Posted on 08/05/2004 10:09:20 AM PDT by dukeman
I believe I would break up with someone for seriously suggesting we go on such a show.
Your kids' contemporaries will probably end up working for them. Congrats!
The Joan of Arcadia show I'm waiting for is a very pissed God telling Joan she has to leave Arcadia immediately and that under no circusmtances is she to look back.
I have an even better idea: Turn off the TV and read a book.
If you have to have the TV on, keep it on something like 'National Geographic's Explorer', Speed Channel, or maybe even Discovery when they're not showing something like 'Secret Dinnerware Of the Third Reich'.
Not only does it not come off as a left leaning show, Joan's dad is a law enforcement officer and definitely comes down hard on the bad guys, even when they reside in the mayor's office. Action at the police/sherif office is usually a part of every show.
American Dreams is also a good show, and maybe belongs higher on the list. A cut through the lives of the young baby boomers shows where the black movement went off course as well as touching the coming of age topic with realism and honesty.
Of the shows mentioned, I have watched 'Raymond' on occasion and enjoy it, and CSI on occasion, and enjoy it also.
Rescue Me blows me away!
The first show when Leary is having a bitch session with one of the guys and tells the dufus "That's not a box!" and the dufus never says a thing just turns around and heads back to look for the box had me in stitches (as well as having Jack Daniels burning the inside of my nose!)
The first three seasons of BtVS are truly excellent. But you're in for a surprise concerning later episodes (after the main characters graduate from high school). There's graphic and gratuitous homosexuality galore, and Buffy becomes the college mattress--without paying the dire consequences for promiscuity of previous episodes (which I won't go into, in case you haven't seen those episodes). The show changed networks, and everything went to blazes.
That being said, season five also has two of that show's best episodes--"Hush" and that one about Jonathan. Depends on one's tastes, I suppose.
My family watches Joan of Arcadia as one of our weekly "must sees." We find it inspires some good lines of conversation. I do note that the show never mentions Jesus or even makes any allusion to Him. As Christians,we make sure to include that in discussions with our daughter. I DO like the fact that God is not portrayed as a genie in a bottle to whom we appeal for wish fulfillment. Overall, a good show.
"Nip Tuck"
hmmmm....last episode I believe was a 40 something woman having an affair with a teenage boy complete with scenes of the boy masterbating outside her window.
NICE...considering I have a 7 year old daughter....
bastards.
I'm glad that there are more smart, adult-oriented shows on TV these days. I don't really watch regular sitcoms because most of them seem to be aimed at the soccer-mom/eunuch dad audience.
SG-1 is the team that is focused on in "Stargate: SG-1", just as the team that is trapped in Atlantis is the focus of the new series "Stargate: Atlantis".
A bit presumptive on the part of the producers, but it was intended to be only the first in a series of "Stargate" shows.
That's the explanation, so maybe your GRG will allow you to check it out =)
NICE...considering I have a 7 year old daughter....
It's a great show, but it certainly isn't something kids should watch. F/X certainly does not market it for kids, either.
Not everything needs to be kid-safe.
American Dreams is a rip off of Any Day Now, a show that appeared on Lifetime for a few years. It was good, for a while.
Apart from sports, the big nets have been entirely given over to women, so I just don’t watch them anymore. My TV is almost always on Speed channel of FNC.
Ok then, here’s my best
Deadwood – The most profane, gritty, funny thing ever to appear on TV.
The Shield – This season wasn’t so great, but it still worlds better than anything of the big nets.
Curb your enthusiasm – Funny, mean, brilliant
Enterprise – A lot of people “hate on” this show but I like it. Last season was a HUGE improvement and it had a fantastic cliffhanger ending.
Discovery when they're not showing something like 'Secret Dinnerware Of the Third Reich'.
Isn't that usually on the History Channel (aka the Hitler Channel)?
Like William Hung, perhaps? He has a pity album or two out now! LOL
The guy cannot sing and has very little (if any) musical sensitivity. He is absolutely terrible. Simon was right in slaying that guy because he has NO BUSINESS in the music business.
This story is just sad:
- A no-talent goes on a national talent search show
- The talent search show exploits the no-talent for the sake of laughs and attention.
- Everyone feels sorry for the no-talent.
- The no-talent gets a record deal.
- The no-talent's record is designed to inspire other no-talents to make fools out of themselves as well.
It's Star Search meets Jerry Springer. I just don't understand the obsession some people have with watching this kind of thing.
We started with a 3pack of vhs which had 6 episodes from season 3 pertaining to Faith and the Mayor. We fell in love with Willow and most of the other characters. Then we went out and bought season 6 on dvd. My whole family almost passed out when we saw Willow and Tara kissing. We yelled and ranted though the whole season everytime they touched each other. Actually, Willow being a witch and a lesbo makes perfect sense but it's hard to deal with while we watch it. Now we are working our way through the seasons. We are in the early part of season 3. I can't wait to watch Hush it sounds great. There are a lot of fans on imdb.com and they can't say enough about the series.
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