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The Television Show Recommendation Thread (pg. 20)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| sure, if you like wooden acting and teased-out, uninteresting nonsensical plots that by the end really insulted the viewer. lynch can suck my dick. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
and of course, Dreams In The Witch House. |
I can't sleep. So I'm watching this now.
edit/// went into this cold with no knowledge of the story. holy ! :eyes:
edit2/// :wtf: :wtf: should be fun sleeping now...... |
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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
sure, if you like wooden acting and teased-out, uninteresting nonsensical plots that by the end really insulted the viewer. lynch can suck my dick. |
Lynch by himself is all right, but I think having someone to balance him out (Mark Frost) was what made Twin Peaks work. If the network had left them alone, it would have been much better. I don't see how you get the "insulted the viewer" part. It was largely based on anticipation rather than delivery, which any decent suspense writer will tell you is the key to making it work. Like anything, it was better to see it in the context of its own time period, but I watched it recently again and still love it. Bob is the scariest character ever shown on network television, and he'd give most others a run for their money. |
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| bananas |
| pkc has the worst taste in tv shows ever, why would you argue:D |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bananas
pkc has the worst taste in tv shows ever |
This. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by bananas
pkc has the worst taste in tv shows ever, why would you argue:D |
My list of fave TV shows is a collection of who’s who in the most critically acclaimed shows of all time, peasant.
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
Lynch by himself is all right, but I think having someone to balance him out (Mark Frost) was what made Twin Peaks work. If the network had left them alone, it would have been much better. I don't see how you get the "insulted the viewer" part. It was largely based on anticipation rather than delivery, which any decent suspense writer will tell you is the key to making it work. Like anything, it was better to see it in the context of its own time period, but I watched it recently again and still love it. Bob is the scariest character ever shown on network television, and he'd give most others a run for their money. |
I actually enjoyed the show, believe it or not (mostly for the humour). But I found the about-face mystical stuff a little hard to swallow. And yeah, I get that watching it in the 90s would’ve been different. only watched it properly for the first time in about 2006. |
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| Moongoose |
| Went trough seasons 5, 6 and 7 of The West Wing recently. Only saw 1-4 previously and i must say its not that bad...actually i quite enjoyed it. Not as good as the first 4 seasons but still a nice watch. Loved John Spencer, such a shame he died while doing this. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
its not that bad... |
understatement central! WW is all class. |
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| Moongoose |
The problem was that people kept telling me that the series went seriously downhill after Sorkin left after season 4 so i never bothered to check what came after. Now im glad i did because it was still great, even if a bit depressing.
Also having nothing better to do, thought i might start watching NCIS and its...well unwatchable. Granted im only 4 episodes in so i give it a chance with a few more episodes but its getting worse with each episode i watch...the 4th one especially was dreadful...people playing MMORPGs on the computers in the operations room of a navy battleship, the geek goth girl speaking all kinds of geek lingo that sounds like something a gamer could say but actually makes no sense at all, the irritating female agent firmly defending the position that the dead guy could not have committed suicide not based on any evidence but because he was a catholic and they dont do that...its almost as if the writers wanted us to hate every single person in the cast...i dont know how this lasted 7 seasons. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
Also having nothing better to do, thought i might start watching NCIS and its...well unwatchable. Granted im only 4 episodes in so i give it a chance with a few more episodes but its getting worse with each episode i watch...the 4th one especially was dreadful...people playing MMORPGs on the computers in the operations room of a navy battleship, the geek goth girl speaking all kinds of geek lingo that sounds like something a gamer could say but actually makes no sense at all, the irritating female agent firmly defending the position that the dead guy could not have committed suicide not based on any evidence but because he was a catholic and they dont do that...its almost as if the writers wanted us to have every single person in the cast...i dont know how this lasted 7 seasons. |
that goth chick is so annoying in the show. i can't tell if it's just that she's a bad actor...or the script is terrible. but yeah that show is pretty bad. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
The problem was that people kept telling me that the series went seriously downhill after Sorkin left after season 4 so i never bothered to check what came after. Now im glad i did because it was still great, even if a bit depressing.
Also having nothing better to do, thought i might start watching NCIS and its...well unwatchable. Granted im only 4 episodes in so i give it a chance with a few more episodes but its getting worse with each episode i watch...the 4th one especially was dreadful...people playing MMORPGs on the computers in the operations room of a navy battleship, the geek goth girl speaking all kinds of geek lingo that sounds like something a gamer could say but actually makes no sense at all, the irritating female agent firmly defending the position that the dead guy could not have committed suicide not based on any evidence but because he was a catholic and they dont do that...its almost as if the writers wanted us to hate every single person in the cast...i dont know how this lasted 7 seasons. |
I’ve never been able to get into all the various cops & legal shows other than law & order. I love the social commentary. Have you seen the wire? Now that’s brilliant too. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | The top earners, by category:
Drama (per episode)
Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+
Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) $395,000 (each)
David Caruso (CSI: Miami) $375,000
Marg Helgenberger (CSI) $375,000
Mark Harmon (NCIS) $375,000
Laurence Fishburne (CSI) $350,000
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) $350,000
Denis Leary (Rescue Me) $350,000
Gary Sinise (CSI: NY ) $275,000
Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) $250,000
David Boreanaz (Bones) $200,000
Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) $200,000
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife ) $175,000
Dana Delany (Body of Proof ) $150,000
Lauren Graham (Parenthood) $150,000
Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe) $150,000
Jimmy Smits (Outlaw) $150,000
LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000
Chris O'Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000
Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) $125,000
Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000
Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) $125,000
Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods) $125,000
Michael Weatherly (NCIS) $125,000
Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000
Nathan Fillion (Castle) $100,000
Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds) $100,000
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000
Cole Hauser (Chase) $100,000
Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000
Timothy Olyphant (Justified ) $100,000
Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000
Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) $75,000
Anna Paquin (True Blood) $75,000
Blair Underwood (The Event) $75,000
Zachary Levi (Chuck) $60,000
Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) $40,000
Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) $40,000
Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000
Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year)
Oprah Winfrey $315 million
Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million
David Letterman (The Late Show) $28 million
Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) $25 million
Conan O'Brien (The Conan O'Brien Show) $10 million
Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) $8 million
Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) $6 million
Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately) $3.5 million
George Lopez (Lopez Tonight) $3.5 million
Reality (per year)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) $15 million
Joel McHale (The Soup) $2 million
Piers Morgan (America's Got Talent) $2 million
Kate Gosselin (Kate Plus 8) $250,000 per episode
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (Jersey Shore) $30,000 per episode
Comedy (per episode)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000
Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives) $400,000
Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) $400,000
Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) $400,000
Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) $400,000
Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) $400,000
Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000
Tina Fey (30 Rock) $350,000
Jeremy Piven (Entourage) $350,000
Steve Carell (The Office) $297,000
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) $250,000
David Duchovny (Californication) $200,000
Kevin Dillon (Entourage) $200,000
Adrian Grenier (Entourage) $200,000
Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) $175,000
William Shatner ($#*! My Dad Says) $150,000
David Spade (Rules of Engagement) $150,000
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family) $100,000
Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) $85,000
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) $75,000
Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000
Ty Burrell (Modern Family) $50,000
Jane Lynch (Glee) $50,000
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000
Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000
Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000
Dylan and Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) $20,000 (each)
Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) $15,000
News (per year)
Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
Katie Couric (CBS) $15 million
Brian Williams (NBC) $12.5 million
Diane Sawyer (ABC) $12 million
Meredith Vieira (Today) $11 million
Bill O'Reilly (Fox News) $10 million
George Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 million
Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 million
Shepard Smith (Fox News) $7 million
Wolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 million
Christiane Amanpour (ABC) $2 million
Lawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC) $2 million
Eliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000
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Sad that Hugh Laurie earns less than those Desperate Whorewives |
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