I have a friend who watches more telly than I do, ( I loves her too) – I should introduce you sometimes.

It’s funny how none of us really watch TV on the television that much anymore.

I’m currently watching The Shield, Buffy, Sports Night, Star Trek: Season One on HD-DVD and, coming out on DVD this Tuesday, one of my favourite shows while growing up – Early Edition: Season 1.

You should check out 30 Rock, The Wire and Alias. They’re awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDcEKo4V7fA dollhouse trailer.

late autumn/early spring airing.
since it’s joss whedon, late spring.

Does anyone remember something similar ach, whatsername, that pretty girl with big dark eyes, she was in Fantastic Four? A sci fi, post apocalyptic show about a girl who’d been genietically modified and escaped, and was a bit of a superhero, trying to find out about the lab she came from and her past? It was quite dark, I never saw the end. Can’t remember what it was called now. Sorry for the awful ‘you know thing, with yer one, whatserneame’ comment!

@Dermo Yeah, Big Bang is actually really funny. It’s stupid but good at the same time. I love it. As for boxsets, place your order and ye shall receive.

@Nay The Hills? Medium? Really? Can’t stand them. Arquette’s show had a lot of potential but it just didn’t gel for me. Maybe I should give it another go.

@Catherine 30 Rock? I will check it out.

I’m with B and Nay on Heroes too, though, they lost me with the fake Cork accents and I haven’t been able to forgive them for it since!

I rather like The Hills despite its vacuosity regarding Lauren’s love interest/rival of the week. Have you ever seen Medium? It was always shifted around the graveyard slot but I think Patricia Arquette is excellent in her role. And her kids crack me up

The writers strike cant be used as a valid excuse for Heroes when the other big show(Lost) had a flawless run despite being just as, if not more, compromised by the strike.

When the writing is done in teams as opposed to one or two people who created the project you have a huge amount of problems:
-not caring as much about what they write since it’s not their baby
-a key writer leaving to make their own show after making most of the quality input(eg. that season that Aaron Sorkin didn’t do the West wing).
-jokes just feel bolted together(eg. family guy)
-not sticking to the one style of writing, creating a schizophrenic experience
-more I can’t think of for some reason

@B’dumX2 The writers strike fecked up the continuity and the storylines a lot, but even that can’t be blamed for those awful Irish accents in the first few eps of series 2. It’s still a great show though. And I agree, a lot of shows shouls give up long before they actually finish, but if the writing is good enough, it can work long term. Buffy’s 7 series were perfect and ended on a great high. I actually welled up. We sat in silence for a good te minutes when it finished. I still miss it.

@Andy Come over to ours on Saturday and watch Doctor Who – I promise you won’t be disappointed.

@Darragh 33? Really? Wow! And those are just the ones that quickly came to mind – there are many more I dip into.

@ThriftC I have to admit, I’m very lucky to have a girlfriend who like the same shows I do. Last year (or maybe 2006) I introduced her to This Life on DVD too. She loved it. We also tracked down all of Press Gang and the first few series of Sliders. There’s just so much good TV and so little time to watch it all.

I don’t watch series on TV normally. Love the box sets. Bring it on!

I would maintain that Peep Show is one of the best things to hit TV in the last decade. I bought series 4 today so I’m excited.