Even though I'm trying to break the habit of watching TV, there are some great shows out there. For example, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and its spin off Angel) was something I'd never thought I'd like in a million years. The name is so off putting. That was the creators intention however. Surprisingly well written, the creator combined various folklore, coming of age issues and HP Lovecraft into something that has yet to be duplicated. Not to mention it was full of hot girls!

Aside from those there are the regulars such as: Futurama, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Venture Brothers. Cartoons that are more entertaining than ANYTHING else currently airing.

Is anyone else watching something worth mentioning?

I really enjoy watching Breaking Bad I love the cast !!!

Otherwise I only watch DVD's maybe a little Family Guy . The Soap Opera Syndrone seems to be taking hold of everything else. I do watch Aquateen hunger force also.

I only catch maybe 2 - 4 hours a week of TV and at least half of that is music related. I only watch one channel when I am not watching music and that is the ID channel. Everything else bores the crap out of me so in short this thread is for you guys, don't expect much input (if any) from me on this. I hate TV!!!

As do I, but I do miss the History channel. I don't have cable or satellite (nor do I ever plan on getting either).

Yeah ! I don't have cable and don't want it either it always turns out like the movie groundhog day Same movies over and over and hardly ever good movies. TV sucks, Pay TV sucks even worse, Music is my heart and soul . Screw the tube !!!!!

HBO's Deadwood is some of the best TV ever produced. A GENUINE look at the Wild West, with a Ensemble cast that'll blow your mind with it's talent. Imagine Shakespeare mixed with "Cock sucking Motherfucker!!! every few sentences. Borrow the DVDs from the library and rip 'em, ask a coworker if they own it to rip, download it, or buy the complete set from amazon used, whatever you gotta do...but it is must watch TV, and I watch a Lot!

I Like A good Western every now and then I'll have to check this out .

Not really actively watching anything at the moment. Nowadays there hardly seems to be anything on at all, the only channels I ever watch are Discovery and National Geographic, and even those seem to be filled with evenings full of programs on boats, fishing, airplanes, etc. Not to mention the obnoxious commercials that literally run every 15 or so minutes. Is it really like this on every other American channel, over here in Belgium most channels air at least 25 minutes or so of actual shows before interrupting them for commercials. Discovery and NGC seem to have twice as many, and also the exact same commercials in the exact same order every single time for weeks if not months on end. Because there are more nights with absolutely nothing on than otherwise, I resort to downloading an entire series (or at least a season) after seeing an interesting episode of something, simply because you can't be bothered to wait for other episodes to air since there isn't quality TV to fill the gaps. Not really watching anything at the moment, but some series I watched and liked over the years were Weeds, The X-Files (out of nostalgia), and Bored To Death, which is about a stoner/failed writer who goes moonlighting as an unlicensed private detective. Surprisingly good comedy show actually. I still watch classics like South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, etc. whenever a bunch of new episodes are out, but other than that it's mostly documentaries for me, lots of space-related ones like How The Universe Works, Known Universe, Into The Wormhole, and stuff like that. I'm more into a movie mindset at the moment though

Also, I second Deadwood, only seen a few episodes of it but it's far far better than I thought it would be. Gritty stuff indeed!
I'm also planning on seeing what the Game Of Thrones hype is all about. Never seen the series, never read the books either, but supposedly it's some great fantasy. Just need to find some time to start actively watching.

What it is, is commercials have everything as loud as they can get it, the voices, the music, the sound effects, it is all cranked to max. The overall level is not louder but the elements that make up the commercial is. TV shows have a balanced sound, commercials have no balance, just everything turn up for maximum impact. There is something called a TV sound regulator that fixes the problem but they only work with some TV's. So basically audio tracks on commercials are electronically processed to make every part of it as loud as possible within legal limits.

OK, Netflix NEEDS to stream the 80's TMNT and SOMEONE NEEDS to re-release the Earthworm Jim TV series! I LOVED that stupid show. They've got Freakazoid but only through the mail. I liked that program but not enough to rent it. Grrrr.

I've been watching Mighty Max and Street Sharks on youtube. Ah! childhood bliss!

bummer, I guess, they were a TMNT knock off.

I suppose they were now that I think about it. I was trying to think about all the old cartoons I used to watch and I can't think of them, lol. I loved the early 90's X-Men cartoon and thankfully it was on Netflix and was available for streaming. They have the 90's Spider-Man too, I've got it queued up but I'm not sure I really want to watch it.

Nice! I used to watch Mutant League Wrestling, thats a show you cant find any where, Gargoyles, Battletech (kinda crappy but fun to watch) Biker Mice from Mars....

I've been watching Clutch Cargo and Krazy Kat and Ignatz on youtube Man!! I thought I would never see this stuff again .

Yea, that is still the most violent cartoon show I've seen on TV( I dont watch a lot of television so im not sure what on now) but, playing soccer with some creatures severd head? pretty strong for a kids show. Loved Biker Mice From mars when I was a kid, the animation is great, but beyond that its cheesy, so to speak. Battletech was one of the first cartoons to incorporate CG animations...lame, but it has its moments.

Yea, it was bassed on the table top game first, then the video games started coming out, Mechwarrior and so on. It on you tube if you want to check it out.

I know what you mean. American cartoons have become more comedy based, and humor filthy (which is good) but wheres the violence? I have to say, I despise most anime, I hate it with a passion, not only is the art bad, but everything is looped, its not only lame, but its cheap as well. Having said that, when animes done right, its amazing: Akira, Howl's Moving Castle, Red Line.

I stand by my statement. It's more rewarding to do it in person. Weird shit can happen.

Actually, when I was living in Melbourne. I filmed a professional pilot for a reality show. It was hilarious, it was about these high rise window cleaners and we would film anything we could, then do a voice over to make it seem extra dangerous. During on of the shoots, one of the window cleaners through a cigarette butt down into a drainage pipe in the side of this building. It caught a bunch of leaves inside the pipe on fire, and soon all this smoke was pouring out of the side of the building. Naturally, I took advantage of this, and we made it seem like the whole building caught fire. It turned out looking great on camera, but was a load of BS.

My Current (ongoing) top 10!

#1 - Breaking Bad
#2 - Dexter
#3 - The Walking Dead
#4 - House M.D.
#5 - American Horror Story
#6 - Homeland
#7 - Wilfred
#8 - Supernatural
#9 - Game Of Thrones
#10 - Sons of Anarchy

My all time fav. is a gigantic list!

Since I only have Netflix I have to wait for the next season of The Walking Dead to be released before I can watch it. The same goes for Law & Order: SVU. I don't know why I still watch that one however. If you've seen one episode you've seen them all. lol.

I just started watching 'How I Met Your Mother' and it's alright. Somewhat campy but it has some salacious moments mixed in.

Dexter is probably my favorite show of all time. Game of Thrones is up there too, so delightfully intriguing. TV shows are always best on DVD though.

Other than that, cartoons rule.