[sickoflibs]

RE :”I retired in Aug 1997 and returned to the USA. The first sitcom I watched when I got back was “Just Shoot Me.”. I watched about half of itnbeforenturning it off in disgust. Now, the only times that I see this rubbish is when they play a promo for them. My sisters/ brothers-in-law, intelligent people usually, LOVE some of this tripe.”

I can no longer watch sit-comes nor broadcast TV shows. There are few TV shows that I can stand.

One show I really loved, it had some violence and sexual references in it, but was really well done was Showtime’s : The Tutor.
It was 4 seasons representing historical drama Henry VIII(8)s adult life. It was done with great scripts, acting and some interesting characters. The visuals were fantastic

This was very rare, It was the music and scenery/visuals in the show opening that lured me in

[Tax-chick]

I assume you mean “The Tudors,” as opposed to something to do with preparing for the SAT ... although that might be an amusing reality show.

I saw part of one episode when my husband put it on Netflix, said, “I’m not watching this filth,” and went to bed with a cat.

[Ax]

I watched some of the Henry VIII and found them to be excellent. I had to drop the premium channels.

[itsahoot]

it had some violence and sexual references in it,

Some? It had buck naked sex scenes. It did however have some great dialog and was well acted. If you had recorded them and edited out the sexual stuff it would have left a little over half the show intact.