The What Do You Watch on TV meme
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shapinglightHaving bugger all luck writing any fic (sob!), so thought I would do this meme that's been going around.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Right now, Being Human is the only one, but Mad Men season 3 starts on Wednesday. Yay! I'm also looking forward to True Blood season 2 whenever Channel 4 get around to showing it. I was looking forward to season 2 of Dollhouse, but - more by process of osmosis than anything - have gathered that those people on my flist who loved season 1 are not so enamoured of season 2, so my expectations are lowered as a consquence. I am still looking forward to Caprica, though.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Quite a few. For instance, almost anyone who has appeared in The Wire, but especially Idris Elba (soon to be seen on Brit TV again. Hoorah!), Sonia Sohn (though sadly, I hear she's given up acting), and Michael K Williams. I'd also watch almost anything with Lennie James in it (but had to draw the line at Sahara). However, there's no actor - not even James Marsters, for whom, yes, I would at least attempt to watch stuff I wouldn't normally watch - who will make me tune in for anything at all. I was so bored by the one episode of Bones I saw that I will never watch it again, DB or no DB. Likewise, I couldn't get through all the episodes of Smallville JM was in. Not even for him.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Nathan Fillion. I know it's irrational and all based on how much I disliked the Caleb character in BtVS season 7, but I really, really don't like him. I'd also avoid anything with that woman with the cleavage from Ghost Whisperer in it. I saw a whole episode of that show once by accident and have never really recovered.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
BtVS is probably the only one, though I may occasionally mutter, "What the f**k did I do?", when things get especially stressful at the Deathstar.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Um - Coast? Actually, I'm sure some people like it, but they never talk about it.
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
The Wire, True Blood, The Sopranos. HBO do great theme tunes.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Mad Men, oh and the BBC's latest geology series, if only to marvel at the presenter's abnormally large nostrils.
Name a TV series you own:
I own rather a lot, I'm afraid, beginning with all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 (Amazon were selling them off cheap!), BtVS, AtS, Mad Men and BSG.
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
I'm not quite sure which is my favourite series, but if I go for BtVS, it has to be Fool For Love (Spike fan! no apologies!), though I also love The Zeppo, Hush and Once More With Feeling. If I go for AtS, then it's Not Fade Away, which I think is a great series finale. If it's The Wire, though, I'm not sure I could choose. Maybe the last episode of season 2, because of the montage at the end with the Steve Earle song.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Dexter.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Many times. Most recently, Heroes and that thing with Joseph Fiennes about everyone falling asleep for five minutes. Can't remember what it was called.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
Lots of these - naming only ones that are shown on channels I can actually access. Supernatural, CSI - set wherever, Hustle, Footballers' Wives (is it even on still?), Mistresses, anything cosy shown early on a Sunday evening and set in the 1950s, Merlin, any reality shows with the exception of Masterchef. Shall I go on?
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
The Wire, Torchwood: Children of Earth. I've only cried once in BtVS, and that was during that scene in The Body where Buffy tells Dawn about Joyce and we see the moment through the eyes of Dawn's classmates and teacher.
Oldest TV show you like?
Doctor Who, I guess. Been watching it since 1963.
Newest TV show you like?
Being Human, though it's a year old now.
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Chocolate.
How often do you watch TV?
Only when there's something I want to watch.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
The Kumars at No 42, but it's not on any more.
What's the last TV show you watched?
Babylon 5. I watched a season 3 ep this afternoon. In fact, I'll probably go and watch another one now since writing is a bust.
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
Documentaries. No, honestly.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Reality shows. Bet almost everyone says this.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
The Terrible Ten. This was an Australian kids' show from the 1960s, about a gang of children riding around the Outback (I think) on horses and foiling crime. I also loved The Lone Ranger and Champion the Wonder Horse, though I don't actually like horses much. They're a bit big.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
Flash Forward. Remembered its name now. Also, Ashes To Ashes.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
The Andy Williams Show.
What TV show scared you the most?
Doctor Who probably, but I was pretty much scared of anything 'spooky' when I was a kid, no matter how clunky and lame.
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Not sure I could pick one. Did love Fawlty Towers, though. And Greenwing. Also Spaced. ETA: several days later, because how could I have forgotten it? Father Ted!!
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
It's a toss up between The Wire and Mad Men. Bet you knew I'd say that.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Right now, Being Human is the only one, but Mad Men season 3 starts on Wednesday. Yay! I'm also looking forward to True Blood season 2 whenever Channel 4 get around to showing it. I was looking forward to season 2 of Dollhouse, but - more by process of osmosis than anything - have gathered that those people on my flist who loved season 1 are not so enamoured of season 2, so my expectations are lowered as a consquence. I am still looking forward to Caprica, though.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
Quite a few. For instance, almost anyone who has appeared in The Wire, but especially Idris Elba (soon to be seen on Brit TV again. Hoorah!), Sonia Sohn (though sadly, I hear she's given up acting), and Michael K Williams. I'd also watch almost anything with Lennie James in it (but had to draw the line at Sahara). However, there's no actor - not even James Marsters, for whom, yes, I would at least attempt to watch stuff I wouldn't normally watch - who will make me tune in for anything at all. I was so bored by the one episode of Bones I saw that I will never watch it again, DB or no DB. Likewise, I couldn't get through all the episodes of Smallville JM was in. Not even for him.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
Nathan Fillion. I know it's irrational and all based on how much I disliked the Caleb character in BtVS season 7, but I really, really don't like him. I'd also avoid anything with that woman with the cleavage from Ghost Whisperer in it. I saw a whole episode of that show once by accident and have never really recovered.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
BtVS is probably the only one, though I may occasionally mutter, "What the f**k did I do?", when things get especially stressful at the Deathstar.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Um - Coast? Actually, I'm sure some people like it, but they never talk about it.
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
The Wire, True Blood, The Sopranos. HBO do great theme tunes.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Mad Men, oh and the BBC's latest geology series, if only to marvel at the presenter's abnormally large nostrils.
Name a TV series you own:
I own rather a lot, I'm afraid, beginning with all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 (Amazon were selling them off cheap!), BtVS, AtS, Mad Men and BSG.
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
I'm not quite sure which is my favourite series, but if I go for BtVS, it has to be Fool For Love (Spike fan! no apologies!), though I also love The Zeppo, Hush and Once More With Feeling. If I go for AtS, then it's Not Fade Away, which I think is a great series finale. If it's The Wire, though, I'm not sure I could choose. Maybe the last episode of season 2, because of the montage at the end with the Steve Earle song.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Dexter.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Many times. Most recently, Heroes and that thing with Joseph Fiennes about everyone falling asleep for five minutes. Can't remember what it was called.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
Lots of these - naming only ones that are shown on channels I can actually access. Supernatural, CSI - set wherever, Hustle, Footballers' Wives (is it even on still?), Mistresses, anything cosy shown early on a Sunday evening and set in the 1950s, Merlin, any reality shows with the exception of Masterchef. Shall I go on?
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
The Wire, Torchwood: Children of Earth. I've only cried once in BtVS, and that was during that scene in The Body where Buffy tells Dawn about Joyce and we see the moment through the eyes of Dawn's classmates and teacher.
Oldest TV show you like?
Doctor Who, I guess. Been watching it since 1963.
Newest TV show you like?
Being Human, though it's a year old now.
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Chocolate.
How often do you watch TV?
Only when there's something I want to watch.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
The Kumars at No 42, but it's not on any more.
What's the last TV show you watched?
Babylon 5. I watched a season 3 ep this afternoon. In fact, I'll probably go and watch another one now since writing is a bust.
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
Documentaries. No, honestly.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Reality shows. Bet almost everyone says this.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
The Terrible Ten. This was an Australian kids' show from the 1960s, about a gang of children riding around the Outback (I think) on horses and foiling crime. I also loved The Lone Ranger and Champion the Wonder Horse, though I don't actually like horses much. They're a bit big.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
Flash Forward. Remembered its name now. Also, Ashes To Ashes.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
The Andy Williams Show.
What TV show scared you the most?
Doctor Who probably, but I was pretty much scared of anything 'spooky' when I was a kid, no matter how clunky and lame.
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Not sure I could pick one. Did love Fawlty Towers, though. And Greenwing. Also Spaced. ETA: several days later, because how could I have forgotten it? Father Ted!!
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
It's a toss up between The Wire and Mad Men. Bet you knew I'd say that.