Entry tags:
Idiot Box
This is a sticky post of my TV habits: what I'm watching, what I want to try, what I've tried and rejected. Feel free to recommend me new stuff!!
I've added what I can remember thus far. Will add more as I recall them.
A note on my tastes & preferences: straight-up drama (cop shows, law shows, medical shows) tend to leave me cold. I like scifi and magic realism and quirkiness; if a show has a reasonably generous quota of those then I'll probably give it a go.
What I'm currently watching:
PLEASE DON'T SPOIL ME for these. I'm not up-to-date with all of them.
What I've seen:
What I've got on the agenda to watch: (* what I've got/tasted already)
What I've tried and haven't continued pursuing, but probably will:
That I enjoyed but probably won't pursue just for the sake of completism:
What failed to pique me completely (i.e. couldn't make it through first season/episode):
Other things people have recommended:
I've added what I can remember thus far. Will add more as I recall them.
A note on my tastes & preferences: straight-up drama (cop shows, law shows, medical shows) tend to leave me cold. I like scifi and magic realism and quirkiness; if a show has a reasonably generous quota of those then I'll probably give it a go.
What I'm currently watching:
PLEASE DON'T SPOIL ME for these. I'm not up-to-date with all of them.
- Beautiful People
- Merlin
- Life on Mars
- Doctor Who [up to S4]
- Torchwood [up to S2]
- Battlestar Galactica [up to S3]
- Scrubs [up to S6]
- Rome [up to S1]
- Gossip Girl [catching up on S2]
- The Sarah Connor Chronicles [catching up on S2]
- Skins [up to S2]
- House [up to S3]
- Being Human [seen pilot]
What I've seen:
- Bleak House
- Princess Tutu
- The IT Crowd
- Deadwood
- Dexter
- Six Feet Under
- Wonderfalls
- Firefly
- Carnivale
- Ultraviolet
- Oz
- Band of Brothers
What I've got on the agenda to watch: (* what I've got/tasted already)
- * Pushing Daisies
- * Strangers with Candy
- Big Love
- Journeyman
- Friday Night Lights
- Criminal Minds
What I've tried and haven't continued pursuing, but probably will:
- Eureka [seen pilot]
- The Mighty Boosh [up to S3]
- The Middleman [first couple of eps]
- Northern Exposure
- Supernatural
- Heroes
- Dead Like Me
- Farscape
- Xena
- Twin Peaks
- The L Word
- Arrested Development
- The X-Files
- Angel
That I enjoyed but probably won't pursue just for the sake of completism:
- 21 Jump Street
- Jericho
- Red Dwarf
- Dark Angel
- Veronica Mars
What failed to pique me completely (i.e. couldn't make it through first season/episode):
- Reaper
- Stargate: Atlantis
- Entourage
- Extras
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Gilmore Girls
- Grey's Anatomy
- Smallville
- Chuck
Other things people have recommended:
- Nip/Tuck
- The West Wing
- Slings & Arrows
- Life on Mars
- Bones
- Burn Notice
- Kyle XY
- ReGenesis
- Spooks
- Skin
- Starsky and Hutch
- The Wild Wild West
- The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
- The Avengers
- Due South
- Ashes to Ashes
- The Shield
- Blade the Series
- Life
- The Wire
- Sleeper Cell
- Hu$tle
- Professionals
- NCIS
- Criminal Minds
- Magnificent 7
- Man from UNCLE
- Harsh Realm
- Young Riders
- Lonesome Dove
- Homocide: Life on the Street

no subject