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Christine
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What are you watching this fall? Anything good, especially the new stuff?

I was surprisingly entertained by "My Own Worst Enemy" although I don't see how the premise can last for long.

Otherwise, I'm ready to give up on "Heroes," "Lost" doesn't start until next year, and I get bored in the evenings because my husband is a full time student and has a lot of homework to do. [Smile]

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Nighthawk
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Fringe

Dollhouse (not sure when this is coming out)

What's left of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

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Lisa
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Dollhouse is a midseason show. Eli Stone is back, and it's wicked cool. Numb3rs is its usual great self, as is Life. The Mentalist is terrific. I prefer it to Psych, actually. Big Bang Theory continues to crack me up, and I'm enjoying Chuck, too. Not to mention House and Dexter and Merlin and did I mention that I watch way too much TV?
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NCIS is getting better than it started off. (If you want to catch up, all this season's eps are posted on Netflix Watch Instantly the day after they air.)
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Two and a Half Men reruns, Chuck, Heroes, House, Bones, and Primeval. Primeval was wonderful for the first half, but I had some trouble adjusting to what basically became a new show at the halfway point. It's still good, but much darker than it started.

Other than that, we're up to Season 8 of our SG1 box set.

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Gurren Lagann on the SciFi Channel is excellent. Though technically it started its US run back in the summer. [Cool]
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Carrie
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My BSG DVDs.

And yeah, I watch Chuck. It's cute. [Smile] And copious amounts of football.

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TL
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Fringe and Terminator are both pretty terrible. You might enjoy them, but if you're giving up on Heroes (I don't blame you), I'd be surprised, as they are in the same vein and of similar quality, and suffer from the same problems (stories that make absolutely no sense, mainly)....

I'll recommend a couple of new shows I've been enjoying so far this season. Check out Easy Money and The Mentalist.

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Terminator is currently my favorite show. (And yes, TL, I also hate what Heroes is becoming.) While both of them have Time-Travel plotlines that are somewhat nonsensical, with Heroes it is only one problem of many, whereas with Terminator you only need to suspend one particular disbelief, which is that the Terminators can go back in time but for some reason don't just infect the internet and take over the world. The rest of the show follows quite logically if you're willing to swallow that. The characters feel very believable to me.
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quote:
Originally posted by Carrie:
My BSG DVDs.

And yeah, I watch Chuck. It's cute. [Smile] And copious amounts of football.

I think you should lend me your BSG dvds. I'm sure you could find something in my extensive DVD collection to borrow in return.

I saw Chuck for the first time the other day and it was surprisingly funny. I thought it looked dumb at first, but now I might go back and watch it from the start. I still have other things to get caught up on.

And to answer the original question: I'm watching Heroes, and copious amounts of hockey. [Smile] I want to get caught up on NCIS and watch that. Other than that I'm rewatching my West Wing dvds. Nothing on TV right now is really drawing me in. My school schedule and work don't really allow me to watch much of anything on a regular basis. Next Summer I have a crapton of catching up to do.

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I will warn you that the bulk of the first season of Chuck only had one plot. But it was all done with so much fun and humor that I still thought it was worth it.

If you get bogged down in the sameness of Season 1, skip ahead to Chuck revisiting his old college for some nice background and the one where Chuck and Sarah try to stop a bomb. It's a nice two-parter that didn't go where i thought it would. Pretty much everything after Morgan started dating Anna made me happy.

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Christine
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I actually saw most of the first episode of Chuck and wasn't drawn by that one. It seemed a little too dumb to be funny.

Although I have to say I would love to get into another comedy show. I just realized I haven't really gotten into a comedy series since Friends ended eons ago. Now the only things that make me laugh are The Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

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I'm a big Supernatural fan. I also was surprised by Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. Big Bang Theory is the only show my husband cares about watching.
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I just got into How I Met Your Mother this year, and I've been watching the previous seasons on DVD along with the current one. I'm really enjoying it, and so far every episode has at least one thing that makes me laugh (better record than most "comedy" shows for me).

--Mel

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Carrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
quote:
Originally posted by Carrie:
My BSG DVDs.

And yeah, I watch Chuck. It's cute. [Smile] And copious amounts of football.

I think you should lend me your BSG dvds. I'm sure you could find something in my extensive DVD collection to borrow in return.

You know, I could actually be persuaded to do this. [Wink]

Failing that, I'm sure there's at least one video rental place that's got 'em...

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I'm watching CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the main characters died at the beginning of this season and they're bringing in Lauren Lee Smith to replace him.

Once it starts back up, I'll also be watching Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I love Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Goren. It also looks like they're introducing Jeff Goldblum this season.

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Mad Men. On AMC. If you have not watched it you are making a mistake.

It's about the advertising world in the 60's. Manhattan and all the tragic characters that come with it.

I believe it's from the same guy who did Sopranos

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TL
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I'll second the Mad Men recommendation; it's probably my favorite show at the moment. The guy making it is not THE guy from the Sopranos, but he is one of the guys from the Sopranos... One of the primary writers and producers, but not the creator. Just to clarify.

I think it is just as good as the Sopranos.

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quote:
Originally posted by TL:
Fringe and Terminator are both pretty terrible. You might enjoy them, but if you're giving up on Heroes (I don't blame you), I'd be surprised, as they are in the same vein and of similar quality, and suffer from the same problems (stories that make absolutely no sense, mainly)....

Are they supposed to make sense?
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TL
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Um... Yes?
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Scott R
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Life and Pushing Up Daisies are about the only TV I watch these days.

They are exceptional series.

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Lisa
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quote:
Originally posted by theCrowsWife:
I just got into How I Met Your Mother this year, and I've been watching the previous seasons on DVD along with the current one. I'm really enjoying it, and so far every episode has at least one thing that makes me laugh (better record than most "comedy" shows for me).

--Mel

I'm midway through the second season myself. And it more than makes me laugh; it makes me smile. There are only a handful of shows that give me a warm feeling when they're done like that. Numb3rs, strangely enough (the family dynamic is wonderful) and HIMYM are the two that do it the most consistently for me.
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Lisa
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quote:
Originally posted by BelladonnaOrchid:
I'm watching CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the main characters died at the beginning of this season and they're bringing in Lauren Lee Smith to replace him.

Soup chef!
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currently watching:
Life - quite happy
Pushing Daisies - content
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles - content
Heroes - Disgruntled (especially by last week's episode)
Fringe - utterly disappointed, and when you come in with 0 expectations, that's saying something
How I Met Your Mother - Legen... wait for it... dary!
Grey's Anatomy - mostly watching out of sheer momentum at this point, but it has it's good points still
True Blood - Generally happy, apart from it being so sex-oriented, which is ok, but rather over-the-top for my liking.

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