Re: GeekTonic`s Ultimate Fall TV Guide

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September 29, 2010 at 12:19 am #803
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    [quote=”Skirge01″]
    Ironic that you mentioned that show, since we started watching it, but lost interest after the 2nd season.  We just didn’t find anything appealing about it, especially with how “real” it was becoming.  I liked his hallucinations, but that didn’t last very long.  Let’s see what we’re left with… there’s cheating, whoring, lying, abuse, drugs, alcohol, mental issues, child endangerment, death.  If I wanted all that with minimal comedy, I’d either watch soap operas or the evening news.  Thankfully, almost all of that is included with loads of comedy via Two and a Half Men.[/quote]
    Rescue Me was probably not the best example when it comes to discussing sitcoms because it was anything but a sitcom, at least not in the normal sense.  There was definitely a lot of dark content portrayed on the show, which you would expect from anything based on 9/11.  The show would be better classified as a Dramedy (Drama-Comedy).  The banter between the firemen at the station house was absolutely priceless and more than slightly blue.  You could tell that a lot of it was generated spontaneously on the set and not something that was forcefed the cast by mediocre writers as with Shatner’s show.  It probably helped that much of the cast were all standup comics and not regular actors.

    [quote=”Mikinho”]
    After the few premiers I’ve watched I don’t think I’ll watch much TV this season: Dexter, Castle and Big Bang Theory.  The occasional Modern Family when my wife is watching it.

    I’ll record a bunch of the others (Event, Haven, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Law & Order: LA, …) and maybe watch them between seasons but if not, meh.

    The only “new” show I really enjoyed was “The Glades” which has its season finale next weekend after Dexter.
    [/quote]
    LOL.  That’s probably the most sensible decision I’ve heard yet about the new season.  I haven’t seen all that much that really gets me excited about any of the new shows, other than a curious interest as to how some of the stories may develop.  I’ve already weeded out quite a few new shows from my recording schedule as well as a few older ones and I’m not done yet.