guys have seen Heroes, yeah? :p

I prefer shows with actual plots and character, rather than poorly written X-Men rip-offs.

Give me an episode or three of The Wire any day.
Cannot think of a name
23-01-2008, 23:46
Obsessively only goes to The Simpsons
Infinite Revolution
23-01-2008, 23:49
Obsessively only goes to The Simpsons

yeh, i miss having Sky One, used to love their back to back Simpsons episodes.

i don't have a tv anymore but there are several shows where if i download one episode i then get hooked and have to download the rest in quick order. latest was Black Books, before that Arrested Development, before that Firefly, before that probably Family Guy.
Chumblywumbly
23-01-2008, 23:58
...before that Arrested Development...
Fuck yeah!

I watched all three seasons in about four days last summer. :p
Jeruselem
24-01-2008, 00:01
Mythbusters, Top Gear, Collectors (not seen outside Australia)
[NS]Click Stand
24-01-2008, 00:01
I wish I was watching arrested development obsesively...

At the moment I am watching Law and Order, Monk and scrubs. Sadly I have already seen all of the Seinfelds.
Trollgaard
24-01-2008, 00:14
None.

I like to catch Man vs Wild and Survivorman every once and a while.
Chumblywumbly
24-01-2008, 00:16
battlestar galactica.
That too.

I'm currently re-watching season 3 as we speak.

American Gladiators
Isn't that presented by Hulk Hogan?

That looks hilarious.
Corneliu 2
24-01-2008, 00:16
American Gladiators
Ashmoria
24-01-2008, 00:17
lost and battlestar galactica.
Telesha
24-01-2008, 00:21
Isn't that presented by Hulk Hogan?

That looks hilarious.

Yes, and it is. They managed to keep most of, if not all of, the 80's camp from the original.

I haven't watched a TV show obsessively since, hell, Full Metal Alchemist was on Adult Swim almost 4 years ago. We don't have cable, so about the only thing worth watching are game shows, which is so very sad.
B E E K E R
24-01-2008, 00:22
LOST, The Sopranos, Shameless, Mighty Boosh
Xiscapia
24-01-2008, 00:23
Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken.
Basically anything that comes on Adult Swim. ;)
Although I heard they moved Futurama from AS to Comedy Central :(.
Gernish
24-01-2008, 00:24
Ninja Warrior...... fantastically epic contest.
Isidoor
24-01-2008, 00:27
Not a lot, mainly news and sometimes if a good movie is on or an interesting documentary.
Extreme Ironing
24-01-2008, 00:30
None, I don't really watch tv a lot when I'm at home, only the occasional programme or film that interests me. I visit some websites obsessively, though.
Siap
24-01-2008, 00:32
Law and Order, The Office, The Mighty Boosh, Coupling
New Limacon
24-01-2008, 00:33
Obsessively only goes to The Simpsons

Another Simpsonite. I think I have learned more from years of watching that show than everything I was taught in school.
I also enjoy Jeopardy, although it's not something I generally sit down to watch.
Iniika
24-01-2008, 00:40
Mythbusters, CSI, Robot Chicken, Simpsons, Corner Gas
Soviet Aissur
24-01-2008, 00:42
Mythbusters, King of the Hill, Simpsons, And The Sarah Connor Cronicles.
Knights of Liberty
24-01-2008, 01:16
South Park
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Conan O'Brian


I used to religiously watch The Simpsons, but now since mostly they show crappy newer episodes, whenever I want to watch them I go for my Season DVD collection
Neesika
24-01-2008, 04:00
I don't bother trying to catch shows on tv...I just download them or stream them. As for obsessive...right now I'm on a House kick. He's exactly the kind of asshole I love.
Dalmatia Cisalpina
24-01-2008, 04:10
Although I heard they moved Futurama from AS to Comedy Central :(.

True. That happened at the beginning of the month.
Smunkeeville
24-01-2008, 04:12
Project Runway! OMG! it's on right now!

*crushes on Christian*

also grey's anatomy...more last season than this, actually season before last...........
New Ziedrich
24-01-2008, 04:21
Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken.
Basically anything that comes on Adult Swim. ;)
Although I heard they moved Futurama from AS to Comedy Central :(.

Adult Swim! I like pretty much everything ever shown on Adult Swim. I used to watch the History Channel all the time, too. They managed to make a documentary on bricks interesting.

That's right. Bricks.

:headbang::D
Chumblywumbly
24-01-2008, 04:23
I don’t bother trying to catch shows on tv...I just download them or stream them.
And the best thing is you watch far less dross.

As for obsessive...right now I’m on a House kick. He’s exactly the kind of asshole I love.
I’ve never quite got House.

Perhaps because I’ve always seen Hugh Laurie in a rather different light (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkYwItNWsQg&feature=related)...
Damaske
24-01-2008, 04:24
CSI (the original)

It is the only show I make sure to watch..when I have the opportunity to not be at work at the same time.
Soheran
24-01-2008, 04:24
None. I don't watch television.
Sirmomo1
24-01-2008, 04:42
None. I don't watch television.

Do you have a television?
Sarkhaan
24-01-2008, 04:49
House.
Soheran
24-01-2008, 04:52
Do you have a television?

Yes. But I never use it.
Sirmomo1
24-01-2008, 04:57
Yes. But I never use it.

Never as in never? Do you watch films? Go to the theatre?
Sirmomo1
24-01-2008, 06:27
Apart from soccer I don't watch that much TV, simply because there aren't a lot of shows I like. I watched Screenwipe when it was on, I watch the Daily Show, I watched Studio 60 and Flight of the Conchords. Oh, and Extras. Further back, I loved the West Wing and would watch that religously.
Soviestan
24-01-2008, 06:35
Family guy, the daily show, 24 and tell me you love me(when it was on)
Soheran
24-01-2008, 06:37
Never as in never?

Yes.

Do you watch films?

Not with my television.

Go to the theatre?

Yes. I'm not totally culturally isolated. :)
Poliwanacraca
24-01-2008, 06:48
House, Boston Legal, and Lost are probably the ones I watch most obsessively. I also make definite efforts to catch Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives when I can. (Of those, Pushing Daisies is the only one I think of as a truly good show...but the other three are addictive in their own interesting/soaptastic/campy ways. :p )

I would watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report obsessively if I had cable or a halfway decent internet connection, but sadly, I have neither.
United Chicken Kleptos
24-01-2008, 06:48
As in, you watch them every time they're on and you're home. Personally, I watch a lot of "Mythbusters" (new episode tonight!). I also watch "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" when I want to feel better about myself.

So, what's on your TVs, NSG?

Law & Order. It's almost like Crime and Punishment, but not long as hell.

Also, the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.
Cameroi
24-01-2008, 06:49
none of them. i haven't turned the damd thing on at any preset time for i don't know how many years now. last time i did and left it on for more then five minuets was when we had a big storm moving through and the had some pretty pictures of the show coming down on top of the hill.

(and that was only because i had the computer unplugged to prevent the risk of storm related power surge damage)

("the hill" = donner summit, elevation 7010feet)

about once every six months i turn it on to see if any of the new commercials are fun to watch. five minuets is long enough to determine this for the next six months.

=^^=
.../\...
Sirmomo1
24-01-2008, 06:54
Not with my television.


So I assume you watch them on other mediums? I find it interesting why certain people prefer to watch films rather than TV shows. I have to watch a lot of films and picking through the listings isn't fun, there's an awful lot of dross released every week. I know TV shows aren't exactly brimming with quality but at least you don't sit there thinking "I paid $10 for this shit".
Straughn
24-01-2008, 08:09
I don't bother trying to catch shows on tv...I just download them or stream them. As for obsessive...right now I'm on a House kick. He's exactly the kind of asshole I love.I was at work thinking about that episode where the Vicadin finally got to him and he had to stick a tube up himself, and chuckled somewhat loudly amid the din.
*bows*
Straughn
24-01-2008, 08:12
Can't say i'm "obsessive" *although certain people will adamantly argue against me on that*, but there's ones i will occasionally go out of my way for.
The/A Daily Show / (The) Colbert Report
House
Mythbusters
Prison Break
Lost
Drawn Together
American Dad / Simpsons

This isn't including, of course, the ones that have gone bye-bye.