What are your current top 5 TV shows?

Mine, in no particular order are:

"Commander in Chief" (Geena Davis and Donald Sutherlin -- woohoo!)
"Law & Order: SVU: (Mariska Hargitay and Chris Mellon and Ice T,
gotta love 'em)
"CSI" (The original).
"Without a Trace"
"Number" (David Krumholtz makes math damned sexy!)

What about you?

In no order:

Firefly
Doctor Who
Blake's 7 (the BBC's 28 year old predecessor to Firefly)
Futurama
All in the Family

Still catch it in reruns now and then.

"Those were the days!"

Also love Chico and the Man and Sanford and Son. Oh, and the Jeffersons.

I loved 70s sitcoms. Nothing these days compares.

That's about it.. until Huff & Deadwood return :)

Rome (I wanted to hate it after 6FU was cancelled, but I love it!)
Law & Order SVU (best, sexiest cast on TV)
House (loved in in the little mouse movie, love him better as the doc)
American Justice (on A&E, followed by: )
City Confidential (on A&E)

For "true crime" stuff, I love American Justice, City Confidential, and Cold Case Files.

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I love true-crime and crime dramas.

If you like AJ and City Confidential, you'd probably enjoy any number of them. Also, that former FBI agent/megalomaniac John Douglas wrote two fascinating books: "Mindhunter" and "Anatomy of Motive." "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker is another compulsive non-fiction-read.

read a whole bunch of them

Autopsy is a good show

"The Daily Show"
"King of the Hill"
"Family Guy"
"Harvey Birdman"
"Most Haunted"

2. Will and Grace
3. CSI: Any edition
4. Without a Trace
5. Desperate Housewives

until this sucky "Family Edition." Not interested in seeing people climb in and out of SUV's on a tour of the East Coast.

What makes the show interesting is watching Americans having to cope in foreign locales. Granted, some of their behavior is cringeworthy, but getting a tour of the world makes up for a lot. Hope they return to the original format or they've lost me.

in the U.S. So far.

But I agree, when they travel all over it's better.

I thought about applying w/ a few family members for this season but am glad I didn't. So far I'm not very happy with it.

I'm disappointed with this format too.

when they go to foreign countries and are totally out of their element! I am enjoying this year though...I would imagine trying to coordinate double the amount of people(including children) overseas would be a logistical nightmare!

Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Daily Show
Arrested Development
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Ali G

And I'm not even a male aged 18-35. (Take that, focus group jocks). :D

boston legal

I'm getting into Boston Legal, and Stuart Townsend's new show, Night Stalker, seems really creepy and cool.

Naruto
Bleach
One Piece (not the dubbed version showing in the US)
Daily Show
My Name is Earl

and just loved it, but the next week, Commander in Chief came on at the same time on another station, and so I watch that now. But I'll probably check out more episodes of Earl during summer reruns.

Go here and DL it http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=earl

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Don't always get to watch it, but it's such a great show, I always love it when I do. Someone said John Edwards is supposed to be on tonight.

2. Lost
3. Over there
4. The Daily Show
4. Family Guy

1. Curb Your Enthusiasm

2. Arrested Development

3. Family Guy

4. Reno 911!

5. Lost

1) House, M.D. - I haven't looked this forward to Tuesday TV since Buffy ended.

2) Lost - engrossing and well-written, but darn it! The last two episodes were just too short!

3) The Daily Show - funniest. show. ever!

4) tie - Harvey Birdman & Robot Chicken (love Adult Swim!)

5) Deadwood - another well-written and well acted show, will someone *please* just give Ian McShane an Emmy already?!?!

Honorable Mention: Good Eats - better and more fun to watch than most network drivel out there...

1. Daily Show
2. Real Time with Bill Maher
3. 24 when its on
4. whatever is on CSPAN
5. sports

Those are the only ones I watch, really.

Honourable mention for The Daily Show, Black Books and Riget (Lars Von Trier's brilliant Danish series).

1. Six Feet Under
2. Queer As Folk
3. Dead Like Me
4. Law and Order:SVU - how can you go wrong with Mariska Hargitay, The Great God Chris Meloni and Ice-T?
5. Sex and The City


Freaks and Geeks is a major runner up.



Khash.

After that, it changes.

Lost
Desperate Housewives
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
CSI (original)
Law & Order (original)
Law & Order SVU
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld (reruns)
The Sopranos

Ok, so I lied... not really a top 5, but a top 10

oh yeah, plus Mrs. Tikki likes Medium and Threshold...

..We actually got all the members of the family to come to one room and talk about the story line on Commander-in Chief..last night.



The Tikkis

Lost
Nip/Tuck
Crossing Jordan
Ghost Whisperer
Law and Order Criminal Intent

And I'm ashamed to say, I forgot to give another much-deserved honorable mention to Medium. This past Monday's episode was the best so far!

And they won't be back on until January 2006. :cry:

Actually, in the interim when I watch TV it's usually some true crime thing on A&E or Court TV like American Justice, Cold Case Files, Forensic Files, The Investigators, Psychic Detective, From the Case Files of Henry Lee, Body of Evidence, Extreme Evidence, and Masterminds.

I've read most of Ann Rule's and John Douglas' books, too. :shrug:

I've got all Ann Rule's books. My favorite is Small Sacrifices, partly because it took place near where my family lives, and my mom helped take care of the surviving girl in the hospital.

that got me hooked. So your mom took care of Cheryl? That's crazy! That Diane Downs is something evil, eh? I was sleepy the other week and picked it back up just to read over the good parts, it's so enthralling.

The Stranger Beside Me is another one of my favorites. The last one I read was about Ann Marie Fahey and that crazy bastard lawyer that took her out to sea.

Ann Rule rocks!

I sent Ann an email (she has a website), telling her that mom helped take care of Cheryl, and that I know a lot of the people she talks about at McKenzie Willamette Hospital, and she answered me back! That put her up another notch in my book!

Mom said she saw Diane one day when she came -- with her dad -- to see Cheryl. This was when they started barring Diane from seeing Cheryl. Well, daddy was raising a ruckus at the unit desk, and Diane was standing a little away from him, with what my mom said was the absolutely creepiest and evil smile on her face. Mom said she wanted to go over and smack her till her teeth rattled!

So your mom's a pedes nurse? Nurses see a little of everything. You know that bastard dad probably molested Diane. What a sick, sick family. I think it's amazing that Fred Hugi and his wife later adopted Cheryl and Danny. I'd be curious how they are now.

I've heard Ann Rule keeps in close touch with her fanbase. That's so cool!

She does periodic updates on the people involved in the crimes she writes about. Cheryl and Danny are doing very well, and absolutely thrived with the Hugi's.

BTW, mom was a CNA and a Ward Secretary (after she blew a knee and shoulder from years of patient care).

Anyway, the link: http://www.annrules.com/

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Neighbours (daily Australian soup I've watched since the very beginning - 20 years ago!)
Lost (we're on about episode 8)
Arrested Development (coupla months into season 2)
X-Factor (find a star show, with Simon Cowell & Sharon Osbourne as judges)
QI ("Quite Interesting" panel quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry about interesting facts!)

(& from next week Curb Your Enthusiasm as the 4th season starts.)

Lost
Arrested Development
Scrubs (it's coming back)
The Simpsons
King of the Hill

Numbers
CSI-Miami
Countdown
Medium
West Wing

Runner-up - Gilmore Girls

:D And the Daily Show #1

& Supernatural.

In no particular order

which is NBC, so my knowledge of the new shows is somewhat limited. I can, however list the ones that I think are real stinky. Here are my awards:

Worst all around: The Office

Just plain worst: My Name is Earl

Brat worst: Surface

Cheesy Brat Worst: Vegas

Not so Bad except for its association w/ Vegas (which I actually really do kind of like): Crossing Jordan

Yeah, like this is really believable: Surface (0h, that's 2 - so sue me!)

Martha How could you do this!?: The Apprentices (including the Donald)

The Biggest Loser: The Biggest Loser

Bad Laws and in No Particular Order: Law and Order SVU

Gives Me Nightmares: The Medium

I will not touch Will and Grace because of potential because of potential flame problems, except to say that it has outlived its usefullness . . . whatever the hell THAT was!

Terra Alert!!!: E Ring (Dennis we hardly knew ye)


Special Award for the best pre season promo: Martha disses the Donald's Hair

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Although technically Deadwood is not on right now. I also loved Rockstar INXS--Marty Casey ROCKS!!:yourock:

DVDS only now.

Read more, snuggle more, think more and have more time to do things.

I liked Scrubs though, but can do without.

Rome
Daily Show
Rescue Me
Shield
Gilmour Girls

Family Guy
The Daily Show
Futurama (on DVD)
American Dad
The Simpsons

Desparate Housewives
CSI Miami
Daily Show
E R
did Judging Amy get cancelled? if not, that will be on my list too.
Monk

Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Simpsons
Forensic Files
Ali G
Seinfeld

honorable mentions---The original Law and Order, Autopsy, Entourage, Family Guy, Sopranos, The Wire, King of the Hill

Didn't realize the show had a following before this thread.

My fav shows are:

Nova
Frontline
NOW
West Wing
Two and a Half Men

Actually, those are all the shows I watch at all.

Hate The Office and My Name Is Earl isn't as funny as I had hoped it would be.

and Will & Grace.

I really want to like Joey. If they got rid of the boring neighbor and the shrill sister, it'd be a much better show.

Daily Show
Al Franken
Battlestar Gallactica
South Park
Tripping The Rift

1. arrested development
2. family guy
3. american dad
4. Monk
5. er.... um.... duh.... I don't even watch, 2, 3, or 4 every week.

some are similar to yours

CSI (Las Vegas)
NCIS
Law & Order
The District
Without a Trace
Criminal Intent
Cold Case

oh and Desperate Housewives :)

Ok, those are more than 5 but I try to watch them.

I don't have a 4 or higher.

The West Wing
The Daily Show
Law & Order (the original)
Miami Ink

1: Battle Star Galactica
2: House
3: Commander in Chief
4: Monk
5: Desperate House Wives

I don't regularly watch five tv shows. All I've got is:
Alias
Medium
Unwrapped (on the food network)

um that's my Top 4. :D

crap...forgot CYE....but that's only 10 shows this year. :-(

NBC needs to bring Scrubs!

1. The Daily Show
2. American Dad
3. Commander-in-Chief
4. Will and Grace
5. Pardon the Interruption

"Lost"
"Battlestar Galactica"
"Rome"
"Deadwood"
"Real Time With Bill Maher"


Jay