I happen to like generic action conspiracy thrillers...especially when they have Ashley Judd running around in tight clothing.
This has to be the single worst season on tv
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I happen to like generic action conspiracy thrillers...especially when they have Ashley Judd running around in tight clothing.
Not on company time!
(I'm so tempted to put the DVD in and watch it right now, but I also want to go to sleep soon. Grrrr, which will win...)
I only watch one show, Law & Order: SVU, but its current season has been surprisingly good. Much better than I expected. I thought the show would tank after Christopher Meloni left but it hasn't done that.
I am still happily watching Supernatural though it isn't as good as it used to be. The fact that Castiel hasn't appeared in many episodes is disappointing as I loved the character.
My favourite series for this year - way out front of anything else - is the seond season of Game of Thrones. However it is slightly spoiled for me because during the first and second season I read all 5 books so I know what is going to happen. Still very enjoyable though.
I am still watching Bones but it is getting a bit stale.
I am watching some British crime shows - Whitechapel, Sherlock, Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness but they have such short seasons
(except for Silent Witness that has 14/15 episodes a year)
I gave up on Alcatraz and Terra Nova after a few episodes. I hated the family in Terra Nova.
My favourite series for this year - way out front of anything else - is the seond season of Game of Thrones. However it is slightly spoiled for me because during the first and second season I read all 5 books so I know what is going to happen. Still very enjoyable though.
I am still watching Bones but it is getting a bit stale.
I am watching some British crime shows - Whitechapel, Sherlock, Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness but they have such short seasons
(except for Silent Witness that has 14/15 episodes a year)I gave up on Alcatraz and Terra Nova after a few episodes. I hated the family in Terra Nova.
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^Whitechapel was AWESOME. I can usually find some unexpected treasure on BBCAmerica (or..."other" venues).
There are always good things out there, if you know where to look.
I particularly enjoyed Dexter, Walking Dead and Justified.
There are always good things out there, if you know where to look.
I particularly enjoyed Dexter, Walking Dead and Justified.
Good shows this year just off the top of my head that I watch regularly:
Castle
Grimm (gotten so much better than it started)
Once Upon a Time (still good, but ready for things to move forward)
Young Justice
The Legend of Korra
Need to catch up with:
The Walking Dead
MLP: Friendship is Magic
Bones
Ready for Doctor Who to come back...
Castle
Grimm (gotten so much better than it started)
Once Upon a Time (still good, but ready for things to move forward)
Young Justice
The Legend of Korra
Need to catch up with:
The Walking Dead
MLP: Friendship is Magic
Bones
Ready for Doctor Who to come back...
Its not LOST's fault that other writers have tried to copy it and failed because they are less talented at their jobs. Lost's ending may of cause an uproar (I liked it) but the journey getting there was amazing.
Theres plenty of shows I like so am happy but no doubt more of my tv is coming from cable and less from networks.
A couple of shows I forgot to mention that I have enjoyed in 2012
Dr Who (of course)
The Almighty Johnsons - I have only seen the first season (2011) but I am looking forward to seeing the second season sometime soon. It is a New Zealand comedy-drama about the Norse Gods being reincarnated into modern day New Zealand. I bought the first season from a New Zealand online store.
Edited to add - I also have the fifth season of Murdoch Mysteries to look forward to.
Dr Who (of course)
The Almighty Johnsons - I have only seen the first season (2011) but I am looking forward to seeing the second season sometime soon. It is a New Zealand comedy-drama about the Norse Gods being reincarnated into modern day New Zealand. I bought the first season from a New Zealand online store.
Edited to add - I also have the fifth season of Murdoch Mysteries to look forward to.
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I was wondering if anyone else besides me was watching Ugly Americans. 
It's not as consistently funny as Archer, but it's well worth watching.
Another series that had a very good season this year: Sons of Anarchy.
And I'm also enjoying The Clone Wars (and wondering whether they really need to stop with S5).
It's not as consistently funny as Archer, but it's well worth watching.Another series that had a very good season this year: Sons of Anarchy.
And I'm also enjoying The Clone Wars (and wondering whether they really need to stop with S5).
I haven't been watching anything with much consistency this year. But a few comments:
Bones - I really am about done with this show, and I never thought I'd say that as I love David Boreanaz, love Booth, and (used to) love the show. The baby storyline is lame, lame, LAME, and the thing is, it really didn't need to be. If they just had it percolating in the background, it would have been okay...but they have made it into a main theme, and this has only served to make Temperance's character super-annoying. After all the seasons of this show, this is the storyline that has finally made me give up on her character EVER developing any people skills at all....and in her case, this translates to ZERO character growth over the course of this show. Plenty of people have to leave their kids in daycare every day, and somehow manage to do it without being total douchebags about it. Tempy - get OVER yourself already. You may be a great scientist...but with people skills like yours, the baby is probably better off in daycare, where she can learn to act like a normal person instead of an arrogant jerk who thinks she is better than everyone at everything.
L&O: SVU - I have only seen about a half dozen episodes, but life after Christopher Meloni is turning out better than I thought it would. Although as a hard-core Cold Case fan, this might have more to do with my love of Danny Pino than anything else, admittedly. I actually find myself more interested in the new characters than the old ones - except for Munch. I'll always love Munch.
Grimm - I am currently watching this on VOD, and although I am only 5 episodes in, it's not bad. Not the best show ever or anything...but so far I have no reason to stop watching it and I am finding myself mildly interested in learning about the universe. We'll see.
NCIS - still a great show...although I am finding that Abby is occasionally getting on my nerves lately. Not all the time, but sometimes the quirkiness is coming off as whiny-ness - at least to me. Jethro Gibbs is still the best character on TV though.
NCIS: LA - this show is actually getting better. The first season, for me, was kind of decent but not as good as the original...but once the show sort of found it's own voice in S2, improvements abound and I find myself actually looking forward to this show now. As a result, a lot more of my recorded episodes actually get watched instead of getting dropped off the DVR to make room for other things. I will keep watching this.
In Plain Sight - another show I used to love, ruined by a baby storyline. Mary was a great character...and Mary and Marshall together were made of awesome. But now this show is sort of 'meh', without nearly as many snappy retorts, etc. Might be better that it's ending, unfortunately.
Bones - I really am about done with this show, and I never thought I'd say that as I love David Boreanaz, love Booth, and (used to) love the show. The baby storyline is lame, lame, LAME, and the thing is, it really didn't need to be. If they just had it percolating in the background, it would have been okay...but they have made it into a main theme, and this has only served to make Temperance's character super-annoying. After all the seasons of this show, this is the storyline that has finally made me give up on her character EVER developing any people skills at all....and in her case, this translates to ZERO character growth over the course of this show. Plenty of people have to leave their kids in daycare every day, and somehow manage to do it without being total douchebags about it. Tempy - get OVER yourself already. You may be a great scientist...but with people skills like yours, the baby is probably better off in daycare, where she can learn to act like a normal person instead of an arrogant jerk who thinks she is better than everyone at everything.
L&O: SVU - I have only seen about a half dozen episodes, but life after Christopher Meloni is turning out better than I thought it would. Although as a hard-core Cold Case fan, this might have more to do with my love of Danny Pino than anything else, admittedly. I actually find myself more interested in the new characters than the old ones - except for Munch. I'll always love Munch.
Grimm - I am currently watching this on VOD, and although I am only 5 episodes in, it's not bad. Not the best show ever or anything...but so far I have no reason to stop watching it and I am finding myself mildly interested in learning about the universe. We'll see.
NCIS - still a great show...although I am finding that Abby is occasionally getting on my nerves lately. Not all the time, but sometimes the quirkiness is coming off as whiny-ness - at least to me. Jethro Gibbs is still the best character on TV though.
NCIS: LA - this show is actually getting better. The first season, for me, was kind of decent but not as good as the original...but once the show sort of found it's own voice in S2, improvements abound and I find myself actually looking forward to this show now. As a result, a lot more of my recorded episodes actually get watched instead of getting dropped off the DVR to make room for other things. I will keep watching this.
In Plain Sight - another show I used to love, ruined by a baby storyline. Mary was a great character...and Mary and Marshall together were made of awesome. But now this show is sort of 'meh', without nearly as many snappy retorts, etc. Might be better that it's ending, unfortunately.
The show just isn't the same for me with out Meloni. While I'd say Hargitay is probably the more talented of the two, Stabler was just so much more interesting.
Everybody loves Munch, but there again, Belzer just isn't around much.
I think the quality of the show has really taken a nosedive. The stories just haven't been very good and Harmon is pretty much phoning it in at this point. And JLC just wreaks of stunt casting. I was really surprised when it was renewed.
On the other hand, I think Psych had it's best season. Then again, The Shat makes everything better.
^^
If you're watching something anyways, how can you say you don't have time for it?
Unless you're going for quantity? (After 2 seasons of a UK show, you put in the same amount of time as a season of an American)
If you're watching something anyways, how can you say you don't have time for it?
Unless you're going for quantity? (After 2 seasons of a UK show, you put in the same amount of time as a season of an American)
I think that was the year it moved to USA right?
Incidentally, it was also the year CI started to royally suck.
^ CI has never been the same since they got rid of the text captions and the doink-doink noise. 
It definitely helped when Vincent D'Onofrio returned. Although the Logan episodes weren't half bad.
It definitely helped when Vincent D'Onofrio returned. Although the Logan episodes weren't half bad.
