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The TV version of the "last movie you watched" thread. More of a place for a continuing dialogue about what you're watching than just one massive thought dump at the end of it.

To start, I'll contradict that, by saying I finally just finished The West Wing.

And wow, that is an amazing piece of television right there. There is definitely a...I hesitate to call it a rocky patch because that implies it was bad, which it definitely wasn't, but a slight bump in the road, as the show had to reorient itself halfway through when Sorkin left. But within a season it had figured itself out again and was back on peak form, but with a noticeable tonal shift.

All in all, absolutely fantastic.

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I'm currently rewatching Studio 60 actually. I'd forgotten quite how good it was.

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I try to keep up with:
How I met your mother
Bones*
Castle*
Daily Show

*-My lady is into the procedurals, and the leading men.

Breath bated for new eps:
Sherlock
House of Cards
(fine I'll admit it) Breaking Bad (Netflix didn't have the final season yet, last I checked)
Ark(...?)

Slightly less bated:
Slogging through "Heros" in fits and starts, I mostly like the eye candy.
Quickdraw (Hulu orig, Self-Aware western, a bit silly and tonally odd)

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I don't watch too many shows regularly.

- Stewart/Colbert
- Walking Dead
- Bob's Burgers (and Archer, when it comes back)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- ...nope, that's it

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Currently watching:
- Homeland (interesting season so far)
- Castle (I call this comfort TV, also funny and smart with a bit of cute)
- How I Met Your Mother (better than it has been)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (makes me laugh, so far so good)
- Space Brothers (amazing anime about astronauts in training)
- Daily Show /The Colbert Report (probably more daily show at this point)
- Big Bang Theory (mostly when there's nothing else to watch)

I was watching SHIELD (agents of) but have actually fallen behind (3-4 episodes), and I may have lost the will to continue, which is ironic since I said I would keep watching it on the Extended Edition because... what else would I watch.

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Currently -
Star Trek TNG
Buffy

Not a very extensive list, but school has been particularly demanding this term. I'd like to start getting into Classic Who, but I'm not really sure where to start.

I was watching SHIELD as well, but I completely lost interest after the 2nd or 3rd episode.

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Parks and Rec
Mind of a Chef
Fraggle Rock (with my son)
The Ultimate Fighter
Man at Arms (web series)

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Pipe-laying, Hooking up?

Double double entendre fail.

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Also watching The Michael J Fox Show, which I find quite amusing (Mr Fox is infectiously charming), and started Space Battleship Yamato 2199, a remake of the classic anime series which is pretty cool.

Last but not least, Key & Peele - which is quite possibly the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

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Ohh, Threshold!

I remember watching that pilot episode the day it aired and thinking it was amazing.
The show definitely goes downhill after that and becomes pretty boring "monster of the week", also it was cancelled before it ever really got going.

Of course, I was like 12 at the time, so the dialogue didn't really bother me then.
Directed by Peter Hyams of all people.

It's also really weird to go back and watch network dramas from 10 years ago, living with HBO and AMC for 5 years, you forget how shitty TV production values used to be.

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@BDA
Farscape was definitely one of those shows that hit me at the right time too. I still have the first issue of the official magazine (back when there was such a thing wink ). I trailed off with the whole Scarran War started but might be revisiting it soon. Thinking of buying the new complete series set that is out.

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Buddy of mine wrote for Threshold.  Basically, at the behest if the network, 4 episodes worth of story got crammed into the pilot.

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