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Separation

(1,975 posts)
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 PM Jan 2013

What are you watching?

Got a few good shows out there right now and some really good ones coming soon. This is what we are watching in our house.

Arrow-DC hero type show, pretty dark and wasn't expecting to like it as much as I do.

The Joe Schmoe Show - This show is hilarious! It's a reality show, but with a twist. Everyone one the show are actors except for one guy. He thinks he is competing for $100,000 and a job as a bounty hunter. If you haven't seen it I definitely recommend it.

Workaholics- 3 stoner buddies. Funny stuff.

Archer - cartoon on FX over the top secret agent. Very funny show.

Really waiting for a few shows next month. Psych, Walking Dead, He'll on Wheels and the real Top Gear, the American version is ok but doesn't hold a candle to the original.

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What are you watching? (Original Post) Separation Jan 2013 OP
My Ps and Qs! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #1
Letters, like magic, appearing on my screen ... zbdent Jan 2013 #2
Some really boring shit on the Food Channel that has nothing to do with food. madinmaryland Jan 2013 #3
Weather channel a la izquierda Jan 2013 #4
Just watched L&O: SVU bigwillq Jan 2013 #5
I like that show, its rough sometimes but it's a good one. n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #10
Wish I could find good movies on TV aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #6
We have cable. Separation Jan 2013 #12
The movie channels suck. trof Jan 2013 #17
The local ten o'clock news. femmocrat Jan 2013 #7
The first season of "Wallander" with Kenneth Branagh... WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2013 #8
Star Trek Enterprise... Agschmid Jan 2013 #9
Love Workaholics and Archer LostinRed Jan 2013 #11
AntennaTV (old tv shows) and TCM (movies) graham4anything Jan 2013 #13
I love AntennaTV! geardaddy Feb 2013 #27
Like White Collar Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #14
Bruins Hockey MissMillie Jan 2013 #15
Love Top Chef! Separation Jan 2013 #16
reruns of CSI Lionel Mandrake Jan 2013 #18
Space Shuttle Columbia show on PBS XRubicon Jan 2013 #19
I started watching a new series last night HeiressofBickworth Feb 2013 #20
I recorded that and just finished watching it. Separation Feb 2013 #23
My show got cancelled coyotespaw Feb 2013 #21
Breaking Bad. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #22
That's a good show. Separation Feb 2013 #24
I'm watching paint dry JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2013 #25
Lately, Broken_Hero Feb 2013 #26
Joe Schmo show! Yes!!! Initech Feb 2013 #28
Captain Blood, the old Errol Flynn swashbuckler, is on TCM at the moment. Moondog Feb 2013 #29

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
6. Wish I could find good movies on TV
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:30 PM
Jan 2013

I have Dish Network's "America's Everything Package" but unfortunately the movie channels like the several HBO channels and their subsidiaries the Cinemax channels, the several Showtime channels and their TMC subsidiary channels, the Starz channels and their Encore channels, along with quite a few others keep playing the same old tired chestnuts. Right now it's movies like Sister Act, Titanic, The Enforcer, Gremlins, or the umpteenth running of LOTR and similar old fare that I have to choose from. The selection gets worse with each passing year although I'm paying a lot for these worthless movie channels. It seems that the new movies have now gone to the new EPIX channels but you have to pay even more for that and I'm tired of constantly paying more for less. I guess whereas I used to have "America's Everything", that keeps changing as they devise new ways to squeeze money out of people. I hate reality shows or network TV so I'm watching more old movies on youtube or Hulu now.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
12. We have cable.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:38 AM
Jan 2013

Pretty basic package, basic cable plus the HD channels. We do get FLIX, Retro, and encore. Those are good for some older movies, just saw Gymkata & Condorman for the 1st time in probably 30 years. I have up on the pay channels like HBO, and skinamax after Sopranos was done. Only show I miss is Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Id like to get a satellite package but I see to many times the "dish network is dropping AMC" commercial, and I can't miss my Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels, & Breaking Bad to chance it.

trof

(54,256 posts)
17. The movie channels suck.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 09:16 PM
Jan 2013

I used to watch them at hotels when I was flying.
Same old shit, over and over.
I bought the lower Dish package with no 'name' movie channels and still get AMC, TCM, FX, Sundance, and some others.
That's plenty.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
8. The first season of "Wallander" with Kenneth Branagh...
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:42 AM
Jan 2013

not sure how I missed this the first go 'round. REALLY like it. Thank you, Netflix.

LostinRed

(840 posts)
11. Love Workaholics and Archer
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:37 AM
Jan 2013

Discovered both and Netflix they're great shows. I haven't been watching much tv but top chef and chopped are two must sees

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
13. AntennaTV (old tv shows) and TCM (movies)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 05:47 AM
Jan 2013

AntennaTv
Dennis the menace
leave it to beaver
adam-12
dragnet
patridge family
all in the family
maude
good times
soap
benson

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
14. Like White Collar
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:23 AM
Jan 2013

and some of the other ones on USA.

I find the concept of the short season they use just right to my taste.

And of course Downton Abbey.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)
18. reruns of CSI
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:52 PM
Jan 2013

and its spinoffs (Miami & NY).

A relative who's a cop tells me that jurors who have watched CSI expect forensic miracles in every case and tend to acquit defendants if such evidence is not forthcoming.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
20. I started watching a new series last night
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 04:29 AM
Feb 2013

on FX -- The Americans. It's set in 1981. It's about two KGB agents who pretend to be married and live in the DC area. The female lead is a real bad-ass. Lots of swearing, violence, sex, you know -- American TV standard fare. And Downton Abbey. How's that for contrast?

Separation

(1,975 posts)
23. I recorded that and just finished watching it.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:06 AM
Feb 2013

I think it's gonna be a pretty good show. I used to think Battlestar Galactica used to push the limits on what they could get away with (yeah I'm a scifi nerd) but I think show is gonna push those limits even further. Five minutes into it the female agent was giving a guy a mouth hug.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
24. That's a good show.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:10 AM
Feb 2013

I kinda wished I would have just started watching it now as well. Could have watched all the episodes on a cruddy weekend and finished the shows series when it comes back on. Btw the mom from Malcolm in the Middle will be making an appearance from what I have heard when it starts back up.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
26. Lately,
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:16 PM
Feb 2013

I've been getting into Elementary, watched an episode a few weeks back because Vinnie Jones was guest starring, and its slightly more interesting than I thought. I also watch The Big Bang Theory, and am starting to put some time into the Nerd Show contest thingy on TBS(watched my first episode of that last night). I'm also watching the new Ultimate Fighter, I hope Chael's team wins, been a Chael fan for a long time.

Initech

(100,081 posts)
28. Joe Schmo show! Yes!!!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:20 PM
Feb 2013

I listen to the Kevin & Bean podcast regularly (Ralph Garmin's day job) and this is hilarious... I love it so far. The bounty hunter character is perfect for Ralph.

Also watching:

- 30 Rock (sad to see it come to an end)
- Archer (hilarious)
- Dexter
- Breaking Bad (really looking forward to this finale)
- Boardwalk Empire
- Workaholics
- The League

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