Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

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Billy On The Street is a goofy man-on-the-street pop culture quiz parody on Fuse, really stupid show but also pretty consistently one of the funniest things i've watched lately

some dude, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link

Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Hockey Night In Canada
NHL on TSN
HIMYM

hmmm...maybe throw in Hoarders and South Park and Colbert and that's about it. And I suppose I still watch some of the Sunday animated shows on Fox occasionally, but strictly out of habit.

Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 7 May 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

Parks & Rec is the only show I watch

coal, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link

The Big Bang Theory (after previously resisting it, ive grown to like it now, well its on all the time anyway)
Game Of Thrones
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Match Of The Day
South Park
The Savage Eye (irish satirical show)
Community (watched the first 2 seasons)
Nip/Tuck (is this still going? ill watch it if its on)
Portlandia (i like what ive seen but its not on tv over here)

Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link

oh yeah Eastbound and Down as well

Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link

and Peep Show

Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link

Oh, you know what on hiatus show I totally forgot about? Boss. I dug that way more than I expected to.

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

finally started watching eagleheart. so funny!

Mordy, Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link

Right? It's kinda sad that I don't hear more people talking about it. Chris Elliott has a show again! And it's really funny!

Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 8 June 2012 00:23 (eleven years ago) link

I think the only shows I really like that are on right now are Workaholics and Portlandia. Shows that I've sort of forgotten about, but which I'm sure are as good now as they were when I used to watch them: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Top Chef.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 8 June 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link

Hoarders
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calm me maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 8 June 2012 01:37 (eleven years ago) link

Community
Archer
Bobs Burgers
Sherlock
Dogs101
Cats 101

Uh... Parks & Rec I guess.

Dreaming in Infrared (kingfish), Friday, 8 June 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link

So, not top 10, but non-cancelled shows I watch every ep of off my DVR

Dramas: GoT, Mad Men
Sitcoms: HIMYM, Cougar Town, Modern Family, Happy Endings, Community (RIP), Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, Portlandia, Louie, IASIP, Jon Benjamin Has a Van, The League, Suburgatory, Veep, Children's Hospital, Eagleheart
Animated: Adventure Time, Metalocalypse, China IL, Boondocks (Reverse-RIP!), Venture Bros, Family Guy, American Dad, Bob's Burgers, Archer, Futurama, South Park

I think that's everything.

Mordy, Friday, 8 June 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

New Additions: Eagleheart,Comedy Bang Bang, Small Town Security, reruns of Hard Knocks on NFL network
I may start Sunday Best again.

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link

Hoarders
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― calm me maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:37 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link

oh and storage wars

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link

Oh Chris Elliot has a new show? Huh!

After watching previews for The Virgin Diaries last night I am pretty excited about that too. Seriously. Skippy and his "wing mom".

http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/virgin-diaries/videos/skippy-and-wing-mom.htm

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link

SYTCD
Deadman Wonderland
Eagleheart
Childrens Hospital
Eric Andre Show
Adventure Time
Family Guy
American Dad
NTSF:SD::SUV:::
Young Justice

... okay looking at that list, I am a fucking absurd person; how are you going to be almost 40 and have almost all of your favorite shows being on Cartoon Network

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link

Sounds sensible to me!

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link

it's really the only reasonable way to go
dan, if you like adventure time, i find regular show to be a much smarter version of same with more, like, teenage motivations

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link

what are you going to like instead, mad men? zzzzzzz

j., Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link

oh Regular Show is great too, it's in my top 20 (along with Green Lantern, Ben 10, ATHF, Black Dynamite, Boondocks, etc etc basically this summer I've only watched Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, SYTYCD and tennis)

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link

looking forward to this fall with new episodes of the critical darling NBC sitcoms and the Wed night ABC juggernaut

also it's sort of terrible but I really like Grimm? and looking forward to Mob Doctor and all of its Rapaporticy

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link

I second Pillbox's list from upthread, except to subin Community for basically anything else.

Simon H., Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link

New Additions: Eagleheart,Comedy Bang Bang, Small Town Security, reruns of Hard Knocks on NFL network
I may start Sunday Best again.

― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:57 PM (1 hour ago)

nooooooo these 2 shows are some of the worst things on television

O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link

i wouldn't ride or die for bang bang, but it's fun and i love reggie
explain your beef w/STSecurity

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link

hate reality tv, hate reality tv that prods and pokes at people who are weird, if im going to watch that shit i might as well just roll with my big fat gypsy wedding or w/e

O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link

Love that one too.

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link

bobs burgers
happy endings
louie
mad mans
sytycd
proyecto runway
himym
Friday night dinners
snl
parks and rec

electric point-electric counterpoint (m bison), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link

xp to jjj: i entered the show with that philosophy, figured i'd watch it once and then turn off.
i have an abiding hate for "har har look at the freak tv" and i assumed it would be reno 911 THE REALITY SHOW
that show started oddly, twisted a bit and then suddenly got very very inclusive. there's no poking of fun by the end of the first episode and most of the standard reality tropes are quickly subverted. there's a no-judgment, hanging with the crew feel that makes it seem almost like a straight up scripted drama. the characters are likable, human and basically kind at heart and so is the direction.
if you didn't get all the way through the first episode, you should try it.

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link

and i say this as someone who finds even fucking TOP CHEF inhumane

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link

like the big reveal at the end of episode one seemed pretty wrongheaded and creepy considering the obv setup for the whole show was "look at these bumpkin morons" so instead of being an interesting insight it felt a lot more like they were using the transgendered officer as a "whoa check out the freak" signpost which i found stomach turning.

xposts

O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link

hate reality tv that prods and pokes at people who are weird

This is the only kind I like tbh. People fascinate me. idk. Not all shows like that are making fun of the people though some totally are, yes. I know it's mostly shitty tv but I'd rather watch that than all the "funny" sitcoms people love round here. *cough* community *cough*

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link

I've never seen the show you're talking about though. I'm just realizing that the things I do watch (Hoarders, Gypsy Wedding etc.) fall into that category.

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link

Oh I like Girls and Louie too. Those are good.

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link

xp we got different things from that reveal. having grown up in the bible belt, i didn't think they seemed like bumpkin morons, they felt like very familiar types to me.

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link

also the gentleness of that reveal, the obvious courage it took for diesel to do it and the weird mix of frustration, love, derision and pride that the chief took in forcing it forward was kind of amazing

the second ep explores a kind of fluid and nearly abstract sexuality among the characters without guilt or jealousy in a way that i've never seen on television. there's no freakshow elements far as i can see, a lot of exhibitionism but everyone appears to me to be accepting and grateful for the opportunity. the direction is treading lightly and doesn't rubberneck at obvious points; i also like the cartoon backstory bits.

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link

What channel is this show on?

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link

AMC
NOT ON DISH
i dunno, i think it's got the potential to be special tv.

I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link

i might be treading some of my loathing for the reality stuff i am talking about into the show, so i am def not making pronouncements on high abt it, i just have a super hair trigger abt all those sorts of shows. because i hate them.

O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link

re: Community, if you don't laugh at Allison Brie macing herself, you are looking for very different things out of your television entertainment than I am

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link

I've tried a couple times but can never get more than 5 minutes or so in. idk. I realize that nearly everyone else I know does and that this is probably my issue but I just don't like it. :/

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link

I like s1 and part of s2 Community, but the "cleverer" it gets the more indufferable I find it.

Simon H., Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link

er insufferable.

Simon H., Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link

E, I definitely felt that way about the pilot so I understand the reaction; I just really liked the original paintball episode and the show basically stuck with me from that point on, and with extra investment in the characters the first season becomes really great (including the pilot, which I now can't believe I hated). I will also admit that I kind of forced myself to get into the show because I really wanted Yvette Nicole Brown to be on hit and that I'm even more interested in following the show now because I found out Joel McHale is high school buddies with a singing friend of mine from college who recently went viral in a video of a speech he gave to WA state representatives explaining why, as a Christian, he felt morally obligated to vote in favor of legalizing gay marriage.

but I do also think the show is funny, I mean the zombie episode was classic

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link

i was hooked from Chang and Jeff's class presentation.

Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link

sorry, Pierce and Jeff in Chang's class

Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link

How do you people have enough time to watch ten or more shows on a regular basis?

Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link

(Joel McHale is actually making an appearance at one of my friend's campaign events, which I think is massively cool)

xp: no kids

keeping things contextual (DJP), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link

(he posted to ILX) xp

Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 July 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link


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