Non-Japanese TV Shows (broadcast, cable, etc.)

bmwracer wrote:
The thing that really bugged me the most was the constant "continued next week" syndrome... What is this, Batman???

I just buy the dvd..so I can watch episodes after episodes. I agree with Geezer..season 3 had really stupid twist and turns..but the last episode was good..so I'll watch the next season.

I love Dark Angel..to bad it's cancelled..Jessica Alba is HOT :love_eyes:
24 is another favorite of mine..waiting for the next season!

IkematsuSosuke wrote:
I just buy the dvd..so I can watch episodes after episodes. I agree with Geezer..season 3 had really stupid twist and turns..but the last episode was good..so I'll watch the next season.

I love Dark Angel..to bad it's cancelled..Jessica Alba is HOT :love_eyes:
24 is another favorite of mine..waiting for the next season!

i agree w/ Jessica Alba :woot: :naughty:

Jessica Alba is so sexy!!! :love_eyes:


Never watched Black Angel before though..... :beaten:


My favorite Non Japanese drama would probably have to be Nip Tuck (at this time). The last episode of this season is running tonight. In about 20 minutes or so. :D

ahochaude wrote:Jessica Alba is so sexy!!! :love_eyes:

If I'm not mistaken, Alba's slated to be [the following's deliberately noted in blue font; run your cursor over it to see why I've seemingly "camouflaged" the words; go ahead, 'tis fun!] Invisible Girl (AKA, Sue Storm) in the upcoming Fantastic Four film.

Michael Chiklis, from FOX's The Shield (and, just so's that I stay on topic, lemme say that The Shield is a GREEEEEEEEEEEAT friggin' TV show; Chiklis also played the late John Belushi in the film Wired, by the way) is slated for the role of the ever-lovin' blue-eyed The Thing (AKA, Ben Grimm) and that guy . . . that guy who played Lancelot in the recent King Arthur, Ioan Gruffudd . . . WELL, HE's gonna' be Mr. Fantastic (i.e., Reed Richards). The Human Torch (AKA, Johnny Storm) is played by Chris Evans.

My favorite non-Japanese drama is undoubtedly CSI, the original. What else can I say? That show just kicks major ass. I try to catch an episode whenever I can and they're consistenly great. And when you compare it to all the rest of the piece of crap dramas and reality shows that pollute the airwaves nowadays it IS great. But now I think they're expanding a bit too much. CBS needs to find a new show to replicate three times over already, it's getting old, and fast with the new New York series. And I thought having the Miami spinoff was already pushing it..
And of course I'm talking about basic broadcast network drama's here as the cable drama's are on a whole 'nother level. Case in point: The Soprano's, need I say more? That show just kicks the crap out of any other drama, heck any other show on tv period. But anyway, comparing the two wouldn't be fair anyway as the cable drama's, especially that of HBO are almost like watching movies already anyway, ESPECIALLY with their extreme content which is pushing the limits of tv. But then again, like they say on HBO, which is practically their catch phrase "IT'S NOT TV, IT'S HBO!"

hatakekakashi081 wrote:My favorite non-Japanese drama is undoubtedly CSI, the original. What else can I say? That show just kicks major ass. I try to catch an episode whenever I can and they're consistenly great. And when you compare it to all the rest of the piece of crap dramas and reality shows that pollute the airwaves nowadays it IS great. But now I think they're expanding a bit too much. CBS needs to find a new show to replicate three times over already, it's getting old, and fast with the new New York series. And I thought having the Miami spinoff was already pushing it..
And of course I'm talking about basic broadcast network drama's here as the cable drama's are on a whole 'nother level. Case in point: The Soprano's, need I say more? That show just kicks the crap out of any other drama, heck any other show on tv period. But anyway, comparing the two wouldn't be fair anyway as the cable drama's, especially that of HBO are almost like watching movies already anyway, ESPECIALLY with their extreme content which is pushing the limits of tv. But then again, like they say on HBO, which is practically their catch phrase "IT'S NOT TV, IT'S HBO!"

CSI :woot:

currentlly watching only the reruns

never watched CSI: Miami

One of the kickass tv shows: are almost all that was produced by MTV

Jackass
Wildboyz
Celebrity DeathMatch
Daria
Pimp my ride

lemme see

love watching E!

especially
Wild on :naughty:

MTV? They sometimes have good shows, but not so much right now. I really like the show Made as it's a real show about real teens, or just real people, but there's no gimmick to it like other reality shows. I also like Daria and beavis and butthead, etc. back in the day when they were showing it. The latest real world is kinda boring and there's no road rules, it's slim pickin's on MTV right now.
As for VH1, I'm currently hooked on two shows, which are their two major shows at the moment, The Surreal Life, and In Search of the Partridge Family. The Surreal Life is without a doubt my favorite tv show at the moment, regardless of genre, and despite the fact it's a reality show. This show is so damn hilarious and crazy. This is what you get when you put 6 "former icons" as VH1 so nicely puts it, or 6 has-beens as I call it, in one house in the Hollywood hills and let them do anything with various challenges each episode. Chaos and hilarity(that a word?) ensues. Especially this season when they have one of the most zaniest casts they could've possibly brought together. There's former Sly Stallone's wife, Briggitte Nielsen who is a crazy wild woman who walks around the house with nothing on, flavor flav, ex- or current rapper with Public Enemy and probably the life of the whole house, and their horrifyingly traumatizing, yet somehow strangely amusing romance thing going on between them. Then there's the crazy mishmash of nonsense and mumblings by Spanish singer Charo, and Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block, the very hot Ryan Starr of American Idol Season 1, and that Dave dude from Full House and other sitcoms, forgot his name, lol. All in all, most entertaining 30 mins. on tv IMO. There's never a dull moment with this house of wacko's. They're ALWAYS finding something to argue about, whether it be who gets what bed where, playing pool at 11pm so no one can sleep, or voting on who gets to drive the trailer, minus Flavor Flav whose had something like 36 traffic violations or so. If you haven't seen this show, you should. They show reruns of all 3 episodes so far all week and new episodes on sunday, so it's impossible to miss the show if you watch VH1 at all.

ahochaude wrote:Never watched Black Angel before though..... :beaten:

That's Dark Angel, Aho.


Gomen. :sweat:

Haven't been watching much tv much these days, only dramas on videos and cd's.

My taste in shows is quite immature LOL. I don't like bloody films and crime shows.

I tend to stick to cartoons like "The simpsons", "Futurama", "King of the Hill". I think they were from the same creators.

I use to watch "Scrubs" but it was taken off air in Australia.

Other shows that I like is "Malcolm in the Middle" and the aussie comedy "Kath and Kim" (that show is hilarious).

As you can see, there is a pattern here, LOL, they are all comedies. :mrgreen:

The rest that is shown on tv in Australia are reality shows on things like "Aussie Idol" and home renovations shows because they are cheap to make. It bores the hell out of me and I cringe at the new and upcoming "reality shows" that the tv stations are threating to broadcast. :grumble:

They are showing a show in Aus called "Playing it Straight" which is similar to the bachelor, but the only difference is that the woman have to pick out who is the straight one in the bunch of gay guys. If in the end she picked a straight guy I think she would be able to keep the money and go out on a proper date with the dude. If she picked wrong, then she loses the money and the guy gets the money.

How bad is that???? LOL.

OMG how did my msg became an essay on reality tv. LOL. I should wrap it up. :notell: :mrgreen:

Sorry about boring the crap out of you guys. :bow:

I like currently enjoy watching ER, and Law and Order SVU. I used to enjoy Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer but they are no longer being produced. For comedy I am still a huge Simpsons fan.

Doramafan113 wrote:For comedy I am still a huge Simpsons fan.

Your my best friend then. LOL.

I love the simpson, but I've notices that some of the new episodes are not as funny as the older eps. Or is that just me????

Doramafan113 wrote:I like currently enjoy watching ER, and Law and Order SVU. I used to enjoy Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer but they are no longer being produced. For comedy I am still a huge Simpsons fan.

I completely lost interest in ER the last couple of seasons: it just turned into one big soap opera, IMO... In the case of Law & Order, they just focus on the case, not all this interpersonal relationship jazz... It gets tiring over time.

Simpsons? Haven't seen a complete episode in my life. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:

Simpsons? Haven't seen a complete episode in my life. :sweat:

:beatyou:

Oh the Horror! :shocked: Say it's not so. :shakehead:

Doramafan113 wrote: :beatyou:

Oh the Horror! :shocked: Say it's not so. :shakehead:

I know a few people like that as well. But I for one LOVE the Simpsons. Especially the first 7 seasons or so. Some of the ones from the past few years weren't as good. I have the first season on DVD, but not one sign of Ralph yet :mecry:

Ahem...as evident from my signature: RALPH WIGGUM ROCKS <3333333333

Doramafan113 wrote: :beatyou:

Oh the Horror! :shocked: Say it's not so. :shakehead:

It is so.


Now if yer talkin' Seinfeld... I know those episodes like the back of my hand... :D

Summer Snow wrote:

Your my best friend then. LOL.

I love the simpson, but I've notices that some of the new episodes are not as funny as the older eps. Or is that just me????

The new episodes aren't as funny..I have the first four seaons on dvd..thanks to my friends..it's hilarious..I love it!

hatakekakashi081 wrote:The Surreal Life is without a doubt my favorite tv show at the moment, regardless of genre, and despite the fact it's a reality show.

I love watching the Surreal Life season 3 as well..it's hilarious..favorite part is when Bridgette slapped Flavor Flav and he gave a girly-ish slap back..I was on the floor laughing.

The Man wrote:If I'm not mistaken, Alba's slated to be [the following's deliberately noted in blue font; run your cursor over it to see why I've seemingly "camouflaged" the words; go ahead, 'tis fun!] Invisible Girl (AKA, Sue Storm) in the upcoming Fantastic Four film.

I'll watch movie just for her!!!

Hmm. I've never made it though an episode of Seinfeld.

The Simpsons? I avoided it for years. I'm not big on cartoons. But I was stuck in the house for a week, a couple of years ago, just when they started running reruns twice a day... so I took a look. And it knocked my socks off. After a dozen years o TV there are bound to be hits and misses. But for he most part, the Simpsons is damned funny.

So far... one episode in, I'm liking "Lost". Written by the guy who created "Alias".

It's not earth shattering, it's not all that original, but I noticed that the show seemed to go by really fast. And when it was over, I wanted to see more.

I hope episode 2 (on tonight) holds up.

Guilty pleasure: I actually like "NCIS".

Geezer wrote:Hmm. I've never made it though an episode of Seinfeld.

Yeah, some people don't get a show about nothing.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, some people don't get a show about nothing.

I enjoyed Seinfeld not as into the re-runs. I heard they are doing a reunion show pretty soon. Not sure of the exact time frame or content other than it will be one of those behind the scenes and memories of the show kind of specials.

Doramafan113 wrote:I enjoyed Seinfeld not as into the re-runs. I heard they are doing a reunion show pretty soon. Not sure of the exact time frame or content other than it will be one of those behind the scenes and memories of the show kind of specials.

Rumor has it that it'll happen in November to sorta coincide with the release of the first three seasons ( :woot: ) of Seinfeld...