Favorite Shows Currently on TV

[Mark Mania]

I'm a big TV watcher, I can't deny it. I always find time for it. Things that are on right now (meaning putting out new episodes, not currently on a hiatus) that I'm enjoying are...

Sunday- Breaking Bad
Sun- True Blood
Sun - The Newsroom
Monday - Tuesday - Hell's Kitchen
Mon-Tues - Master Chef
Tues - White Collar
Wednesday - Royal Pains
Thursday - Suits
Thu - Burn Notice
Thu - Louie
Thu - Wilfred
Thu - Anger Management

[Johnny Rebel]

Currently, I'm watching:

Mon-Tues: Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef
Wed, Thurs, Sunday (I think): Big Brother

I'm a huge fan of The Office, How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.

We mix in the occasional Property Brothers & House Hounters (HGTV), Braves and Redskins games (We have DirecTV and have the MLB and NFL packages) and whatever else my wife wants to watch while I toil around on the APW and EFK forums.

[biggs]

During the summer, I pretty much only watch WWE RAW consistently, and SmackDown! when I'm home on Friday night, but when the fall comes, I'll be watching Community, The Office, and the show I'm most excited for coming back, Doctor Who! The second episode of The Doctor's upcoming season is called "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship!" There's no way that that episode won't be a lot of fun!

[President Jeff]

The main shows I watch are

Survivor
Hells Kitchen
Master Chef
South Park
Family Guy
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasum

And I've just started watching Big Bang Theory.

There could be more, but thats all I can think of at the moment

[The Soul Of Philly]

Guessing we're talking about non-wrestling related:

- How I Met Your Mother (Which happens to be the best comedy on TV cant wait for the new season in a month)
- Suits (I was watching the first episode and thought it was okay and then they randomly threw in the local mall and I was like, HOLY SHIT SOMEONE WHO WRITE FOR THIS SHOW KNOWS MY TOWN!)
- Wilfred aka the only show that Elijah Wood can be in and not be completely annoying
- Parks and Rec
- Community

I use to love House and the fact that it finally got canned after it's been terrible the last 2.5 years is a god send seasons 1-7 are the bomb.

[Jason Cashe]

-TJ-: House hadn't gotten bad, just had too many different people coming and going onto the roster. Cuddi leaving was a big shot so it was time to put that nail in the coffin but House rocked!

I'm not doing a calendar schedule but I watch:

Breaking Bad (Religiously)
Big Bang Theory (My new That 70s Show)
How I Met Your Mother (Coolest Gay Dude in THE UNIVERSE)
NFL Network (ESPN shows too much baseball and tennis..)
MMA Live (ESPN barely covers MMA, they are a-dum-dums)
Forensic Files (Like a Guide book to not fucking up a crime)
Shark Week (Soon fuckers, soon!)
No Reservations with Anthony Bordain (I love this dude, best show on Travel. I want to do a Weed Show when it becomes wordly legal. I will disown my family to get this gig!)

When it's on New, I also watch:

NCIS
NCIS: LA
Criminal Minds
The Walking Dead
Hell On Wheels

[Pat Stay]

I watch....

Workaholics

[Jason Cashe]

Workaholics is a funny show too, haven't picked it up but OnDemand but it's good stuff.

[C.J. Gates]

I've been watching a lot lately, some on TV and some on DVD's if I somehow missed the series or am trying to catch up. There's a few titles in the list...

-Supernatural
-The Glades
-White Collar
-Suits
-QI
-Dexter
-Person of Interest
-Flash Forward
-Sherlock
-Jekyl
-Luther
-Grimm
-Hell's Kitchen
-Community
-Big Bang Theory
-The Office
-Big Brother
-Amazing Race

And there's more that I'm probably forgetting.

[Calico]

The shows that I am watching that are currently showing new episodes are: True Blood, Breaking Bad, Weeds, The Newsroom, Destination Truth and Alphas

[Mark Mania]

I'm so pleased with the amount of people who watch Hell's Kitchen and Master Chef. Just great fucking shows. I'll update my list as shows become new, I can't remember what I watch. But I do agree with Big Bang, Community, The Office, Parks and Rec.

[Johnny Rebel]

Aug 9, 2012 10:52:34 GMT -4 Mark Mania said:

I'm so pleased with the amount of people who watch Hell's Kitchen and Master Chef. Just great fucking shows. I'll update my list as shows become new, I can't remember what I watch. But I do agree with Big Bang, Community, The Office, Parks and Rec.

The Hell's Kitchen model has run its course, IMO. It's becoming stale...they need to switch it up a little.

[Mark Mania]

I just never get bored of Ramsey yelling at people. I'll be watching Hotel Hell when that comes on too.

[President Jeff]

Aug 9, 2012 11:12:43 GMT -4 Johnny Rebel said:

Aug 9, 2012 10:52:34 GMT -4 Mark Mania said:

I'm so pleased with the amount of people who watch Hell's Kitchen and Master Chef. Just great fucking shows. I'll update my list as shows become new, I can't remember what I watch. But I do agree with Big Bang, Community, The Office, Parks and Rec.

The Hell's Kitchen model has run its course, IMO. It's becoming stale...they need to switch it up a little.

I agree. The whole Guys Vs Girls is fun once in a while, but they need to mix it up. Also, they should have them cooking stuff besides Beff Wellington, Rissotto and Sea Bass ;D

[Mark Mania]

And scallops. Good god, no one can cook beef wellington and scallops under so much pressure.

[Michael Callahan]

Am I the only one who thinks that The Big Bang Theory is the most overrated horseshit on television?

The characters are stereotypical, obnoxious and unlikable (especially Sheldon though I will grant that he's the only one can make me laugh on that show), incessant referencing, "Bazinga!", the total lack of interesting female characters and of course? That god-awful laugh track.

If you want geek humour, Futurama is and always will be the better show.

[Your JESUS]

NCIS (OG & LA)
Closer
Duck Dynasty
Swamp People
Anything NFL
College Football
Lizard Lick Towing
And General Hospital (that's right say something)

[Your JESUS]

Man vs Food almost forgot
Diner Drive ins and Dives

[President Jeff]

Aug 9, 2012 16:13:13 GMT -4 Michael Callahan said:

Am I the only one who thinks that The Big Bang Theory is the most overrated horseshit on television?

The characters are stereotypical, obnoxious and unlikable (especially Sheldon though I will grant that he's the only one can make me laugh on that show), incessant referencing, "Bazinga!", the total lack of interesting female characters and of course? That god-awful laugh track.

If you want geek humour, Futurama is and always will be the better show.

I do agree that the show is Overrated. Maybe its because people have hyped it to much to me that I had high expectations going into it and it fell short, but its still a good show and fun to watch. For me anyways

[The Soul Of Philly]

Aug 8, 2012 0:17:53 GMT -4 Jason Cashe said:

-TJ-: House hadn't gotten bad, just had too many different people coming and going onto the roster. Cuddi leaving was a big shot so it was time to put that nail in the coffin but House rocked!

No, I wanna say that it got bad because it just kinda threw these new folks on the show with little to no backstory and it hurt the on-screen chemisty, imo, I mean between Forman, Chase, and Cameron they all had this opposites: Forman was very rough where as Chase was smooth and Cameron was a fox! They grew into great characters and then left before they got bad.

Then they had the game show that was the replacements so you got to meet and learn about these new characters. It was great and chemistry was built Then they dropped one by one, but it was a bit crowded with 4 people under house.

Then as soon Cuddi and House got together, it killed the show for me, really.

The lack of Suits and Community is disturbing. You all should watch these shows!

[Lord Raab]

I don't watch any shows at the moment but two weeks time during the weekday. I will be and it's a German comedy/interview show called TV Total. I find Stefan Raab so funny yes sure I don't understand German like at all but for some reason he just makes me laugh. Can't wait for it to start again.

[SalTal]

Bridal Mask (Korean drama)

The Office.

2 Days & 1 Night (Korean reality-comdey-celebrity challenge show)

Anything with Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, etc.)

River Monsters with Jeremy Wade (just for a laugh - most ridiculous show on TV)

I used to like HIMYM but it's just become a repeat of itself (same episodes, same plot lines, same predictable stuff).

[SalTal]

Aug 9, 2012 16:13:13 GMT -4 Michael Callahan said:

Am I the only one who thinks that The Big Bang Theory is the most overrated horseshit on television?

The characters are stereotypical, obnoxious and unlikable (especially Sheldon though I will grant that he's the only one can make me laugh on that show), incessant referencing, "Bazinga!", the total lack of interesting female characters and of course? That god-awful laugh track.

If you want geek humour, Futurama is and always will be the better show.

QFT*









*Quoted for truth - Translation provided for Mark Mania.

[Dr. Matt]

Currently watching, since they are airing new episodes as we speak:

Big Brother
The Glass House
Breaking Bad
Tosh.0 (squeaking that in, even though it finished for the summer last week)
Futurama
Wilfred
Louie

My wife got me hooked on Big Brother 7 or 8 years ago, and I mostly just watch it because it's on three times a week when there's not much else on in the summer. Between that and the Glass House (ABC's ripoff of Big Brother), that's about trashy as my reality show viewings get.

I am a Breaking Bad fanatic. I've watched through the whole series twice already, and cannot wait to see what happens this week. Creator Vince Gilligan has said that Episode 5 will be a mind-blower, and I'm hoping someone important gets killed. There hasn't been a shocking death yet this season.

Tosh.0: he's a deplorable human being, but it still makes me laugh. People took to the whole rape-joke thing intensely, and personally, if you weren't in the actual audience and watched the whole thing go down, it's probably all been taken out of context.

Futurama's been kinda shitty this season. It's a shame, as it's usually one of the sharpest shows on TV. To weigh in on the Big Bang Theory debate (another show I've seen every episode of, and have been watching since it started), Big Bang Theory is a stupid show about smart people, while Futurama is a smart show about stupid people. Early Big Bang painted a more accurate depiction of young physicists (this was my field of study in university), but the show has morphed them into sci-fi and comic book nerds instead. There is a difference.

As for Wilfred, I could take or leave this show. I find the concept muddled, and sometimes I wonder if the writers actually have decided what Wilfred actually is: a figment of Ryan's imagination or something more supernatural. The fact that it's a comedy without being all that funny kind of makes it a good pair with Louie.

Louie is a show that I never recommend to anyone. I like it, and I don't know why and I can see why most people wouldn't. I don't even know how to explain it. It's just a show that is.


Anyways, that's what's keeping me occupied this summer. I will now present all the shows that are still in production that I watch, presented in only the order that I think them up, without further commentary:

Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Walking Dead, Spartacus, How I Met Your Mother, South Park, The Office, 30 Rock, Community, Parks & Recreation, The Big Bang Theory, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show

[biggs]

I agree with all the folks who say Big Bang Theory sucks! Admittedly, I've only watched about 10 episodes, because I was really trying to give it a fair shake, but it just sucks. The only part that has even come close to making me laugh was the episode where they're on a train and Summer Glau comes on board, and they all discuss how ingenious it would be if Skynet sent back Terminators in the form of actors and actresses who have played Terminators.

Otherwise, the rest of the show just seems like it derives its humor from the "absurdity" of geek culture. As a proud, card carrying geek, a lot of it's jokes aren't funny to me, they're normal. Going back to the Terminator example, I was actually watching that episode with my mom, and she turned to me and asked, "Do you and your friends have conversations like that?"

To which I replied, "All the time, mom. All the time."

Also, the show has way too much sexual humor on it, but that seems to be a growing trend in television today.

[C.J. Gates]

Aug 9, 2012 16:13:13 GMT -4 Michael Callahan said:

Am I the only one who thinks that The Big Bang Theory is the most overrated horseshit on television?

The characters are stereotypical, obnoxious and unlikable (especially Sheldon though I will grant that he's the only one can make me laugh on that show), incessant referencing, "Bazinga!", the total lack of interesting female characters and of course? That god-awful laugh track.

If you want geek humour, Futurama is and always will be the better show.

It's on my list of shows (Big Bang Theory) but I don't particularly enjoy it as much as some people do. It has it's moments when it's funny, but most of the time I spend watching the show and not laughing. The only reason I still watch it is because friends and family of mine do so it's usually on wherever I am. It's tolerable sometimes, I'll give it that.

[Mark Mania]

Last year it was on at the same time as Community and community won every week for me deciding what to watch. But I record it and watch it when I can. It's fun and simple to watch. I like the Sheldon character and Penny is hot. Easy as pie.

[Mark Mania]

Oh, also, the comedy central roast of Roseanne is on tonight and that should be hilarious.

[[ManiC]]

The only Big Bang Theory episode I've ever seen had a laugh track when the awkward one said "My Mother has sent me my Nintendo 64." (paraphrased)

It was then I decided I'd rather drink bleach. How the fuck does that warrant a laugh track?

[yarmouth1]

I know you said currant shows but will put these three in as the best comedy shows of all time from the United Kingdom and they are Only fools and Horses, Men behaving badly and more recently only finished last year and the made a movie out off it which was freaking awesome and that was Called the Inbetweeners, I think all these shows are you either love em or you hate them me I love em.