Is there anything worth watchiing on television now? Name one.?
I used to watch Nightline regularly w/ Ted Koppel, ABC News w/ Peter Jennings, 60 Minutes, Washington Week in Review and MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. But tv news is now biased and superficial. I still watch Washington Week and News Hour, but the only trustworthy figure I can find is Bill Moyers (well, there's Olberman on MSNBC).
Once I looked forward to Masterpiece Theater, Hill Street Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, NYPD Blue--hokey but decent drama about real people, real problems, and I watched All in the Family and Cheers faithfully.
Now, with the Internet and DVD's, I can I can find more reliable news online and better entertainment from NetFlix.
So is there something out there on tv that I'm missing?
2006-10-25 08:17:01 · 17 answers · asked by bfrank 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
mank: If you liked St. Elsewhere definitely try House. It is intelligently written and tackles a lot of serious issues outside the field of medicine. My only problem with it is that it shows a handful of residents themselves doing everything imaginable in a hospital. That is just not realistic. If you can get past that, accepting it as poetic license so to speak, this is one great show with interesting, well fleshed out, believable and, thankfully, flawed characters. This show is so intelligently conceived and executed I can't help wondering how it missed getting pulled off the air halfway through its first season (currently in Season 3).
If you liked LA Law try Boston Legal and Justice. I think Justice shows the seamy underside of the legal profession well. Boston Legal is I guess what one would call a "dramedy." It can at different times be either subtly or raucously humorous, at others extremely serious to the point of being almost painful in the sense of Weltschmerz. It too tackles very serious issues in the real world but mixes this with humor which can at times be outrageous and often has subtle sexual undertones or glaring sexual overtones. If you can put up with that sort of thing this can be a great show. In thinking of this show the one word that comes foremost to my mind is "irreverent," not of religion or God particularly but more of the foibles of society. A word of caution: You may find it initially offensive or even repugnant. I confess I did. Give it a chance though. It grows on you.
Among this season's new shows, you might want to try Heroes. I've seen only one or two episodes so I'm not in a position to fully recommend it at this point, but it fits well with your leanings toward superheroes.
Another new show, of which I've viewed only the pilot so far, that seems to be intelligently written is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I do plan on seeing more of this one. It is sort of a satire on the behind the scene workings of a (fictional) TV network. Remember the film Network from many years ago, written by Paddy Chayefsky and starring Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway? Sort of along those lines.
Of course, there are many shows worth watching on PBS, Discovery Channel and the History Channel. Try Nova, National Geographic, Nature, P.O.V., Frontline, Discovery Atlas, Engineering an Empire, Secrets of the Dead, and Digging for the Truth to name just a few. I agree, anything with Bill Moyers.
Oh, and 30 Days on FX which explores what life changing experiences are possible in 30 days when one is forced to leave one's own familiar comfort zone and walk in the very foreign shoes of another for a period of a month.
There actually is more worth watching on television but these few are what come to mind just now.
Good seeing you on this side of the cybersphere. The air isn't too thin I hope.
2006-10-26 06:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by Seeker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot!!! Heres some, well, a lot Dateline Dancing with The stars Project Runway NBC News Lost Boston Legal C.S.I. Desperate Housewives Rachel Ray Law and Order House of Carters Blade 30 Days Beyond The Break Dog Bites man Eureka Million Dollar Listings Kyle XY Psych tabloid Wars three moons over millford Who wants to be a superhero? OMFG!! Theres everything what do you watch, real life stuff, you can watch fake stuff too!!!
2016-05-22 13:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by Kimberly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prime Suspect Final Act
2006-10-25 08:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Libby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My problem is not finding something to watch, but finding the time to watch something. If I had the time, it would be CSI (the original and Miami), Nip/Tuck, a lot of espn (and other sports channels - ya know, there is a World Series going on right now), Discovery and TLC. But alas, I have a life not permitting enough time to enjoy much television.
2006-10-25 08:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Sunidaze 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Battlestar Galactica is the best show on television. Time magazine agrees.
forget the 70s shoot-em-up; the current series is a thoughtful, complex parable of our society, set in a science fiction milleu but with very real people and situations.
2006-10-25 08:26:17 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Heroes on mondays at 9 on NBC is a great show, and Friday Night Lights on tuesdays at 8 on NBC also, they are the seasons best, in my opinion, they have me hooked :)
2006-10-25 08:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by danig002 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like the show Ghost Hunters. It comes on Wensdays, on the Si Fi channel!
2006-10-25 08:25:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jenna 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judging from what you watch....
Throw on the BBC news. It'll really open your eyes, Watch the BBC nightly news, then watch the big stations news cast (FOX, ABC,NBC, etc)
Shocking what is reported and never covered by the U.S.
2006-10-25 08:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by questionaire 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you like...you sound like a news lover. FoxNews is good.
Only other shows I watch are CSI, Lost, and Heroes
2006-10-25 08:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t" on Showtime. Of course, you can get all the episodes on DVD after each season.
2006-10-25 08:27:40 · answer #10 · answered by Zombie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋