Ah, ye of little faith.: seanan

Ah, ye of little faith.

So I was asked today how I could possibly watch as much television as I claim, given how much I write. The implication was, of course, that I'm exercising hyperbole in my description of my television-viewing habits. So, in the interests of full disclosure, here are the shows that I currently watch:

* America's Next Top Model. Not only do I have no shame, I enjoy watching -- and mocking -- Tyra's slow descent into madness. I seriously think she's been eating lead paint for the last five years, or something. It's soothing reality madness. Kate and I get together once a week to mock it.

* Bones. Hot actors, snappy dialog, and dead stuff. Really, I am a simple creature, easily brought over to the cause of darkness by offers of dead stuff.

* Dexter. I loved the first two seasons, I loved the first two books. I hated the third book, so now I'm praying that the show's departure from the text continues in a big, big way. I want to stay in love with my show. I really, really do.

* Eureka. Mad science? I am so there.

* Fringe. I haven't actually seen the first episode yet -- that's happening tomorrow -- but I'm planning on watching at least the first month, just to figure out whether or not I want to make a commitment.

* Heroes. I'm still catching up on the end of season two, but I'm primed and ready for season three. No spoilers, please!

* NCIS. Nothing says 'love' like perky goth forensic technicians who can kill you and leave behind absolutely no evidence to indicate that they did it. I love this show. It has guns.

* Numb3rs. Math and hot mathematicians and more guns and it's basically just the happiest hour on television that doesn't feature dinosaurs.

* Primeval. The happiest hour on television that does feature dinosaurs.

* Supernatural. This show was actually designed especially for me. It's fantastic that they're somehow prying it out of my dreams and putting it on cable for everyone else to see, but really, they made this show just to make me happy. Which it does, reliably.

* True Blood. Only one episode so far, but man, am I digging what I'm getting. I hope it maintains or improves on this quality level; if it does, it's going to be just amazing.

Shows I love, and watch religiously, but which are neither currently on the air or starting a season in the next month: Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Middleman. Shows which I love, and watch religiously, but which are finishing their seasons: Monk, Psych. So yes, I watch a lot of television.

How about you?

raelee

September 10 2008, 20:04:05 UTC 8 years ago

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I watch a few shows here and there. You know, when I have the time.

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2008, 21:01:06 UTC 8 years ago

Yeah, it's amazing how much restraint you show.

8 years ago

miintikwa

September 10 2008, 20:14:59 UTC 8 years ago

Bones=yum.

I am going to catch Fringe and True Blood as well. I admit to being nervous about TB, though, because the Sookie books have just... well. Like many things that go on for a long time, they seem to have lost something as time has gone on.

September 10 2008, 21:04:24 UTC 8 years ago

I trust the showrunner. He did Six Feet Under, and that was splendid from end to end.

markbernstein

September 10 2008, 20:16:50 UTC 8 years ago

I'm completely with you on Bones, Eureka, Heroes, and The Middleman. For regular watching, I'll add Chuck, Boston Legal, and especially the wonderful, wonderful Pushing Daisies.

For me, NCIS (love Abby and Ducky, think Jethro's an ass), Monk (great when the script is good, painful when it isn't), Numb3rs, and Psych fall into the "if I'm home, in the mood for TV, and it's on, I'll watch it" category. So does Law & Order, both original series and CI, but not SVU.

My favorite reality show, and the best show of this summer not named The Middleman, is So You Think You Can Dance. Fantastic dancers, amazing choreographers, and everyone, contestants and judges alike, looks like they're having fun.

We don't get any pay channels, so no True Blood for us yet. I did watch the first few episodes of Dexter when it was rerun on broadcast, and it was intriguing, but didn't completely hook me.

I've only seen a few Doctor Who episodes, and liked what I saw. At some point, I'll pick up some DVD sets and catch up.

I'd never even heard of Primeval, and had to look it up. I'll check it out when it hits the SciFi Channel.

I watched the pilot of Fringe last night. I may give it another episode or two, but so far it's only getting a 5 or 6 out of 10 from me. But then, I was never an X-Files fan, and gave up on Lost partway into season 2.

September 10 2008, 21:19:50 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, I loved So You Think You Can Dance. Verity Price from Discount Armageddon is essentially Chelsea Hightower if she, y'know, decided to fight monsters and champion cryptids in her spare time.

ayoub

September 10 2008, 20:19:26 UTC 8 years ago

I caught a preview of episode 1 of season three of Dexter... Looks good so far :D

I saw first episodes of Fringe and True Blood a couple of months back, and both were fantastic, but for different reasons...

And I'm a confirmed Supernatural and House fan

September 10 2008, 21:29:43 UTC 8 years ago

I don't watch previews -- waiting is hard enough without creating a gap between episodes that doesn't need to be there!

ryanitenebrae

September 10 2008, 20:29:48 UTC 8 years ago

Currently, I follow Pushing Daisies, and Lost. I'm in the process of catching up on Bones and Heroes, I plan on renting a lot of Battlestar Galactica soon, I can't wait for Dollhouse, and..I tried the Fringe pilot. I got two scenes into it and turned it off, but I'll try again later. I also have a giant list of shows I want to see that would be too large to recreate here.

September 10 2008, 21:30:12 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, if I listed those, we'd be here all day. :) Awesome shows!

greenmansgrove

September 10 2008, 20:32:41 UTC 8 years ago

You covered most of the ones that I watch or have watched
Currently keeping up on (or planning to keep up on): Bones, Eureka, Heroes, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Middleman.

I have watched Numb3rs, but I was so NOT enthused by Season 2 (or was it 3) that I stopped watching entirely, and haven't gotten back into it.

Planning on checking out Fringe and True Blood.

I'm also watching Swingtown, which isn't SF/Fantasy/Horror based, but has some pretty good writing, and is fun to watch.

Alyse watches a lot more than I do... I just can't keep up with everything.

mariadkins

September 10 2008, 21:08:03 UTC 8 years ago

Alyse watches a lot more than I do... I just can't keep up with everything.

I'm just not a tv person. Never have been.

dornbeast

September 10 2008, 20:51:18 UTC 8 years ago

I watch less television than most, which may not be a good thing.

I do watch Heroes, a selection of Saturday morning cartoons, and History Detectives.

September 10 2008, 21:31:19 UTC 8 years ago

I think however much television you watch is exactly right, as long as it makes you happy.

September 10 2008, 21:07:14 UTC 8 years ago

We got our DVDs of Heroes season two in just about an hour ago and are watching them now over pizza.

axejudge

September 10 2008, 21:16:16 UTC 8 years ago

People wonder how I get anything done, considering my position as Alpha Spud. Yet I still juggle several time-consuming hobbies - almost all of which can be done while keeping a eye on the tube!

I don't think I do as much as you do, though.

tikiera

September 10 2008, 21:19:37 UTC 8 years ago

My best friend has TIVO. I Love TIVO. It allows the watching of shows when one has time. That and Netflix.

Currently on our list -

Heroes
Supernatural
Lost
Grey's Anatomy

I have been known to sporadically watch Numb3rs, The Daily Show, the Colbert Report, The Closer, and Bones. These are inflicted on me by aforementioned best friend, but I don't comlain. I just don't have time to watch them religously like the others (I have been known to use the web to watch ones I missed of the above - the Grey's interface isn't _that_ annoying.

Currently, on DVD, it's the 4400, SG-1, and Teen Titans. When those are threw, it will be SG: Atlantis, Eureka, and Dr. Who.

And we are thinking of adding Tru Blood and the Fringe to the mix.

And somehow, I find time to play in one game once a week, one game twice a month, and still have a life. I think it's the lack of sleep.

I can fully believe that you write and watch all those shows. No puzzlement from me. I just suspect that you also put sleep at a low priority.

emberleo

September 10 2008, 21:24:22 UTC 8 years ago

Mostly I try to catch Good Eats when I remember to turn the TV on.

When we had TiVo working, we would watch things like Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters, and CSI. I think I'm glad I don't watch CSI anymore. I liked the Vegas show, but it's made me kind of paranoid.

I'm slowly being exposed by my secondary to a show called Madmen. It's really very good, but not at all supernatural. Good if you like psychology or history, good if you like people watching. Hard to watch if you're a feminist, though.

--Ember--

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September 14 2008, 16:28:48 UTC 8 years ago

I love Astor and Cody; I hate the departure from human psychology to weird mystical weirdness.

branna

September 10 2008, 23:19:46 UTC 8 years ago

We have discovered Bones, which has now joined House for me as something to follow.

tibicina

September 11 2008, 10:50:45 UTC 8 years ago

Not the only one. It's one of my favorites. Though I miss Mandy Patinkin and want him back. But I'd cheerfully keep watching it just for Garcia. (I can not actually decide if I like Garcia from Criminal Minds or Abby from NCIS better.) Also, I am very happy with the proliferation of geeky, quirky, brilliant women in science fields who are allowed to have a sex life on current TV shows. (Bones also feeds into this happiness.)

mayir

September 11 2008, 01:21:07 UTC 8 years ago

I did not like "Darkly Dreaming Dexter." It took the procedural out of the show and replaced it with an eerie psychic nonsense mumbo jumbo that made it less a mystery and more -- I dunno.

But I did enjoy Season 1 of the show. When I am less poor, I must buy Season 2.

yolandasfetsos

September 11 2008, 03:41:33 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, I also love DEXTER, DOCTOR WHO, TORCHWOOD and SUPERNATURAL. I also enjoy BURN NOTICE, very cool show. And I'm intrigued by FRINGE.

I can't believe someone doubted you. I know for a fact that it's totally do-able to watch TV shows as well as continually add to the daily word count. ;)

talithakalago

September 13 2008, 02:28:42 UTC 8 years ago

True Blood, yes.

Primeval, yes and I based an rpg on it.

Numb3rs, yes.

NCIS, yes.

Fringe, yes. If you're a Howling fan, don't watch Fringe while drinking. The airplane scene had so much in common with the melting werewolf transformation I ruined a keyboard and nearly pissed myself laughing.

Dexter, yes.

Then I have about ten more. Want me to recomend some? Grin.

September 14 2008, 16:28:11 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, dear me, no. If I add any additional shows, I'll run out of inking time!

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