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

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If I was mean, I could take notes here and spoil it for Mrs A.D. and the girls :twisted:

Anime Dad wrote::lol:

If I was mean, I could take notes here and spoil it for Mrs A.D. and the girls :twisted:

LOL! But yer NOT mean. :glomp: ((I hope... :beaten: ))

So do you get the newer episodes later than we do? I wonder if we get them later than the Americans do.

Wynter wrote:

LOL! But yer NOT mean. :glomp: ((I hope... :beaten: ))

So do you get the newer episodes later than we do? I wonder if we get them later than the Americans do.

Well, i'm not really watching it, but I did note they were still in the audition stage. If I wasn't already on the way out I would have watched an episode of Atsu-hime instead :)

bmwracer wrote:
If you don't have a TV, how can you watch it?

Online?

Ahh today's technology :mrgreen:

Wynter wrote:

OMG I KNOW! I was totally shocked to find Will and Twitch in the bottom. I was sure that Mark was going home!

I can sorta see why Will got voted off. I mean, he was a brilliant dancer, but he didn't have the personality that they others have.

Personally I'm cheering for Katee! :woot:

I dunno, I don't really agree, imo I think Will had lots of great personality.

Even Twitch was certain Will would stay. When he found out he was in the bottom two he was devastated, probably because he "knew" he wouldn't stand a chance if Will was his opponent!

Yes me too, I was so sure Mark would go! He was the guy who performed the worst and yet he wasn't even in the bottom two. Even Mark himself was shocked!!

adylma wrote:Ahh today's technology :mrgreen:

Tsk tsk, what a waste of bandwidth. :shakehead:

adylma wrote:

I dunno, I don't really agree, imo I think Will had lots of great personality.

So then why did he get voted off? He was HOT, and he was the best dancer from all four seasons put together. If it wasn't the fact that his personality didn't shine through as much as the others, then I don't know how America could give him the boot.

Did you watch this week's voting off?

i decided to check out one of imdb's top voted tv shows, Dexter

it's got story, but i like my shows with a bunch of eye-candies. and sex. sex sells

just saw the first season of Cashmere Mafia and i like it.


it has potential. it does need a little more depth. and people need to stop comparing shows that are about the city and sex with Sex & the City even if it does have the same writer

Anybody who has cable TV maybe interested in watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations next Monday on the Travel Channel...his new episode will have him travelling to Tokyo, Japan! :victory:

Anybody who has cable TV maybe interested in watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations next Monday on the Travel Channel...his new episode will have him travelling to Tokyo, Japan!

If he's there to compete in this year's Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) then I'm all over it. If he's just gonna eat stuff...

By the way... I didn't think I'd be interested, but HBO's new 7 part series, Generation Kill is outstanding.

It's based on the book written by the "Rolling Stone" reporter who was embedded with the 1st Marine recon company during the first few weeks of the invasion of Iraq.

I'm 4 episodes in and it's a hell of a show.

Monta

The producers of Cashmere Mafia will be delighted to hear that somebody finally watched an episode of that show.

Geezer wrote:

Anybody who has cable TV maybe interested in watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations next Monday on the Travel Channel...his new episode will have him travelling to Tokyo, Japan!

If he's there to compete in this year's Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) then I'm all over it. If he's just gonna eat stuff...

Hehe.

Of course he's there to eat but he also explores aspects of the culture...apprently he visits with a renowned Kendo master while there...not quite a ninja but close enough.

Geezer wrote:
Monta

The producers of Cashmere Mafia will be delighted to hear that somebody finally watched an episode of that show.

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the response for the show at the states was that bad?

About the only thing that I'm watching right now is the third season of Supernatural. It tends to be a bit over-the-top at times, but I don't mind :mrgreen:.

I'm just watching news, sports, and stuff on PBS... Network shows are garbage and that's being kind.

If it wasn't for J-Dramas and DVDs, I wouldn't have a TV at all. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:I'm just watching news, sports, and stuff on PBS... Network shows are garbage and that's being kind.

If it wasn't for J-Dramas and DVDs, I wouldn't have a TV at all. :sweat:

The quality of US tv shows has gone waaaaaaay down within the last 10 years or so :shakehead:. I remember when I actually used to look forward to stuff-- now, I just don't really care any more :sweat:.

I finished watching the first season of The Pretender last night. I really enjoyed watching the show, with Jarod running around doing different jobs while trying to find out his past. I was more interested in The Centre and the people involved with it than Jarod's jobs, though it was pretty nice of him to help out others. Jarod, Sydney and Ms. Parker have a lot of history with The Centre so I'm really interested in how their characters turn out later on. Jarod was so close near the end of the last episode, but it looks like he'll have to keep searching.

deseipher wrote:I finished watching the first season of The Pretender last night. I really enjoyed watching the show, with Jarod running around doing different jobs while trying to find out his past. I was more interested in The Centre and the people involved with it than Jarod's jobs, though it was pretty nice of him to help out others. Jarod, Sydney and Ms. Parker have a lot of history with The Centre so I'm really interested in how their characters turn out later on. Jarod was so close near the end of the last episode, but it looks like he'll have to keep searching.

LOL, I'm the reverse: I'm more interested in all of Jarod's pretending adventures... I love the fantasy aspect of it. :victory:

I'm midway through Season Two at the moment... :applaud:

monta

re: Cashmere Mafia. I think the term mega bomb could be used here.

After green lighting a few episodes the studio bosses decided to shelve it. It only made it to the air for a few weeks because the writer's strike was on, and the network had run out of things to show.

And even though they had nothing else of note to put on in it's place, they yanked it off the air after 2 or 3 episodes.

Re: Good shows on American TV these days.

I think there are some terrific shows on now. It's just that they're not all on the 3 big networks anymore.

Generation Kill (HBO). Life (NBC) Boston Legal (ABC) Scrubs (NBC or ABC, I'm not sure who won the battle for it.) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Burn Notice (USA) The Closer (TNT) Saving Grace (TNT) Psych (USA) Monk (USA)

Okay, that list is just gonna get too long. There's a lot of good TV being made right now. You just have to look around a bit more than you used to.

Ah, the heavy burden of 500 channels.

shoujo22 wrote:

The quality of US tv shows has gone waaaaaaay down within the last 10 years or so :shakehead:. I remember when I actually used to look forward to stuff-- now, I just don't really care any more :sweat:.

I don't know if I agree with this. I think there have been some great new shows that have upped the ante in several fields:

-Lost: Dramatic Cinematic presentation
-Battlestar Galactica: Sci-Fi with real human emotions
-The Office: Dead-pan passive comedy
-Arrested Development: Maybe the best comedy television series ever?
-Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law; Space Ghost; Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Meta-television - Need I say more?
-South Park: Critical Social commentary and a vehicle for unique thematic and dramatic presentation
-Futurama: Maybe the best sitcom ever.
-Ren & Stimpy: (okay.. more than 10 years old now) - but quite possibly the foundation for whole new breeds of comedy today.

There are so many more shows that raised the level of presentation and development.

There is so much more vulnerability in characters these days, which permits writers and directors to really explore the personalities of characters in ways that have been shied away from in the past. We're getting into some amazing new territory where TV programs have breached an area which was once reserved for some of the best independent films.

Sure, it isn't all the shows, but there have been some incredible examples which have changed what television means. Of course, much of it is terrible, but because you get to choose what you watch, it doesn't have to be based on an average, merely the best :)