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

Started by kndy-nt2099 · 13 May 2004 · 1,081 replies

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7 Mar 2006, 16:34 #521
dochira wrote:
Frustrating in what sense?


frustrates me because those poor *sometimes stupid* contestants are just choosing cases at random while people are shouting at them to take the deal or not.... its soooo basic and yet somehow funny and frustrating....^^' do you get that feeling when you watch???...... kinda like Laban o Bawi for those filipino game show watchers out there....
8 Mar 2006, 03:06 #522
When money talks, all else is silence.
8 Mar 2006, 03:59 #523
Scubs? You bet.

My Name is Earl? Absolutely.

Lost has been looking a little lost lately, but I'm still hooked.

Boston Legal still features the funniest comedy team on TV, Spader and Shatner.

House is a must.

And though I'm not really sure why, I do enjoy NCIS.

Then, of course, there are the shows on Discovery Ch.
"Mythbusters" "Dirty Jobs" American Chopper" "Biker Build off"

Man, I watch too much TV.

As for non Japanese, non American TV...

A Korean drama/comedy called The Sweet Spy.

Over the last couple of years I've tried to get through a couple of Korean dramas, but I've never made it before. I always bail after one or two episodes.

But I'm up to #18 of 20 on "Sweet Spy" and I'm gonna miss it when it's over.

Nam Sang Mi as the lead is wonderful! And Yoo Sun is just hot. And it doesn't even bother me that Dennis O'Neil (The professional Spy) is probably the single worst actor I've ever seen in a professional setting.
8 Mar 2006, 04:06 #524
i was all nuts about Lost last season... this season.. im kinda bleh.. i've only seen 2 eps.. to the end at least.
8 Mar 2006, 04:13 #525
krim

I understand. At the moment it seems to me that the writers have lost their curve ball. But so far, I'm willing to stick with it to see if they'll go somewhere.

Could be great. Could just be the next Twin Peeks. A show that started out like gangbusters, and then just sort of wandered off into who cares land.
8 Mar 2006, 04:15 #526
I will hang myself for Grey's Anatomy.. I swear.. the reason why I was anticipating the first ever episode was because of Dr. McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) and I got hooked.

these are the shows that I don't get to watch as often as I would like to

Veronica Mars
Scrubs
My Name is Earl
Boston Legal
CSI
Law and Order:SVU
Smallville
Gilmore Girls

and yes,
the Real World..
8 Mar 2006, 04:15 #527
well, i am carefully listening to recaps and such, i may get back in at some point, probably when the DVD's get released...
8 Mar 2006, 04:22 #528
The West Wing, Law & Order, Commander in Chief, America's Test Kitchen.

Reality shows are dreck.
8 Mar 2006, 04:36 #529
America's Test Kitchen is my favorite reality show.

I also love watching the challenge shows on the food network.

Watching what these pros can create out of sugar and chocolate is mind boggling.
8 Mar 2006, 04:39 · edited #530
my favorite part of ATK is the Equipment Corner. :dancing:
stuff that works AND that i can afford!
8 Mar 2006, 04:40 #531
Geezer wrote:America's Test Kitchen is my favorite reality show.

Hmm, yeah, I guess it is a reality show. ;)

Watching what these pros can create out of sugar and chocolate is mind boggling.

Milk chocolate? :hehe:
8 Mar 2006, 04:53 #532
BMW

Seriously man. If you haven't seen any of these shows, you wouldn't believe what they can do with sugar, and Chocolate. Dark or milk.

They're builders, sculptors, artists.

Some of the challenges are just desserts. Amazing looking confections. They get big time chefs from all over the world and these guys pracitse for ayear or so with their "team" and they go to town

But when they take it into their heads to do a centerpice... Jeez-oh! They give them a day, a kitchen set up, the materials and a Theme.

It can also be nightmarish when a team works 12 hours, builds this amazing thing, and then, as it's happened a few times, it breaks as it's being shifted from the work surface to the trolly to be moved to the judging area.
8 Mar 2006, 05:47 #533
anyone in to chinese or korean dramas....like epics of tai zu or stained glass?
8 Mar 2006, 08:06 #534
It's the sugar pieces that are very impressive, and very fragile.


I watch Amazing Race. I'd like to think that I would be competitive, but just to travel would be nice. Tiring, but nice.
8 Mar 2006, 15:51 #535
after an incredibly long wait...much too long...the SOPRANOS, season 6....that show is the only reason I even subscribed to HBO....

first episode March 12, Sunday.... :jumpie:
8 Mar 2006, 17:09 #536
I don't think I'm as hooked on Lost as I was last season either. I'm behind 3 or 4 episodes. :sweat:

Did anyone watch Arrested Development when it was still on? Funniest show ever... I hope ABC picks it up.
9 Mar 2006, 00:12 #537
hm! i barely watch any american shows at all...but i have heard of a few
14 Mar 2006, 21:25 #538
LORD OF THE FLIES!!! LOL!!!! :woot:
15 Mar 2006, 00:44 #539
one show i watch right now is america's next top model...the show is just so funny!
6 Oct 2006, 13:27 #540
Wow, dragging up an old thread ;)

We get a lot of American stuff on commercial TV stations over here: All the usual Law & Order variations, CSI variations, Lost, Simpsons etc. Most of which are OK. My favorites would have to be the L&O series, and NCIS. NCIS partly for the way they always put crap on each other, but mainly for Pauly Perrette!

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Cute, smart and goth.... a killer combination :)

Australian TV programs mostly REALLY suck. Enough said

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