TV Show Master List

[sherrilina]

francy_m79  mentioned doing this today on BF, and decided it might be something fun to think about and quickly post here...

In this list I'm going to leave out some old children's shows I think, or it'd be too hard, though I do want to send some shout-outs to "Arthur" (which pwns Merlin any day in terms of character development and continuity!), "Sabrina," "Clarissa Explains it All," and "So Weird"!  I'm also leaving out shows I've only seen like an episode or 2 of randomly on TV...

Shows I currently watch (whether or not I'm caught up or they're airing right now):

Águila Roja
Being Human
Bones
Doctor Who
Gossip Girl
Merlin
Supernatural
True Blood
The Vampire Diaries

Shows I have watched all of that are over:

Angel
Blood Ties
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dollhouse
Firefly
Moonlight
Seinfeld (okay not sure if I have watched EVERY episode but a lot of them! ;))
The Tudors
Veronica Mars

Shows I have watched some of, but have yet to finish:

Alias
How I Met Your Mother
Life on Mars
Smallville (lol not sure I will ever finish this one)
Tru Calling
Torchwood

Shows I have yet to watch at all:

Battlestar Galactica
Fringe
Gilmore Girls
Legend of the Seeker
Lost
Mad Men
Sherlock
Sons of Anarchy
Twin Peaks

Let me know if there's anything big I forgot that you know I watch, and feel free to pimp shows you think I should add to my last list here...;)

And on a random note, I have the strangest urge to watch an episode of GG right now, lol....maybe I will, one less episode to catch up on at Christmas!

Comments

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Deadwood, that has Jim Beaver in it! (Supernatural)

Okay I added MM to my list, but you should add "Supernatural" and "Vampire Diaries" to yours, and move DW further up it! ;) That would be my suggestions, lol...

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

I tried Vampire Diaries - okay, well, thirty minutes of the first episode! - and wasn't really impressed... True Blood > than all other vampire things ever. Should I give it another shot? How long did it take you to get into it?

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Lol, YES YOU SHOULD GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT! :p How many shows have AMAZING season premieres? Usually it takes at least a few episodes for them to find their feet/set up, and VD is one such show. For instance, the cheesy fog and crow in the pilot? Disappear forever after episode 2 or 3 I think, as the show figured out that it was not the tone they were going for. The first 3 episodes or so are a little slow as they establish the characters and the Elena/Stefan relationship, but starting with episode 4 things begin to pick up, and by episode 6 the roller coaster ride really begins and never ends! Trust me, the first episode is not THAT impressive, you're right, but neither is it the whole show...I mean, I stopped watching TB because the second episode was TERRIBLE and the first one hadn't been super amazing, but it got so much better after that! (And then got less impressive, but that's another story, lol).

So yes, PLEASE give it another go, watch at least until episode 6/7, okay? :) Or at least until episode 4? 6/7 really show you what the show can do though...

Because yeah, I do think that VD>>>TB any day, especially with as weak as TB is now. I would say a lot of vampire shows are better than TB is, tbh...Angel is one of them! ;)

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

Yeaaah... I was sort of concerned about the cheesy fog and the crow... ;oP

I'll stick it back on my list, for once I get back to Cairo. I can't download anything for the next month WHICH IS FREAKING KILLING ME. Crappy hotel wireless. DDD: So yeah. No Merlin, no nothing. Tragic, right.

But then! True Blood and Mad Men and everything else! :o)

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Eh, maybe not being able to watch Merlin right now isn't so tragic, given how bad it is? ;)

And lol, for VD I'm going to leave you the case of an f-lister who had the same reaction you did, but within 3 days had totally caught up and been converted! :p

She posts about it here: http://francy-m79.livejournal.com/23698.html

And here are some excerpts of of her more detailed comments as she began to watch VD, in which you can make out a definite progression! ;)

I'm sorry, but I don't think I can go on watching VD...it includes all the things I can't stand in a show anymore! I'm irritated half of the time, and bored the other half. I guess I will watch some more episodes, though, just to have a more rounded opinion!

Just too old for more teenage drama..can't stomach it anymore (and I don't even like the style of the show..too many pop songs all the time). Not my thing. And I don't find Damon hot, just annoying so far!

[I'm on] Episode 3. Yes, I'm aware that it will pick up later, but I just don't want to be watching it! *shrugs* I tried, I can't be faulted!

No, it's the age of the characters! (nothing against teenagrers in rl, I just don't want to watch shows about them) And the CW feel the show has... it's not the kind of show I enjoy, but I tried it cos people made me promise!

I don't know, so far it's not a particularly pleasant experience for me to watch it, I don't get anything from it... it doesn't connect to me in any way. So far I have downloaded 6 episodes... I'll watch those, and see if when I'm done I want to watch more!

Then...

I kind of have a crush on Stefan!

Well, I'm used to having unpopular opinions...I really dislike Damon! LOL But if I am to continue watching this show, I don't want to get into shipping wars or such things. I've had enough!

Damon's evilness is just repulsive to me, because on that show vampires CAN be good, if they want/try. The mythology is different, and puts me off Damon. So far, at least. I know he will change, or there would be no show..but I don't know if anything will make me like him. I disliked Sawyer for a long time, afterall!

I have this compulsion to go on watching VD

Yes, it's definetely more gripping now. Not that I think it's a masterpiece, but I don't think it aims to be. I am enjoying it.

And then...

Some of the episodes towards the end of season 1 of VD are really brilliant!

Yeah, it improved. I wish they stopped with the social get-togethers, though... there's one every episode! LOL The vampire stuff is the best thing!

I'll tell you... the way they have set things up, it's humanly impossible NOT to ship Damon/Elena. LOL Now I want her to be with both of them... a good old threesome!

I still struggle with Damon at times, but I kinda grew to adore him! (KINDA!! Don't get too excited! LOL )

What day of the week does VD air?

I'm glad I stuck with it! Can't wait for the next episode! (it sucks that I have no new episodes to marathon...I went through them too fast! )

And here's a comment from today, lol: I feel like encouraging everyone who is not watching The Vampire Diaries to watch it! I was the poster child of reluctance, and now I want to have its babies!

So as you can see, it DOES get much better! ;) And you know hmsharmony, right? Well she also recently watched it all, and was squeeing about it, but when I asked her about the first three epps she agreed with my friend quoted above that "the first three episodes are bleh". SO PLEASE PUT IT BACK ON YOUR LIST THANKS! ;)

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

It's back on my list, but it's been bumped down from the top... ;oP

Is there a certain episode that I should at least watch through?

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Yes, as I said, at least through episode 5/6--if you still don't find it remotely interesting or decent then, you probably never will! (It's when the shit seriously begins going down--and note, it never stops doing so from then onwards! ;))

[thedoingofit.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'll let you know how it goes... ;o)