What television shows are you watching right now? Discussion.

**~~fhgshfdg~~** · 10-31-2011 07:59 PM

I know a lot of us probably use Netflix, Hulu, or TiVo to keep up with our favorite shows. So what I want to know is: what television shows is everyone in the process of watching? How are you liking it so far? Make some recommendations based on what people are liking right now.

My girlfriend and I just finished watching Parks & Recreation up to season 3 and I must say I'm liking the series much more than I ever liked the Office (same creators, Greg Daniels and Michael Schur). The last episode of season three was epic!

Also, I've just started the first season of The Walking Dead a few days ago and I'm already just about finished. Really making me want to pick up the comic book series it was based off of. If you haven't seen it, Halloween is a great day to start watching. Promise, you'll be hooked after the first episode!

The show is one year old today!

**louie54** · 10-31-2011 08:41 PM

I've been wanting to watch Walking Dead but never got around to searching for it on Netflix.

My girlfriend and I often watch American Dad and Family Guy. I sometimes watch King of the Hill, Invader Zim and Rockos Modern Life and she likes the crime shows like Law and Order SUV and Bones. The new season for Bones is coming in a few days so I might lose her for a while lol.

**LikesToTrip** · 10-31-2011 08:57 PM

I just recently watched through the first season of Superjail. The pilot episode was really good. It was extremely psychedelic; it reminded me a lot of Salvia. But after that episode the psychedelic nature felt very fake. The last episodes trippiness didn't remind me of actually tripping at all. It felt like it was drawn by someone who hadn't actually tripped before, but was merely making assumptions of what tripping might be like. It was disappointing that the pilot was so good, but the actual season was bland and repetitive.

**~~fhgshfdg~~** · 11-01-2011 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by louie54

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Definitely check it out if you have an hour to kill. It's without a doubt worth the effort to search for it and you'll be hooked after the first episode. Plus, there are only 6 episodes in total (full first season) available on Netflix at the moment so you can finish it in one sitting if you can't sleep one night. I just got finished watching the finale. So good!

Originally Posted by LikesToTrip

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Not sure if I've seen the pilot episode or not (if I did, I didn't know it was the pilot episode) but I've never really seen Superjail as one of those shows you watch episode to episode. More like something you occasionally get the taste for and then don't want again for weeks. Very psychedelic show, indeed. You might enjoy Ugly Americans. It's not nearly as "abstract", as I would consider Superjail to be, but it definitely has some very obvious psychedelic influences.

**Wayfaerer** · 11-02-2011 09:28 PM

Brian Greene's "Fabric of the Cosmos" airs tonight on PBS where I live. I have hope it will be good since "The Fabric of the Cosmos" is the only book I really liked before he lost me with his obsession with extra-dimensions and parallel universes, it should be interesting anyway.

**ThePreserver** · 11-02-2011 11:36 PM

Breaking Bad season 4 just ended (which was fantabulous), so now I'm onto my two comedies, Community and The Office; I usually watch them when they air or directly after.

I also used to watch The Daily Show and Colbert Report every night around 2008/2009, but I stopped for a year or two. I started up again; I'm glad I did since they always have interesting guests.

**~~fhgshfdg~~** · 11-03-2011 08:33 AM

@Wayfaerer: Astronomy series are always interesting to watch. The distinctions between the good ones and the great ones are always very subtle.

@ThePreserver: I've been meaning to check out Breaking Bad. I've seen an episode or two out of place and what I saw I really liked. I think I might try to make that the next series I check out, though I always find it hard to get into dramas. It takes a few episodes for me before I really start to feel the characters. Also, if you like the Office, definitely check out Parks & Recreation.

**Bearsy** · 11-03-2011 02:10 PM

On top of the countless other shows I currently watch, I'm about to start Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles based on the recommendation of some friends and Criminal Minds based on the recommendation of my grandmother.

**Eonnn** · 11-03-2011 03:33 PM

Archer, Breaking Bad, Eureka, Falling Skies, Fringe, How I met your mother, Lost Girl, Southpark, Supernatural, The Office, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Warehouse 13

All quality shows

**backslashed** · 11-03-2011 03:50 PM

Walking Dead and The Office!!!

**~~fhgshfdg~~** · 11-05-2011 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by Bearsy

On top of the countless other shows I currently watch, I'm about to start Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles based on the recommendation of some friends and Criminal Minds based on the recommendation of my grandmother.

You must have a pretty cool grandmother. My grandma would recommend I watch The O'Reilly Factor

**CRAZY BONE** · 11-05-2011 04:43 AM

The Office sucks now, but I still watch i cause I've been a fan for so long.

other than I would be watching NBA Basketball but the fucking season is still in lock-out. Derrick Fisher needs to go in there and start spanking some asses.

**ThePreserver** · 11-07-2011 05:01 AM

Just watched "Hell on Wheels" on AMC, was pretty intriguing. I may watch the next episode! AMC has been pretty great about TV shows...

**tommo** · 11-09-2011 04:16 PM

A new one I've been watching is Enlightened.
About a woman who has a nervous breakdown and has to return to work after going to a retreat. However, she gets put in to a data entry job in the basement.
She is trying to become enlightened and change the world.

It's bloody great, I wasn't sure whether I'd like it, but I do. Great acting, characters, story line.... everything!
The main character also reminds me of this girl I used to be friends with. Almost a carbon copy in looks and personality lol

Some people have said that it's a really dark show. Just because it is more real than a lot of other shows, it depicts the corporate environment very realistically.
It is funny too though, and has bright sides as well as dark.

Highly recommended.

**Original Poster** · 11-12-2011 02:32 AM

I feel like South Park is going pretty steeply downhill, but their thing in ancient aliens was kinda funny.

**ThePreserver** · 11-12-2011 05:26 AM

South Park is pretty hit or miss. Sometimes they have a brilliant critique on society, and then sometimes it looks like they are just begging for new material to use.

**Original Poster** · 11-12-2011 05:40 AM

Yeah well the season's been pretty meh but not completely awful. The episode about Musicals subliminally encouraging women to give blowjobs was pretty funny. I like watching it still but I don't expect much hilarity.

**ThePreserver** · 11-12-2011 05:48 AM

I watch it because it is on, not because I enjoy it

**Original Poster** · 11-13-2011 12:48 AM

TV sucks these days for comedy, too. Office is lame now, family guy is lame now, simpsons is lame now... there's just nothing. Community isn't even up to par with the office as it is now, let alone back in the glory days. two and a half men was meh and is even worse with kutcher... I heard they brought back beavis and butthead though

**ThePreserver** · 11-13-2011 01:10 AM

Shows are funny earlier on, often because once they've used a comedic vehicle, we still expect to get something "new" out of it. Once they run out of material, they have to either scrape the bottom or re-package the same things in creative ways.

I still find The Office funny, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still funny to me as well. We need some new comedies though with fresh writers to bring a better perspective, unfortunately "deep" comedies like Arrested Development don't stand a chance.

**DeeryTheDeer** · 11-13-2011 01:53 AM

These days I tune in to watch Hawaii Five-O, but only because Terry O'Quinn's in some episodes this season. Otherwise... meh.

**Original Poster** · 11-13-2011 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

Shows are funny earlier on, often because once they've used a comedic vehicle, we still expect to get something "new" out of it. Once they run out of material, they have to either scrape the bottom or re-package the same things in creative ways.

I still find The Office funny, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still funny to me as well. We need some new comedies though with fresh writers to bring a better perspective, unfortunately "deep" comedies like Arrested Development don't stand a chance.

I definitely hope that's not the case. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still funny though. The Office is okay but it's not as good without the incredible Michael Scott.

**ThePreserver** · 11-13-2011 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

I definitely hope that's not the case. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still funny though. The Office is okay but it's not as good without the incredible Michael Scott.

I haven't seen an "original" comedy that isn't just a repackaging in a while... even The Office is an American version of a previous series (although the American version has had 5 more seasons, it's still a remake). Arrested Development was the last original concept in a while, and even THAT was a repackaging of the "dysfunctional family" archetype, just in a strange, season-arcing way.

We have run out of ideas, apparently.

**Munstaan** · 11-13-2011 04:17 AM

King of The Hill! But i'm gonna watch anime later tonight. When Toonami left CN really sucks IMO. I'm getting sick of sexual comedy, even kids shows have them Adventure Time, Regular Show, and blahh blahh blahh

**Xei** · 11-15-2011 02:32 AM

I am a huge fan of nature shows, and the best are made by the BBC.

You can probably stream most of them on Documentary Storm.

I watched the classic Life on Earth series over the summer which is an excellent and very clear account of the evolutionary history of life on Earth, from the very beginning, though it doesn't have the spectacle of modern nature shows.

Currently airing on the BBC is Frozen Planet, which is definitely focused on spectacle, and is fucking incredible. The camera work is the best I have ever seen, and everything it covers is so majestic and beautiful... go watch the first episode right now.