I think I only really follow just House MD and Castle (Chuck, too, but that's sci-fi, right?).
I've recently started watching The Wire, and I'm loving it so far.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
Fringe (I know it's technically scifi but it's so awesome it deserves a mention)
Bones
Cold Case
L&O SVU
L&O Criminal Intent
NCIS
Trauma
30 Rock
CSI LV
CSI NY
Castle
White Collar
Criminal Minds
Human Target
Psych
Veronica Mars
JAG
Without a trace
Profiler
Psi Factor (I know it's scifi but I just had to mention it)
I know I'm missing out a bunch of others I can't quite remember at this moment in time![]()
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In no partucular order:
M*A*S*H (classic comedy able to mix laughs with drama)
Chuck (hilarious and fun, the best hour I spend each week)
SG-1 (ultimate Stargate... Atlantis never really grabbed my attention and Universe is downright awful)
How It's Made (just fascinates me)
Dirty Jobs (great deal of gross factor)
Sanford and Son (another classic comedy)
Anything on any of the following channels:
C-SPAN (great way to keep up with politics without subjecting yourself to the talking heads)
NatGeo (ver interesting programming)
Science (another great lineup)
History (though it tends to veer into sensationalism at times)
"Colonel listen to me. Speech is thought verbalized. Languages are codes. I'm a linguist. I'm a codebreaker. Don't you see? If I can do this I can read their minds."
Off the top of my head
Burn Notice
Castle
In Plain Sight
White Collar (my new favorite)
Tudors
Mythbusters
NCIS
Dirty Jobs
I knew I forgot some
The Pretender
New Tricks
Cagney & Lacey
Moonlighting
Dallas (Yes I used to love that show
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The Mentalist
Lie to me
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"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
Bones
Big Bang Theory
Leverage
Justified
Top Chef
Burn Notice
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire
It's among the best shows I've ever had the pleasure of watching. It may move a bit slow in the beginning, but you're hooked after three episodes or so. It is truly one of the best crime dramas ever (IMO). It's very dark, and it can get depressing at times, but I enjoy dark shows. Not to mention that it's more realistic than shows like CSI where they catch the bad guy within an episode, and he's put away for life. In reality, things don't always work out that well. I would definitely say that it's worth buying or renting the first season.
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"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
I never got into the show when it was on, and only decided to give it a go (illegally, of course) several months ago.
As soon as I finished watching the series, I went out and bought the complete series box set to watch it again. And the only reason I waited that long to buy it was because I was so engrossed in the series that I didn't want to take a break to go out and get it
Brilliant, brilliant series.
I've just finished the first season, myself, but I've already ordered the second season, which should arrive in the amin tomorrow or on friday. I could use illegal means to watch the second season, but I've already ordered the S2, so why not wait a couple of days anyway. Although I will probably be forced to use illegal means for the rest of the show, because I'm not made of money.
I think that brilliant is an understatement. I can't think of a word that would even begin to describe just how good the show is.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."