Shows people love but you can't get into... [Archive]

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 03:58 PM

So there's some sort of Cheers story on NPR right now...and that got me thinking....

What are some shows that everyone seems to love - but that you never just got into?

Here are some on my list:

Cheers (though I love the theme song)
Mash
Murphy Brown

dissention

07-26-2005, 04:00 PM

Cheers (though I love the theme song)
Murphy Brown

BLASPHEMY!

Murphy Brown is, like, the best sitcom ever made, Deanna!

strandinthewind

07-26-2005, 04:00 PM

BLASPHEMY!

Murphy Brown is, like, the best sitcom ever made, Deanna!

AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 04:02 PM

:sorry: I could just never get into it :shrug: Perhaps one day I'll give it another chance....don't hit me ;)

dissention

07-26-2005, 04:03 PM

AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The woman thinks Camus is a soap!"

:laugh:

dissention

07-26-2005, 04:05 PM

:sorry: I could just never get into it :shrug: Perhaps one day I'll give it another chance....don't hit me ;)

It's on Nick At Nite now, but very late at night. I think past midnight. I'm dying for the second season, I'm surprised my first season DVDs haven't died from laser rot yet. :laugh:

strandinthewind

07-26-2005, 04:05 PM

"The woman thinks Camus is a soap!"

:laugh:

I also LOVED the one where she inadvertantly stole Socks, the Clinton cat - and also the one where she and Corky (LOVE HER) also got loaded on the plane and ordered everything from the HS catalog :laugh:

I loved that show!

GypsySorcerer

07-26-2005, 04:06 PM

I agree about MASH. Never got into Seinfeld, either.

GardenStateGirlie

07-26-2005, 04:07 PM

I still don't understand the whole CSI and Law and Order craze (and why do they have so many spinoff shows?).

dissention

07-26-2005, 04:07 PM

I also LOVED the one where she inadvertantly stole Socks, the Clinton cat - and also the one where she and Corky (LOVE HER) also got loaded on the plane and ordered everything from the HS catalog :laugh:

I loved that show!

:laugh: I love the Socks episode!!!!!!

I also love the one where Murphy took credit for one of Corky's stories and Corky got back at her by stealing Murphy's stories right on the air. That was classic.

Neal

07-26-2005, 04:09 PM

Seinfeld is the one I get the most flack for not liking, which is weird because I love Curb Your Enthusiasm... :shrug:

I also never got into Charmed, which all my friends have been raving about for years. Again, weird because I'm a big fan of just about every supernatural themed show out there.

strandinthewind

07-26-2005, 04:13 PM

:laugh: I love the Socks episode!!!!!!

I also love the one where Murphy took credit for one of Corky's stories and Corky got back at her by stealing Murphy's stories right on the air. That was classic.

OMG - Garry Marshall was HYSTERICAL everytime he was on screen as was Tomlin - though she came in too late.

He says sheepishly - a court clerk once referred to me as "Miller Redfield" after an oral argument :o :mad: :(

estranged4life

07-26-2005, 04:13 PM

Just a few (Let's say I basically hate network TV...The only watchable show is ABC's "Lost")

American Idol
The Simple Life
Friends
Seinfeld
Everybody Loves Raymond (Except me!)
The Simpsons
Alias
Law & Order
Desparate Housewives (Watched it once after everyone here raved about it, turned it due to boredom)
Survivor
CSI
ER
Andy Griffith
The Dukes of Hazzard
Green Acres
The Cosby Show
Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire
Cheers
Sex in the City (aka "C___ with no t*tties")
Six Feet Under

HomerMcvie

07-26-2005, 04:20 PM

I agree about MASH. Never got into Seinfeld, either.
:eek: :eek: :eek: Noooo!
I do think MASH is a guy thing. I love it, and the Hallmark Channel's 2 hour daily dose just started.
Seinfeld is only the greatest show of all time!!! :thumbsup:

I never cared much for Cheers.
I don't get the CSI thing either. Or all the reality TV.

chiliD

07-26-2005, 04:24 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek: Noooo!
I do think MASH is a guy thing. I love it, and the Hallmark Channel's 2 hour daily dose just started.

"guy thing" & "Hallmark Channel" just don't seem to fit in the same sentence. :D

The original CSI is great, the spinoffs are weak. Law & Order...same thing.

StevieNicksEO17

07-26-2005, 04:27 PM

How can you people not like Cheers?! :eek: Holy Jeebus!!!

I'm with Brian on this one, I didn't get into any of those shows, either! Also I never liked Murphy Brown, MASH, The Jeffersons, The OC, Dawsons Creek, Laguna Beach (all those kinda shows.)

HomerMcvie

07-26-2005, 04:28 PM

"guy thing" & "Hallmark Channel" just don't seem to fit in the same sentence. :D

The original CSI is great, the spinoffs are weak. Law & Order...same thing.
I don't care what channel shows MASH. Hell, put it on Lifetime! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I've never seen more than a couple minutes of CSI. I don't care for blood, guts, or killing.

HomerMcvie

07-26-2005, 04:32 PM

How can you people not like Cheers?! :eek: Holy Jeebus!!!

Cheers was okay. I just never got into the whole Sam/Diane thing. I thought it was boring, all the relationship humor.

hayley

07-26-2005, 04:32 PM

I still don't understand the whole CSI and Law and Order craze (and why do they have so many spinoff shows?).
Hate Law and Order, but I loooooooove CSI Original Recipe. I HATE THE CSI SPINOFFS WITH THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS.

CSI is awesome because it's an incredibly well-written and well-acted show that has one of the most dynamic characters ever on television in the form of Grissom... and they give you just enough personal drama/humor/interaction to offset the cases and to give the show an actual arc.

I don't get the love for Everybody Loves Raymond, or any of the sitcoms on today for that matter. Just think they're boring. :shrug:

I love lots of shows people don't get or watch- Alias, Veronica Mars, and Arrested Development are the current ones. Older ones- Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, etc.

Serrart

07-26-2005, 04:36 PM

Seinfeld, he got on my nerves... and South Park.

Romy

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 04:42 PM

Yeah I'll add to my list:

Survivor
American Idol
Buffy
OC
Dawson's Creek
The Jefferson's
All in the Family

hayley

07-26-2005, 04:47 PM

Oh, duh, I totally HAAAATE Seinfeld. How could I have forgotten that?

catinthedark

07-26-2005, 04:53 PM

Funny how many of us don't get Seinfeld. Add me to that list. I actually have only seen one episode. I saw it - and the only other time I've seen the show, it was a repeat of the SAME episode. I took it as a sign.

Rest of my list:

All the Idol shows
Survivor
The Simpsons
Sex in the City

Someone above mentioned Freaks and Geeks. I? LOVED that show!! Along with My So-Called Life. But, right - we were talking about shows we just didn't get. :sorry: I get distracted easily. Probably why I don't watch much TV. I can never sit through a whole show. :o

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 04:55 PM

Someone above mentioned Freaks and Geeks. I? LOVED that show!! Along with My So-Called Life. But, right - we were talking about shows we just didn't get. :sorry: I get distracted easily. Probably why I don't watch much TV. I can never sit through a whole show. :o

Me too :nod: I was so sad when both got canceled...Freaks and Geeks - LOVED the ep where Lindsay gets a keg - and then Sam replaces it with non-alcoholic beer :laugh: I STILL laugh thinking about that episode...SUCH a great show!

estranged4life

07-26-2005, 04:58 PM

I get distracted easily. Probably why I don't watch much TV. I can never sit through a whole show. :o

easily distracted, Just rather listen to music instead of watching TV...Been that way for years and no end is in sight.

WelshWitchPMD

07-26-2005, 05:00 PM

What are some shows that everyone seems to love - but that you never just got into?

Mash
Murphy Brown

I agree with these two. Another show that I can't stand is Friends.
I am a huge Seinfeld fan but I could never get into Curb Your Enthusiasm.

StevieNicksEO17

07-26-2005, 05:03 PM

Cheers was okay. I just never got into the whole Sam/Diane thing. I thought it was boring, all the relationship humor.

I was definitely a sucker for the Sam and Diane relationship. That was the best part! I never got into it as much when Rebecca came, even though I love Kirstie Alley!

HomerMcvie

07-26-2005, 05:04 PM

Another show that I can't stand is Friends.
I am a huge Seinfeld fan but I could never get into Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Yes. Friends sucks. It's so stupid, IMO.

SapphireSister

07-26-2005, 05:08 PM

FRIENDS! I CAN'T STAND IT. Thank God it's over.

hayley

07-26-2005, 05:08 PM

Someone above mentioned Freaks and Geeks. I? LOVED that show!! Along with My So-Called Life. But, right - we were talking about shows we just didn't get. :sorry: I get distracted easily. Probably why I don't watch much TV. I can never sit through a whole show. :o
Meee!! I love Freaks and Geeks!! You should get the DVDs. They are seriously an amazing investment. They have at least one commentary track per episode, and every episode also has a ton of deleted and alternate scenes. The special features are awesome.

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 05:16 PM

I? LOVE Friends :distress: lol...well I guess that was the point of this thread...

AliceLover

07-26-2005, 05:22 PM

AliceLover

07-26-2005, 05:24 PM

xxxmx

07-26-2005, 05:38 PM

sopranos
any/every show on WB

i don't watch tv. the only shows i make a point of watching are Survivor (total junkie) and Empire (which i wish they would take all the way through to Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire). while i was on vacation i watched Hell's Kitchen, that was cool.

estranged4life

07-26-2005, 05:56 PM

Loser! lol jk ;)

just someone who thinks for themselves instead of being forced fed BS from the networks.

wondergirl9847

07-26-2005, 06:17 PM

Everybody Loves Raymond (Watched it a few times, but just eh, whatever)

MASH (Eh, whatever, and I don't care for war-themed movies or shows anyways)

ontheEdgeof17

07-26-2005, 07:31 PM

-Friends
-WB Shows (except What I Like About You)
-The Real World (done with it)
-Lost
-Dancing with the Stars
-Everybody Loves Raymond
-CSI and the spinoffs
-Cold Case
-LA Law
-Soap Operas

dissention

07-26-2005, 07:33 PM

-WB Shows (except What I Like About You)

Simon Rex did porn...

-LA Law

:eek: I can understand the later seasons, but even the early ones? Damn, that was some fine television.

GODDESS6

07-26-2005, 07:40 PM

easily distracted, Just rather listen to music instead of watching TV...Been that way for years and no end is in sight.
same here, i have a few shows i watch, but i mostly listen to music as much as possible~

shows i never got into:
m*a*s*h*, tho my dad may he r.i.p. loved it, so i will tolerate it
american idol
dawson's creek
b hills 90120
melrose
west wing
the simpsons
ER
freinds
& i'm sure there are more~

amber

07-26-2005, 07:40 PM

Alias.....

CreepingDeath

07-26-2005, 07:44 PM

dissention

07-26-2005, 07:46 PM

Alias.....

Pffffffffffffffffffffft. Alias is the best. :p

On another note, and I'm sure Meredith and Hayley will love this as much as I do, they're writing her pregnancy into the new season. That? Sucks.

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 07:47 PM

I'll also add Designing Woman to the list since it's horrid.

Oh! That one's on my list too :nod:

I would try to watch it - especially since it used to be on before the Golden Girls on Lifetime - but I just could never get into it :shrug:

Dark Angel

07-26-2005, 07:50 PM

What are some shows that everyone seems to love - but that you never just got into?

Seinfeld (hate it!)
Survivor (I watched the first season, and that was enough.)
American Idol (or any other 'Idol' show)
Golden Girls
Ally McBeal
Beverly Hills 90210
Law & Order
Any of the CSI's
Xena

CreepingDeath

07-26-2005, 07:53 PM

Golden Girls

ACK! I love those broads.

StevieNicksEO17

07-26-2005, 08:00 PM

Golden Girls

:eek: :distress: :distress: :distress:

I love me some Golden Girls.

Nixxxed

07-26-2005, 08:05 PM

Everybody

Loves

Raymond

I just wanna smack ALL those characters, repeatedly. :nod:

DrummerDeanna

07-26-2005, 08:22 PM

:eek: :distress: :distress: :distress:

I love me some Golden Girls.
Me too - LOVE LOVE LOVE those wacky old broads :D

I hear Rue McLanahan is in Wicked on Broadway right now...I SO want to go see that!!!

Merf

07-26-2005, 08:32 PM

Pffffffffffffffffffffft. Alias is the best. :p

On another note, and I'm sure Meredith and Hayley will love this as much as I do, they're writing her pregnancy into the new season. That? Sucks.

VOMIT.

Don't let Hayley read that, it's just going to bring up her PTSD. Come to think of it, mine's all a-twitchy right now. Annnnnd if Sark doesn't come back at least for a few visits, well, we won't go there. It won't be pretty.

Anywho, back on topic.

Shows I never could stand/get into:

SEX IN THE CITY, NYPD BLUE, and to a lesser extent, SEINFELD. I also hated Everybody Loves Raymond and most of those other comedies. Eww.

GateandGarden

07-26-2005, 08:44 PM

Anything that's on TV besides "The Daily Show" and "Mystery Science Theater 3000." :laugh:

Really, though, I don't watch a lot of TV, but there are a few shows that I don't watch but think are decent shows so I can see why people like/liked them like "Everybody Loves Raymond," "CSI," (don't know about the spin-offs, though), "Law and Order," "Friends," and some others I can't think of. I caught an episode of "Friends" recently and had to admit that it was funny; I just never wanted to watch it.

Anyway, I have never understood the whole "OC" thing. Or "Sex in the City." Also, I can't stand "Gilmore Girls." And any show on The Disney Channel, especially "Even Stevens" or "Lizzy McGuire." I've seen enough of those to know. Also, I can't understand watching any reality TV show.

dissention

07-26-2005, 08:49 PM

VOMIT.

Don't let Hayley read that, it's just going to bring up her PTSD. Come to think of it, mine's all a-twitchy right now. Annnnnd if Sark doesn't come back at least for a few visits, well, we won't go there. It won't be pretty.

Anywho, back on topic.

Shows I never could stand/get into:

SEX IN THE CITY, NYPD BLUE, and to a lesser extent, SEINFELD. I also hated Everybody Loves Raymond and most of those other comedies. Eww.

I do find it kind of funny that, on the show, it's going to be Vartan's baby. Why she ever dumped his fine, fine ass for that beer-bloated wreck of a man with the most whoreanus facial hair known to mankind is beyond me. Unless she was under the influence of narcotics, booze, or both. Bennifer lives on, I suppose.

dissention

07-26-2005, 08:51 PM

I caught an episode of "Friends" recently and had to admit that it was funny; I just never wanted to watch it.

Friends and "funny" do not belong in the same sentence together. That has to be, bar none, one of the worst shows in the history of television. :shocked: :laugh:

ryan8472

07-26-2005, 08:53 PM

Friends and "funny" do not belong in the same sentence together. That has to be, bar none, one of the worst shows in the history of television. :shocked: :laugh:
Eh, I found it mildly funny when I was 11. :shrug: :laugh:

GateandGarden

07-26-2005, 08:55 PM

Friends and "funny" do not belong in the same sentence together. That has to be, bar none, one of the worst shows in the history of television. :shocked: :laugh:No, that may have been "Full House." :nod:

dissention

07-26-2005, 08:56 PM

Eh, I found it mildly funny when I was 11. :shrug: :laugh:

Show me an 11 year old with good taste in humor and I'll show you an inch of black skin on Michael Jackson. :laugh:

dissention

07-26-2005, 08:58 PM

No, that may have been "Full House." :nod:

EWWWWWWW.

I'm going to have nightmares of Dave Coulier, Bob Saget, and that anorexic fetus tonight.

ryan8472

07-26-2005, 08:58 PM

Show me an 11 year old with good taste in humor and I'll show you an inch of black skin on Michael Jackson. :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'll have to use that one some time. :lol:

dissention

07-26-2005, 09:19 PM

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'll have to use that one some time. :lol:

I demand royalties. :wavey:

Dreammms

07-26-2005, 09:24 PM

I still don't understand the whole CSI and Law and Order craze (and why do they have so many spinoff shows?).

I love all the Law and Orders. They are so good. I can't get into CSI.

Dreammms

07-26-2005, 09:26 PM

Mash
Murphy Brown

I can't get into those either. I also never could get into Designing Woman. Soooo boring.

StevieNicksEO17

07-26-2005, 09:32 PM

Me too - LOVE LOVE LOVE those wacky old broads :D

I hear Rue McLanahan is in Wicked on Broadway right now...I SO want to go see that!!!

Deanna... You're kidding! I just saw Wicked last weekend! (It was amazing, by the way.) I didn't know she was doing that!!! Do you know who she is playing?

catinthedark

07-26-2005, 09:39 PM

I? LOVE Friends :distress: lol...well I guess that was the point of this thread...

Tee hee. I love Friends, too. Shhhhhhhh. :laugh: Makes me laugh everytime. The Hannukah Armidillo?? Come ON!! It was hilarious! :woohoo:

Dreammms

07-26-2005, 09:39 PM

Golden Girls
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LISA..... :eek: :eek: :eek:

Dark Angel

07-26-2005, 09:58 PM

LISA..... :eek: :eek: :eek:

I just could not get into it. :sorry:
Though the lady who played Sophia? was a riot.

Dark Angel

07-26-2005, 10:02 PM

Tee hee. I love Friends, too. Shhhhhhhh. :laugh: Makes me laugh everytime. The Hannukah Armidillo?? Come ON!! It was hilarious! :woohoo:

Another Friends lover here. :wavey: Friends and Will & Grace are my two favorite sitcoms.

Dreammms

07-26-2005, 10:04 PM

I just could not get into it. :sorry:
Though the lady who played Sophia? was a riot.

Estelle Getty!
The whole show is hilarious!!!! I need to get you the Golden Girls first season dvd set. You must watch it non stop!