The Wire, in my opinion

It's backdrop for the story (Gangs, drugs, ghetto) dosen't seem too appealing for mass audiences, but anyone who just likes good TV period should check this shit out (i got the DVDs if you need em :cool

But I never hear anyone talking about it anywhere

11/10/2005 3:06:38 PM

Yeah, I've been meaning to watch that but I never have.

11/10/2005 3:11:20 PM

I have no idea what you're talking about

11/10/2005 3:11:21 PM

apparently The Office...
well, 5 million or so, but it's only half of who watch Earl right before it. But it's good enough for a full season, so hopefully it'll pick up

11/10/2005 3:12:09 PM

uh

not a series, per say

but

INTERVENTION

now that i don't have HBO, there aren't many shows that I make time for, but this is one of them


[yea, the wire is good too tho, my dad of all people got me watching the hell out of that shit]

11/10/2005 3:22:10 PM

Formerly Titus. Like 5 years ago formerly.

11/10/2005 3:28:05 PM

Titus was fucking horrible.

11/10/2005 3:28:41 PM

arrested development... at least not enough people

11/10/2005 3:38:48 PM

THE WIRE is/was one of my all time favorite series
each season was great

Barksdale for president

11/10/2005 3:43:56 PM

^^ yea i just got the DVDs of that, i didnt jump on the bandwagon til the 2nd season, realized why it got its cult following

^ you know whats up

The Corner on HBO was ill too

11/10/2005 4:00:17 PM

extras

11/10/2005 4:08:44 PM

the wire is great - but I haven't had HBO in like 3-4 years, so I haven't seen it recently.

did it get canned?

11/10/2005 4:16:19 PM

nah, comin back in 06

just been a long ass break because they didnt know if they were being resigned for a 4th season

11/10/2005 4:20:06 PM

2 and a half men

well im sure alot of people watch it actually, acting is terrible but situations are quite comedic

11/10/2005 5:27:59 PM

I'm not sure how many watch it, but Medium is a great show. The whole psychic housewife premise kept me from watching the first season, but I just kinda landed on it one night while flipping and found out that it's really good.

11/10/2005 5:32:17 PM

Titus rocked. grounded for life was pretty funny too.

Seaquest DSV is the historical winner

11/10/2005 5:32:49 PM

Sports Night is the actual historical winner. Futurama's original FOX run comes in second.

Currently, it's Scrubs(there's a guaranteed full season coming up that has yet to make its season premiere). I don't know if it's specifically because no one wants to watch the smartest thing on television in years because they'd rather see jokes about being dumb and hungry on Joey or if it's because NBC keeps fucking around and won't give Scrubs a solid timeslot because they think people would rather see jokes about being dumb and hungry or about being very very very gay and dumb on Will & Grace.

Or maybe The Biggest Looser is just a cultural juggernaut that won't be denied...

11/10/2005 5:48:50 PM

Sports Night was ahead of its time.

11/10/2005 5:52:26 PM

Yes, Dear

11/10/2005 5:53:29 PM

i've been mad because i've missed the past few Scrubs seasons, mainly b/c i can never keep up w/when it's on tv.

^are you kidding me?

11/10/2005 5:54:06 PM

i hate "smart" comedy

just be funny. don't worry about trying to impress me as well.

11/10/2005 5:55:47 PM

^shutup


the office

11/10/2005 5:57:04 PM

Quote :

"Sports Night was ahead of its time."

I don't know if that's true so much as ABC (is the the right network?) fucked it and massive TV audiences are retards.

Actually, I think the name of the show turned people off. To this day, I have to explain to people that the show wasn't about sports at all. Hell, they could have just called it something lame like Dan & Casey and it could have been a hit.

11/10/2005 5:58:18 PM

I've been talking about the Wire for ages. I love the first two seasons. Has the third come out yet, I need to get caught up.

But, Veronica Mars is something pretty great. Get past a girl as the lead, it is smart, hilarious, and brilliantly plotted. Also, dark. Get the DVDs.

11/10/2005 5:59:46 PM

myeough, i use my comedy to stroke my ego while i feign laughter with my friends, all the while pontificating as to the true meaning of what we just heard. i also drink pinot, snack on wafers with bree', and play lacrosse.


in short, fuck your elitism. it's not smart. everybody gets it. just not everybody thinks its funny. stop using shit to make yourself feel more intellectual because you watch a goddamn tv show.

and this comes from a guy who loves scrubs, the office, sports night, AND the "dumb" comedies you so quaintly look down on.

[Edited on November 10, 2005 at 6:01 PM. Reason : ]

11/10/2005 6:00:44 PM

Quote :

"Sports Night is the actual historical winner."

AMEN

i might go and watch the DVD's now

Quote :

"I don't know if that's true so much as ABC (is the the right network?) fucked it and massive TV audiences are retards. Actually, I think the name of the show turned people off. To this day, I have to explain to people that the show wasn't about sports at all. Hell, they could have just called it something lame like Dan & Casey and it could have been a hit."

it was ABC

I'm one of those people turned off by the title, luckily I caught the last few shows the second season. But what made me fall in love with the show, was the reruns on Comedy Central at like 2am.

b/c of SportsNight i will watch anything with Aaron Sorkin's(sp?) name attached to it, and i'm yet to be letdown.

[Edited on November 10, 2005 at 6:06 PM. Reason : adf]

11/10/2005 6:02:28 PM

Curb Your Enthusiam

hilarious

11/10/2005 11:44:03 PM

Sports Night would definitely be the real winner.

I did like Grounded for Life, but I stopped watching after it got shuffled around to a different network. Donal Logue (or however the fuck you spell his name) is cool.

11/11/2005 1:11:02 AM

the wire is in a little different situation because it was on HBO, so that alone alienates a giant piece of the audience.

i didnt like sports night when it was on, but later realized how great it was, i also got into scrubs when my friend had the dvds, but it seems like theres somewhat of an audience for it.

seems like that show freaks and geeks people loved, but didnt have much of an audience, i only saw it like once though.

anyone ever watch that show unhappily ever after?? that show was fucking hilarious

[Edited on November 11, 2005 at 1:26 AM. Reason : $$$]

11/11/2005 1:25:40 AM

Freaks and Geeks is wonderful. It's a fucking shame they didn't make more of it.

Keep in mind that the season 5 premiere of The Sopranos was the number one show in the ratings in a very competetive time slot, so the HBO thing isn't a complete explanation for The Wire.

11/11/2005 1:32:35 AM

Dora the Explorer

11/11/2005 1:35:19 AM

yea

freaks and geeks was the shit

11/11/2005 1:54:23 AM

The Wire by far. the best storytelling, period. biggest scope, best hands-down. If you don't like the gangs drugs, etc.. there's also a cop show, city hall, docks, and a prison show. I haven't seen season 3 but the promise of more brother mauzzone and proposition joe has me dying for the season 3 DVD to come out. also, dennis lehane and richard price being added as writers.. sweet jesus.

it has as good singular installments (the penultimate episodes of both seasons 1 and 2, both written by crime/mystery-novel-God George Pelecanos come to mind) as any show on TV.

aside from the gushing over the wire, arrested development just got cut down from 22 to 13, meaning it'll likely get cancelled. a fucking shame. really fucking funny, own both DVD sets. and might as well mention the disrespect buffy seems to get from non-viewers as a serious show. they might have dumb titles, but buffy and angel were great, great TV.

11/11/2005 2:02:08 AM

Freaks & Geeks is also the winner for the greatest DVD packaging of all time.

I'm inclined to say Arrested Development because it'll be on the verge of cancellaton forever, but my answer for a fantastic show that people really aren't watching is Degrassi: The Next Generation and/or Radio Free Roscoe.

11/11/2005 2:06:34 AM

THE WIRE OWNS ALL. I still need to watch seasons 1 and 2, but i watched all of season 3 religiously last year and CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2006 FOR SEASON 4!

11/11/2005 7:32:17 AM

i saw about 5 minutes of the wire and it was a kid shooting a dog that was hanging by its neck choking to death. sorry, little too "gritty" for me

11/11/2005 7:37:21 AM

this show isn't for vaginas

11/11/2005 7:46:44 AM

Quote :

"Seaquest DSV is the historical winner"

ok... i loved that show when i was younger... but it featured a talking dolphin...

let me repeat that... IT.FEATURED.A.TALKING.DOLPHIN

it really wasn't that good... but i'd buy the dvds...

SportsNight is the all time winner... there is no competition.

11/11/2005 7:47:42 AM

talking dolphins rule.

11/11/2005 7:49:39 AM

Quote :

"arrested development... at least not enough people"

11/11/2005 8:36:19 AM

Quote :

"IT.FEATURED.A.TALKING.DOLPHIN "

if all dolphins had a dolphin-english speech translation system

then all dolphins would talk and it wouldn't be weird

11/11/2005 9:11:34 AM

starved

11/11/2005 2:56:14 PM

The Wire drops hot fire

11/11/2005 2:59:56 PM

Quote :

"Seaquest DSV is the historical winner"

the office now

11/11/2005 5:11:37 PM

Quote :

"Curb Your Enthusiam hilarious"

couldnt agree more. this show is so funny. if you like seinfeld you will love this.

11/11/2005 5:17:41 PM

curb > seinfeld

it rocks.

11/11/2005 7:36:38 PM

worst show that everyone watches....


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11/11/2005 8:20:34 PM

Quote :

"and this comes from a guy who loves ... sports night"

I think you were one of the few people in class who had seen Sports Night before I did a presentation on it.

As a side note, "Ordnance Tactics" is the best episode of a television show ever made.

11/11/2005 8:32:12 PM

I think "Eli's Coming" is the better of the two.

But I don't think either one is the best episode of television ever made. I don't even know how I would go about starting to think how I would decide that.

11/11/2005 8:40:05 PM

sounds like a good thread to me...

11/11/2005 8:47:25 PM