TV

Here's a grid of broadcast TV. Don't forget to add cable shows.

NOW: Deadwood, Entourage, Project Runway, Daily Show, Colbert Report

RETURNING: The Wire, Veronica Mars, Lost, Everybody Hates Chris (where's the DVD?), The Simpsons, Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl, The Office

NEW: Studio 60

MAYBE: House, Justice (Garber!), Brothers and Sisters, the Andre Braugher episodes of ER, whatever people here recommend

DOWN THE LINE: 24, Rome, Extras, Sopranos, Scrubs

Do you perhaps mean 06-07, or is this retroactive?

'06 - '07.

Did the same thing at the Delphi forum. I'm an idiot.

I'm going to do the usual fall season polls (timeslots of death, dead pools, etc.) in a few weeks.

NOW: Venture Bros., Eureka

RETURNING (in order of importance): Veronica Mars, The Office, House, 24, Lost, Prison Break, My Name is Earl

NEW: Studio 60, The Nine, Six Degrees

MAYBE: Smith, The Unit

DOWN THE LINE: Traveler

WANT TO WATCH, WON'T HAVE ACCESS: The Wire, Rome

I try to limit myself to six TV shows a season, and for the fall it looks like I will have a guaranteed set of nine (if one counts the Earl/Office block as the equivalent of the other hour-long shows). Something on this list, therefore, is going to have to suck hard so that I can drop it, or I'm going to need to get a new yardstick for the amount of TV I can comfortably watch a week.

NOW: Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Wire and Rome repeats on On Demand, whatever DVDs I have. Thinking about a Netflix subscription.

RETURNING: Lost, The Simpsons, My Name is Earl, The Office, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, South Park

NEW: I'm not sure, I haven't looked into the new shows much. The Nine sounded good with its cast.

MAYBE: The Wire (assuming I can catch up by the time S4 premieres)

DOWN THE LINE: 24, Rome, Extras, Sopranos



EHC - October 10th

NOW: Deadwood, Entourage, Project Runway, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Brother Allstars, The First 48, Treasure Hunters, X-Play, Venture Bros., Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Soup, Best Week Ever

RETURNING: The Wire, Lost, Family Guy, My Name is Earl, The Office

NEW: Heroes

MAYBE: Studio 60

DOWN THE LINE: 24, Rome, Scrubs

NOW: Eureka, Monk, Psych, Rock Star: Supernova, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Garth Merenghi's Darkplace

RETURNING: Amazing Race (goodbye, Simpsons), Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl, The Office, Survivor, Boston Legal, Family Guy

NEW: Knights of Prosperity, 30 Rock

MAYBE (1 or 2 episode try-out): Heroes, Studio 60

DOWN THE LINE: American Idol (yeah, I know), Duets (yeah, I really know), Doctor Who (I feel confident in Series 2 being picked up)

THREE THUMBS (i.e., sometimes): Colbert Report, Dog Whisperer, Deal or No Deal, Monday/Sunday Night Football, American Dad

Looks like a buttload.

NOW: Deadwood, Project Runway, Treasure Hunters, Big Brother All Stars, The Closer, Eureka, The 4400, Rescue Me, RockStar: Supernova, Who Wants To Be A Superhero, Hell's Kitchen, Its Always Sunny in Philly, Daily Show, Colbert Report

RETURNING: Lost, Prison Break, House, Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl, The Office, L & O:SVU, Boston Legal, L & O, L & O:CI, Supernatural, Survivor, SCI, Crossing Jordan, Las Vegas, The Amazing Race, Cold Case, Without a Trace

NEW: Studio 60, Heros, The Nine

MAYBE: Vanished, Friday Night Lights, Jericho (although I am afraid I will like it and it will get just one season like Invasion), Justice, Desperate Housewives (it got good towards the end of last season), Kidnapped

DOWN THE LINE: 24, Scrubs, American Idol, The Loop, Medium

Damn, I watch a lot of TV. Specially cop dramas. But I like 'em.

NOW: Entourage, Project Runway, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Big Brother, Rescue Me, 30 Days, Rock Star: Supernova, Hell's Kitchen, Pardon the Interruption

RETURNING: The Wire, Veronica Mars, Lost, Everybody Hates Chris Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, House, Prison Break, Survivor, The Amazing Race

NEW: Studio 60, Heroes, The Nine

MAYBE: Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Smith, Shark

DOWN THE LINE: 24, Extras, Sopranos, Scrubs, American Idol, The Shield, Doctor Who

If I were anywhere but this forum, I might say I watch too much tv.

NOW: Deadwood, Brotherhood, Entourage, Rescue Me, 30 Days, Venture Bros.

RETURNING: The Wire, My Name is Earl, The Office, Nip/Tuck (Probably)

NEW: Not sure yet. Need to research.

MAYBE: Lost

DOWN THE LINE: Rome, Extras, Sopranos, The Shield

NOW: Alice I Think, Rock Star: Supernova

RETURNING: Veronica Mars, Smallville, Crossing Jordan, Numbers, Amazing Race

NEW: Studio 60

SOMETIMES/PROBABLY: Prison Break, Supernatural, Survivor, The Simpsons

MAYBE: Intelligence (CBC), Knights of Prosperity (formerly "Let's Rob Mick Jagger")

Hm, only Studio 60 jumps out as a must-see this fall. I may check out Shark and Smith for the stunt-casting value, but that's about it.

Now: Stargates, Eureka, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, 30 Days

Returning: Gilmore Girls, Lost, Survivor (maybe), Supernatural, Family Guy, Battlestar Galactica

New: Heroes

RETURNING: How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CSI: Miami, Prison Break, 24, NCIS, Law and Order SVU, House, American Idol, Veronica Mars, Lost, Criminal Minds, Bones, The Loop, Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, CSI, Smallville, Supernatural, Numbers, Crossing Jordan, Law & Order, Without A Trace, The War at Home, Everybody Hates Chris, Scrubs, Medium, CSI New York

NEW: The Class, Heroes, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Standoff, Friday Night Lights, Day Break?, The Nine, Jericho, Ugly Betty, Men In Trees.

As each season makes their way onto DVD:

Battlestar Galactica, The Wire, The Closer, The 4400, Weeds, Eureka (when it hits DVD), Entourage, Rescue Me, and Deadwood, and Big Love.

Regards
Christopher

NOW: Nothing. Cable hasn't been hooked up yet. (It's been 38 days...)

RETURNING: The Office, How I Met Your Mother, The Simpsons, My Name Is Earl, Law & Order, CI & SVU, Gilmore Girls/One Tree Hill (the wife)

NEW: Studio 60, 30 Rock, Twenty Good Years

MAYBE: The Class (How I... really surprised me, so...)

DOWN THE LINE: Entourage, and THE WIRE on DVD.

This was my initial line-up:

NOW: Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Brother, Entourage, Hell's Kitchen, Project Runway, Real World Key West, Real World/Road Rules: Fresh Meat, Rescue Me

RETURNING: Amazing Race, Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, Lost, My Name is Earl, The Office, Rome, Veronica Mars, The Wire

NEW: Studio 60, Ugly Betty

MAYBE (RETURNING): Gilmore Girls, Prison Break, Survivor

MAYBE (NEW): 30 Rock, Heroes, Kidnapped

Then I looked at the grid and realized that on Mondays and Tuesdays I'd be watching shows from 8-11pm. Wednesdays are 8:30-11pm. Thursdays, using the DVR, is 8-10pm. Fridays I get a break where it's 8-9 and then 10-11. Ditto for Sundays.

Based on all of this I think most of those Maybes will become Nos.

NOW: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Entourage, Venture Bros, Xiaolin Showdown, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Metalocalypse, Eureka, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, SpongeBob SquarePants

RETURNING: Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, The Office, Lost, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Doctor Who

NEW: The Nine, Justice, Studio 60

MAYBE: Daybreak (Great Cast, hella confusing premise), Jericho, Heroes

DOWN THE LINE: Lucy: Daughter of the Devil, 24, The Loop, Extras, The Shield, Rome

--Dan

NOW: Entourage, Project Runway, Who Wants to be a Super Hero, and Weeds.

RETURNING: Battlestar Galactica, Grey's Anatomy, the Amazing Race.

NEW: Nothing so far.

MAYBE: Heroes, Studio 60.

DOWN THE LINE: Rome.

New:
30 Rock, Sunday Night Football (during commercials), maybe Studio 60 and Heroes

Returning:
The Office, Lost, Veronica Mars, Fox Sundays, SNL

Occasionally, but no commitment:
Law and Order: SVU, Regular L&O, Earl

Waiting for the DVD:
The Wire, Galactica, Venture Bros.

NOW - No Reservations, Deadwood, Venture Brothers, The 4400, Project Runway, Anything where people are punching and kicking other people except Final Fucking Fu.

MON - Heroes (until 24 shows up), Studio 60

TUE - Playing video games apparently

WED - Top Model, Lost, watching Idol live as TiVo tapes Lost

THU - Survivor

FRI - Battlestar Galactica

DOWN THE LINE - The Wire, Rome, The Sopranos, Legion of Super-Heroes

- Marz

Why are you a Veronica Mars Hater?

Not a hater, just didn't get on the boat when it sailed and now I feel like I would be missing out on a whole bunch of backstory. Is it the kind of show that I could just jump in and enjoy?

(Also, wife tried it and then deleted it from TiVo, but that excuse is made quietly.)

I think I forgot the comedies like Reno 911 and Sunny in Philly on my list.

- Marz

I'd suggest renting the season 1 DVDs, give it 4 or 5 episodes and see how it grabs you.

yet netflix it and watch the first 6 if you hate it give up.

I think you will be surprised.

Technically you can start at the beginning of each season but you miss out on some fun stuff that way.

i made the thread sticky so i can refer back to it easily, hope that's OK

Holy cow. I'm just getting around to looking at this and this fall is the biggest scheduling trainwreck I've seen in years (based solely on things I want to watch). Jeez. Now where did I put that graphing calculator?

--Alex

RETURNING: CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, The Simpsons, Family Guy, My Name is Earl

NEW: Studio 60, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Brothers & Sisters, Justice

MAYBE: The Amazing Race, Kidnapped, Smith, Shark, The Unit, Standoff, Vanished, The Nine

DOWN THE LINE: King of the Hill, 24, Medium

Man, you people have a lot more time for television than I do. I'm just getting around to catching up on the Chris Rock series. The only things I can regularly commit to are The Wire and Avatar with the occasional My Name is Earl.

Hey, we didn't make you have kids.

And a life.

At least I don't think we did.

Hey. Some choices, they work. Other choices, not so much.