Brought this from the old forum.
LYNE SAID:
11-10-2015, 05:34 PM
When not doing art, I watch TV shows... (I buy them on DVD, don't subscribe to ANY cable, dish or internet TV, I prefer them with NO commercials, and all the neat "extras" PLUS I get to re-watch)
BUT with DVDs, I do watch a year behind, so PLEASE NO SPOILERS in the stories of a current season being broadcast now...that's my only "rule" for this thread... thanks so much!
Anyway, I LOVE TV shows, really escape from my health issues with them...... I kinda give myself some family and companionship with TV if I am really honest...I enjoy family, drama, and sci fi... animal related shows.... really anything with HEART and then add on from there... and I thought it might be fun to share some discussion on "favorite TV shows" ?
The only thing I DON'T like are gore-horror themes... and no GRIMM to me just isn't horror! It has HUMOR and drama... er.... and I admit I do like Vampires... but the um... Vampire Diaries kind and the whole world of shape-shifting warewolves...as long as they have RELATIONSHIPS- heart!
My MOST favorite are: GRIMM, Once Upon A Time, and now The Flash! (the 2014 newest version)... Then there are the shows with both high drama AND family all in one, like BLUE BLOODS (sorry can't help it, TOM SELLEK AFTER ALL! on the main networks.
Canada's HEARTLAND series (lots of horses!! LOL! and FAMILY) Shows like The Walton's and the newer Parenthood (with Gilmore Girl's Lauren Graham) really give me a "family fix"...
also Canada's HIGH drama FLASHPOINT was/is amazing!! (and how they care about NOT killing the "bad" guy...because the bad guys aren't always bad!)
ooo ooo and GAME OF THRONES! LOVE, love, love that epic drama...and the dragons!
I follow several "cable" shows, I'm not a prude, but again, no horror.... well wait, I DID watch Dexter... because well, he did kill REALLY BAD GUYS... sometimes I just kinda close my eyes if it gets too much...
I love "quirky" shows like Six Feet Under too....
To name JUST a few.... I'm have a huge TV apatite and am fairly eclectic... I'll watch older shows I hunt up as well as newer ones... Canada makes GREAT TV in my opinion...
Soooo tell me what TV series shows you love to watch and why!
Life requires assembly, and we all know how that goes!
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SKYLAB SAID:
11-10-2015, 06:02 PM
Blue Bloods is my favorite too...love Tom Selleck, even back in the Magnum PI days WGN station runs the show all night on Saturday and Sunday. I also enjoy JAG and sometimes Burn Notice, if it's not too violent (like intense interrogation scenes)...I find their often surprising plot twists intriguing and engaging to watch. Before I retired I didn't have much time for TV, so I even enjoy older programs now that came and went while I was too busy to see them.
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MISS B SAID:
11-10-2015, 06:50 PM
OK, I'm mostly into crime and police procedurals, so the original Law&Order is a huge favorite of mine, that I can still catch some evenings/nights on the WE cable network. In fact, several scenes from an episode of the second season were filmed at my old law firm. I got to meet Chris Noth one evening as I was leaving to go home.
I also am a huge fan of the original CSI, and was a little sad that it had it's final show last month, but there's reruns I can occasionally catch. The Miami and NY versions are OK, but not as good.
I used to watch JAG, and was into Burn Notice the first couple of seasons, but I've gotten away from it. This season I'm watching Quantico, but I haven't decided yet whether I like it enough to continue watching it the whole season. I'll have to wait and see as far as that's concerned.
My current favorite is NCIS, which I just finished watching a little while ago, and I like the L.A. spin-off on Mondays. The N.O. spin-off is on now (right after the original NCIS), and it's growing on me, though I'm not particularly a fan of Scott Bakula, but the stories so far have been pretty good. The original is in reruns on USA on Monday's and sometimes Wednesdays, and once in a while on Saturdays. I can watch them all over, and over, and over again, that's how much I really like it.
I also like Flashpoint Lyne, and I owe you a big thank you, because I've been trying to figure out what city the SRU was in. It never occurred to me it was up in Canada, or is that just where they film it?
I also watch Criminal Minds, but I can't watch too many episodes in one sitting, because their stories can get pretty "dark", if you know what I mean.
Now as far as Tom Selleck and Blue Bloods, that man has aged soooooooooo wellllllllll. I also like the "family" situations, as it shows the characters as being "real". Most shows just do the theme of the story, and forget the characters have a personality, and other issues besides "the job", as it were.
I don't subscribe to any of the "prime" networks like Starz and HBO, and the like, so I only rented the first season of Game of Thrones from Netflix, but I have read all 5 of the books that are currently in print, and waiting (not so patiently) for book 6 to come out, hopefully for the holidays next month. Well one can hope in any case. I read a lot of fantasy books (I also love dragons), but don't really watch much fantasy shows on TV. I am trying out the new Supergirl show, and so far it's not bad. I'll give it a few more episodes before I decide whether I really like it.
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LYNE REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 07:53 PM
Skylab... I did watch Burn Notice allll the way through...got the prequel movie too (as I have a fondness for the side-kick actor)... LOL! I do watch a fair amount of procedurals too...
Miss B... yes FLASHPOINT is based on the Canadian swat team... it's so different... so yes, they filmed it in Canada...as it is OF Canada... (I do love seeing beautiful areas - both city and countryside- of Canada... gorgeous country. So much of what we watch in the US is filmed in Canada... (one reason it was interesting that GRIMM is filmed in the state of Oregon - which is gorgeous too).
I just got CSI Cyber and like it A LOT!! You might try this one?
I have all the NCIS franchises... the original is the BEST... I love every principal actor on that one... though to me it was never the same after "Ziva" left the show... but I'll stick with it...
I also do not care all that much for Scott Bakula... but I do feel his real acting 'chops' are best used in NCIS New Orleans...(and I sure love the look and music of that area!!)
If I could hold a book to read, I would read all of Game of Thrones...but had to give up reading when my joints/muscles went wonky... (anther reason I treat myself to DVDs)
Once in a while I also buy movies...the big block busters, Disney films, etc... mostly to "fill in" during the dry spells between times the TV shows are put out on DVD...
I also forgot to mention I LOVE Agents of Shield! (tried to watch all the movies in order, but they are too silly to me... again prefer the interaction of the characters in a TV show)
I REALLY like the Defiance series (TV show that's hooked up with it's video game version) - fascinates me!
Also many of the best sci fi shows were canceled after such a short time...if they are good, I'll buy them anyway... (NBC really still is the 'cancelation champ'... argh! dumb!)
Terra Nova is a prime example!! Some at least go long enough to be worth collecting...
Some other (on going) sci fi I really like: Lost Girl and Orphan Black...
The UK has some great shows but they have SUCH a short season, it's frustrating... the Musketeers is a good one coming out of the UK! and of course Downton Abby!!
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MISS B CAME BACK:
11-10-2015, 08:21 PM
CSI Cyber looks good. I may have to see if Netflix has them on DVD so I can catch up.
I agree with you about Ziva leaving. I was so disappointed when I heard she hadn't signed for the new season, that I was screaming at the TV that she was one dumb *tch. I like Eleanor, but there was something about the interaction between Ziva and Tony that made her seasons special. I also liked Shana Alexander (who played Kate) from the earlier seasons.
I watched Downtown Abbey some, and it was a good show. There was a series starring Helen Mirren as a British police detective that I really liked, but it's not on any more, and of course the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot shows based on Agatha Christie books, and I was a proud owner of 35 of them. I think the only BBCA show I watch now is reruns of Star Trek the Next Generation. I always liked Patrick Stewart. I saw him once many years ago when they were still doing Shakespeare in Central Park. It always amazed me that a Shakespeare trained actor could play a captain of the Enterprise in a Sci-Fi tv show. Of course, that wasn't really a British show, but BBCA is the network that shows it, I guess in deference to Patrick Stewart.
As far as holding books, I suffer from chronic CTS, so I can empathize to a degree. I've been toying with the idea of getting a Book Seat I saw at Amazon, where the book is cradled and held in it, and I can have it in my lap as I sit on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I think it might even work with my tablet when I want to read one of my eBooks.
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LISA B SAID:
11-10-2015, 08:49 PM
I only have Netflix so I really love binge watching and have discovered quite a few favorites.
once Upon a Time ... I love the good vs evil theme and the depth of the characters.
Bluebloods for sure ... Love the family aspect and Tom Selleck is a wonderful bonus.
The Walking Dead ... love the characters and how they go through the age old struggle of good vs evil...and just how far they will go over the line...
Fringe...I don't think I would have discovered this show if not for Netflix...so good...loved the characters and the possibilities in the stories...
Survivor...love to see the personalities and how they balance all that is needed to outplay, outwit and outlast.
Heartland...love, love, love this show. I would love to live in this show!
Merlin... BBC show that is so good. Love the play between Arthur and Merlin set in Camelot. There is so much in this one that I can see in my present day life... oh what a ride! I've watched the whole series at least three times.
Arrow... Another good vs evil story that explores the struggle of conscious and what is acceptable or justified.
Orange is the New Black... A Netflix original that is worthy of watching for a different perspective.
Scandal, Blacklist and House of Cards because it shows that there are real people in the highest positions of government and its interesting to see how far they will go to cover lies. Reminds me that there's a bit of truth in everything when it comes to how I view government.
Endless nature documentaries and shows like Long Way Down and Long Way Around that show me cultures and parts of the world that I hope to experience for myself someday.
Dual Survivor with two contrasting methods of staying alive in the wilderness.
Deadliest Catch... I think I watch just to hear Mike Rowe narrate...Dang!
I'm sure there's some I'm forgetting but that's what at the top of my head...
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Satira Capriccio SAID:
11-10-2015, 10:05 PM
Yep. Binge watching is the only way to watch a series in my opinion!
I subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu Plus.
Doctor Who! What? No one else loooovvves Doctor Who?!?
Firefly! One of the few shows I will watch over and over. Even if it only ran one season.
I agree Canada makes great shows. I rather like quite a few British shows too. When we make good shows, they are really good. But most of what we churn out is too concerned with trying to grab a young audience with short attention spans rather than well written stories that mature over a season (or more).
Midsomer Murders - British television detective drama in its 17th season (yay!) which is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series. John Nettles played DCI Tom Barnaby until Season 14 as Tom Barnaby retired at the end of Season 13 and was replaced by Neil Dudgeon as Tom's younger cousin DCI John Barnaby.
Murdoch Mysteries (The Artful Detective) - Canadian series with Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario, around the turn of the twentieth century.
Sherlock - British crime drama television series. Contemporary adaptation Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.
Continuum - Canadian science fiction series with Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron, a police officer from 2077 who time travels to Vancouver, BC, in 2012 following a terrorist group
Longmire - American crime drama television series based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries series of mystery novels written by Craig Johnson. Robert Taylor plays Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's fictional Absaroka County. The stories and scenery are absolutely brilliant with Longmire. In my opinion, this is probably the highest quality American show ever.
Rosemary and Thyme - British television mystery series with Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show ran from 2003 to 2007.
Monk - American comedy-drama detective mystery television series with Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk. I still miss Monk dreadfully.
Psych - American detective comedy-drama television series with James Roday as Shawn Spencer, Dulé Hill as Shawn's best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, and Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry, a former officer of the Santa Barbara Police Department. I was sooo disappointed when the series ended.
Medium - American television drama series with Patricia Arquette as a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office. Another one I hated to see end and still do not like the last episode. Just wrong.
Yes indeed. I loved Poirot ... David Suchet WAS Poirot and made him absolutely loveable, Miss Marple, and Merlin too.
Atlantis - British fantasy-adventure television series inspired by Greek mythology and the legend of Atlantis which is supposed to grab the Merlin fans. Jack Donnelly plays Jason (of the Argonauts long before they are the Argonauts), Mark Addy as Hercules, and Robert Emms as Pythagoras.
I loved Once Upon a Time for the first season or two. Got bored with it after the first season. This season has improved a bit (and I won't say why that is so as not to ruin it for you Lyne), but it's still not back to the top of my list.
Grimm. Same as Once Upon a Time. Loved the first season but each season thereafter became less appealing to me. Monroe and Rosalee need FAR more air time. To me, they absolutely make the show. I never quite understood the hate for Bitsie Tulloch by so many Grimm fans, but I've not really cared all that much for Juliette. I don't feel the chemistry is quite right for the two of them, while the chemistry between Monroe and Rosalee is fabulous.
I liked the Marvel universe shows the first season, haven't been able to watch them at all since. I'll probably try again when they are no longer running
Loved Downton Abbey. But that's another one that's lost me in the last few seasons.
NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS New Orleans, Numbers, and sorta the CISes. But, I've not watched any of the NCIS or CIS series this year. I no longer have patience to watch anything on CBS's website ... including Elementary. NCIS is now on Netflix so I've been struggling through the seasons. I will probably just skip to the last season on Netflix as knowing that Cote de Pablo left NCIS so abruptly has kinda ruined her character for me. WHere once I loved Ziva, now I don't have a lot of patience for her. Besides ... Abby Sciuto is NCIS
Scott Bakula is one of my favorite actors. Loved him in Quantum Leap and Enterprise and as Chuck's father in Chuck (which is another of my favorites). Have a harder time with him in NCIS New Orleans.
And of course ... all the Star Trek / Stargate series.
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MISS B REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 11:06 PM
Yup, have to agree . . . Abby Sciuto is most definitely NCIS. In fact, I found my fave characters in most of the procedurals were the techs. Then again, how could you not like David McCullum as Dr. Mallard. I still remember him as a young agent on Man from U.N.C.L.E. Damn I just dated myself. :headdesk:
I also loved all the Star Trek series, though my favorite was the one with the female Captain Janeway. I also liked Stargate. I just forgot a lot of the old, old shows I used to watch.
I also forgot to mention earlier, there's 2 Hallmark cable channels, and one is Hallmark Movies & Mysteries with old shows like Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, Hart to Hart, and Columbo to name a few. Oh, and I almost forgot, they also sometimes show Perry Mason, but only the movies, and not the old original TV series.
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SKYLAB REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 11:41 PM
I also miss Monk.. and his relentless need for wipes, lengthy categorized list of OCD phobias, and his trademark "here's what happened..." Very clever and entertaining show...especially the one where he, out of emotional desperation, kept mailing his trash to his therapist during a city garbage strike. I wish Hallmark murder mysteries would include his show, along with Matlock, and others mentioned above.
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SANBIE SAID:
11-11-2015, 12:37 AM
We sit down to watch TV every night...
NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS NO,
CSI Cyber
Grimm
Murdock Mysteries
Blind Spot
Haven
Quantico
Big Bang Theory
Gosh I forget the rest! lol
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Satira Capriccio REPLIED:
11-11-2015, 06:30 AM
I loved it when Kate Todd asked Gibbs what Ducky looked like when he was younger. Gibbs response was ... Illya Kuryakin.
Yep. I have to agree. Ducky did look like Illya Kuryakin when he was younger!
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Glitterati3D SAID:
11-11-2015, 06:38 AM
I don't watch much TV at all......I find I can't sit still long enough most of the time. But, I do love the new show Blindspot.
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eclark1894 SAID:
11-11-2015, 07:43 AM
I have a variety of shows I like, but my favorites so far this year , in no particular order, have been Supergirl, Arrow, the Flash, Agents of Shield, Once Upon a Time, Chicago Fire, Supernatural, and Gotham. Although, Supergirl comes on at the same time as Gotham so I'm going tto have to watch repeats of Gotham to find out what's going on since Supergirl started up. Also, OUAT has been kind of boring this season so far. Emma just doesn't make a convincing Dark One.
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LYNE REPLIED:
11-11-2015, 09:37 AM
Originally posted by eclark1894
EEEEK!!!! SHHHHHH!!!! Don't tell me what happens/is happening THIS YEAR/SEASON... pleaaasseee!!! OK? ok...I'll try to forget... but your forgiven, as you may have missed my "rule"
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LYNE SAID:
11-10-2015, 05:34 PM
When not doing art, I watch TV shows... (I buy them on DVD, don't subscribe to ANY cable, dish or internet TV, I prefer them with NO commercials, and all the neat "extras" PLUS I get to re-watch)
BUT with DVDs, I do watch a year behind, so PLEASE NO SPOILERS in the stories of a current season being broadcast now...that's my only "rule" for this thread... thanks so much!
Anyway, I LOVE TV shows, really escape from my health issues with them...... I kinda give myself some family and companionship with TV if I am really honest...I enjoy family, drama, and sci fi... animal related shows.... really anything with HEART and then add on from there... and I thought it might be fun to share some discussion on "favorite TV shows" ?
The only thing I DON'T like are gore-horror themes... and no GRIMM to me just isn't horror! It has HUMOR and drama... er.... and I admit I do like Vampires... but the um... Vampire Diaries kind and the whole world of shape-shifting warewolves...as long as they have RELATIONSHIPS- heart!
My MOST favorite are: GRIMM, Once Upon A Time, and now The Flash! (the 2014 newest version)... Then there are the shows with both high drama AND family all in one, like BLUE BLOODS (sorry can't help it, TOM SELLEK AFTER ALL! on the main networks.
Canada's HEARTLAND series (lots of horses!! LOL! and FAMILY) Shows like The Walton's and the newer Parenthood (with Gilmore Girl's Lauren Graham) really give me a "family fix"...
also Canada's HIGH drama FLASHPOINT was/is amazing!! (and how they care about NOT killing the "bad" guy...because the bad guys aren't always bad!)
ooo ooo and GAME OF THRONES! LOVE, love, love that epic drama...and the dragons!
I follow several "cable" shows, I'm not a prude, but again, no horror.... well wait, I DID watch Dexter... because well, he did kill REALLY BAD GUYS... sometimes I just kinda close my eyes if it gets too much...
I love "quirky" shows like Six Feet Under too....
To name JUST a few.... I'm have a huge TV apatite and am fairly eclectic... I'll watch older shows I hunt up as well as newer ones... Canada makes GREAT TV in my opinion...
Soooo tell me what TV series shows you love to watch and why!
Life requires assembly, and we all know how that goes!
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SKYLAB SAID:
11-10-2015, 06:02 PM
Blue Bloods is my favorite too...love Tom Selleck, even back in the Magnum PI days WGN station runs the show all night on Saturday and Sunday. I also enjoy JAG and sometimes Burn Notice, if it's not too violent (like intense interrogation scenes)...I find their often surprising plot twists intriguing and engaging to watch. Before I retired I didn't have much time for TV, so I even enjoy older programs now that came and went while I was too busy to see them.
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MISS B SAID:
11-10-2015, 06:50 PM
OK, I'm mostly into crime and police procedurals, so the original Law&Order is a huge favorite of mine, that I can still catch some evenings/nights on the WE cable network. In fact, several scenes from an episode of the second season were filmed at my old law firm. I got to meet Chris Noth one evening as I was leaving to go home.
I also am a huge fan of the original CSI, and was a little sad that it had it's final show last month, but there's reruns I can occasionally catch. The Miami and NY versions are OK, but not as good.
I used to watch JAG, and was into Burn Notice the first couple of seasons, but I've gotten away from it. This season I'm watching Quantico, but I haven't decided yet whether I like it enough to continue watching it the whole season. I'll have to wait and see as far as that's concerned.
My current favorite is NCIS, which I just finished watching a little while ago, and I like the L.A. spin-off on Mondays. The N.O. spin-off is on now (right after the original NCIS), and it's growing on me, though I'm not particularly a fan of Scott Bakula, but the stories so far have been pretty good. The original is in reruns on USA on Monday's and sometimes Wednesdays, and once in a while on Saturdays. I can watch them all over, and over, and over again, that's how much I really like it.
I also like Flashpoint Lyne, and I owe you a big thank you, because I've been trying to figure out what city the SRU was in. It never occurred to me it was up in Canada, or is that just where they film it?
I also watch Criminal Minds, but I can't watch too many episodes in one sitting, because their stories can get pretty "dark", if you know what I mean.
Now as far as Tom Selleck and Blue Bloods, that man has aged soooooooooo wellllllllll. I also like the "family" situations, as it shows the characters as being "real". Most shows just do the theme of the story, and forget the characters have a personality, and other issues besides "the job", as it were.
I don't subscribe to any of the "prime" networks like Starz and HBO, and the like, so I only rented the first season of Game of Thrones from Netflix, but I have read all 5 of the books that are currently in print, and waiting (not so patiently) for book 6 to come out, hopefully for the holidays next month. Well one can hope in any case. I read a lot of fantasy books (I also love dragons), but don't really watch much fantasy shows on TV. I am trying out the new Supergirl show, and so far it's not bad. I'll give it a few more episodes before I decide whether I really like it.
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LYNE REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 07:53 PM
Skylab... I did watch Burn Notice allll the way through...got the prequel movie too (as I have a fondness for the side-kick actor)... LOL! I do watch a fair amount of procedurals too...
Miss B... yes FLASHPOINT is based on the Canadian swat team... it's so different... so yes, they filmed it in Canada...as it is OF Canada... (I do love seeing beautiful areas - both city and countryside- of Canada... gorgeous country. So much of what we watch in the US is filmed in Canada... (one reason it was interesting that GRIMM is filmed in the state of Oregon - which is gorgeous too).
I just got CSI Cyber and like it A LOT!! You might try this one?
I have all the NCIS franchises... the original is the BEST... I love every principal actor on that one... though to me it was never the same after "Ziva" left the show... but I'll stick with it...
I also do not care all that much for Scott Bakula... but I do feel his real acting 'chops' are best used in NCIS New Orleans...(and I sure love the look and music of that area!!)
If I could hold a book to read, I would read all of Game of Thrones...but had to give up reading when my joints/muscles went wonky... (anther reason I treat myself to DVDs)
Once in a while I also buy movies...the big block busters, Disney films, etc... mostly to "fill in" during the dry spells between times the TV shows are put out on DVD...
I also forgot to mention I LOVE Agents of Shield! (tried to watch all the movies in order, but they are too silly to me... again prefer the interaction of the characters in a TV show)
I REALLY like the Defiance series (TV show that's hooked up with it's video game version) - fascinates me!
Also many of the best sci fi shows were canceled after such a short time...if they are good, I'll buy them anyway... (NBC really still is the 'cancelation champ'... argh! dumb!)
Terra Nova is a prime example!! Some at least go long enough to be worth collecting...
Some other (on going) sci fi I really like: Lost Girl and Orphan Black...
The UK has some great shows but they have SUCH a short season, it's frustrating... the Musketeers is a good one coming out of the UK! and of course Downton Abby!!
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MISS B CAME BACK:
11-10-2015, 08:21 PM
CSI Cyber looks good. I may have to see if Netflix has them on DVD so I can catch up.
I agree with you about Ziva leaving. I was so disappointed when I heard she hadn't signed for the new season, that I was screaming at the TV that she was one dumb *tch. I like Eleanor, but there was something about the interaction between Ziva and Tony that made her seasons special. I also liked Shana Alexander (who played Kate) from the earlier seasons.
I watched Downtown Abbey some, and it was a good show. There was a series starring Helen Mirren as a British police detective that I really liked, but it's not on any more, and of course the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot shows based on Agatha Christie books, and I was a proud owner of 35 of them. I think the only BBCA show I watch now is reruns of Star Trek the Next Generation. I always liked Patrick Stewart. I saw him once many years ago when they were still doing Shakespeare in Central Park. It always amazed me that a Shakespeare trained actor could play a captain of the Enterprise in a Sci-Fi tv show. Of course, that wasn't really a British show, but BBCA is the network that shows it, I guess in deference to Patrick Stewart.
As far as holding books, I suffer from chronic CTS, so I can empathize to a degree. I've been toying with the idea of getting a Book Seat I saw at Amazon, where the book is cradled and held in it, and I can have it in my lap as I sit on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I think it might even work with my tablet when I want to read one of my eBooks.
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LISA B SAID:
11-10-2015, 08:49 PM
I only have Netflix so I really love binge watching and have discovered quite a few favorites.
once Upon a Time ... I love the good vs evil theme and the depth of the characters.
Bluebloods for sure ... Love the family aspect and Tom Selleck is a wonderful bonus.
The Walking Dead ... love the characters and how they go through the age old struggle of good vs evil...and just how far they will go over the line...
Fringe...I don't think I would have discovered this show if not for Netflix...so good...loved the characters and the possibilities in the stories...
Survivor...love to see the personalities and how they balance all that is needed to outplay, outwit and outlast.
Heartland...love, love, love this show. I would love to live in this show!
Merlin... BBC show that is so good. Love the play between Arthur and Merlin set in Camelot. There is so much in this one that I can see in my present day life... oh what a ride! I've watched the whole series at least three times.
Arrow... Another good vs evil story that explores the struggle of conscious and what is acceptable or justified.
Orange is the New Black... A Netflix original that is worthy of watching for a different perspective.
Scandal, Blacklist and House of Cards because it shows that there are real people in the highest positions of government and its interesting to see how far they will go to cover lies. Reminds me that there's a bit of truth in everything when it comes to how I view government.
Endless nature documentaries and shows like Long Way Down and Long Way Around that show me cultures and parts of the world that I hope to experience for myself someday.
Dual Survivor with two contrasting methods of staying alive in the wilderness.
Deadliest Catch... I think I watch just to hear Mike Rowe narrate...Dang!
I'm sure there's some I'm forgetting but that's what at the top of my head...
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Satira Capriccio SAID:
11-10-2015, 10:05 PM
Yep. Binge watching is the only way to watch a series in my opinion!
I subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu Plus.
Doctor Who! What? No one else loooovvves Doctor Who?!?
Firefly! One of the few shows I will watch over and over. Even if it only ran one season.
I agree Canada makes great shows. I rather like quite a few British shows too. When we make good shows, they are really good. But most of what we churn out is too concerned with trying to grab a young audience with short attention spans rather than well written stories that mature over a season (or more).
Midsomer Murders - British television detective drama in its 17th season (yay!) which is based on Caroline Graham's Chief Inspector Barnaby book series. John Nettles played DCI Tom Barnaby until Season 14 as Tom Barnaby retired at the end of Season 13 and was replaced by Neil Dudgeon as Tom's younger cousin DCI John Barnaby.
Murdoch Mysteries (The Artful Detective) - Canadian series with Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario, around the turn of the twentieth century.
Sherlock - British crime drama television series. Contemporary adaptation Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.
Continuum - Canadian science fiction series with Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron, a police officer from 2077 who time travels to Vancouver, BC, in 2012 following a terrorist group
Longmire - American crime drama television series based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries series of mystery novels written by Craig Johnson. Robert Taylor plays Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's fictional Absaroka County. The stories and scenery are absolutely brilliant with Longmire. In my opinion, this is probably the highest quality American show ever.
Rosemary and Thyme - British television mystery series with Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show ran from 2003 to 2007.
Monk - American comedy-drama detective mystery television series with Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk. I still miss Monk dreadfully.
Psych - American detective comedy-drama television series with James Roday as Shawn Spencer, Dulé Hill as Shawn's best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, and Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry, a former officer of the Santa Barbara Police Department. I was sooo disappointed when the series ended.
Medium - American television drama series with Patricia Arquette as a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office. Another one I hated to see end and still do not like the last episode. Just wrong.
Yes indeed. I loved Poirot ... David Suchet WAS Poirot and made him absolutely loveable, Miss Marple, and Merlin too.
Atlantis - British fantasy-adventure television series inspired by Greek mythology and the legend of Atlantis which is supposed to grab the Merlin fans. Jack Donnelly plays Jason (of the Argonauts long before they are the Argonauts), Mark Addy as Hercules, and Robert Emms as Pythagoras.
I loved Once Upon a Time for the first season or two. Got bored with it after the first season. This season has improved a bit (and I won't say why that is so as not to ruin it for you Lyne), but it's still not back to the top of my list.
Grimm. Same as Once Upon a Time. Loved the first season but each season thereafter became less appealing to me. Monroe and Rosalee need FAR more air time. To me, they absolutely make the show. I never quite understood the hate for Bitsie Tulloch by so many Grimm fans, but I've not really cared all that much for Juliette. I don't feel the chemistry is quite right for the two of them, while the chemistry between Monroe and Rosalee is fabulous.
I liked the Marvel universe shows the first season, haven't been able to watch them at all since. I'll probably try again when they are no longer running
Loved Downton Abbey. But that's another one that's lost me in the last few seasons.
NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS New Orleans, Numbers, and sorta the CISes. But, I've not watched any of the NCIS or CIS series this year. I no longer have patience to watch anything on CBS's website ... including Elementary. NCIS is now on Netflix so I've been struggling through the seasons. I will probably just skip to the last season on Netflix as knowing that Cote de Pablo left NCIS so abruptly has kinda ruined her character for me. WHere once I loved Ziva, now I don't have a lot of patience for her. Besides ... Abby Sciuto is NCIS
Scott Bakula is one of my favorite actors. Loved him in Quantum Leap and Enterprise and as Chuck's father in Chuck (which is another of my favorites). Have a harder time with him in NCIS New Orleans.
And of course ... all the Star Trek / Stargate series.
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MISS B REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 11:06 PM
Yup, have to agree . . . Abby Sciuto is most definitely NCIS. In fact, I found my fave characters in most of the procedurals were the techs. Then again, how could you not like David McCullum as Dr. Mallard. I still remember him as a young agent on Man from U.N.C.L.E. Damn I just dated myself. :headdesk:
I also loved all the Star Trek series, though my favorite was the one with the female Captain Janeway. I also liked Stargate. I just forgot a lot of the old, old shows I used to watch.
I also forgot to mention earlier, there's 2 Hallmark cable channels, and one is Hallmark Movies & Mysteries with old shows like Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, Hart to Hart, and Columbo to name a few. Oh, and I almost forgot, they also sometimes show Perry Mason, but only the movies, and not the old original TV series.
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SKYLAB REPLIED:
11-10-2015, 11:41 PM
I also miss Monk.. and his relentless need for wipes, lengthy categorized list of OCD phobias, and his trademark "here's what happened..."
Very clever and entertaining show...especially the one where he, out of emotional desperation, kept mailing his trash to his therapist during a city garbage strike. I wish Hallmark murder mysteries would include his show, along with Matlock, and others mentioned above.============================
SANBIE SAID:
11-11-2015, 12:37 AM
We sit down to watch TV every night...
NCIS, NCIS LA, NCIS NO,
CSI Cyber
Grimm
Murdock Mysteries
Blind Spot
Haven
Quantico
Big Bang Theory
Gosh I forget the rest! lol
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Satira Capriccio REPLIED:
11-11-2015, 06:30 AM
I loved it when Kate Todd asked Gibbs what Ducky looked like when he was younger. Gibbs response was ... Illya Kuryakin.
Yep. I have to agree. Ducky did look like Illya Kuryakin when he was younger!
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Glitterati3D SAID:
11-11-2015, 06:38 AM
I don't watch much TV at all......I find I can't sit still long enough most of the time. But, I do love the new show Blindspot.
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eclark1894 SAID:
11-11-2015, 07:43 AM
I have a variety of shows I like, but my favorites so far this year , in no particular order, have been Supergirl, Arrow, the Flash, Agents of Shield, Once Upon a Time, Chicago Fire, Supernatural, and Gotham. Although, Supergirl comes on at the same time as Gotham so I'm going tto have to watch repeats of Gotham to find out what's going on since Supergirl started up. Also, OUAT has been kind of boring this season so far. Emma just doesn't make a convincing Dark One.
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LYNE REPLIED:
11-11-2015, 09:37 AM
Originally posted by eclark1894
EEEEK!!!! SHHHHHH!!!! Don't tell me what happens/is happening THIS YEAR/SEASON... pleaaasseee!!! OK? ok...I'll try to forget... but your forgiven, as you may have missed my "rule"
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