GreekChat current TV Series Reviews

ADPiEE · #1 07-27-2013, 11:07 PM

I love the movie and book review threads so here's one for TV series...

Shows my husband and I really liked...
Justified (currently watching)
Vikings
Revenge
Breaking Bad
Lost
24
American Dad, Family Guy (I'm ashamed that we like these but we love the political humor)
Billy the Exterminator (my husband is from Louisiana)
King of the Hill
Big Bang Theory
British shows I like (but husband doesn't ...
Downton Abby
Midwife
Mr. Selfridge
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Dr. Who (I miss Amy though)
Young Ones
Absolutely Fabulous
Travel Show with Rick Steves

Shows my husband likes but are too gruesome for me..
Game of Thrones
Dexter

Shows my husband likes that I just can't get into
Futurama

Old Miniseries we love
Lonesome Dove
Centennial
Shogun
Thornbirds

Shows I want to watch...
Davinci's Deamons
Homeland

KillarneyRose · #2 07-28-2013, 12:21 AM

Shows my husband and I both like to watch:
Burn Notice
Homeland
True Blood
NCIS

Shows I like but husband doesn't:
Graceland
Pretty much everything on the Discovery ID channel
Paranormal State (guilty pleasure)
Bridezillas

British Shows we both like
Ab Fab
The Young Ones (I'm really dating myself with these!)

Shows my husband likes but are too gruesome for me
Game of Thrones!

ASTalumna06 · #3 07-28-2013, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ADPiEE

I love the movie and book review threads so here's one for TV series...

Shows my husband and I really liked...
Justified (currently watching)
Vikings
Revenge
Breaking Bad
Lost
24

LOVE Justified. I love how the show actually establishes the character of the bad guys, and you know who they are. So few shows are actually able to do that the way that Justified can. Plus, Timothy Olyphant is pretty hot in a cowboy hat

I also love 24... which is coming back next year! I'm hoping that the new season is just as great as the others. I still like season 1 the best, though. Dennis Haysbert - the Allstate guy - as the president was awesome.

AOII Angel · #4 07-28-2013, 01:08 AM

Shows my husband and I both like:
Top Chef Masters/Top Chef
The Newsroom
Game of Thrones
Veep
How I met Your Mother
Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen
Masterchef
America's Baking Competition (more like watching a trainwreck than really enjoying it, but we still watched)
Bar Rescue/Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares/Chopped (we'll watch if it's on, but we don't record)

Shows I like that my husband doesn't:
Major Crimes
Downton Abbey
Walking Dead
Homeland
Real Time with Bill Maher
Girls
HGTV Star
Project Runway

Shows my husband likes that I don't:
Top Gear
The Simpsons
Futurama
Shipping Wars/Pawn Stars/Storage Wars/ Auction Hunters
The Venture Brothers
Did I mention Top Gear?

StealthMode · #5 07-28-2013, 07:12 AM

I'm going through episodes of The Biggest Loser (I like to workout to them) but I want to start Deception. Of course, I only watch ANTM, Scandal, and Grey's Anatomy. Yes, the boring life of the woman with the Roku and no cable.

ASUADPi · #6 07-28-2013, 08:42 AM

Shows I like (no husband yet )
Revenge
Law and Order SVU
Continuum
Revolution
Homeland
True Blood
Game of Thrones
The Voice
Hell's Kitchen
Top Chef
Glee (although I hated last season)
Say Yes to the Dress

Shows I don't like
The Walking Dead
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Grey's Anatomy

Show I want to watch
The White Queen
S.H.I.E.L.D.

AOIIalum · #7 07-28-2013, 09:52 AM

Shows my husband and I both like:
American Ninja Warrior
Treehouse Masters
anything involving Mike Holmes
Salvage Dawgs

Shows I like that my husband doesn't:
Renovation Raiders
House Hunters/House Hunters International
PBS Cooking Shows, Cooking Channel (except for Bitchin Kitchen and Not My Momma's Meals)

Shows my husband likes that I don't:
Cold Case
Law and Order (any and all of them, sigh)
CSI
NCIS
Any show that might be just like Cold Case/L&O/CSI/NCIS...

Shows I Want to Watch:
Downton Abbey (yeah, I'm late to the game)

ibis · #8 07-28-2013, 10:04 AM

Being single:

NCIS
NCIS L A
Suits
Franklin & Bash
Person of Interest
Elementry
Rizzoli & Isles
Covert Affairs
American Pickers
Counting Cars
HGTV shows

Dislike
All reality shows

KillarneyRose · #9 07-28-2013, 11:04 AM

Know what I forgot? My husband loves that show with the duck people. I can't think of the name but all they guys have ZZ Top beards and there's a character called Uncle Si. I could only watch for a minute but it seems like they were always killing things.

Sciencewoman · #10 07-28-2013, 11:21 AM

^^^ My husband likes that show, too -- Duck Dynasty

We both like and must watch:
Michigan Football...this is #1
True Blood
Game of Thrones
Grimm

If one is watching, the other will join in, but it's more random:
Pawn Stars
House Hunters (usually just the International version)
American Pickers, but I get sick of them looking for old signs and car/motorcycle parts
The various reality shows like Treehouse Masters, that aquarium show, etc.

He likes:
Anything and everything involving cars...anything
Motor Week on PBS. He records it.

I like:
Anything on PBS, except Motor Week
SNL
Castle
The Voice

tld221 · #11 07-28-2013, 11:27 AM

Single, no cable.

I do/did enjoy Mad Men. Only watched up to season 3 on Netflix
Grey's Anatomy was good until season 4.
I heard about Girls being good but also Lena Dunham being a mess. I do give her props in starting/pitching her own show.
Right now, I'm all into Orange is the New Black on Netflix. It really could be called "the latest reiteration of making white privilege funny" but I really like it.
Also, I seem to be fascinated with prison shows: Oz, Lockup and Beyong Scared Straight I could watch for hours.
I want to try Arrested Development.
I used to love Greek. I have a soft spot for really cheesy, clean "afterschool special" type shoes. Lincoln Heights and 7th Heaven among them on ABC Family.
Social commentary type shows like VH1s "I love the 80s type series" are my fave. Girl Code is my guilty pleasure.

Shows I couldn't get into but everyone watched:
Lost
24
The West Wing (though I think I could like it)
Glee
Alias (it confused me)
Party of Five
Girlfriends
Any of the horrid Vh1 reality drivel out right now (Flavor of Love was ridiculously funny but it's a far cry from Love and Hip Hop)
How to make it in America
Game of Thrones (tried to read the books, too dense for me)

UofM-TKE · #12 07-28-2013, 11:57 AM

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Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen

I love Nadia G and am liking King & Maxwell so far.

They usually cancel my favorite shows really fast. Pan Am and GCB are gone, but I have them on Amazon Instant Video at least.

lovespink88 · #13 07-28-2013, 01:26 PM

My TV watching severely dropped off for a year or so once we stopped having cable. I've never have been an hour long drama type of person--more into half hour comedies, but I've made some exceptions and there's a few I'm adding to the list of what I want to check out.

With The Office and 30 Rock ending this year the only returning shows I'm still following are

Modern Family
Girls
Parks & Recreation
(although I'm only on season 2 of Parks & Rec, making may way through it!)

I've got a LOT on my list I want to check out:

Homeland
Veep
Community
Shameless
Arrested Development
and I want to give Mad Men another shot. I got really bored in season 2, but I know people love it so I'll give it another try.

Then there's a bunch of reality/competition shows that I don't follow religiously but will always stop to watch if I see it:

Pawn Stars
The Biggest Loser
Chopped

lovespink88 · #14 07-28-2013, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

Social commentary type shows like VH1s "I love the 80s type series" are my fave. Girl Code is my guilty pleasure.

Oh God, I miss VH1 so much just for this. I will always stop and watch "I Love The..." no matter which decade it was or how many times I've seen it. I also love their "The Greatest" countdowns (i.e. "The Greatest 90s Songs of all Time" "The Greatest One Hit Wonders of All Time"...etc).

ADPiEE · #15 07-28-2013, 01:43 PM

love hearing all these shows--I had to go back and add some that I forgot!!