Do you actively convert people?

[RoJoHen]

Do you put effort into getting your friends and family to watch your favorite shows? Or do you just watch what you watch and don't really think about other people?

I am currently in the process of making my family watch "Chuck."

I have also created a lot BSG, Firefly, and Farscape fans out of people who don't even like science fiction. I'm very good.

 

[DonIago]

Not -very- actively. I did get a friend hooked on Six Feet Under and Queer as Folk though. In return she introduced me to I, Claudius and we'll probably be watching The Wire.

Back when I was in college I gained some Buffy converts as well.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'm trying to spread the word about Corner Gas, yes.

 

[Jetfire]

No, I could care less if people I know watch the same shows I do...which is limited these days anyway.

 

[Lindley]

I used to. These days I don't really watch a lot of TV anyway.

 

[FPAlpha]

Occasionally and then only with exceptional shows and when i know my friends like it.

I was the first to see Firefly and can proudly say that i'm responsible for maybe a dozen DVD sets bought including some other Firefly merchandise.

Currently i've given a girlfrield of mine the first two seasons of Big Bang theory but then she's caught up in playing Dragon Age excessively so it may take a while before she watches it (she liked the pilot though).

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

No. I'm reluctant to even recommend movies.

If they don't like something I like I'll either for bad for wasting their time or dislike them for not having better taste.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I tell friends about stuff that I think they would like, but I don't push the topic if they aren't interested.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I often tell friends and family about TV shows that I think they might like, or lend them DVDs but I just basically point them at the shows and let them decide for themselves.

 

[Brent]

I try! I made my sister watch the new Star Trek movie on DVD, and she definitely doesn't watch stuff like that, I saw her laughing at the funny parts, and she said it was an OK movie

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I recommend things to people I think might like them. I don't really "evangelize" or anything, though. If someone tries it out and it's not their cup of tea, so be it.

 

[mrcoaster]

I often tell friends and family about TV shows that I think they might like, or lend them DVDs but I just basically point them at the shows and let them decide for themselves.

This.
I don't push them too hard, or make them watch the shows. I just suggest things they ought to check out. I know what people will actually like (or not like), so if I recommend a show to a particular person, they know they can rely that the recommendation is a pretty good one. It is just a matter of how long they wait before they check it out.

 

[auntiehill]

^OMG! A mr.coaster sighting!

Like Bob the Skutter said, I have a few close friends to whom I would recommend shows. I know their tastes and might give or lend DVDs to them. I have a friend who is fascinated by time travel and alternate time-lines. I have sent her "Life on Mars" and "LOST", to name a few, knowing that she will love them as much, if not more, than I did. But I don't pester her about it. She loves Sci Fi but doesn't get out much or have many nerd-friends, except for me me and my hubby.

I mention things or recommend they watch it, but I don't force people to watch it or bring it up every time we meet.

 

[Aragorn]

If people want recommendations, I'll offer up suggestions, but I really don't care if people watch the same shows as I do. Just like I may think someone is an idiot for watching Voyager or Smallville, but I won't put together an intervention to make him or her stop watching.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I mention shows every so often - Lost, Dexter, Chuck - but don't push it. I find that people don't always have tastes too much like mine.

And is it really a good idea to try to get your fiance to watch "my favorite show," Dexter? He might decide to back out of the whole deal.

But mainly I don't push it because he always wants me to watch the kind of low-brow comedy shows he likes - Married With Children, King of Queens - feh! Gimmee serial killers over that muck any day.

 

[RoJoHen]

In some cases for me it's usually a trade-off. For example, I made my best friend watch BSG (which, at the time, was only in the middle of Season 2), Farscape, and Firefly. He, in turn, made me watch Buffy and Angel.

 

[Michael Chris]

To Christianity, yes!

To TV shows, sometimes try to get people to watch things

 

[SiorX]

I'm always a bit wary of suggesting shows to people, because I'm afraid I'll annoy them. I have a couple of friends who will not shut up about certain shows they think I should watch - not based on what I like from TV, but from what they like. So I tend to worry about inadvertently annoying other people the way that annoys me.

The one exception is if I think a friend who writes fanfic for one of my fandoms might be inspired by another. Because then I'll get more fic. I'll run the risk of being obnoxious if I might get good fic out of it.

 

[Zoloft]

I'm trying to spread the word about Corner Gas, yes.

Yes, please do warn as many people as possible to avoid that stupid show!

 

[cardinal biggles]

I'm more often the converted than the converter; a co-worker of mine has successively gotten me hooked on Firefly, Buffy, and Angel; another co-worker got me hooked on Deadwood. I got my mom and my brother both hooked on Firefly (I think mom liked it because of the western aspects; the only other sci-fi she likes is "that one Star Trek movie with the whales"), and I got my brother hooked on NYPD Blue.