My OLD TiVo List!!!

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There is the normal television season and then there is SUMMER! When Summer comes, I literally push all my summer shows up to the top of my SEASON PASS MANAGER as they are going to be on..while all my regular shows lie in hiatus & suspense(Jack and Claire...maybe you should ta-alk?!).

Normally scheduled programming on my SEASON PASS MANAGER includes:
(This order reflects more of a Days of the Week type setting than my TOP show)

1. Brothers & Sisters -- They fight and fight and fight and fight and fight...the Sally Field and others ShoOoOw (to the tune of Itchy & Scratchy)

2. Prison Break - Ok Season 1 was awesome...season 2 started to become ridiculous...I guess I'm going to see what season 3 is about before I possibly get rid of this show. I don't know if I'm keen on watching everyone go back to jail in an entirely different country?!?

3. How I Met Your Mother - It's a filler show for me(if other things are in reruns)..I do enjoy some of its comedy. Fun to watch Dr. Howser again.

4. Heroes - This show is just awesome..well except for that cop-out part of the finale...and who doesn't love that Zachary Quinto (a.k.a SYLAR) is going to be playing SPOCK in J.J. Abrahams new young STAR TREK movie!

5. REST IN PEACE - STUDIO 60 on the Sunset Strip - It was a little uneven and unbalanced but I still enjoyed it -- I will miss it! I won't miss the whole Danny/Jordan ..."quit stalking me!"..."quit stalking me, you creep!!"...."oh god, of course I'll marry you!!" Everyone together...HUH?!?!?!?

6. House - The pleasure of watching Hugh Laurie not to mention his impeccable bitter American accent!

7. Friday Night Lights - I watched ONLY the pilot and was not impressed. I have the entire season waiting for me to watch. I keep reading over and over and OVER again how everyone LOVES this show...so I will eventually watch more of it to see why!! (This was how I felt about BSG...I need to go back and watch it from the beginning..but is that show REALLY that good too?!?)

8. L O S T - This show stayed entirely true to its name....it LOST most of its audience this season! Hmmm, could it be the 4 month hiatus in between episodes ( Day Break which sadly I watched in its entirety...only to NEVER find out why he keeps 'Groundhog Daying' it each day..at least Bill Murray was repeating the day until he didn't screw it up..or until it was absolutely perfect..?!?)! As for LOST, it was my favorite show and now after this flash forward which I am suspect about...I just want to find out what happened to them...it feels like ONE BIG NIGHTMARE NOW!!!

9. Grey's Anatomy - No more Isaiah Washington (I think I'll leave Bionic Sidekick unlinked!).....not sure how much that will actually change the show. The show has been on a kind of downward spiral for awhile...and I wasn't liking it splitting up an entire episode to show us the pilot for PRIVATE PRACTICE. I somehow think that show won't last....as for Grey's...they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag out story/plot lines forever! I don't like George and Izzie trying to be together...and yes it is weird how George somehow went from.."ohh that's just George" to "ohhhHH OOHHHH GEORGE, YES Baby...YEAH"...He has had the most sex with main characters on the show...Yang is now single...watch out....Georgie boy is coming for ya! I'm still waiting for some people from Patrick Dempsey's 80s movies to guest star....Kirstie Alley or maybe his redhead friend from 'Can't buy me love'...

10. Shark - I recorded the shows...but towards the middle-end started to lose interest.
Of course it's always nice to watch the Jeri Ryan Scenes!!!


See what I mean!!!

11. Ugly Betty - Yes I enjoy all of it...No, I'm not!!!

12. 30 Rock - Alec Baldwin's best work besides his "You're Fired!" Speech from GlenGarry GlenRoss!!

13. FAMILY GUY - a No-Brainer like Peter and a MasterMind like Stewie!

14. Seinfeld - MAN HANDS...Deloras...Muffin Tops..Coffee Table Book...Raisins...Bootlegger!!

15. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Nah nahnah nah Nah nah nah...wow sounds like the theme song to me!! Love when he breaks into the Jewy voice...(he calls it that too!!)

16. The Colbert Report - Genius...to mock Bill O'Reilly the best way possible.....and for O'Reilly to be to stupid to realize it all!!

17. South Park - I don't watch it as much as I used to but it's nice to have. (I do like The Simpsons but apparently not enough to season pass it....here comes the HATE MAIL!!!)

18. Inside the Actors Studio - I just want to know EVERYONE'S favorite curse word!!! It does get a bit much when you have the likes of Jennifer Lopez(no link!) on the show...Inside the Celebrity Studio! Still enjoyable...taught me that most actors suffered through their parents divorce..or never knew one of their (or in Nicholson's case...both of their) parents!

19. Robot Chicken - Spot on and funny.....Seth Green lives on!! Classic Hilarious Fact: birth name "Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green"

20. Dexter - It's a summer show..it's a fall show...I LOVE THIS SHOW! I think it bumped LOST out of the top spot. Sure some of the dialogue is not great and the editing could use more work....but MICHAEL C HALL is SO interesting that you could care less about anything else!!

21. Real Time With Bill Maher - Usually he has on amazing guests and great panels...the discussions sometimes don't go anywhere and they can repeat certain things over and over again...but it's still enjoyable! Especially NEW RULES!!

22. The Office / My Name is Earl - Yes the Office is funny and I will support your arguement that I should TiVo it OVER Ugly Betty (a show you can't stand..especially if you're an OFFICE lover)...my name is Earl has gone downhill but it's a decent filler during reruns!

23. The Shield - I haven't seen all the seasons and have to go back to the beginning on DVD eventually...I know it's awesome! (I also here that THE WIRE is another show that is a must rent on DVD too) Even with my TiVo it's hard to follow SO many shows!!!! Maybe you can do it?!?

24. SNL - Yes it sucks..sucks a lot! That's why I have my TiVo to FF through the bad and watch the good...SOFA KING or Andy Samberg doing a digital short!

25. The Showbiz Show with David Spade(no link..just look under Adam Sandler to find all his credits!) - Mostly funny like Hollywood Minute! Short and sweet...like most of David's sitcoms (except for the sweet part)!

26. Human Giant - Upright Citizen Brigade's Funny Troupe gets their own show...on everyone's funniest network...MTV!!!!!???!! What...huh...yea no clue how they ended up on MTV but hopefully people are watching...Comedy Central (cough)(cough)...I believe Viacom owns you all....talk to each other!

27. [I did watch] Dice: Undisputed...with the same interest as I now watch the two Coreys -- I guess I'm trying to recapture or relive my 80s...thank god I've stayed away from Scott Baio's show...and I'm SO sure he isn't single at 45 by choice...right...uh huh...
[Little Boy Blue : What? He needed the money, OH!]

28. [No I did not cut my testes off..entirely] The View - Originally I started Tivo-ing it so I could watch these catfights between Rosie and HasselRack....I just left it there...now it's fun to see a male guest stuck in between 4 women....always fun

29. Confessions of a Matchmaker - I went to school @ UB and this show takes place in Buffalo! It's nice to see all my old hangouts...not as nice to see how many creepy people still live there!!

30. Tom Goes to the Mayor - Has its comic elements....on occasion

31. Late Night With Conan O'Brien - In the year 2000....in the year 2000..... He should be awesome on the Tonight Show!!

32. Wonder Showzen - I need to actually watch it more....

33. The Sarah Silverman Program - Hit or miss but I have to support my own kind!!

34. Band of Brothers - Something else I have Tivo-ed but never got to watch...

35. Dog Bites Man -- I did not devote enough time to this show from UCB's Matt Walsh

36. Da Ali G Show - Boo ya kasha and VERY NICE!

37. Dirt - Pretty much sucked...yea it sucked...but I just stared at it..wondering when it wouldn't suck..oh yeah..random Wayne Brady appearance in a tough guy "I'm going to flame broil your privates" role!! I knew there was a reason I stuck with it!

38. 30 Days - Very very very interesting (Yes I have seen Dirty Jobs and while it's not bad..no season pass)!! Morgan Spurlock's adventures of our country's bad situations!

39. Extras - I'm pretty sure it's over and I will miss Ricky Gervais & his "is he havin' a laugh?!?"

40. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Usually Higher up on this list which isn't in any kind of order but it's ALWAYS on hiatus...yea I could get more reruns tivoed!! Quote this show til death!!

41. I'm from Rolling Stone - I have never seen a worse group of people given an extraordinary opportunity and then BLOW it...even the winner sucked....just wow.

42. The Riches - I think the writing/story lines could use some tweaking but definitely one of the MOST underrated new shows of the season! Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver kick butt in this one.

43. The Sopranos - "Don't Stop..." to watch the finale......I think I wasn't loving how they went down....RIP or not...David Chase(link-fuggehdaboudit)...any clues...answers..maybe we should go back to season 2 and find out if you'll make a Sopranos movie?!?

44. Ebert & Roeper - Now it's Roeper & Guest Critic....I watch but think Roeper makes odd choices about what he likes and doesn't like!!

45. Show I am missing --- Fill in the blank for me with a comment ( Before you do..I have more shows that are mostly Summer Below)

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SUMMER TIVO

Weeds and Californication are coming back like I said!!

1. Masters of Science Fiction - It's a Mini-Series...I missed recording the 1st episode...at least I will feel like LOST is back, catching Terry O'Quinn in episode 2 this weekend!

2. Traveler - I was under the impression this was a time traveling show. It's called TRAVELER...but I watched it for what it was...a bad BAD version of like Prison Break's conspiracy story line...which is also now a bad version of all conspiracy shows...urgh!
I guess it's weird to watch so many shows and follow them..only to NEVER find out what actually happened...(INVASION...they were all aliens..but from where....and why..and how)

3. On the Lot - The movies that were made kind of all suck...but I can't imagine it being easy to make a movie with people you don't know in such a short amount of time from scratch.
I like it enough to keep watching....just to find out who will get this DREAM JOB with Spielberg!

4. The Next Best Thing -I liked the opening rounds when they trashed people sorta...but then I got bored...I didn't even care who won! ( I also started Tivo-ing the Pirate reality show..but in the end could not bring myself to hit play on any of them...only delete...)

5. Hell's Kitchen - Feels WAY more staged than ever...is getting tired...but I enjoy watching the chef scream (although I like watching him so much better over on BBC AMERICA for his Kitchen Nightmare Show)

6. Entourage - "The Boys of Summer" have been dragging lately...HBO must have been desperate by having two seasons air back to back! Drama and even Ari...seemed to have been a little upstaged by Walsh....*writer meeting!!!* (Val Kilmer Cameo from Season 1 still is the BEST!!)

7. Big Love - This show always has kept my interest and after what happened last week...I'm convinced they are not afraid to try anything and everything on this show!! I like its BIG BALLS!!!

8. John From Cincinatti - I actually went from not really liking the first episode..but then as I kept watching..I started to understand it more and more....still confused but just love watching Ed O'Neill playing someone so conflicted..."I got my EYE on YOU!!!"

9. Rescue Me - I feel like this season hasn't been as good as last but still entertaining as always...how do you beat Leary's faces & line deliveries?!?

10. The Two Coreys - So far I'm not too impressed...only saw 2 shows and i'm sick of feldman's wife...maybe even feldman..and I liked feldman better than haim as a kid....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

11. Psych - It amuses me in a weird way!! Plus Corbin Bernsen (no link!..come on!) is still working and that makes me happy!

12. Damages and 13. Mad Men - I have Tivo-ed but as of now have yet to watch any of the episodes...call it : I don't have the time or the overwhelming excitement..same goes for
14. THE BRONX IS BURNING!!! I hear some of this is really good....I will watch it eventually..(14a. The Company - 3 movie actors got together for 4 parts that I have not seen yet either!)

15. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - I love the fact that he comes to a restaurant that is IN DEBT..usually 100k or more..and they don't want to be criticized!!! It is possible some of that is staged...and yes people have pride/ego...but if you are doing THAT badly...swallow your pride and listen to this guy b/c he's making tons of $$$$! !

16. Flight of the Conchords - It has its moments of funny but does have this feeling of repetitiveness....I loved Human Giant's Aziz Ansari's cameo as a racist fruit vendor!

17. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I think this is premiering sometime in August or September....It's usually really out there...which makes it funny! Not sure how I feel about Danny Devito being on it now...it had to of helped ratings!

Okay there are my season pass lists (I do have some wishlists I didn't include...some directors..older movies/classics I never saw as I was only born in '78 ! !)!!!

This fall looks just as tough if not tougher than most..with SO many new shows..always tough to know what will be worth watching..and then trying to work around scheduling conflicts!!


Leave your own lists, opinions, comments...or LET ME HAVE IT IN RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

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