The January 2010 Sked Changes
New & Improved WQ
changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
Unfailingly once again, it’s going to be a long, dreary mid-season,
folks.
S U N
7:00
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos
CBS 60 Minutes
NBC Dateline [2 hrs, Jan 10]
FOX Series Repeats
8:00
ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
CBS The Amazing Race
FOX The Simpsons
8:30
FOX The Cleveland Show
9:00
ABC Desperate Housewives
CBS Cold Case [Dec 6]
NBC Specials [2 hrs, Jan 10]
FOX Family Guy
9:30
FOX American Dad!
10:00
ABC Brothers and Sisters
CBS Series Repeats
M O N
8:00
ABC The Bachelor [2 hrs, Jan 4]
CBS How I Met Your Mother
NBC Chuck [Jan 10/11]
FOX House, M.D.
C W One Tree Hill
8:30
CBS Accidentally on Purpose
9:00
CBS Two and Half Men
NBC Heroes [Jan 4]
FOX 24 [Jan 17/18]
C W Life Unexpected [Jan 18]
9:30
CBS The Big Bang Theory
10:00
ABC Castle
CBS CSI: Miami
NBC The Jay Leno Show
T U E
8:00
ABC Repeats & Specials
CBS NCIS
NBC The Biggest Loser [2 hrs]
FOX American Idol [Jan 12]
C W 90210
9:00
ABC Scrubs [Dec 1]
Lost [Feb 2]
CBS NCIS: Los Angeles
FOX Our Little Genius [Jan 13/19]
C W Melrose Place
9:30
ABC Better Off Ted [Dec 8]
10:00
ABC The Forgotten
CBS The Good Wife
NBC The Jay Leno Show
W E D
8:00
ABC Modern Family [repeats]
CBS The New Adventures of Old Christine
NBC Mercy
FOX American Idol [Jan 13]
C W One Tree Hill [repeats Dec 23]
8:30
ABC The Middle
CBS Gary Unmarried
9:00
ABC Modern Family
CBS Criminal Minds
NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
FOX Human Target [Jan 17/20]
C W Gossip Girl [repeats Dec 23]
9:30
ABC Cougar Town
10:00
ABC Ugly Betty [Jan 6]
CBS CSI: NY
NBC The Jay Leno Show
T H U
8:00
ABC Repeats & Specials
CBS Survivor
NBC Community
FOX Bones
C W The Vampire Diaries
8:30
NBC Parks and Recreation
9:00
ABC Grey’s Anatomy
CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
NBC The Office
FOX Fringe
Past Life [Feb 11]
C W Supernatural
9:30
NBC 30 Rock
10:00
ABC Private Practice
CBS The Mentalist
NBC The Jay Leno Show
F R I
8:00
ABC Super Nanny
CBS Ghost Whisperer
NBC Law & Order
FOX Bones [repeats Jan 8]
House, M.D. [repeats Jan 29]
C W Smallville
9:00
ABC Shark Tank [Jan 8]
CBS Medium
NBC Dateline
FOX Dollhouse [Dec 4]
Kitchen Nightmares [Jan 29]
C W Series Repeats
10:00
ABC 20/20
CBS Numb3rs
NBC The Jay Leno Show
S A T
8:00
ABC Repeats & Specials [3 hrs]
CBS Series Repeats
NBC Series Repeats
FOX Cops
8:30
FOX Cops [repeats]
9:00
CBS Series Repeats
NBC Series Repeats
FOX America’s Most Wanted
10:00
CBS 48 Hours Mystery
NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [repeats]
A Watcher
> The January 2010 lineups for the nets, including December and February
> changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
>
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
>
> folks.
>
> S U N
>
> 7:00
>
> 10:00
> CBS 48 Hours Mystery
> NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [repeats]
>
>
There's not a single show there that I care to watch. I'm an old fart,
though, so I don't think the network execs care about my viewing habits.
New & Improved WQ
> New & Improved WQ wrote:
>
> > The January 2010 lineups for the nets, including December and February
> > changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> > in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> > a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> > The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
>
> >http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
>
> > folks.
>
> > S U N
>
> > 7:00
>
> > 10:00
> > CBS 48 Hours Mystery
> > NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [repeats]
>
> There's not a single show there that I care to watch. I'm an old fart,
> though, so I don't think the network execs care about my viewing habits.
You don't have to be old, or of any age, to realize that 98% of what's
on is as dull as last week's dishwater, you just have to have the
brains and discriminating taste to see it.
Extravagan
> changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
>
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
>
> folks.
>
> [snip list]
Missing conspicuously: V and Flashforward.
A Watcher
The network execs all seem to be going after the mass audience. That's
their right, but it means that I don't watch their shows very much.
I would like to see somebody come up with a new way of funding and
broadcasting TV shows so that niche shows can succeed. I liked TSCC and
Defying Gravity and I think shows like that could be financially
successful if post broadcast revenue was figured in and they kept the
production costs down. Those 2 shows could probably have been done at a
lower cost without sacrificing too much. The story is more important
than impressive high def graphics. I don't need to see a lot of
explosions and destruction.
Lord Vader III
> New & Improved WQ wrote:
>
> > The January 2010 lineups for the nets, including December and February
> > changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> > in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> > a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> > The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
>
> >http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
>
> > folks.
>
> > [snip list]
>
> Missing conspicuously: V and Flashforward.
Because its already been announced they're coming back in March.
LVIII
Anim8rFSK
A Watcher <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> New & Improved WQ wrote:
> > The January 2010 lineups for the nets, including December and February
> > changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> > in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> > a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> > The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
> >
> > http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
> >
> > Unfailingly once again, it�s going to be a long, dreary mid-season,
> > folks.
> >
> > S U N
> >
> > 7:00
> > ABC America�s Funniest Home Videos
> > ABC Grey�s Anatomy
> > FOX America�s Most Wanted
> >
> > 10:00
> > CBS 48 Hours Mystery
> > NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [repeats]
> >
> >
>
> There's not a single show there that I care to watch. I'm an old fart,
> though, so I don't think the network execs care about my viewing habits.
We'll watch:
Chuck
Castle
CSI: Miami
NCIS
Better Off Ted
Survivor
Community
Bones
Law & Order
Smallville
--
Happy 30th Anniversary
STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
http://www.onedigitallife.com/images/star-trek-the-motion-picture.jpg
"The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning"
Ian J. Ball
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> We'll watch:
>
> Chuck
> Castle
> CSI: Miami
> NCIS
> Better Off Ted
> Survivor
> Community
> Bones
> Law & Order
> Smallville
And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
--
"There's no business, like Cho business."
- Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09
Rob Jensen
<w...@reborn.com> wrote:
>Unfailingly once again, it�s going to be a long, dreary mid-season,
>folks.
>
>S U N
>
>10:00
>ABC Brothers and Sisters
Now that I have a 1 TB hard drive, I'll be banking these to watch over
the summer, along with last season, which I still haven't seen yet
(but still have on my older Media Center PC in another room.)
Otherwise, I normally watch DVDs on Sundays -- mostly movies, but
sometimes series that are new to me, like Deadwood, which is awesome.
>M O N
>
>8:00
>CBS How I Met Your Mother
Watching it live.
>NBC Chuck [Jan 10/11]
DVRing it to watch at 1Opm (CT).
>FOX House, M.D.
Will probably drop it unless it turns out that Morrison's coming back
full time because her departure was story-oriented. The show's
basically over. Will definitely watch the episode that Sasha
Alexander is in, though.
>9:00
>NBC Heroes [Jan 4]
I have the six or seven most recent episodes in my Hulu queue. I'll
get to them eventually. The rest of this now-obviously-final season,
too.
>FOX 24 [Jan 17/18]
Live, on the front TV.
>C W Life Unexpected [Jan 18]
Either on the Interweb at cwtv.com or another timeslot if they do
same-week repeats.
>9:30
>CBS The Big Bang Theory
Media Center, to watch after Chuck later on the Monday night.
>10:00
>ABC Castle
On the Media Center, to watch after TBBT or maybe before Chuck (I
haven't decided yet.) As with darn near everything I DVR, I have to
be able to replay the zippier dialogue.
>CBS CSI: Miami
They did the sensible thing and got rid of Delko, so I'm doing the
sensible thing as a watcher of camp-classic TV and continuing to watch
this camp classic TV show.
>T U E
>
>8:00
>CBS NCIS
Watchin' it live. When "V" comes back, I'll be Hulu-ing that one so
that I can watch it in widescreen.
>9:00
>ABC Scrubs [Dec 1]
> Lost [Feb 2]
Will Hulu both, the latter for the Widescreen.
>CBS NCIS: Los Angeles
Watching it live. I prefer to watch braindead shows live, earlier in
the evening and the brainier shows later, after 10pm, on DVR and Hulu.
>W E D
>
>8:00
Catching up on other shows on DVR-- often Attack of the Show
>9:00
>CBS Criminal Minds
Watching it live.
>NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
>FOX Human Target [Jan 17/20]
DVRing it, but, okay, I'm a comics fan and I like what I've seen of
Human Target in the write-ups and previews so far, but I think that
it's totally ridiculous to put a show that doesn't skew toward Idol or
Glee fans on in Glee's timeslot.
>10:00
>CBS CSI: NY
Watching it live. IMO, the best of the three CSIs right now. That's
not to say that it's anything other than comfort food.
>T H U
>
>8:00
>NBC Community
Watching it on Hulu.
>FOX Bones
Watching it live.
>C W The Vampire Diaries
DVRing it later at night off KTLA (via the awesome superstations
package from Dish).
>9:00
>ABC Grey�s Anatomy
DVRing it due to zippy, must-rewind dialogue
>CBS CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Watching it live. Worst of the three CSIs now, even with Liz Vassey
promoted to opening credits.
>NBC The Office
Hulu-ing it. Weeks later. Michael Scott has jumped the shark as a
character, but the show hasn't. Particularly when Pam is pissed. IMO,
Jim and Pam are now the leads and they've really, REALLY got to pull
back on the Michael Scott 'cause we now know that the reason that the
Scranton branch is so successful is that he unintentionally creates an
overall sense of unity in his employees by turning them all against
him. We're on to him, so it's time to move on to someone else --
those someones being Jim and Pam, normal people.
>FOX Fringe
Hulu-ing to watch on Friday night. It's freaking awesome in
widescreen.
> Past Life [Feb 11]
Totally disinterested. I have the feeling that this one won't last a
month.
>C W Supernatural
Like Vampire Diaries, I'll be DVRing this one off KTLA later in the
night (11pm CT).
>9:30
>NBC 30 Rock
Hulu-ing.
>10:00
>ABC Private Practice
DVR-ing.
>CBS The Mentalist
Watching live. The Twinkie of TV.
>F R I
>
>8:00
>C W Smallville
Depending on what's on Skiffy -- Caprica, SGU, Eureka, whatever, I
might be DVRing this as early as 7pm CT. (I have three different time
zones of the WB due to the Superstations package)
>9:00
>FOX Dollhouse [Dec 4]
>C W Series Repeats
Once Dollhouse is done, there's nothing in the timeslot for me from
any of the five broadcast networks *unless* the CW's repeat is that
Life unXpected show. But it'll probably be repeats of Top Model, so
no.
>10:00
>CBS Numb3rs
Until it's done and then my Fridays clear up considerably.
>S A T
I play catch-up. The Soup in the morning, DVRing SNL just to watch
Weekend Update (and even then fastfowarding past every guest
commentator). Otherwise, mostly DVDs.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>There's not a single show there that I care to watch. I'm an old fart,
>though, so I don't think the network execs care about my viewing habits.
Maybe your age has nothing to do with the network execs not caring
about your viewing habits? [evil grin!]
-- Rob
Lord Vader III
> >CBS NCIS
>
> Watchin' it live. When "V" comes back, I'll be Hulu-ing that one so
> that I can watch it in widescreen.
>
> >9:00
> >ABC Scrubs [Dec 1]
> > Lost [Feb 2]
>
> Will Hulu both, the latter for the Widescreen.
>
> >FOX Fringe
>
> Hulu-ing to watch on Friday night. It's freaking awesome in
> widescreen.
>
> -- Rob
You don't have a widescreen TV? My dad is 75 years old and even he
has a HD widescreen TV.
LVIII
Anim8rFSK
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-CED0D...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > We'll watch:
> >
> > Chuck
> > Castle
> > CSI: Miami
> > NCIS
> > Better Off Ted
> > Survivor
> > Community
> > Bones
> > Law & Order
> > Smallville
>
> And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
That goes on the previous list.
Anim8rFSK
Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
> >CBS CSI: Miami
>
> They did the sensible thing and got rid of Delko, so I'm doing the
> sensible thing as a watcher of camp-classic TV and continuing to watch
> this camp classic TV show.
LOL, Delko is back next week.
Obveeus
"New & Improved WQ" <w...@reborn.com> wrote:
> S U N
Battlestar Galactica movie airs January 10th.
Nothing else to watch.
>M O N
>CBS How I Met Your Mother
>CBS Accidentally on Purpose
>C W Life Unexpected [Jan 18]
>ABC Castle
>T U E
>ABC Scrubs [Dec 1]
>ABC Better Off Ted [Dec 8]
Glee returns April 13th.
'V' returns March 30th.
My Boys returns March 30th.
>W E D
>ABC Modern Family
>ABC Cougar Town
America's Next Top Model returns March 3rd.
>T H U
>CBS Survivor
Flash Forward returns March 4th.
Project Runway returns January 14th.
>F R I
>FOX Dollhouse [Dec 4]
Caprica premieres January 22nd.
>S A T
Nothing to watch.
shawn
<ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>In article <ANIM8Rfsk-CED0D...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> We'll watch:
>>
>> Chuck
>> Castle
>> CSI: Miami
>> NCIS
>> Better Off Ted
>> Survivor
>> Community
>> Bones
>> Law & Order
>> Smallville
>
>And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
As usual I have more shows to watch than I can, but it's still odd to
me how there are some time periods when there's nothing I want to
watch. Like on Weds at 8PM there is nothing on in that schedule that I
want to watch.
My overall list of shows to watch/record (mostly for summer viewing.)
Castle
Chuck
Heroes
House
24
CSI Miami
The Big Bang Theory
Scrubs
Better off Ted
NCIS
NCSI LA
Lost
V
Criminal Minds (I only catch the occasional ep now)
Human Target (I'll give this show a couple of episodes)
Flash Forward
Grey's Anatomy
Survivor
CSI
Bones
Supernatural
Community
Fringe
30 Rock
The Mentalist
Numbers
Smallville
Ghost Whisperer
Medium
The Amazing Race
That's just the network shows as there are also great cable shows like
"Leverage" and "Burn Notice" that will be back. But my core shows that
I will make sure to watch live would probably be something like this:
Survivor
TAR
Fringe
NCIS
Lost
Chuck
24
The others are all either time fillers or shows that I'll watch when I
have the time/inclination. For example I'm just now getting around to
watching this summer's episodes of "True Blood" since there are fewer
new episodes of other shows on now. Then there's shows like Smallville
and Medium that I'm recording/storing out of habit since I haven't
actually watched them in a couple of years. I'll probably watch the
episodes eventually but I'm obviously not in a hurry. ;)
Ian J. Ball
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-1E0...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-CED0D...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > We'll watch:
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > > Castle
> > > CSI: Miami
> > > NCIS
> > > Better Off Ted
> > > Survivor
> > > Community
> > > Bones
> > > Law & Order
> > > Smallville
> >
> > And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
>
> That goes on the previous list.
I'll send you a reminder E-mail!! :)
Anim8rFSK
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-DEC0E...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-1E0...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-CED0D...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We'll watch:
> > > >
> > > > Chuck
> > > > Castle
> > > > CSI: Miami
> > > > NCIS
> > > > Better Off Ted
> > > > Survivor
> > > > Community
> > > > Bones
> > > > Law & Order
> > > > Smallville
> > >
> > > And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
> >
> > That goes on the previous list.
>
> I'll send you a reminder E-mail!! :)
Just listen for the horrible 'singing'
New & Improved WQ
You need to get out of the house more.
A Watcher
I do find that the shows I like I often canceled.
It also could be that I've seen enough sitcoms and crime shows. They
don't interest me anymore.
A Watcher
I take it you don't have any children. Possibly not even a spouse.
shawn
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>I take it you don't have any children. Possibly not even a spouse.
so you decided to join in the conversation with this precious gem.
Interesting. As I said before many of the shows just go into storage
to watch at some later date. TV is my main source of entertainment and
often it's on while I'm doing other things since only a few shows
really reward you for watching the entire time ("Fringe" being one of
those.) Most of the others are almost as enjoyable just listening to
the show with only looking at the screen occasionally.
A Watcher
When my kids were growing up I spent too much time watching TV and not
enough playing with them. I regret that now.
Nancy2
Nearly everything I watch is on cable. For broadcast, TAR and some
specials are it for those networks. But I find plenty to enjoy on
cable.
N.
Nancy2
>
> - Show quoted text -
I think that NBC and DirecTV's collaboration on Friday Night Lights
works really well. The series is shown first on DTV with no
commercials, and then in the winter the same series is on NBC (with
commercials). I, of course, like watching it on DTV....
N.
Nancy2
> In article <hfp803$5o...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning"- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Castle kind of interests me but not enough to give up whatever else I
watch at that time. I can proudly say I've never watched a single
episode of any of those shows, except for a Survivor maybe once a
season. Isn't it about time for L & O to die?
N.
Nancy2
> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:57:23 -0800, "Ian J. Ball"
>
>
>
>
>
> >In article <ANIM8Rfsk-CED0DC.19565509122...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
>
> - Show quoted text -
Right now, Wednesdays at 7 (CST) (BBCAmerica) has Gordon Ramsey's
Kitchen Nightmares - new episodes - which I really enjoy because he
tries to turn around failing restaurants. It isn't nearly as
offensive as his other series that's on Fox.
N.
Invid Fan
<cf939e63-c3f1-45f7...@z35g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
New & Improved WQ <w...@reborn.com> wrote:
> The January 2010 lineups for the nets, including December and February
> changes. Dates are for when a show will debut, return or begin airing
> in a new time slot. Double-dated shows are those with dates for both
> a preview airing and a time slot debut. The skeds are based on what
> The Futon Critic published on its site. For cable dates, go here:
>
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide.aspx
>
> Unfailingly once again, it�s going to be a long, dreary mid-season,
> folks.
>
> S U N
>
> 8:00
> ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
> CBS The Amazing Race
> FOX The Simpsons
The Amazing Race just ended, so this time slot will be a bit empty for
awhile.
--
Chris Mack *quote under construction*
'Invid Fan'
erilar
Invid Fan <in...@loclanet.com> wrote:
> The Amazing Race just ended, so this time slot will be a bit empty for
> awhile.
In my opinion it's been empty since they moved Cold Case an hour later,
since when I haven't watched it or anything else on CBS on Sunday night
except an occasional part of 60 Minutes when it happens to be on when I
bother to look.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Pete B
stoc...@earthlink.net says...
Yeah, they keep repeating the scripts every year.
Pete B
574a06...@m3g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, w...@reborn.com says...
> > I play catch-up. �The Soup in the morning, DVRing SNL just to watch
> > Weekend Update (and even then fastfowarding past every guest
> > commentator). �Otherwise, mostly DVDs.
> >
> > � -- Rob
>
>
> You need to get out of the house more.
Yeah, but there are people out there!
Ian J. Ball
Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-CE9...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-DEC0E...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-1E0...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> > > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
> > >
> > > That goes on the previous list.
> >
> > I'll send you a reminder E-mail!! :)
>
> Just listen for the horrible 'singing'
Bah! You like the theme song as much as I do!!
A Watcher
They change the scripts, but I just can't get interested in them. If I
am in front of a TV I find myself surfing for a nature, history or
documentary channel if there isn't any sci-fi or college football on.
Anim8rFSK
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article <ANIM8Rfsk-FCCAE...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-CE9...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <ANIM8Rfsk-DEC0E...@news.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > > Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <ijball-NO_SPAM-1E0...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> > > > "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > And "Sonny" should be back by March!! :D
> > > >
> > > > That goes on the previous list.
> > >
> > > I'll send you a reminder E-mail!! :)
> >
> > Just listen for the horrible 'singing'
>
> Bah! You like the theme song as much as I do!!
maybe even less
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <l5b1i5593784j5fja...@4ax.com>,
> Rob Jensen <Shut...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> >CBS CSI: Miami
>>
>> They did the sensible thing and got rid of Delko, so I'm doing the
>> sensible thing as a watcher of camp-classic TV and continuing to watch
>> this camp classic TV show.
>
>LOL, Delko is back next week.
For only a guest appearance. I think one more after that. I can
endure it.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
I have a 23" 1080p monitor on my Blu-Ray-equipped Media Center
computer. What I don't have is a Hi-Def satellite package. Just a
standard-def package. Hence, for the time being, until the prices on
HD packages come down a bit more, I Hulu.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
<w...@reborn.com> wrote:
>You need to get out of the house more.
I'm a diagnosed Social Phobe, so yeah. But that's entirely beside the
point. As long as I'm here, I watch a lot of TV and am pretty darn
efficient at it thanks to a DVR and Hulu enabling me to skip
commercials and thus be able to watch 25% more programming than I
would without them.
-- Rob
A Watcher
I have a widescreen monitor/tv for my pc and my wife watches a 40" HD
widescreen. We don't get HD tv yet because it costs too much. At
least it costs more than it is worth to me. The few shows I really
wanted in HD I can get on the internet.
Zombie Elvis
wrote:
The last time I left the house, they canceled Wonderfalls. Never
again!
--
"Actually, the Medium Point Bic Round Stick is the preferred
pen for emergency tracheotomies."
-- ER doctor from Wonderfalls
Roberto Castillo
roberto...@ameritech.net
http://mind-grapes.blogspot.com/
http://zombie-gulch.myminicity.com/
Anim8rFSK
A Watcher <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
You should be able to get a lot of them free with a pair of rabbit ears
too.
Obveeus
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote:
> A Watcher <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I have a widescreen monitor/tv for my pc and my wife watches a 40" HD
>> widescreen. We don't get HD tv yet because it costs too much. At
>> least it costs more than it is worth to me. The few shows I really
>> wanted in HD I can get on the internet.
>
> You should be able to get a lot of them free with a pair of rabbit ears
> too.
Isn't free time over?
A Watcher
> In article <hfu2sd$4hs$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> A Watcher <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I have a widescreen monitor/tv for my pc and my wife watches a 40" HD
>> widescreen. We don't get HD tv yet because it costs too much. At
>> least it costs more than it is worth to me. The few shows I really
>> wanted in HD I can get on the internet.
>
> You should be able to get a lot of them free with a pair of rabbit ears
> too.
>
Not where I live. It's too hilly.
Rob Jensen
wrote:
>In article <6ee99527-968a-4b36-9f41-
At least I don't have selective mutism! I'd certainly have to beg
Sheldon and Leonard to let me live with them, sure, but once I was
living with them, Leonard would have absolutely *no* chance with
Penny.
And PS: I'm not the social phobic version of Wolowitz. I'm not
Jewish, I hate brisket and I have waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better fashion
sense and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less hair.
-- Rob
Rob Jensen
Same with me. The same local company owns the ABC and FOX stations
and their OTA signal is awful. The local NBC station is stronger, but
slightly further away, so it often goes out during the spring and
summer, when there's lots of foliage -- my grandmother doesn't even
get NBC OTA at her apartment at a lower-ish elevation across town,
even though we're about equidistant to the transmitter 30 miles away.
CBS is really all we get dependably OTA both pre- and post- the
switch. (Although I live outside the town limits in a hilly area on a
small tract of land, the next-door neighbor really is the next door
neighbor, so we've compared a lot of notes on TV signals and DSL lines
(He told us when the phone company finally added DSL two years ago.)
This is Central MO, so the stations come out of Jefferson City and
Columbia (home of the Mizzou Tigers). At least one of the stations is
*trying* to get an FCC waiver so that it can increase its signal
strength, but hilariously enough, it's that strong-signalled CBS
station, which, even more hilariously, is the furthest station away
from us.
-- Rob
suzee
Yeah, it's usually the stations you live closer to that you can't get
the signal as well. You're 'under' their broadcast signal. I always
figured the reception was worse in the summer because of the lack of
clouds to deflect the signals. The same stations I've had lousy signals
from in the summer improve if it's cloudy out.
Dawnie
wrote:
>As usual I have more shows to watch than I can, but it's still odd to
Me too. I'm always behind on something on a daily basis. (Well, maybe
not Saturday <g>.)
>me how there are some time periods when there's nothing I want to
>watch. Like on Weds at 8PM there is nothing on in that schedule that I
>want to watch.
How about OLD CHRISTINE? It's not exactly good anymore, but I get
nostalgic for Elaine sometimes. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss can be funny.
>My overall list of shows to watch/record (mostly for summer viewing.)
[..]
>Human Target (I'll give this show a couple of episodes)
It's Mark Valley, I gotta try it and see <g>. I miss KEEN EDDIE.
>That's just the network shows as there are also great cable shows like
>"Leverage" and "Burn Notice" that will be back.
And WHITE COLLAR. And that USA show with Marshal Marshall.
Dawnie
wrote:
>[..] TV is my main source of entertainment and
>often it's on while I'm doing other things since only a few shows
>really reward you for watching the entire time ("Fringe" being one of
>those.) Most of the others are almost as enjoyable just listening to
>the show with only looking at the screen occasionally.
I've had the same experience. It works pretty well with many shows,
really surprised me the first time I tried it, but I found out the
hard way that there were a couple that I couldn't just listen to, but
had to watch the screen in order to know what was going on: THE
X-FILES, THE WEST WING. I ended up regularly watching episodes a
second time until I wised up! I think these days the only one I really
pay attention to is DEXTER and FRINGE, but the latter only because
it's a favorite and I don't want to miss a thing. Even LOST is quite
dialogue-heavy and I can get away with it if I occasionally glance at
the screen at the right moments. 24 is surprisingly easy, I even
fastforward through the action scenes if I'm pressed for time <g>.
Dawnie
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I do find that the shows I like I often canceled.
What did you like about DEFYING GRAVITY? I enjoyed making fun of how
awful it was for me, but I'm always open to seeing things a different
way. Am doubly curious since you mentioned you don't like much else.
Anim8rFSK
Dawnie <siok...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:06:28 -0800, A Watcher
> <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >I do find that the shows I like I often canceled.
>
> What did you like about DEFYING GRAVITY?
That they had the courage to say "Abortion is wrong (but should still be
legal)"!
--
Tiger Woods has just been named "Athlete of the Year"
His chosen event? The Broad Jump.
Extravagan
> Even LOST is quite dialogue-heavy and I can get away with it
> if I occasionally glance at the screen at the right moments.
If you do that, you'll miss everything involving Jin and Sun. At least,
unless you a) can understand Korean and b) that's really their lines in
Korean they're speaking and not gibberish.
A Watcher
I like sci-fi shows that have real people dealing with typical sci-fi
issues, like space travel, scientific discoveries, life in the future,
aliens. The shows with lots of action and bigger than life characters
are entertaining but are really more action or fantasy shows than sci-fi
shows. Do we really expect that there will be lots of space battles and
over the top villains in the future?
DG was an attempt at a sci-fi story that had normal humans put into a
sci-fi situation that was portrayed in a fairly realistic manner. They
screwed up with the instant communications, but the rest of it was
believable. The plot didn't have any easy outs for the problems the
characters encountered.
There have been some action heavy shows that I liked because there was a
lot of focus on the people issues. Namely TSCC, Space Above and Beyond,
B5, Earth2 & Roswell. I really liked 2001 when it was first shown in
theaters despite the hokey ending. It doesn't have the same impact on tv.
Dimensional Traveler
'In Plain Sight'.
--
"Dude. They've gone fractal."
Dimensional Traveler
>
> DG was an attempt at a sci-fi story that had normal humans put into a
> sci-fi situation that was portrayed in a fairly realistic manner. They
> screwed up with the instant communications, but the rest of it was
> believable. The plot didn't have any easy outs for the problems the
> characters encountered.
>
problems they encountered were themselves because someone let these
mental basket cases out of the asylum.
I understand what you mean but 'Defiling Gravity' wasn't it. (Ya, ya,
IMO and all that.)
A Watcher
A big part of the story was that the alien artifacts were screwing with
the character's minds.
Anim8rFSK
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
Turn your head and spit.
Dimensional Traveler
Dimensional Traveler
Which it was able to do so well and easily because they were so screwed
up to start with.
A Watcher
They did go a bit too far with that plot element. No show is perfect.
There are always things to overlook if you like it overall. The
Highlander TV series is a favorite of mine despite several stupid
elements to the story.
Merrick Baldelli
wrote:
>In article <fr6ni59vitum672ol...@4ax.com>,
> Dawnie <siok...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:06:28 -0800, A Watcher
>> <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >I do find that the shows I like I often canceled.
>>
>> What did you like about DEFYING GRAVITY?
>
>That they had the courage to say "Abortion is wrong (but should still be
>legal)"!
Let's not forget that Ron Livingston looked like he was
sleepwalking through his role -- even when he demonstrated a temper.
Or the fact that on the Big-Three, they attempted to pull the
whole "Big Brother in Space" which didn't work out so well for them as
they were hoping a bigger pull than SyFryed attempt which we call
"Stargate Universe".
Not that I'm nitpicking about it or anything... Wait, I am...
Which is probably why I stopped watching both.
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(((\ \> /_1 `
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/ / stopped taking their medication?
- Captain Infinity
Dimensional Traveler
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:51:58 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <fr6ni59vitum672ol...@4ax.com>,
>> Dawnie <siok...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:06:28 -0800, A Watcher
>>> <stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I do find that the shows I like I often canceled.
>>> What did you like about DEFYING GRAVITY?
>> That they had the courage to say "Abortion is wrong (but should still be
>> legal)"!
>
> Let's not forget that Ron Livingston looked like he was
> sleepwalking through his role -- even when he demonstrated a temper.
>
permanently one inch higher than the other. After an episode or two I
could see past that to notice his acting or acting-like actions.
Dawnie
wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> Dawnie wrote:
>> > And WHITE COLLAR. And that USA show with Marshal Marshall.
>>
>> 'In Plain Sight'.
Right. I always forget and want to call it U.S. MARSHALS.
>Turn your head and spit.
LOL
Dawnie
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> 'In Plain Sight'.
>>
>> Turn your head and spit.
>>
>Why?
Because he loathes the characters in the show with a passion? <g>
Dawnie
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>Merrick Baldelli wrote:
>> Let's not forget that Ron Livingston looked like he was
>> sleepwalking through his role -- even when he demonstrated a temper.
>>
>I actually had more trouble with the fact that one of his eyebrows is
>permanently one inch higher than the other.
I know!!! Bothered me like crazy. Thought it gave him a permanently
constipated yet quizzical expression.
>After an episode or two I
>could see past that to notice his acting or acting-like actions.
Still can't.
Dawnie
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Dawnie wrote:
>> What did you like about DEFYING GRAVITY? I enjoyed making fun of how
>> awful it was for me, but I'm always open to seeing things a different
>> way. Am doubly curious since you mentioned you don't like much else.
>
>I like sci-fi shows that have real people dealing with typical sci-fi
>issues, like space travel, scientific discoveries, life in the future,
>aliens. The shows with lots of action and bigger than life characters
>are entertaining but are really more action or fantasy shows than sci-fi
>shows. Do we really expect that there will be lots of space battles and
>over the top villains in the future?
So you specifically like the sci-fi and yet *not* action/fantasy-type
combination in DF. I can see that. Interesting.
>DG was an attempt at a sci-fi story that had normal humans put into a
>sci-fi situation that was portrayed in a fairly realistic manner. They
>screwed up with the instant communications, but the rest of it was
>believable. The plot didn't have any easy outs for the problems the
>characters encountered.
I had trouble with the "fairly realistic" part of it, unfortunately. A
lot if it became fodder for making fun of the show, which I did enjoy
doing, possibly way too much <g>.
Thanks for answering!
>There have been some action heavy shows that I liked because there was a
>lot of focus on the people issues. Namely TSCC, Space Above and Beyond,
>B5, Earth2 & Roswell. I really liked 2001 when it was first shown in
>theaters despite the hokey ending. It doesn't have the same impact on tv.
I like the focus on people issues too, I did very much like SAAB. I
was sorry TSCC got cancelled because it had just started getting
interesting IMHO, but thought EARTH 2 was very cheesy <g>. I watched
it fairly recently, more than 10 years after it aired (and mostly for
Antonio Sabato Jr), so that might account for it. Didn't see ROSWELL,
and B5 is still on my To-Do list. Have you seen/what did you think of
JEREMIAH?
Dawnie
<stoc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> A Watcher wrote:
>>> DG was an attempt at a sci-fi story that had normal humans put into a
>>> sci-fi situation that was portrayed in a fairly realistic manner.
>>> They screwed up with the instant communications, but the rest of it
>>> was believable. The plot didn't have any easy outs for the problems
>>> the characters encountered.
>>>
>> You have a very strange definition of "normal human" then. Most of the
>> problems they encountered were themselves because someone let these
>> mental basket cases out of the asylum.
>A big part of the story was that the alien artifacts were screwing with
>the character's minds.
I want to snarkily say of course, that'd be the writers' excuse for
anything and everything that was badly written or that couldn't be
explained rationally! But come to think of it, I did enjoy the
flashback scenes of the characters, so maybe you have a point there.
I'm reaching <g> but I have to admit that I did keep watching DF only
because I got sucked into the astronauts' earlier stories.
Anim8rFSK
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
Just for saying "In Plain Sight" a show which has become so vile, even I
won't watch it any more.
A Watcher
I never saw Jeremiah. The plot sounded depressing so I never watched it.
Earth2 started out good but then got "cheesy" as you say. I still found
it intriguing, though, despite some of the stupid story elements.
Roswell was dismissed by many as a teen angst show, but it was better
than that. It did have some plot points that you had to not pay too
much attention too. They also brought in new writers for the 3rd season
to jazz it up and the new writers really messed things up.
B5 was really good. I especially liked some of the characters.
Dimensional Traveler
Rob Jensen
>Didn't see ROSWELL,
>and B5 is still on my To-Do list. Have you seen/what did you think of
>JEREMIAH?
I haven't seen Jeremiah, but the first two seasons of Roswell are
awesome. The third season is the disaster that sprung the talentless
Adam "Delko the Dumbass" Rodriguez on the world. AND derailed
Katherine Heigl's/Izzie's story arc. AND yes, she's played a total of
three Izzies in her career so far character.
-- Rob
Ian J. Ball
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:17:41 +0800, Dawnie <siokm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Didn't see ROSWELL,
> >and B5 is still on my To-Do list. Have you seen/what did you think of
> >JEREMIAH?
>
> I haven't seen Jeremiah,
I've seen "Jeremiah", so I can somewhat speak to it - IMO, the first
season is decent, the second season was less so, especially the second-
half of the second season. However, one thing to recommend "Jeremiah"
- it did semi-wrap up its storylines in the second season (series)
finale, so there were no major cliffhangers to ruin the ending.
> but the first two seasons of Roswell are awesome.
I somewhat concur - the first season *was* awesome.
The second season was highly uneven, with some very good parts, and
some pretty horrid parts. But, for me, even with the many good good
guest performances (Emilie de Ravin, Sara Downing, Desmond Askew,
Allison Lange, Miko Hughes), on balance I consider it less than
successful.
> The third season is the disaster that sprung the talentless
> Adam "Delko the Dumbass" Rodriguez on the world. AND derailed
> Katherine Heigl's/Izzie's story arc.
On that, I pretty much wholeheartedly agree!