Guest scsi Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 My wife loves Madame Secretary..... I tell her it's American TV at it's worst... totally unbelievable scenarios Now don't get me wrong... American TV can be great! Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Better call Saul, on and on it goes Is it just the big 3 American TV channels that are in danger of dying?
El Presidente Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 My wife loves Madame Secretary..... I tell her it's American TV at it's worst... totally unbelievable scenarios Now don't get me wrong... American TV can be great! Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Better call Saul, on and on it goes Is it just the big 3 American TV channels that are in danger of dying? Never heard of it ...but I don't watch a lot of TV. To be honest, if I don't like it....God made the remote. Top of the pops for me in the little I watch. Blacklist. NFL College Gridiron Big Bang Repeats of Raymond and Seinfeld. Outside of that it is books. 3
Guest scsi Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 on my list..... 1 NFL 2 PGA 3 NCAA Basketball 4 NCAA Football 5 CNN 6 HBO.... most series are good
Randolph Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Have to say television here in Australia is dire even with Foxtel. I look forward to making the most of Christmas and relighting my reading skills!
NSXCIGAR Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 At least it's not Kardashian or housewives-type nonsense. Now THAT stuff I can't believe gets watched. I'm not a big TV watcher but there seems to be quite a bit of good quality stuff on these days, or so I'm told. There always seems to be shows that are utterly awful but been on forever and never seem to get better. How shows like (sorry Rob) Everybody Loves Raymond (9 yrs), King of Queens (9 yrs) and According to Jim (8 yrs) stayed on the air for as long as they did bewilders me. I've only ever watched a few network comedies in my life. I watched Night Court, Married with Children, Seinfeld, Friends, and Two and a Half Men (w/ Charlie Sheen) and that's it to this day. I'm not watching anything currently. Maybe I got spoiled watching all the old TV when I was a kid like **** Van Dyke, Get Smart and Mister Ed. Those shows really were quality.
santela Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Just finished watching Narcos on Netflix. Highly recommended for those already with a subscription and don't mind reading subtitles 80% of the time. 2
Guest scsi Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I have to say........ TV interest and likes vary over time I can still remember being berated by my Father for watching Gilligan's Island when I was just a tot He must have made an impression because I still remember it 40 years later.... Fast forward about 15 years from that experience, he's cracking up with an episode of WKRP That humor is the same as Gilligan's Island! 2
El Presidente Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 . How shows like (sorry Rob) Everybody Loves Raymond (9 yrs), King of Queens (9 yrs) and According to Jim (8 yrs) stayed on the air for as long as they did bewilders me. To be fair....Marie on "Everyone Loves Raymond" and my own mother are like sisters. It is like watching a documentary
Guest scsi Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 That was a great example of the American comedy sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" was as good as "Seinfeld" Real humor 2
jsd Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Currently waiting for Person of Interest season 4 on Netflix, and the next seasons of House of Cards and Better Call Saul. Blacklist is great. For a laugh I rely on Seinfeld, King of Queens (the first 7 seasons were great), The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, or Trailer Park Boys. Never heard of Secretary.
Guest scsi Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 CBS, I think Madame Secretary...... Right.... like there would ever be a female Secretary of State lol just ribbing.... sorry Hillary
Warren Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 My Wife is American but she loves the little British shows. One of her favourites is a little show called Rosemary and Thyme. Two lady gardeners who go from gardening job to gardening job solving murders. There are shows where you have to suspend belief and then there is Rosemary and Thyme. I'm buggered if I can figure out why the police don't just tell them to mind there own business and piss off. 2
irratebass Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Never heard of this show....some of my favorites are: The Walking Dead The Leftovers Fargo (the tv series) Homeland Better Call Saul The Muppets (yes the muppets....it' filmed like The Office was in that fake documentary style & it's more adult orienated) These are my current favorites that are still going
Guest Robertfarr13021 Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I live in the states and believe me there are a lot worse shows than that. I don't watch much prime time shows on the big networks cause I have a 2 year old and it's on Disney junior network at that time. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk
godpheonix Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Never heard of it ...but I don't watch a lot of TV. To be honest, if I don't like it....God made the remote. Top of the pops for me in the little I watch. Blacklist. NFL College Gridiron Big Bang Repeats of Raymond and Seinfeld. Outside of that it is books. thats reminds me i have to get back to season 2 of the blacklist. good show! Repeats of Seinfeld all the way for me! never get tired of watching those 4 get caught in their quirky adventures! the best sitcom...ever...period!
mash Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 There are now 350 reality shows on TV. Luckily, my daughter only watches 340 of them. Armageddon is coming. 1
BBS Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Proud to say I've never, not once, ever, watched a 'reality' show. There's mindless entertainment, and there's intelligence insulting nonsense. I'd like to think I know the difference.
cigcars Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I have to say........ TV interest and likes vary over time I can still remember being berated by my Father for watching Gilligan's Island when I was just a tot He must have made an impression because I still remember it 40 years later.... Fast forward about 15 years from that experience, he's cracking up with an episode of WKRP That humor is the same as Gilligan's Island! Gee, thanks scsi, for giving me license to make mention of TV shows that I truly enjoyed, which were from yesteryear like Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, The Jeffersons, and my All-Time-Favorite, Married With Children! MAN!! I LOVED the Bundy's! I could miss the Cosby's but I couldn't miss the Bundy's! Today, I will only sit in front of and watch The Simpsons, 60 Minutes (even though it ain't as intriguing as it used to be when Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, and Andy Rooney were still around), some news shows (on a liberal network I'll only say!) and The Daily Show where Trevor Noah is the new host now that Jon Stewart is enjoying "retirement"?
EXME Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 Almost any reality show, although "alone" on the history channel was one of my guilty pleasures
ayepatz Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 The U.K. TV schedules are now wall-to-wall reality/makeover/talent shows. I frequently surf hundreds of channels and there's nothing decent to watch. Even more annoying is how all the channels do ad breaks at the same time so you can never escape the endless advertising.
Bill Hayes Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I was brought up in front of the TV. Must be my generation. Did most of my watching in the early morning. I used to get up at 5am to watch The Thunderbirds and The Cisco Kid and then the cartoons. I still reckon I spent more time playing outside, riding bikes, playing sport and building stuff than kids nowadays. Now I record a lot of shows so I can FF through the ads easily. I personally think there are a lot more watchable shows now due to cable TV and Netflix etc. But there's also a lot of trashy stuff too. I watch a lot of sport, travel and cooking shows and the HBO style series. Reality TV shows I watch include Ink Master and BBQ Pitmaster. Yeeeha, smoke that hog!
planetary Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I can't stand (most) traditional network television for three reasons: (1) each episode has programmed commercial interrupts which can break up the flow of the narrative (2) typically, these shows are anthology shows, and made for syndication, so you often get story resets at the end of each episode (3) because network TV revenue is a function of commercial time revenue, and that revenue is a function of Nielsen ratings, you tend to see inoffensive, bland shows which appeal to the broadest audiences possible There are exceptions. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an excellent TV show, for example. As was Star Trek: TNG, The Twilight Zone, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and others. It is possible to be a good show within the limits of network TV -- but those limits create a fairly narrow range. I quite prefer cable or online streaming service dramas, because they're the closest we have to real long form visual drama; they can be legit story arc dramas, and they can go for 10-13 hours a season, unlike the 2-3 hours of a typical theatrical film. And subscriber-based business models allow them appeal to specific target audiences. Like people who are a bit more educated or open minded (The Wire, Weeds, or Carnivale), or a bit older and more patient (Downton Abbey, Band of Brothers, or Sherlock) and don't demand breakneck pacing, or genre fans of various kinds (Game of Thrones, The Man in the High Castle, or Battlestar Galactica). 1
MIKA27 Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 There's heaps that is brilliant. - The Walking Dead - The Strain - Penny Dreadful - Fargo - American Pickers - Into The Badlands - NFL - Criminal Minds - Gotham (I'm a batman Fan) - The Expanse 1
cigcars Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 I can't stand (most) traditional network television for three reasons: (1) each episode has programmed commercial interrupts which can break up the flow of the narrative (2) typically, these shows are anthology shows, and made for syndication, so you often get story resets at the end of each episode (3) because network TV revenue is a function of commercial time revenue, and that revenue is a function of Nielsen ratings, you tend to see inoffensive, bland shows which appeal to the broadest audiences possible There are exceptions. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an excellent TV show, for example. As was Star Trek: TNG, The Twilight Zone, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and others. *Ditto. There are movies and some shows I would dearly love to watch but have truly had it, having to wait for a movie or program soundbite with my commercials...
Phinz Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 I'm not much of a TV watcher, but I've found these few recent shows to be worthwhile: Orphan Black (One of the best actresses I've ever seen!) Hannibal (sadly canceled, but I can't even imagine how something this good and artistic was on an American network) Sherlock (now, if only English TV would make more than a few episodes per year) HBO series (GoT, Leftover's, etc...)
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