What's your top 3?

Lyxdeslic · Mar 16, 2007

Opinions -- Based on the writing and character building, what are your top 3 favorite shows on TV right now?

Mine are as follows --
1. Dexter
2. Lost (seasons 1 and 2) Although, this season seems to be trying too hard.
3. Deadwood

If you haven't seen Dexter yet, you must drop everything and do so. To me, it's like heroin for the mind.

ChaosTitan · Mar 16, 2007

On right now?

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Bones
3. Heroes

(I have to put Grey's Anatomy at #4 because it's more of a guilty pleasure and excuse for Patrick Dempsey-gazing)

Lyxdeslic · Mar 16, 2007

chaostitan said:
On right now?

3. Heroes

I was on the fence with Heroes. To me, it started its early episodes with promise, but has been declining since. Its turning into your definition of Grey's Anatomy for me.

(Except for the Patrick Dempsey gazing, of course.)

ChaosTitan · Mar 16, 2007

Lyxdeslic said:
I was on the fence with Heroes. To me, it started its early episodes with promise, but has been declining since. Its turning into your definition of Grey's Anatomy for me. (Except for the Patrick Dempsey gazing, of course.)

I'm actually the opposite. The first few eps didn't catch me right away, and I missed a few. Then I caught it again out of boredom and something about it hooked me. Now it's Can't Miss TV. :tongue

MidnightMuse · Mar 16, 2007

You watch tv for character building?

Dang . . . I watch for hot guys. But okay, one of my favorites for intelligent writing and characters is The Closer. Oh, and Eureka has interesting characters and pretty snappy dialog. I'm not sure there's anything else I want to admit to watching.

Oh, well MI-5 (Spooks) is pretty good. At least they have the guts to kill major players.

alaskamatt17 · Mar 16, 2007

The only show I watch that's still airing new episodes is House, but I watch that on DVD anyway, 'cause my roommate has the first two seasons.

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 16, 2007

Current shows? No show that requires scriptwriters reaches my Top 3.

Lyxdeslic · Mar 16, 2007

chaostitan said:
On right now?

Shadow_Ferret said:
Current shows?

Sorry. Yes, I should've specified -- currently on TV.

J. Weiland · Mar 16, 2007

1) C.S.I. (Vegas, the one and only)
2) Jericho
3) Lost (3rd season still not screening in Denmark)

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Mar 16, 2007

1. Mythbusters
2. Naked Archeologist
3. Good Eats

tourdeforce · Mar 16, 2007

1. Battlestar Galactica

2. 24

3. Supernatural

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 16, 2007

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
1. Mythbusters
2. Naked Archeologist
3. Good Eats

That's sort of what mine is like.

1. Dirty Jobs
2. Mythbusters
3. Mail Call
4. Mindfreak
5. Ghost Hunters

dclary · Mar 16, 2007

TV?

House
Deal or No Deal
1 Versus 100

Gravity · Mar 16, 2007

Current shows? Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs and Mail Call. Three best TV shows ever? The original Outer Limits, the original Twilight Zone, and The Andy Griffith Show (before it went color; I'm serious. We dissected this in one of my college television production classes; it was the most perfectly-crafted thirty minutes then on the tube).

dpaterso · Mar 16, 2007

BSG
Heroes
Dresden

In no particular order.

-Derek

MidnightMuse · Mar 16, 2007

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:
2. Naked Archeologist

I tried that once, but he wasn't really nekkid!

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Mar 16, 2007

Shadow_Ferret said:
That's sort of what mine is like.

1. Dirty Jobs
2. Mythbusters
3. Mail Call
4. Mindfreak
5. Ghost Hunters

OOoooo. I forgot Ghost Hunters.

Sohia Rose · Mar 16, 2007

Law & Order
24
X Files (re-runs on Sci-Fi Channel)

J. Weiland · Mar 16, 2007

If we are talking documentaties, then my alternative list would be.

1) Going Ape
2) Dirty Jobs (although, they are not that dirty anymore)
3) Deadliest Catch

Tachyon · Mar 16, 2007

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Stargate SG-1
3. Doctor Who

I'm sad that Stargate SG-1 is coming to an end, but at least it is ending while it's still strong and successful. Stargate Atlantis is okay, but not great. Maybe it will be able to step out of its parent's shadow and hit its stride now.

The season finale for Doctor Who made me cry. Silly CBC hasn't shown the Christmas special yet, so I'm eagerly awaiting that....

Shadow_Ferret · Mar 16, 2007

J. Weiland said:
If we are talking documentaties, then my alternative list would be.

1) Going Ape
2) Dirty Jobs (although, they are not that dirty anymore)
3) Deadliest Catch

Well, the OP was talking top tv shows. I didn't classify mine as top documentaries. I classified it as the top shows I watched. I think most of the dramas out there are for crap. They aren't anywhere near as entertaining to me as the shows I listed. I'm even wondering if a drama can even crack my top 10 favorite shows.

Writer14 · Mar 16, 2007

1. Heroes
2. The Black Donnellys
3. Blade: The Series

I absolutely love Heroes and think it's actually getting good; tho a couple episodes (literally 1 or 2) have been boring, but ended up setting up realli good episodes afterward.

As for the Black Donnellys. Omg...I just adore it.

Definitely like a few lil points behind Heroes. It just reminds me so much of one of my fav. movies (the Departed) as well as stories about my ancestors and yadda. (I'm actually Italian...but the whole mafia-ish thing fits).

As for Blade: The Series. I just realli like that show lol.

And my 4th fave would be Kyle XY. It's realli interesting; so...I'm waiting for the next season; just like i'm waiting for the next season of Blade.

Sage · Mar 16, 2007

1. Studio 60 (I'm assuming it's coming back)
2. Doctor Who (though, technically, I'm watching the series downloaded from England. We don't get Sci-Fi)
3. Heroes

House, M.D. used to be on the list, but I'm sick of nothing ever changing. Seriously, how can the characters be surprised when House does something to get pain meds anymore? We get promised character development, & we don't actually get it. I'm tired of it.

Lyxdeslic · Mar 16, 2007

Doh!! Studio 60, yes, totally forgot about this. Love the wit of it. Sorry Deadwood, you've been bumped.

ChaosTitan · Mar 16, 2007

Shadow_Ferret said:
Well, the OP was talking top tv shows. I didn't classify mine as top documentaries. I classified it as the top shows I watched.

He was actually asking for top shows based on writing and character building. I'm not sure if "reality" or documentary-style shows qualify.

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