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Favorite TV Shows? (Original Post) IrishEyes Apr 2013 OP
How about this.. AsahinaKimi Apr 2013 #1
I don't usually do comedies. MrSlayer Apr 2013 #2
Parks and Recreation nytemare Apr 2013 #3
This was one of my all-time favorite funny TV shows aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #4
For the 1,000,000th time: Aristus Apr 2013 #5
PBS on 4 billion years of Austrailia tonight Betsy Ross Apr 2013 #6
In saw that last night... Callmecrazy Apr 2013 #16
British? Neoma Apr 2013 #7
Love it! vanlassie Apr 2013 #10
Well, Nova's about to start here pokerfan Apr 2013 #8
you can find Fernwood Tonight and America Tonight segments on youtube olddots Apr 2013 #9
Netflix has all the Saturday Night Lives starting from the 1970s LeftInTX Apr 2013 #11
Check out Archer. Initech Apr 2013 #12
Archer for Sure! our teenager got me hooked, benld74 Apr 2013 #19
I have all three seasons on DVD. Initech Apr 2013 #20
I only like one show, and it's UK Top Gear. LadyHawkAZ Apr 2013 #13
My new favorite is HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #14
Adventure Time Orsino Apr 2013 #15
Big Bang Theory lame54 Apr 2013 #17
I'm gonna have to second Callmecrazy Apr 2013 #18
Hmm... harmonicon Apr 2013 #21
Well, I tend to watch either on netflix or on demand so... Xyzse Apr 2013 #22
Moonshiners Kingofalldems Apr 2013 #23
Thank you for the suggestions. IrishEyes Apr 2013 #24
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
2. I don't usually do comedies.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 10:02 PM
Apr 2013

But Arrested Development is pretty funny. I just started watching that on Netflix. Give that a shot if you like smart and funny.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
4. This was one of my all-time favorite funny TV shows
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 10:40 PM
Apr 2013

but I don't know where you could get the DVDs. I don't watch much network TV anymore.




Aristus

(66,096 posts)
5. For the 1,000,000th time:
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 10:43 PM
Apr 2013
The West Wing. Best TV show ev-AR!

At least the first four seasons, anyway.

The writing was stunning.

Aaron Sorkin says he was trying to create an idealized Bill Clinton administration. But in many ways, he was anticipating the administration of Barack Obama...

Betsy Ross

(3,147 posts)
6. PBS on 4 billion years of Austrailia tonight
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 10:44 PM
Apr 2013

NOVA. I'm watching. I frequently complain that we are exposed to so little about the geological history of the southern hemisphere. Now's my chance.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
16. In saw that last night...
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:43 PM
Apr 2013

Interesting. Australia has the oldest geology on the planet. No wonder all the wildlife is so different from the rest of the world.

vanlassie

(5,637 posts)
10. Love it!
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:02 AM
Apr 2013

I expect to have grand kids who speak with cute English accents before long. Few more years

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
8. Well, Nova's about to start here
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 11:02 PM
Apr 2013

That's all I'm watching tonight as I time-shift Stewart, Colbert and Ferguson to watch the next day.

Funny and smart shows I like are Archer, Doctor Who and The Big Bang Theory. You might want to check out Sports Night if you never saw it before. Only ran for two seasons but they were good seasons.



 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
9. you can find Fernwood Tonight and America Tonight segments on youtube
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 11:55 PM
Apr 2013

Martin Mull & Fred Willard
these were summer replacement show in the late 70s watch for some very funny fake quests. I love the stuff but I'm a sick puppy .

LeftInTX

(24,560 posts)
11. Netflix has all the Saturday Night Lives starting from the 1970s
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:07 AM
Apr 2013

It took me several months to watch the 1970s which were my favorites.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
12. Check out Archer.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:10 AM
Apr 2013

It's one of the funniest spy themed shows on TV. Think of it as a modern day "Get Smart" but with lots and lots of booze.

Also check out "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", "30 Rock", and of course the forthcoming new season of "Arrested Development" if you like comedies.

benld74

(9,889 posts)
19. Archer for Sure! our teenager got me hooked,
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:52 PM
Apr 2013

I put closed captioned on, just to make sure I dont miss anything
IT goes fast, funny, smart!

Initech

(99,915 posts)
20. I have all three seasons on DVD.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 06:53 PM
Apr 2013

"Archer you're drinking too much!!!!!"
"Is... is there such a thing?"

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
13. I only like one show, and it's UK Top Gear.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:53 AM
Apr 2013

Hilarious.

My second favorite thing to watch is a blank screen, so other than that I'm not much help.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
14. My new favorite is
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:55 AM
Apr 2013

BBC American's Ripper Street. Set in 1889, London. It's between seasons now but the first season can be found On-Demand.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
15. Adventure Time
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:41 PM
Apr 2013

It's the only thing I watch on the Cartoon Network. It's sweet, surreal, happy, funny...and a couple of times sadly beautiful.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
18. I'm gonna have to second
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:48 PM
Apr 2013

The West Wing. I can practically speak the lines, I've re-watched them so many times. The topics are as timely now as they were in the 90's. Just shows that Congress hasn't done shit for the last 20 years.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
22. Well, I tend to watch either on netflix or on demand so...
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:24 PM
Apr 2013

I've just finished:

Eureka - I love this show. The series is over, and it was a nice little journey. It is about a law enforcement officer who became a deputy to a town of geniuses.
Warehouse 13 - Another Syfy show which sometimes has crossovers with Eureka. A team that hunts artifacts which reference historical figures. Fantasy based and unbelievable, but it has heart.

Grimm - Currently in the 2nd season in NBC, it is about a descendant of the Grimms, as in Grimm Fairy tales. My favorite character in this show has to be Monroe. It has some humor, bad special effects, but I like the story, and how everything has a German name.

Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Great show, which is hysterically funny. Kinda demented and disgusting in a way, but it is part of the charm.

There are others, but I am not mentioning the dramas or "sad" ones. I just mentioned the ones that are quirky and fun.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
24. Thank you for the suggestions.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 11:07 PM
Apr 2013

I have watched in the past many of the shows suggested such as Big Bang Theory, The IT Crowd, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Arrested Development.

I think I will try Sports Night. I got the DVDs as a gift. For some reason, I have never gotten around to watching the West Wing. I will have to watch it sometime.

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