Favorite TV?

[Sander]

Actually it's the new Doctor Who that's obscured by a veil of anti-nostalgia. People want so much for it to be good that they ignore it's overwhelming lousiness.

Psychic Paper. River Song. Winston Churchill fighting the daleks. A TARDIS control room dressed out in puke yellow. Deus-ex-machina: how many can we fit in one episode? Sonic screwdriver as technological magic wand. Lame in-jokes that aren't funny. Horrible music. The Doctor as celebrity superhero. Canon mangled beyond recognition. This is Michael Bay doing Doctor Who on a low budget.

Really? You fail to notice these things? I don't think I'm the one peering through a veil. All I asked was that they not screw it up. I was disappointed. So I went back and watched Ark in Space, Revenge of the Cybermen, Terror of the Zygons, and Pyramids of Mars. They have their faults, but not one of them is an incoherent mess.

Sure, if you pick out the greatest episode of Old Doctor Who and them compare them to the worst parts of New Doctor Who, it's hardly going to look good is it?

Try watching The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead or Vincent and the Doctor. Yes, there are some shit episodes, but there's a lot of really good stuff too. Then compare those to Survival, The Twin Dilemma, Warriors of the Deep, The Horns of Nimon, Timelash, Frontios, Kinda and many, many other shit episodes.

Also, most of what you're complaining about was in the last season only (except psychic paper, which I don't see a problem with anyway), not the entire New Doctor Who stuff. And yes, River Song is a terrible character. But it's not like Old Doctor Who was all consistent about canon either or had perfect companion characters. Tegan, anyone? I watched all of those episodes (from the third Doctor on) the past year, and I hadn't seen any of them before. I didn't have a vested interest in wanting New Doctor Who to be good when I started watching it, because I had no connection to Old Doctor Who at the time.

Well, one man's "jumping the shark" is another's "let's bump the basic premise to keep things fresh".

Yep. I thought that was one of House's strongest seasons, really. It was getting bland and predictable as every single episode was the same. They tried to change it up, and that really worked for me.

 

[welsh]

I have to admit, my most anticipated show at the moment is the next season of Walking Dead.

I like it, and I really don't mind that they jumped away from the comic. Only down side was the last episode last season. And they probably killed off too many cast members too soon.

They probably should have played it more like Lost- a cast of core characters that fans big to grow attached to, among a large population of disposable characters.

Love the Wire, but I, Claudius is still the best show ever.

ALthough for you guys likeing more swordplay violence, I thought Rome was pretty good.

 

[Cimmerian Nights]

I, Claudius is still the best show ever.

I, Claudius hasn't aged too well, the cinematography is on the level of quality of a 70s soap opera. Great cast though. Love Sian Phillips in those sinister matriarchal roles. She's a scary old bird.
And allow me to be the douche that says it - the book is much better.

Besides, best show ever was MST3K.

 

[welsh]

I, Claudius is still the best show ever.

I, Claudius hasn't aged too well, the cinematography is on the level of quality of a 70s soap opera. Great cast though. Love Sian Phillips in those sinister matriarchal roles. She's a scary old bird.
And allow me to be the douche that says it - the book is much better.

Did you know she was the basis for Tony Soprano's Mom? Wonderfully wicked.

 

[PainlessDocM]

I'm looking forward to the next season of Breaking Bad. I enjoyed that show much more than I thought I would.



Other favourites:

House M.D.

The Sopranos

Rome

The Simpsons

Bottom

The young ones

The New Statesman

 

[UniversalWolf]

I should have mentioned two shows I've been watching lately in the wee hours of the morning: Sea Hunt starring Lloyd Bridges and Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford. I love these. Watching them on a big flat-screen LCD is amazing, because you're seeing a picture quality that is about a thousand times better than the quality you would've gotten from one of those old bubble-screen sets from the late 1950s.

 

[Hassknecht]

The only shows I watch on a regular basis are How I met You Mother, The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons.
When I'm bored I watch 7 Days and Dark Angel and some more trashy 90's stuff.
I have to watch it all online, I can't stand the german synchronizations anymore. My TV set is only connected to a PSX and a NES

 

[Atomkilla]

Top Gear
South Park
House M.D.
CSI
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Castle

...and a bunch of other shows. I don't watch any of these regularly, only when I have time and remember they are on (aside from South Park, which I watch online).

 

[WelcomeToNewReno]

I can't wait for summer. I've gotta get my Futurama fix. I got addicted all over again after the season from last year.

 

[Alphadrop]

The New Statesman

There is a British political magazine called The New Statesman, fairly serious left wing stuff but they have Alan B'Stard sometimes do a guest editorial in it.
Sometimes it's hard to tell whats the satire and what isn't sometimes though.

 

[PainlessDocM]

Lol I had no idea he still played that character.

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[Cultness]

I've really been getting in on The Killing. Another great TV show TNT shits out of their ass every year.

 

[Tommomo]

'Archer' is my favorite right now. Just classic and the voice acting is superb.

'Black Books' is probably my favorite show of all time. Just an amazing experience if you like British humor....blackadder, fawlty towers, etc

Best drama i ever got into was 'OZ' i know it was a while ago but it was a great show.

I enjoy Futurama, South park and such alot but the ones above were/are my favorites