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Post by Bullhead on Nov 17, 2009 17:25:27 GMT -5
I've gotten over the fact that A LOT of people really hate Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane in general. But one thing that may baffle me for the rest of my days is how so many people are still saying that Family Guy hasn't been funny since it came back from cancellation. Maybe I'm just getting old. It's not perfect and it never was. But it was funny then and it's funny now. NCIS deserves to be the #1 show on television. In fact, it always has. If you look the word 'oxymoron' in an encyclopedia and go to the list of examples the first one on the list should be 'reality television'. With that being said, I love The Little Couple. That show sunk it's little claws in me from the very beginning and won't let go. Damn you, Jen. One of my favorite things to do is to look at a list of the most popular TV shows of the last 10 years or so and realize I've only watched maybe 2 or 3 of them. Makes me feel so free.
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The Lodger
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Wino is not pleased.
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Post by The Lodger on Nov 18, 2009 0:46:13 GMT -5
he he, I love these kind of threads. Here's a few.
Joss Whedon - Don't get the hype, Firefly was good, could've been great. That's about it, I don't understand his cult status.
Battlestar Galactica = Overrated.
The Wire = The Best Show To Ever Air On Television In Any Decade
Glee is terrible. It's High School: The Musical: The TV Show if John Waters' cowardly, milk toasty little brother wrote it. I don't dig musicals, I especially don't like it when they use pop songs in musicals. If I wanted to hear pop songs passing for show tunes, I'd listen to Billy Joel (zing.)
I hate: NCIS, Law and Order, CSI, and any other crappy crime of the week show.
Scrubs was great for about 3 1/2 seasons.
BTW: To everyone who sees the war between House and Dr. Cox (characters I love, BTW) needs to check out a show called "Becker." After that, realize that the hateful, witty doctor started with Williams Daniels in St. Elsewhere.
Friday Night Lights is the best drama on TV right now, the fact that it doesn't get the love that Glee gets makes me very sad.
Friends was terrible. Everyone Loves Raymond was worse.
The only thing decent that CBS airs is "How I Met Your Mother"
Family Guy and South Park are both equally funny shows.
Venture Bros is the best animated show on the air.
Other than South Park and the Colbaily Show, Comedy Central's programming is painfully obnoxious.
I refuse to watch Lost until the series is over.
Huff could have been on the best dramas on TV if Showtime didn't screw it up in the 2nd season, same with Dead Like Me.
and my most unpopular: Entourage is the definition of unfunny, trite, god awful television. Jeremy Piven wins awards for being the only remotely interesting thing that happens in that show.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Nov 18, 2009 2:10:09 GMT -5
seinfield is the most overrated show of all time none of seth mcfarlane shows have ever made me laugh ever
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Nov 18, 2009 5:38:25 GMT -5
As the great as the character was, David Simon did the right thing by giving Omar little {Spoiler} the most anti climatic death possible (shot in back of the head by a child) instead of having him die in some silly Scarface blaze of glory shootout which would gone against everything The Wire was about. Also I can’t help but laugh at all the stupid suburban wannabe thugs who got upset over this because the show did not fulfill their juvenile and idiotic fantasies of life in the hood
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 18, 2009 6:24:04 GMT -5
Network Television sucks and I can ALWAYS find something on Cable worth watching that is more entertaining than any of the same old crap the Networks show.
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The Lodger
Don Corleone
Wino is not pleased.
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Post by The Lodger on Nov 18, 2009 8:07:16 GMT -5
As the great as the character was, David Simon did the right thing by giving Omar little {Spoiler} the most anti climatic death possible (shot in back of the head by a child) instead of having him die in some silly Scarface blaze of glory shootout which would gone against everything The Wire was about. Also I can’t help but laugh at all the stupid suburban wannabe thugs who got upset over this because the show did not fulfill their juvenile and idiotic fantasies of life in the hood Yes! We all kind of wanted the epic shoot out, but when does that happen in real life? I thought it was brilliant.
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Fiddleford H. McGucket
El Dandy
My Mind's been gone for 30-odd years! Can't Break what's already broken!
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Nov 18, 2009 14:34:15 GMT -5
- Comedy Central went from cancelling anything that failed after it's Post South Park Time Slot Debut Season (Battlebots) and consistantly canceling good shows (Strangers with Candy, Kids in the Hall, Reno 911) to simply showing crap (Secret Girlfriend, Krod Mandoon)
- I love Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters, I don't think that's an unpopular opinion
- However, Mythbusters's Explosion fetish and new focus on Tory, Grant and Kari is slowly ruining things.
- Nickelodeon needs to create a "Classic Nick" channel that exclusively features shows from around 89-95/97
- To clarify a prior point, I don't hate anime, I just hate it's sudden proliferation on Saturday mornings and subsequent bumping of better quality shows and the knowledge that due to the fact that there's less work involved in its localization vs it's production (Editing, new VO work etc vs Complete creation of a new production) animation producers and distributors would prefer the cheaper Anime.
- Oprah is entirely too powerful a marketing machine.
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Post by taylorandborland on Nov 18, 2009 15:08:50 GMT -5
BTW: To everyone who sees the war between House and Dr. Cox (characters I love, BTW) needs to check out a show called "Becker." After that, realize that the hateful, witty doctor started with Williams Daniels in St. Elsewhere. Becker is one of the most underrated shows in TV history. Ted Danson should've gotten an Emmy or something just for the fact that John Becker and Sam Malone are both great characters, but so different.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 18, 2009 15:11:47 GMT -5
'Sister Kate' was very underrated
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Going Big and Saying That
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Nov 18, 2009 15:58:24 GMT -5
-For every good anime, there are usually 5 bad ones. I loved School Rumble and Beck, but I hated School Days because of how utterly stupid and whorish the characters were, and I can't even finish Rosario + Vampire.
-Degrassi started tanking even before all the kids graduated, rape and death was only a band-aid.
-I don't think The Office is all that funny. Seriously, I've been catching up on re-runs and Michael, Dwight, and Kevin are sort of funny, its just not as hilarious as I'd thought it would be.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 18, 2009 16:34:48 GMT -5
Phil Ken Sebben is one of the best cartoon characters of the last 20 years
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 18, 2009 18:06:03 GMT -5
Phil Ken Sebben is one of the best cartoon characters of the last 20 years Ha! Ha! the truth.
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Johnny Flamingo
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Nov 18, 2009 19:35:59 GMT -5
South Park was never really that good of a show.
The last two seasons of The Simpsons were very good.
American Dad is better than Family Guy
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Post by dlg3000 on Nov 21, 2009 16:05:03 GMT -5
I think Captain Stodlemyer killed monk's wife on monk. I hope not. This final season is all about giving Monk and everyone else closure. Making Monk better, and we've seen him overcome quite a few of the problems he's had in the past this season. Having Monk's best friend be the one that killed Trudy would be a terrible way to end the show. - I liked Bela, Original Ruby and Jo on Supernatural. - I hated Logan on Veronica Mars. - Angel was a better show than Buffy. -I agree. Angel was a great show. -I cannot get into NCIS or its spinoff. -SNL has improved -I like the View and watch it everyday. -I cannot imagine watching TV without Oprah..I just can't. -House and Bones have both jumped the shark for me. -I like both Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. -I don't care for the Amazing Race and haven't done so in years. -I think 3rd Rock From the Sun was hilarious and incredibly underrated. -I loved Everybody Loves Raymond and it never jumped the shark. It was one of the funniest shows in tv. -Dharma and Greg was very funny. -Crminal Minds is a good drama. -Just when you think Survivor is about to jump the shark, it still shows to entertain people. Personally I wish it would go away and not come back every 4-6 months. -CSI Miami has always been my favorite of the CSI shows and the original CSI somewhat jumped the shark when William Petersen left. -Just when you think it is about the Jump the Shark, Desperate Housewives still comes up with something good. -I love Brothers and Sisters and I think that it is highly underrated. -I love Dancing with the Stars and it is one of the few shows I look forward to every week. -Big Brother is the most underrated reality shows ever. -Drew Carey was the right choice to host the Price is Right, though I wasn't certain at first. -I think Everybody Hates Chris and My Name is Earl are funny. Tichina Arnold who plays the mom is quite beautiful and an underrated actress.
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The OP
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Post by The OP on Nov 21, 2009 18:18:54 GMT -5
The thing that bugs me about My Name Is Earl is that I can't buy the lead actor as a southern guy. He sounds like a guy from somewhere like New York or California using a fake southern accent, which I believe he is. With such a glaring flaw in the lead actor it makes it really hard for me to get into the show. Plus his mustache looks fake.
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Mary Droppins? ...well I thought it was funny
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Post by Maniac Mitch on Nov 21, 2009 20:17:02 GMT -5
-I third the Good Eats appreciation. Alton Brown is the best thing going on the Food Network.
-As much as I love Hugh Laurie(he and Stephen Fry comprise my favourite comedy team) and loved the first couple of seasons, I can't watch the show anymore. I can only take House's misanthropy for so long before I tune out.
-I actually look forward to Jeff Goldblum's episodes on Law and Order Criminal Intent more then Vincent D'onofrio's. Goldblum keeps the same quirky detective vibe, but with less intenst lunatic baggage. That said, I still like D'onofrio.
-Lie To Me is my favourite show currently on TV, which likely means it'll be cancelled soon.
-Titus was the only studio audience sitcom I made a point to watch every week. It was a ground breaking show that gets very little credit.
- Along the same subject. I've moved past needing a studio audience to tell me when things are supposed to be funny. Arrested Development and Scrubs have killed the traditional sitcom for me. I did like Frasier though, but not enough to actually watch every week.
-I can't sit through an entire episode of Family Guy or any of it's bretheren anymore because there's always one unfunny joke that MacFarlane drags out until I switch the channel. -David Carusoe is awesome on CSI Miami. I haven't been able to finish an episode of New York. New Yorks been done to death what with all of the LAO shows being set there.
-I agree with the assessment that Married with Children hasn't aged well. Their studio audience was the most obnoxious audience in history whooping and cheering for every little thing.
-I'm so far behind on Lost and Heroes that I doubt I'll ever get into it. Boxed sets for hour long shows are too expensive to take the gamble on.
There's more, but I can't be bothered to think of them now.
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Post by Childish Gambino on Nov 21, 2009 20:47:00 GMT -5
Jimmy Fallon has improved out of sight.
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Post by jh417 on Nov 21, 2009 23:21:57 GMT -5
- I like the US Office a lot better than the Britain Office. Not saying it's better or anything and maybe I just have the worst sense of humor, but it just doesn't seem that funny.
- Speaking of The Office, after Jim and Pam officially became a couple, it was not fun anymore.
- The trashy VH1 shows (I Love...Flavor of Love) are enjoyable for what they are.
- Casey Novak did not destroy Law and Order SVU. Even with the return of Cabot, it's not that enjoyable compared to the first four seasons.
- In fact, I hate how they put so much personal drama in SVU. I don't care if it gives the detectives more depth and blah blah. I just want to see crime, evidence, psychology, and all that jazz.
- Psych first two seasons were great. After that...it pretty much sucks.
- Family Guy is funny, but not exactly groundbreaking and if I hear ONE more quote from that show, I will hurt someone.
- I like typical crime shows like Criminal Minds, Cold Case, and NCIS and I think there are times when those shows should win Emmys
- CSI: NY is better than Miami...and now the first one.
- Law and Order went downhill after Jerry Orbach died and Jesse Martin left.
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air was a good show. Not because of nostalgia or anything like that, I mean it was a simple, feel good, family show that taught you something at the end
- Law and Order CI is extremely cheesy now.
- I find that the only saving grace of Bones is Seely Booth. After that, I can't stand it.
- Grounded for Life was a damn good show and shouldn't have been canceled
- Titus as well
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Nov 21, 2009 23:58:43 GMT -5
-I'm so far behind on Lost and Heroes that I doubt I'll ever get into it. Boxed sets for hour long shows are too expensive to take the gamble on. Don't bother getting back into Heroes. That show has gotten so bad it's not even funny. In fact, it's pretty tragic how the quality has fallen.
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Slim Loves Lily
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I'm gonna want the milksteak boiled over hard.
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Post by Slim Loves Lily on Nov 22, 2009 0:02:00 GMT -5
Andy Samberg has never been funny.
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