another post complaining about television

[spatch]

Freaks & Geeks: 15 episodes aired.
Wonderfalls: 4 episodes aired.
Everybody Loves Raymond: 200th episode airs Monday night.

There is a God, but he's written off television entirely.

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[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Firefly--13 episodes made, 11 aired.
The Handler--16 episodes made, 14 aired.

It actually sort of weirds me out that CSI is so popular, but the fact that its spinoffs are, also, and I don't like them reassures me that I must not be liking what other people like about the original.

[mr-bad-example.livejournal.com]

I'll call your Freaks & Geeks and raise you a Shannon's Deal and a Doctor, Doctor.

I actually have a hard time disliking Everybody Loves Raymond. I enjoyed Brad Garrett's standup when I'd see him on such as Evening at the Improv. And Peter "PUTTN ONNA RIIIIITZ!" Boyle classes up the proceedings a bit, too.

[kleric.livejournal.com]

Doctor, Doctor!
Man I loved that show.
That ran up against Herman's Head didn't it?

[clickie]

Andy Richter Controls the Universe. Still not out on DVD.

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Fawlty Towers: only 12 episodes needed.

[spatch]

Well played, Mr. Dyte, well played. I guess the same goes for The Young Ones as well.

(But on the other hand, how many seasons did they milk Are You Being Served for? Mrs. Slocombe's pussy must've been tired by the end of it all.)

[(Anonymous)]

Huh ...

Well, I, for one, think "Raymond" is a great show ... old-fashioned sitcom in the "Honeymooners"/"Dick Van Dyke" mode, which has never had to go into absurdity for laughs.

On the other hand, "According to Jim" is pushing the century mark, and it seems ot be easier to find syndicated reruns of "Becker" than it is to find "NewsRadio," so, yes, things suck.

Noah



Noah

[(Anonymous)]

(it's a name so nice, I signed it twice)

[spatch]

I dunno, every time I've watched Raymond I get nothing but acrimony and arguing, and I've had to change the channel. I admit Peter Boyle is hilarious in whatever he does, but the overall tone of the episodes I've seen just rubs me the wrong way ("Raymond avoids his family who find him and torment him anyway; hilarity ensues.") Maybe I just didn't see enough, but I thought I did a good job statistically sampling it.

Oh, and they'll show Becker anywhere. It's the chicken parmesan of sitcoms. You can be anywhere and Becker can be on and you know exactly what you're going to get -- and if you actually watch it, you feel guilty cause you know something better is on as well, but noooooo, you hadda order the chicken parm. I saw a high-larious episode involving a big misunderstanding on a United flight, and United was supposed to be showing NBC stuff.

[dcart.livejournal.com]

Firefly is another good example, listed above.

I really want to buy the Wonderfalls dvd set when it comes out. It was supposed to be out before christmas, but got pushed back to Feb 2005.

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

but family guy is coming back!

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[zorndeslammes.livejournal.com]

This has nothing ot do with anything, but do you want to go to the Extreme Beer Fest at the Cyclorama, Rob?

[ericrapp.livejournal.com]

And yet, Arrested Development was picked up for a second season. God works in mysterious ways, ours not to understand, only to praise.

[spatch]

Arrested Development also won a wheelbarrowful of Emmys, and after that, not even FOX is dim enough to throw it out in favor of "Fatties Get Married" or whatever new reality-based show they can spittle out during a methamphetamine spitball session.

At least, not this season.

[hyperina.livejournal.com]

i liked wonderfalls
i don't get too many tv shows, i mean i don't understand them
yah so

[cloudscout.livejournal.com]

Lesser-known but still disappointing...

I loved "Mission Hill" on Adult Swim (was it originally on a network or something?)

Ballykissangel was a great show that I would have liked to see continue.

And there was a quirky British teen drama called 24Seven that I shamefully admit to enjoying.

[(Anonymous)]

Indeed, it was on the WB (hence the joke from the episode where that older brother [can't think of his name] went on Real World when it was filming in Mission Hill - "I'm not MTV material. Heck, I'm not even WB material".)

And now you know.

[archangelsk.livejournal.com]

Man From Atlantis - 17 episodes, NO DVD.

Damn it.