July 19, 201212 yr Hmm I'm sure I probably missed something, but here it goes...In alphabetical order: 1. American Dad 2. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3. Charmed 4. Criminal Minds 5. Doctor Who 6. ER 7. Family Guy 8. Glee 9. How I Met Your Mother 10. Law & Order SVU 11. Melissa And Joey 12. Merlin 13. NCIS 14. Nurse Jackie 15. Stargate SG1 16. Supernatural 17. The Big Bang Theory 18. The Simpsons 19. The Vampire Diaries 20. Tosh.O 21. True Blood 22. White Collar
July 19, 201212 yr HOW COULD I FORGET THIS still, grand designs or arrested development to win please (or crimewatch come on now) crimewatch <3 Where is the love for Sabrina the Teenage Witch and The Queen's Nose? (and The Demon Headmaster actually)
July 19, 201212 yr In no particular order: Survivor The Simpsons Family Guy American Dad America's Next Top Model Home and Away Black Books Desperate Housewives Friends The Apprentice (I've only really watched the Irish one, not sure if it's taken the same as the British one?) Nurse Jackie Ally McBeal American Idol Charmed The Weakest Link Come Dine With Me The Golden Girls Hell's Kitchen Nip/Tuck Sex and the City :kink: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here Edit: How could I forget That '70s Show?! Adding it! Edit 2: I'd also like to add The Cube, awesome show, just watched it. Edit 3: I'll also add Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent. Edited July 30, 201212 yr by Mattias
July 19, 201212 yr I don't watch a lot of tv, so most of these are programmes that I'll sit and watch if they happen to be on or stuff I watched when I was younger. 2 Point 4 Children Absolutely Fabulous Alan Carr Chatty Man Big Brother CD:UK Eggheads Fawlty Towers French & Saunders Friends Ghosthunting With... Gimme Gimme Gimme Gladiators Have I Got News For You I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here In It To Win It Lost Miranda Most Haunted My Parents Are Aliens Never Mind The Buzzcocks Not Going Out Pointless Pokemon Qi SM:TV Live Springwatch The Apprentice The Chase The Crystal Maze The Graham Norton Show The IT Crowd The Million Pound Drop The X Factor Top Of The Pops True Blood Twin Peaks Ugly Betty Vous Les Femmes/WOMEN! Watson & Oliver Would I Lie To You?
July 19, 201212 yr Author Yeah... No chat, chart, panel or game (especially with presenters like in The Weakest Link, Million Pound Drop, etc. CRINGEEEEE. I don't think they should be put in the same category with the rest tbh) shows please. Just stuff like Big Brother, Apprentice, I'm a celeb get me out of here, Survivor, ANTM, etc. where they actually don't talk or answer f***ing stupid questions all the time.
July 19, 201212 yr Oh, I'm sure that bit wasn't in the rules when I first read the opening post a couple of days ago... So basically my list is down to about 10 shows then. Brilliant.
July 19, 201212 yr Why are panel shows not included but trashy reality shite like Next Top Model or I'm A Celeb are? Just sounds like you're bending the rules to accommodate your own personal tastes Pavvii!
July 19, 201212 yr Updated list. Absolutely Fabulous Big Brother Fawlty Towers Lost Miranda Most Haunted Not Going Out Springwatch The Apprentice Ugly Betty The legendary show that is Pointless not being allowed pretty much renders this whole thing obsolete.
July 19, 201212 yr This isn't necessarily in order: Merlin Doctor Who Being Human Blue Planet The Simpsons The Frozen Planet Dexter's Laboratory Pokemon (The original series of course) Friends Misfits The Apprentice That Mitchell & Webb Look Planet Earth Tom & Jerry Looney Tunes Glee Walking With Dinosaurs Walking With Beasts Big Brother
July 19, 201212 yr Author Why are panel shows not included but trashy reality shite like Next Top Model or I'm A Celeb are? Just sounds like you're bending the rules to accommodate your own personal tastes Pavvii! Do you really think that Million Pound Drop and this Alan Carr thing (a chat show I guess?) are on the same level with stuff like big Brother and Lost? I genuinely can't make any show that has people stand on the same place, talk, answer questions and win money eligible for this thing. Were they ok to include last time?
July 19, 201212 yr In no particular order: Current: 01. Castle 02. 90210 03. Happy Endings 04. Don't Trust the B---- in Apt 23 06. Covert Affairs 07. Mike & Molly 08. Cougar Town 09. Suburgatory 10. South Park 11. Parks & Recreation 12. Futurama 13. The Vampire Diaries 14. Archer 15. Community 16. Nikita 17. Haven 18. The Walking Dead 19. Revenge 20. Once Upon a Time 21. Merlin 22. Doctor Who 23. Homeland 24. Lost Girl 25. Family Guy 26. American Dad! 27. The Cleveland Show Past: 28. 24 29. Battlestar Galactica 30. Lie to Me 31. Torchwood 32. Freaks and Geeks 33. Brothers & Sisters 34. Dollhouse 35. Firefly 36. Greek 37. Six Feet Under 38. Joan of Arcadia 39. The Big C 40. The Sarah Jane Adventures
July 19, 201212 yr Oh, I'm sure that bit wasn't in the rules when I first read the opening post a couple of days ago... So basically my list is down to about 10 shows then. Brilliant. your other list was SO GOOD :(
July 19, 201212 yr Author OKAY PEOPLE. Actually they WERE allowed last time it was done. Plus I fear that people will go all OMG THAT'S RACIST on me so I'm allowing the chat/chart/panel/game shows. There weren't really as many of them in the voting in 2010 (but only as far as my knowledge of British panel/game/chat show names goes!). Just prepare for a poor commentary on most of them since I don't watch chat shows due to me finding them boring as FUCK. SO EDIT ALL OF THEM BACK IF YOU WANT.
July 19, 201212 yr In no particular order (though the first one IS the best): Parks and Recreation The Simpsons Green Wing Community Doctor Who Family Guy Borgen Homeland Mad Men Six Feet Under Nighty Night Arrested Development Fawlty Towers The Big C United States of Tara Veronica Mars The Apprentice Friends Outnumbered Arthur The Vicar of Dibley Star Trek: Voyager Battlestar Galactica (2004) Damages Sabrina the Teenage Witch American Horror Story Revenge Smash Veep The Big Bang Theory Twin Peaks 30 Rock Absolutely Fabulous Cougar Town Enlightened
July 20, 201212 yr Is this actually any good (well you have it at number 1, so I assume you love it ha!)? I was never really interested in it, but seeing as Michael C. Hall was in it (I had no idea until about a month ago or so!!) I wanted to give it a go but was never sure if I would be all that interested in it. I have no idea what it's about, other than it's based in a funeral home sort of thing. Well, the show has the most fleshed out characters I've ever seen in anything outside of a novel, particularly Claire who has the very definition of a life journey and who I still adore to this very day (and is in my sig) and Brenda (who is played by Rachel Griffins, who you might recognise, as she is a main character in Brothers & Sisters if you've ever watched that show - which coincidently is heavily influenced by SFU). The show is very existential, which could be seen as pretentious but I found very profound, and the way it tackles the theme of death, especially in the final scene, is something that was very cathartic for me and in the end, ultimately comforting; it may sound sad, but I actually felt more at ease with my own mortality having watched SFU, and no other show has had such a resonance with me (In Treatment came close). I think the strongest point that can be said in its favour is that the writers stick with the characters and their growth as the central focus of the show, you see them warts and all, inside and out, over a span of five years and I was bereaved when it was all over. Some have criticised it for going a bit too melodramatic and soap opera-ish after season 2 with some of the relationships, with the storylines getting singled out the most being; one that dealt with one of the characters going missing; one when one of the characters is taken hostage and put through a harrowing ordeal that hangs over them for the rest of the series and another dealing with a mental illness. I never really understood these complaints, as I never found them anything other than painfully realistic. I also have never cried as much watching a show before, especially at the ending, and that alone is something that makes the whole thing worth while. The best and most satisfying final episode and scene I've had the privilege of watching so far, and I can't imagine it will be beaten (it is also the highest rated television episode on IMDB I believe). The general plot of the show, is that every episode opens with a death (in the pilot it's the patriarch of the family that dies which resonates throughout the whole series), and typically the funeral will be the main driving force of the episode with it reflecting on issues that one of the main characters is going through; athough that was more apparent in the earlier episodes (for example, in-the-closet Michael C. Hall preparing a funeral for a man murdered for being gay). It often mixes dark humour and fantastical elements e.g. lots of dreams, visions, talking to ghosts (which is really just externalising conversations that are going on inside the characters head) which contains a lot of symbolism and psychological depth that I haven't seen before or since (once again In Treatment comes close). Alan Ball would later use those plot devices a lot in True Blood, but not nearly as well as he uses them here. z8dNIUZZe-o One of my favourite parts of the show is when the family get together for dinner, which are often awkward and hilarious; this scene in particular is a favourite. I've rambled a lot, but yeah, definitely check it out. Also, the soundtrack is brilliant, as is the opening credits and theme, and the acting is top notch (Patricia Clarkson and Kathy Bates are two notable recurring guest roles that are really knock-out). Edited July 20, 201212 yr by Daniel.
July 20, 201212 yr Ha! I think you've definitely sold it for me now! :lol: Thank you for that actually. It's giving me the kick up the arse I need as to whether I want to watch it or not :lol:. Will probably make a start on it tomorrow night! The series are going quite cheap in HMV at the moment too, so if I like the first few episodes I may contemplate on slowly getting them. Oh and I've heard good stuff about the soundtrack too, which was another reason why I wanted to watch it. That Sia song especially, that's gets used ('Breathe Me'?) I think you recommended it to me before and I loved it.
July 22, 201212 yr no particular order: Sugar Rush Vicar Of Dibley The Queen's Nose The Demon Headmaster Sabrina The Teenage Witch Eastenders Hollyoaks Misfits Miranda Cherry Healey: How To Get A Life (don't know if this counts) Crimewatch Rizzoli & Isles NCIS The Apprentice Desperate Housewives Red Cap Cutting It Pointless French & Saunders Absolutely Fabulous Skins (only for the first two series) Green Wing Arrested Development Treasure Hunt Crystal Maze Keeping Up Appearances America's Next Top Model may add more later Edited July 22, 201212 yr by Casey__
July 24, 201212 yr In the order in which they popped into my head: Regular Show Cardcaptor Sakura (it makes me so sad that this won't make it - gayest animé ever (and therefore the best)) Desperate Housewives The Simpsons Happy Tree Friends Father Ted (I feel so indie being only the second person to nom this, better not miss out!) Fawlty Towers The Good Wife 30 Rock Eastenders Sabrina The Teenage Witch Friends American Dad Come Dine With Me Summer Heights High Digimon That 70s Show Cougar Town Yu-Gi-Oh (I couldn't leave this out, it was basically my childhood!) Lots of old stuff there as I REALLY don't watch that much TV these days at all but there's the occasional new-ish show. Was tempted to include Revenge, Parks & Rec and Happy Endings but I don't think I've seen enough of any of them to justify putting them into my (admittedly hastily thrown together) list.
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