Book Haven discussion

Which current shows are your favorites?

For me...
Criminal Minds
Supernatural
All of the CSI shows
How I met your Mother
Two and a half men
Legend of the Seeker
Heroes
Fringe
So you think you can dance
Medium
Greek
American Idol
Ghost Whisperer
and
House

Can you tell I love TV almost as much as I love books? LOL

I'm the same - I love tv almost as much as books, too!

My favorites are:

Gossip Girl (I just love Chuck!)
Greek
The Mentalist
Bones
Smallville
Supernatural (sighDean)
How I Met Your Mother
Ghost Whisperer
Dollhouse
Psych
Burn Notice (I love that Michael Weston)
In Plain Sight
Rules of Engagement
One Tree Hill (I don't want to like it, but I can't help it!)

LOL I didn't even think to include some of those.
I also like...
Dollhouse
Psych
Gossip Girl (but I need to catch up, I'm behind)

NCIS
Burn Notice
Army Wives
Grey's Anatomy
Psych
Greek
Dance Your Ass Off

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(D'onafrio and Goldblum goodness)
Trueblood
Hung
Castle
Dexter
Dirty Jobs
No Reservation
Bizarre Foods
Survivor Man
Ghost Adventures

OMG, I cannot believe that I forgot about True blood. That one def belongs on my list!

Oh, I forgot about Dirty Jobs!
Project Runway
Throwdown With Bobby Flay
Iron Chef America
Chopped
Good Eats

SO MUCH SHOWS!

I don't watch a lot of TV but I do like
NCIS
Psych
Chopped
Throwdown with Bobby Flay
Burn Notice
Decorating shows on HGTV upon occasion

Chasidy wrote: "Oh, I forgot about Dirty Jobs!
"
Ya, Mike Rowe FTW.

Shame on me for forgetting Good Eats, Alton is God lol. I also adore Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives; Flight of the Conchords, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and 30 days. = )

Chasidy wrote: "Oh, I forgot about Dirty Jobs!
Project Runway
Throwdown With Bobby Flay
Iron Chef America
Chopped
Good Eats

SO MUCH SHOWS!"

Iron Chef is great. I only like the ending when the judges taste the foods...

Oh! Another of my favorite shows is Clean House. Love Neicy and the "mayhem and foolishness". I'm addicted to seeing just how cluttered and gross the homeowners are!

I totally forgot about Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives! Guy is crazy funny. Oh and Ace of Cakes. :)

LMAO! I just looked at my TiVo, and I have 58 season passes! Thats how much I love my shows. hehehe

I love TiVo! I don't know where I'd be without it.

I used to watch an insane amount of television , but after my two favorite shows, Gilmore Girls , and Alias ended (and the writing for both, in my opinion turned to crap) I stopped watching television for awhile, so much so that I got rid of my DVR.

Now, and I don't know if it's age (though I'm only 26, so that, I don't think, is it), or continually hearing my sister's diatribes about how evil television is, and how horrible it is, and it poisons us all, and so on and so on, that's affected me, but even when I hear about a new show that sounds interesting, I can't watch more then a few minutes before getting bored. Most of what I do watch now is my brothers' fault. He watches quite a bit, and he keeps talking a few shows up, and the next thing I know I'm a regular watcher!!

But I do usually keep a book on hand to read through commercials and all the boring bits.

So all I watch is:
The Daily Show
The Colbert report
Psych
Doll house
24 (I only recently started watching this, and haven't bothered with the earlier eps)
and (on dvd/online) occasional eps of Firefly and Arrested Development.

I couldn't stand the books, but I've watched the first eps of true blood too, and it's not bad, but it'll probably take me forever and a day to watch them all!
Mostly I like using it to practice my Southern accent :)

Sobia wrote: "I used to watch an insane amount of television , but after my two favorite shows, Gilmore Girls , and Alias ended (and the writing for both, in my opinion turned to crap) I stopped watching televis..."

I loved Alias! I want them to have more shows like that one!

Joy wrote: "I loved Alias! I want them to have more shows like that one! "


Same here! I loved Vaughn! and Sydney too, though I was totally jealous of how toned her arms were, lol :P
Though in my (not so) humble opinion, the show starts to go to hell in the last 2 minutes of "The Telling" (the last episode in season 2) where she wakes up in HK having missed 2 years of her life. They almost made it better in season 4, then season 5 really killed it for me... so much so I still haven't been able to watch the final episodes!


...and I just realized the topic said "current shows"...oops!

Sobia wrote: "Joy wrote: "I loved Alias! I want them to have more shows like that one! "


Same here! I loved Vaughn! and Sydney too, though I was totally jealous of how toned her arms were, lol :P
Though in m..."

LOL Don't worry about it. I'm not a stickler for ALWAYS sticking to the exact topic. It's okay to branch off once in a while. Besides it adds to the discussion. :)

I'm not crazy about the shows that are television now. There are way too many reality tv shows. The only shows I watch that are still in production are...

Bones
True Blood
Top Chef
Legend of the Seeker

I just watched Drop Dead Diva and I really like it! :) I can't wait for Sunday's now.. oh and especially Army Wives! Love that show.

I just realized that I didn't put "True Blood" on my list!

I watch way to much TV and my favorite is
The History Channell and History International, in school I hated history and now I can't get enought of it lol...
Burn Notice - like Melissa I love my Michael Weston
Bones
NCIS
The Mentalist
Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives
The Si-Fi channell
The Dog Whisper

I don't have HBO or Show time so I have never seen True Blood, but I did rent the Tudors and I love it. I will have to check out True Blood. What is Legend of the Seeker?

Ann wrote: "I watch way to much TV and my favorite is
The History Channell and History International, in school I hated history and now I can't get enought of it lol...
Burn Notice - like Melissa I love my M..."

Legend of the Seeker is based on Goodkind Terry's series. Wizard's First Rule is the first book in the series. It's actually REALLY good. They just finished the first season, so I am guessing it'll be on DVD soon. :) The second season starts this fall I think. :)

Sobia wrote: "I couldn't stand the books, but I've watched the first eps of true blood too, and it's not bad, but it'll probably take me forever and a day to watch them all!
Mostly I like using it to practice my Southern accent :)"
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Don't use the show to work on the your accent!!! LOL I had trouble concentrating on the show because I was focusing on the horrible botch job the actors were doing on the accent..



I love the boob tube.. some of my favorite current shows:

The Mentalist**
South Park
L & O (especially SVU)
Dating shows of any sort (although slim pickins lately)
Two and a half men
Real Estate shows on HGTV
Clean House (rock on melissa)
Chelsea Lately
Criminal Minds

stuff like that.

Has anyone seen Tudors?

One of my friends suggested it to me today, and I was wondering if anyone else likes it...

I watched the first two seasons of Tudors, I'm a history nut. Season four should be starting soon, I like most of the cast, the costumes are beautiful and the show is good, not great but good. Season one was nothing but sex and beheadings however it has toned down to the story now. I think they used Philippa Gregory as their history guru when writing it and well she can be far from accurate so if you watch, watch for entertainment not any kind of facts.

Nona wrote: "I watched the first two seasons of Tudors, I'm a history nut. Season four should be starting soon, I like most of the cast, the costumes are beautiful and the show is good, not great but good. Seas..."

LOL Are the sex scenes as graphic as the ones in True Blood?

I haven't watched but two episodes of True Blood so can't say for sure. I think it is the setting that makes it so steamy, dark room candles everywhere, a half naked Jonathan Reyes beautful surrounding and ahe can woo a woman but there is alot of skin showing in season one, then they realized the story was really good and became some what modest as the time period was.

There is no group orgies that the last true blood I saw though.

Nona wrote: "I haven't watched but two episodes of True Blood so can't say for sure. I think it is the setting that makes it so steamy, dark room candles everywhere, a half naked Jonathan Reyes beautful surroun..."

LOL Gotta love those orgies! I think that there have been 2-3 episodes in True blood with them...

Well, I am going to have to try Tudors. Is it the type of show that takes a few episodes before I'll like it?

I think if you go into it with an open mind to history and how it might have really been you'll like it but keep in mind it is history so you get alot of info each show like Cromwell and his downfall and Charles Brandon and Mary Henry VIIIs sister marraiage behind Henry's back. I like it for the fact that it showed perspectives from people at court, and the show is not pro-Anne or pro-Katherine, it includes all of his wives and childern too.

I love the Tudors! i can't really say the same for True Blood though. I haven't watched to much tv lately but here are my shows.

Merlin
food net work channel..
The soup
ghost whisperer
Bones
family guy
two and half men

Lauren wrote: "I love the Tudors! i can't really say the same for True Blood though. I haven't watched to much tv lately but here are my shows.

Merlin
food net work channel..
The soup
ghost whisperer
Bones..."

Merlin is great isn't it? The actor that plays Arthur is soooo HOT! LOL

it is!! i love it Merlin is so quirky he makes me laugh.

what channel is Merlin on?

is it local or like HBO?

it on channel 10nbc I believe. Local

hmm how far into the show is it currently?

Maybe a month? its a good couple of weeks

thanx, I'll have to be on the look out for it.

8pm on sundays

Yep, it's on NBC for the US. It already aired the first season in the UK, so you might be able to find it online. I found it on a site, but I cannot remember which one...

Fringe
Sanctuary
Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
CSI
CSI Miami
Extreme Makeover : Home Edition
Bones
Lie To Me
The Panel (Irish panel show, v. funny, youtube it)
Doctor Who
Torchwood
True Blood


I would say Merlin but it's over here and apparently season two is on it's way. I love Gaius but I think Morgana's my favourite character.

Karyn wrote: "Fringe
Sanctuary
Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
CSI
CSI Miami
Extreme Makeover : Home Edition
Bones
Lie To Me
The Panel (Irish panel show, v. funny, youtube it)
..."

Arthur is my favorite. I wasn't too crazy about the actress that plays Guinevere...I like their choice for Merlin though...What did you think of the dragon?

I quite liked the Dragon and I think John Hurt's voice was right for it. Guinevere doesn't seem like Guinevere to me. Gaius is just funny - I love him! Have you seen the season finale yet?

Yep, saw the finale. I love Gaius too. :) I'm in the US, but I managed to find the episodes online. :) I can't wait for season 2! I know it is supposed to air in the UK this fall, so hopefully I'll be able to get the episodes online...

Other than there is a second season I've heard nothing. I hate how we have to wait for ages to get most of the good shows over here as I have no patience and end up spending hours on tv.com. Lengend of the seeker is only starting here next month and I'm not expecting to see season 2 of Fringe until christmas.

My favorites are:
Bones
Medium
The Ghost Whisper
Ghost Hunters
Diners, Driveins and Dives
Legend of the Seeker
Warehouse 13
and Eureka

Karyn wrote: "Other than there is a second season I've heard nothing. I hate how we have to wait for ages to get most of the good shows over here as I have no patience and end up spending hours on tv.com. Lengen..."

That bites! Yeah, def. make use of all the internet sites that off the shows in advance...

I just watched Being Human last night for the first time. Mitchell the vampire -HOT. How long has this show been on? is this the first season? I liked it but not so sure what was going on.

Lauren wrote: "I just watched Being Human last night for the first time. Mitchell the vampire -HOT. How long has this show been on? is this the first season? I liked it but not so sure what was going on."

I've never heard of "being human"...I'm going to have to look it up!

it was on my bbc channel