TV Hell Survey

[Ian]

As a writer I want to know what sort of people I'm writing too. I want to know what shows you watch so that when I make examples of stuff, everyone can relate to it. If you can spare the time I'd appreciate it if you could list any shows that you have watched or watch. They can be new or old but don't list them unless you actually watch it. Please seperate the shows that are currently on and those that aren't. If you saw one episdoe of Lost one night it doesn't count. Please specify the network as well. I'll show you an example.

CBS
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Without a Trace
Cold Case
How I Met Your Mother
Close To Home
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Everybody Loves Raymond

NBC
Law & Order
Law & Order SVU
Law & Order CI
Conviction
Scrubs
My Name is Earl
The Office
Deal or No Deal
Surface
Will & Grace
Fear Factor (the first four years)
The Apprentice (first three seasons)
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Law & Order: TBJ
Third Watch
Medical Investigation
Friends
Joey
The Weakest Link
Star Trek
Homicide: Life on the Street

ABC
Lost
Grey's Anatomy
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire

FOX
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Family Guy
Bones
American Idol (first three years)
24 (seasons one-four)
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Futurama
The X-Files
The Jury
Roar

UPN
Everybody Hates Chris
Veronica Mars
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Star Trek: Enterprise
Kevin Hill

The WB
Charmed (occasionally)
7th Heaven (seasons 1-8)
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Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

HBO
The Sopranos
Deadwood
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Big Love (thinking of dropping it)
Entourage
The Wire
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Carnivale
Oz
Da Ali G Show
Six Feet Under

Showtime
Huff
Masters of Horror
Weeds
Stargate Sg-1 (now on Sci-fi)
Sleeper Cell
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Queer as Folk

FX
Thief
Rescue Me
The Shield
It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia
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Over There

USA
Monk
The 4400
The Dead Zone
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Kojak
Highlander: The Series

Sci-fi
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Battlestar Galactica
Tripping the Rift
Doctor Who
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Farscape

Adult Swim
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
Robot Chicken
Moral Orel
Inuyasha
The Venture Bros.
The Boondocks
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Brak Show
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun

Syndication
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Andromeda
Beastmaster
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World

[gatorhokie]

NBC

Deal or No Deal (most likely I will drop this soon)
My Name is Earl
Medium
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Fear Factor


CBS

3 CSIs (I dropped all of them this season though)
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Joan of Arcadia

ABC (I probably would have watched Lost, but never started watching the show from the beginning).

Alias
Desparate Housewives (dropped if 1/2 through this season)
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Who wants to be a Millionaire

Fox

Simpsons
Family Guy
24
Bones


UPN
Veronica Mars

WB-None


USA
Monk

HBO
Sopranos
Big Love

[robycop3]

Still on:
NBC...All Law & Order series
Deal or No Deal
Medium
ER
Almost all sports
Jeopardy

CBS:
All CSI series
Cold Case
The Unit
NUM3ERS

ABC:
Desperate Housewives
Commander-In Chief
Dancing With The Stars

Fox:
The Simpsons
Prison Break
American Idol
America's Most wanted

UPN:
Smackdown

WB:
Charmed

Mostly I watch sports, any net; faves are football & boxing.
Closest thing to ANY reality show I watch is "Dancing With The Stars". (I don't call "Idol" a reality show.) IMO, most reality shows don't just suck; they're endless vacuums.

I am 58 years old, & my list of shows I useta watch would be so long y'all'd become quickly bored. Lemme list a few I watched once, then dropped:

Emeril(the comedy)
My Big fat Greek Life
Modern Men
Heist
Sons & Daughters
Fanelli Boys
Skin
Coupling

All-time fave British shows:

Dr. Who
Benny Hill

[maverick43]

ok, as a true tv fanatic and a prize winning geek this might take a while but here it goes- lets get the Sci Fi horror out of the way first- from oldest to most recent -

forgive me if i dont remember some of the orignal networks--

from the 60s'
Lost in Space- and anything else by Irwin Allen were a little geeky boys best friends- ( Voyage to the bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, etc.)
Twilight Zone
Doctor Who ( all versions of the Doctor from then till now- though Tom Baker is may Fav- but the new ones with Christopher Eccelson are excellent!)- BBC/PBS/SciFi
Johnny Quest
and of course my all time fav....
Star Trek

1970's

Kolchak The Night Stalker - the original with the late great Darren McGavin- not that horrible remake from early this season- yes it was hokey- but the perfect combonation of comedy and horror was way ahead of its time ( both X files and Buffy the vampire slayer and probably a slew of others o there lives to this show) - ABC
The Incredible Hulk- just tell me you dont remember those sad final piano chords that followed Bill Bixbey down the road at the end of each episode, i dare ya!
Land of the Lost- hey, i was 10, it was cool!...Beware the Sleestack!!
Mork and Mindy- again, 10, but Robin Williams has always been a Hoot!

1980s

Star Trek The Next Generation- i was very happy it was back but lets face it...Kirk Rules!

1990s

Star Trek Deep Space Nine- highly underated and strongest character and plot lines of all the newer Treks- right to the end.
Star Trek Voyager- arguebly the weakest of the Treks but i ask you,how can any red blooded american hetrosexual male not like Jeri Ryans 7 of 9?-UPN
The XFiles - Fox Mulder and Dana hubba-hubba ( i dont think that was really her middle name- it might have been Kathren) Scully clearly the King and Queen of 90s SciFi!- FOX
Stargate SG1- i still love this show! even with RDA gone!though i must admit i miss O'Niells sense of humor-Showtime/ SciFi
Buffy the Vampire Slayer- im a Big fan of Joss Whedons writing and directing style and the entire cast was perfect together!- WB/UPN
Angel- yes it was a bit darker and had its ups and downs; though may not the appeal of Buffys gang but again Joss and David ( now of 24 fame) still put out a consitantly entertaining show right up to its cataclismic finale!- WB
Charmed- sadly it is time for this"charming" show to go- but i have enjoyed its 7 year run
Farscape- amazing and original im glad they wrapped this series up with some class and i love Ben Browder and Claudia Blacks resurections on Stargate SG1- SciFi
First Wave- dark and acton packed though it had to wrap up a bit to quickly and awkwardly-SciFi

2000 to Current Scifi
7 Days-an odd little time travel show that i throughly enjoyed
Special Unit 2- it replaced 7 Days- a lighthearted version of the Xfiles- complete with a gnasty gnome sidekick
Smallville- I love this retelling of the Superman legend- the new movie comes out this summer- i was bummed they chose not to connect it with this well written and compelling series- but i still wish them luck-WB
Firefly- yup , another quirkey little Joss show! that became a a quirky bigscreen movie thanks to its devoted fans!- tobad there arent enough of them to keep the Serenity saga going.
Battlestar Galactica- i must admit i hated most of the original series but am very glad it spawned this incredible remake- arguebly the best show on tv- SciFi
Stargate Atlantis-super cast - great stories- Long live the Gates!
Surface- i sure hope it Resurfaces next season!...Nim Lives!!
Invasion- clearly creepy and off-putting- great body snatching alien water critters that become self doubting, psychoticly confused, and human angst filled "hybreds"- how cool is that?-ABC
Threshold- a great show with a lot of potential that died before its time becuase todays viewing audiences attention span isnt nearly long enough for a story line that slowly develops over an entire season- ok, ok thats just a nice way of saying it was slow- which it was but i was intrieged enough to stay tuned- me and about 3 other people in America appearently.- ABC
Supernatural- scary, fun, hip, dark and humorous, an xfiles for the 21st century.....though they need a Scully, but then again dont we all.- WB

im sure there are more genre shows ive both enjoyed and completly missed over my past 40 some years but with apologies that will have to do for now. - ill log back on later and include my non SciFi/Horror must TIVO shows! thanks for listening!...reading....whatever!

[Ian]

That's a pretty impressive list of Sci-fi. I noticed Star Trek Enterprise was absent from your list. It's good to see we have a lot of true TV fans out there.

[maverick43]

good catch!...i ment to put it on there but it must have been a a fruedian slip becuase i just realized its not on my TIVO season pass list either!- lets face it, some of the last season was pretty d**n good, but by that point it was to little to late-.....but speaking of scott bakula Quantum Leap was missing from my list to- not that it was the greatest of shows by any means but it was kind of a nice feel good squishy kind of Sci Fi- i keep hearing rumors theyre doing at least one or more "QL" tv movies- has anybody heard anything about that? or how'bout "The 4400"? will it be back?- it was just getting almost interesting?

[bisonap]

Hi, Ian. I'm new to the board, and I'm just running across a topic that intrigues me, I know it's been 3 months since this subject was posted, but if you don't mind, I'd like to take a run at it, shows depicted under the broken lines are the ones that are no longer being aired for whatever reason, which will give you some good insight into how often I've patronized these networks between the former and current shows, above it, shows that I regularly watch at the given network. If you want a complete list of my all time favorite shows, you'll be here a very long time. ;-)

Here goes:

CBS: The Unit
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The Fugitive, Mike Hammer, The Equalizer, City Of Angels, Cannon, The Lone Ranger (animated).

NBC: Law and Order (the original series)
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Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Cosby Show, Kidnapped.

Fox: Prison Break, 24.
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K-Ville, M.A.N.T.I.S., New York Undercover, Roc.

ABC: nothing at all (their programming is atrocious!)
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NYPD Blue, High Incident, Spenser For Hire, A Man Called Hawk, Lazarus Man, Matt Houston, Gabriel's Fire.

USA: nothing (they're garbage, too!)
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Matrix, E.N.G., Kojak 2005.

Lifetime: nothing
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Veronica Clare, Any Day Now.

Tru TV: Cops, World's Wildest Police Videos, Smoking Gun Presents, Most Shocking, Most Daring.

A&E: The First 48, Third Watch (syndicated)
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The World Of Survival, Breakfast With The Arts.

Animal Planet: Big Cat Diary
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The Crocodile Hunter (I miss Steve Irwin)

Boomerang: Justice League Unlimited, The Batman, Jonny Quest.
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Space Ghost, Birdman, The Herculoids.

FX: The Shield
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Over There, Thief.

Sprout: DragonTales, Calliou, Berenstain Bears, Sesame Street, Thomas and Friends, Pingu (I have a 2 year old daughter, so, what's a Papi to do, eh?)

Noggin: Little Bill, Oswald, Blue's Clues.
Disney Channel: Lilo and Stitch, The Proud Family.

.....outside of my regular sports diet, that's about it for my current status as a TV viewer...Hope this is beneficial info for you.

[superfly299]

Sorry for not doing it by network but I mostly watch Comedy shows be it live action or animated. I also watch some dramedies.

Live Action Comedies:

Scrubs
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Drew Carey Show
Malcolm In The Middle
3rd Rock From The Sun
Just Shoot Me
Testees
Becker
That 70's Show
Seinfeld
Two Guys A Girl and a Pizza Place
Boy Meets World
Spin City
Red Green Show
The Muppet Show
The Muppets Tonight
Red Dwarf
Thank God You're Here
King Of Queens (sometimes)
Friends (sometimes)
Family Matters (sometimes)
Home Improvement (sometimes)
Everybody Hates Chris (sometimes)
Frasier (sometimes)
Saved By The Bell (sometimes)
The Cosby Show (sometimes)
Cheers (sometimes)
Will & Grace (sometimes)
Two & a Half Men (sometimes)

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Community
Big Bang Theory
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Saturday Night Live
Daily Show
Colbert Report
Louie
Hot In Cleveland
Reno 911
Warren The Ape
The Office (sometimes)
30 Rock (sometimes)
How I Met Your Mother (sometimes)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (sometimes)


Animated Comedies:

The Simpsons
Futurama
Southpark
Ugly Americans
American Dad
King of The Hill
Family Guy (sometimes)

Dramedies:
Boston Legal
Psych
ED
Trust Me
Freaks & Geeks
Undeclared

And I absolutely love Conan O'brien. Anything he does I watch. Jimmy Fallon isn't bad.