NBC - What Have You Watched Since 2000

[the G-man]

I checked shows in both polls where I'd watched at least a half dozen episodes voluntarily.

I was surprised to find that I probably checked more CBS shows. However, of the shows I checked in both polls I definitely watched the NBC shows longer. Most of the NBC shows were ones I actually stuck with for the entire run and/or actively sought out whereas over at CBS there were a lot of shows that I either watch sporadically, watched because my wife wanted company watching a show she liked or watched for a season or two until it turned into complete shit.

 

[Aragorn]

I forgot to check Heroes even though I saw all four seasons. I guess it was that memorable.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

NBC does a much better job of producing good-sounding shows. It's only after I take a look that I realize they suck. But CBS shows rarely even get to the sampling stage. They all sound so boring and interchangeable.

 

[Warp Coil]

NBC does a much better job of producing good-sounding shows. It's only after I take a look that I realize they suck. But CBS shows rarely even get to the sampling stage. They all sound so boring and interchangeable.

Completely agree! You pretty much hit the nail on the head!

 

[1001001]

I can't believe how many shows are on this list that I never even heard of.



I watched Frasier religiously. Great show.

My Name is Earl is one of my top 5 sitcoms of all time. I still watch it in syndication all the time. I wish they had kept it going....

I watched Heroes and enjoyed it until the final season. The carnies were just too much.

I watch The Office and love it.

I watched The Bionic Woman...for however long that lasted...

I watch The Event (that's not officially cancelled, is it?). I hope they make it a little leaner....

So how many people here actually made it all the way through Persons Unknown, which is still seared in my memory as one of the worst, most inept and unwatchable shows I've ever seen?

Guilty as charged!



They kept promising that by the end of the season "All Will Be Revealed" so I thought I would stick it out to see what was going on. Of course, they were full of shit! Nothing was revealed!

 

[Pegaritaville]

I watched quite a few on that list, but lately about the only things I watch on NBC are Law and Order: LA, Dateline and Sunday Night Football (during the season). Then again, I don't many shows on the other big networks either.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They kept promising that by the end of the season "All Will Be Revealed" so I thought I would stick it out to see what was going on. Of course, they were full of shit! Nothing was revealed!

How rude of them! And then they wonder why people don't have the patience for serialized TV. You bastards have burnt us too many times!

Fortunately it wasn't long into the show that I realized that even if they did give me answers, I no longer cared about the questions.

 

[Worf2DS9]

Are there going to be polls for ABC & FOX, or are there already and I just haven't seen them?

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Are there going to be polls for ABC & FOX, or are there already and I just haven't seen them?

FOX burns through their shows so quickly, doing a full list would probably be crazy!!

NBC really has always been the station I watch most. Sure, every network has a few things that interested me (and many of those better), but for quantity "comfort TV", especially with the comedies, it's always been NBC.

 

[Claudia]

As I mentioned in the CBS-thread, I'm not from the US, so I'm going to list the shows I'm watching when they get shown around here or that I buy on DVD.

Shows I watch(ed) consistently:

The West Wing (DVD) - never was shown around here on free-TV...
ER
Profiler
Studio 60 (DVD)
E-Ring

Shows I stopped watching:

Heroes (after season 2)

Shows I only watched occasionally:

Pretender
Crossing Jordan
Friends
Life
Medical Investigation
Law & Order
L&O: SUV
L&O: Criminal Intent

So, I definitely watch more shows that originally aired on CBS... but then again, more shows on CBS even sound familiar to me than the shows I found on this list. I wonder maybe CBS is quicker in getting their shows distributed world-wide...

 

[KB24]

Haven't really watched NBC in years. Perhaps these polls shouldn't even go by decade? After all the early sitcom boom has passed onto this inane reality craze. The last show I watched religiously and taped off TV was The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Otherwise I catch things later or just don't care. Stupid networks.

 

[ialfan]

The Office
Heroes

That's all I have.

 

[Orac Zen]

ER (until it descended into total mediocrity)
Heroes (I didn't grow to dislike this as much as some, but there's no doubt it didn't live up to that incredible first season)
Mercy (didn't mind this, but crap scheduling here made keeping up with it impossible)
Third Watch
Friends
Will and Grace (got bored with this after five or so seasons)

Tried to watch Jesse and Joey but neither was much good. Tried to watch Bionic Woman, but it was so incredibly, mind-bogglingly, awfully, dreadfully crap that watching it was impossible.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Only the various Law & Orders and Tonight w/Jay Leno.

 

[23skidoo]

I'm not a fan of the format of this poll. After I voted I realized I'd missed a couple of titles - including Heroes, which I thought had been omitted. And I didn't see The Cape listed either.

I'm not quite sure what the point is of this poll, personally. Frankly, if you do a side-by-side comparison you're going to find they all have about the same amounts of good shows and the same amount of garbage. And it's a matter of taste which is which. I got a person offended by calling American Idol garbage not long ago. And I disagree vehemently with those who dislike The Cape. And some shows don't really belong here, like the BBC's brilliant Merlin which was just shown as summer filler but was not in any way, shape or form an NBC series otherwise.

I don't know anyone who bases their viewing habits on the NETWORK anymore. You watch the shows that interest you on the network that shows it (unless you live in an area where the network isn't carried, in which case you download, stream, or buy the DVD later - "we don't receive it" isn't a valid excuse anymore for not seeing a show that interests you). I tried banning the CW after the cancellation of Enterprise (as a continuation of my ban on watching UPN), and indeed I avoided the network for a while. But then they put on Nikita and I started watching it. Big deal.

Alex

 

[startrekwatcher]

Heroes--S1 was excellnt-near perfect. This demonstrated that a show didn't need half a season or seasons to get good--it left the gate with a bang and gave us the most consistently good first season--heck any season--of any tv show ever and on top of that it did so while tackling a complicated interconnected heavily serialized storyline. It also showed you don't need filler--I'm looking at you DS9, nBSG and Fringe.

Journeyman--nice little show

Surface was crap but I stuck with it who knows why

Passions--started out like a fun soap but went campy and I stopped watching

Days of Our Lives but stopped watching it after 2001 on a regular basis--now from what I can tell they pretty much got rid of all the enjoyable characters or are so limited with their budget that they get very little screentime to Vivian for instance instead they are treating us to annoying new teen/young adult characters. The show should have ended a decade ago--in my opinion the late 80s and 90s were the apex of the show with the right mix of plot, characters, romance and sentimentality--now they are just recycling the same old storylines as before which is endemic of most entertainment these days so I can't single them out entirely for doing it.

Frasier--a nice sitcom before NBC and the rest of the networks started churning out unfunny sitcoms that only 5 year olds would find funny.

Profiler--great show. Loved that entire cast--

Ally Walker, Jamie Luner, Robert Davi,
Julian McMahon, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette.​

but like so many shows after Ally left the show it just wasn't the same even though I liked Jamie Luner--I hated that it ended on a cliffhanger--it was a great one too.

Chuck--nice little intimate show but this season has convinced me it needs to end after the season wraps up. The stories are getting tired and predictable.

The Event--it isn't a great show--the only thing that keeps pulling me back is the mythology. I intend to tune in when it returns but I have this feeling in the end all the set-up and build-up of the various mysteries will outshine the actual payoffs which will be weak or disappointing a la LOST.

Crossing Jordan--that was actual a crime show that had a spark of life to it--not like the tired predictable garbage we've gotten in recent years a la Criminal Minds, CSI, the TNT crime dramas.

 

[OsmiumJohnnycake]

I must be blind because I looked up and down that list at least three times and did not see Days Of Our Lives. Definitely hard to defend it but my mom raised me on it in the early 80s and I watched pretty faithfully until around 2003ish. I haven't had cable or an antenna that will pick up NBC in years so I have no idea what it's like now, but I'd agree with the late 80s/90s being the best period.

 

[startrekwatcher]

I must be blind because I looked up and down that list at least three times and did not see Days Of Our Lives. Definitely hard to defend it but my mom raised me on it in the early 80s and I watched pretty faithfully until around 2003ish. I haven't had cable or an antenna that will pick up NBC in years so I have no idea what it's like now, but I'd agree with the late 80s/90s being the best period.

It isn't on the list but I figured since he included Passions in the list DOOL was fair game too so I included it.

Right now it is garbage--its budget has been drastically cut and the sets look like ones from a high school production and all the interesting storylines from that the 80s/90s are just being recycled to worse effect--baby swaps, faked pregnancies involving pregnancy pads, look-a-likes and switcheroos, burying people alive etc.

 

[Starbreaker]

I tried to get every show... but it's a daunting task.

 

[RoJoHen]

I must be blind because I looked up and down that list at least three times and did not see Days Of Our Lives. Definitely hard to defend it but my mom raised me on it in the early 80s and I watched pretty faithfully until around 2003ish. I haven't had cable or an antenna that will pick up NBC in years so I have no idea what it's like now, but I'd agree with the late 80s/90s being the best period.

It isn't on the list but I figured since he included Passions in the list DOOL was fair game too so I included it.

Right now it is garbage--its budget has been drastically cut and the sets look like ones from a high school production and all the interesting storylines from that the 80s/90s are just being recycled to worse effect--baby swaps, faked pregnancies involving pregnancy pads, look-a-likes and switcheroos, burying people alive etc.

Unless Marlena is evil and Stefano and John Black are trying to kill each other, I am not at all interested in "Days of Our Lives."