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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:45 AM
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I feel so out of the loop with all these popular teevee shows!
The only thing I watch with any regularity is the Office. Sometimes I catch an episode or two of Miami Ink after class in the evening. I just don't watch much tv. My husband downloaded episodes of the British series "Robin Hood," and I've watched it a bit, because one of the guys on the show is YUMMY as hell. I can't be alone- who else feels like they're out of step with popular culture in this regard?
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:47 AM
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1. Me. I never watched Sex in the City until it ended
and I still don't get what all the hoopla was about. Same with Ally McBeal.

I do watch Desperate Housewives and Lost, but only because the teens want to as well.
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:49 AM
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2. That's a common phenomenon, once a series has ended.
For example, 12 years ago I used to like Friends, but now I think it's boring.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:51 AM
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3. I don't watch TV at all, really, except for "Seinfeld" reruns.
(Which I watch faithfully pretty much every night. :evilgrin:)

Sometimes I'll watch the news, or, if I'm getting sick of Seinfeld, either Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy!

Oh, and if I remember and don't have too much work to do, I'll watch my buddy Keith Olbermann. :loveya:

But as for "popular" shows--the last one I watched was West Wing. I just don't follow TV that well--I'm an internet and CD junkie.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:03 AM
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4. My New Year's resolution a few years ago was actually to watch more TV
I failed miserably, btw.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:16 AM
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5. I haven't owned a TV in decades, so no worries-- you're not alone....
People talk about television entertainment like it's an integral part of American culture, but those of us without TVs have no idea what all the fuss is about.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:24 AM
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6. goldurn kids n' their boobtube
Edited on Mon Nov-06-06 11:25 AM by GirlinContempt
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:37 AM
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10. Today I've spent the morning with Scooby Doo in the background,
and Sophie vomiting profusely since about an hour and a half ago. It's a jubilee of wonder and awe, around here.
:eyes:
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:41 AM
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11. Awww poor sicko
let me know if you need some relief
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:27 AM
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7. Me too
I used to be a tv junkie. I'm clueless on all the new shows now.

I do watch Weeds, Dexter, Dead Like Me, and Miami Ink (isn't Ami just a hottie?? an ass, yes, but oh so nice to look at. lol)
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:35 AM
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9. Ami and Munoz are both pretty hot!
:bounce:
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Courtesy Flush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:28 AM
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8. I'm with you... except for the yummy guy part.
I don't watch anything on regular TV anymore.

I've gotten spoiled to NetFlix. I watch only what I really want to see. I've never had HBO, but I follow a few of their series on DVD. They also have lots of good documentaries, how-to's (though not enough), etc.

There's literally not one single TV show I watch on regular TV, and I really don't miss it.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:43 AM
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12. Only on DVD now.
I grew up a teevee junkie. Then in the mid-70's I drifted away. Now I'll watch a couple programs on DVD. I don't feel that I've missed anything.
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:44 AM
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13. Me. Definitely.
I've never seen a single episode of things like Sex and the City or American Idol or Survivor or Project Runway or Allie McBeal or...or...or...

I have very few programs that I watch regularly -- baseball in the summer and then, through the winter, well, not much. I like Desperate Housewives sometimes, but it doesn't take much to get me away from it. Last night, for example, I got distracted cleaning the hamster cage.

I'd be lost around a water cooler, I guess.

Good thing we don't have one at work, isn't it?

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