TV Update!

Nov. 10th, 2012 at 8:37 PM

Or the schedule of doom, part 2. So we're into November sweeps, and I wanted to post my results. I've dropped some, added some and become obsessed with a couple new shows. ♥

The Plan
Sunday
Downton Abbey (D)
Once Upon a Time (D)
Bob's Burgers (D/L not sure)
Dexter (L)
Revenge (D)
Homeland (D)
The Walking Dead (D)

Monday
How I Met Your Mother (L)
Partners (T)
Castle (L)
Revolution (T)

Tuesday
New Girl (L)
Ben and Kate (T)
Go On (T)
The New Normal (T)
The Mindy Project (T)
Raising Hope (L)
Happy Endings (L)
Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23 (L)
Covert Affairs (continued from summer - D)

Wednesday
The Middle (L)
Animal Practice (T)
Modern Family (L)
The Neighbors (T)
Arrow (T)
Suburgatory (L)

Thursday
The Big Bang Theory (L/D)
Up All Night (D)
Parks and Recreation (L)
Elementary (T)
30 Rock (L)
The Vampire Diaries (D)
Beauty and the Beast (T)

Friday
Whitney (L)
Community (L)
Grimm (L)

Saturday
Doctor Who (L)
Merlin (L/D)

What Actually Happened

Sunday
Downton Abbey (D - haven't seen 3.03 on yet)
Once Upon a Time (L)
Bob's Burgers (D)
Dexter (L)
Revenge (D)
Homeland (L)
The Walking Dead (D)
Misfits (I haven't started the new season, anyone care to weigh in?)

Monday
How I Met Your Mother (L)
Partners -- dropped
Castle (L, D when I'm tired)
Revolution -- dropped

Tuesday
Raising Hope (L)
Ben and Kate (L) ♥♥♥
New Girl (L)
Go On (D)
The New Normal (D)
The Mindy Project -- dropped, but I might retry it in the summer
Happy Endings (D)
Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23 (D)
Covert Affairs (D)

Wednesday
Arrow (L) ♥♥♥
The Middle (D)
The Neighbors (D)
Animal Practice -- canceled
Modern Family (D)
Suburgatory (D)
Whitney (D when it starts)

Thursday
The Vampire Diaries (L - mostly because of Viggle!)
Beauty and the Beast (L)
Community (L - replace TVD when it FINALLY comes back Feb. 7)
The Big Bang Theory (D)
30 Rock (D)
Up All Night -- dropped
Parks and Recreation (L)
Elementary (L, D when I'm tired)

Friday
Grimm (L)

Saturday
Doctor Who (L/D)
Merlin (D - I'm behind on this, too)

I can't believe I manage to get all of this watched per week, but somehow I do. *shrugs* What are you guys still watching?

Comments

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ancarett

Nov. 11th, 2012 01:49 am (UTC)

TBBT, of course. Mike and Eldest are watching Arrow but I'm not sold. I'm trying to catch up on Elementary because I love Lucy Liu but I think I might binge-view over the holidays.

I've thought about catching back up on Castle but haven't watched anything since 3/4 of the way through last season. I'm thoroughly spoiled for the big plot twist and might sit down to watch Monday's episode just because.

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:26 am (UTC)

I didn't expect to fall in love with Arrow like I have! I think it's the very low expectations combined with love for the portrayals of Oliver, Laurel and John. And each episode makes me want more. :)

Castle is really delightful this season. The romance is sweet and played just enough to make me smile. You should watch last week's ep, which was set at a Sci-Fi convention. Very cute!

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flyingpigs_live

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:00 am (UTC)

Bob's Burgers and Dexter (perfect Sunday nights. Dexter is SO GOOD this season), Castle, and Parks. I need to start Go On.

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:28 am (UTC)

Go On is like comfort food, tasty and satisfying. Nothing to make me rave about, but also time well-spent. Sort of a Community-lite, but yet not. Try it!

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myr_soleil

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:21 am (UTC)

Aw, we didn't pick up the same new shows! Well, not all of them. I'm really enjoying Nashville, and Last Resort is okay-ish but I like the concept enough to keep watching. Otherwise, I'm watching Ben & Kate (I love it!), The Mindy Project (adore it too, I'm sad you dropped it! But it is very unequal so I get it), HIMYM even if it's definitely not their best season, Don't Trust the B-- in Apt 23, P&R, Elementary, TBBT, Revenge, Parenthood, and Fringe. (Is there any specific reason that you're not watching Parenthood? It's probably my favorite show right now!) Wow, that's a lot of stuff. I'm not up to date on anything though, I just record everything and watch two episodes a night once baby is asleep. A bit unorthodox but it works! ;) TV! :D

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:32 am (UTC)

Aw, too bad! I have Last Resort in the back of my mind. Maybe I'll give it a summer marathon, or a winter or mid-spring hiatus try. I have Hulu Plus, so I should be able to watch the whole season.

Nashville scares me because I'm REALLY not a fan of country music, and dramas usually need a secret-identity component to grab me. Sell me on it and I might try it?

There is no specific Parenthood reason - I've never watched even one episode. I see that Netflix has the first three seasons on Instant, and Hulu would have S4... but again, no secret identity component makes it iffy. Give me reasons for this one, too!

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revengent

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:55 am (UTC)

Sundays are the day that I have all the television! I'm sad now that Downton Abbey is over until Christmas :( But Misfits is okay this season. The new people are kind of funny but they aren't any Simon/Alisha/Kelly. They're depending a lot on Rudy, who is great, but I don't know if they entire show can float on him with Curtis' side eyes lol

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 02:57 am (UTC)

I'm so TIRED on Monday mornings after all that TV! :D

It's so hard to think about watching Misfits with only Curtis left! I like Rudy, I do, but so many new faces... it's a lot like Being Human (UK) was. I just couldn't, even though I really tried.

I will give it a go, though, probably during one of the hiatus weeks.

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chickadilly

Nov. 11th, 2012 03:25 am (UTC)

BBT, Downton Abbey, Once Upon A Time and ... *thinks* ... Um ... I don't watch much else. LMAO. I'm tv lazy! ;-)

Though I will be watching Community when it comes back.

I tried to watch Arrow and gave up fairly quick. I think the actor just lacked Justin Hartley's charm? IDK, it seems too serious for me. LOL

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 03:28 am (UTC)

Oh, he's definitely not Justin! But maybe that's in his favor. They're not trying to imitate the Smallville version at all. He does have some humorous moments in later episodes, but yeah, it's WAY more serious in general than Smallville ever was.

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thrace_adams

Nov. 11th, 2012 08:32 am (UTC)

WOW that schedule BLOWS MY MIND LOL. I can't even. I just - damn. I watch 9 shows and I'm behind on all of them LOL. Oh well, that's what hiatus is for :D

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 04:40 pm (UTC)

It sorta blows my mind, too! I can't seem to drop any more than I already have... I think it helps that my daughter is not in soccer this year, much less time away from home. :D

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htbthomas

Nov. 11th, 2012 10:28 pm (UTC)

Which comedies did you try and drop?

I've never watched The Good Wife, Hart of Dixie, Scandal or Pretty Little Liars. Probably because of what I said to

myr_soleil about needing that secret identity component, ha! Although, does PLL have it? If so, maybe I should check it out. :D

I love New Girl. It really hits its stride about halfway through S1, if you have the stamina. I'd never heard of Underemployed until you mentioned it. Is it an MTV show?

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babettew54

Nov. 11th, 2012 11:57 pm (UTC)

Well, I still have this icon. I guess it's over. *sniffles* Poor Rick and his small (really small)group of survivors. Did you hear what happened off camera? *wibbles*

I'm loving Arrow too. Wasn't expecting that at all. It's all because of the casting. Nice job with that.

TBBT and OUAT, awesome season as usual.

B&BT, still watching. I kinda like it, sort of. The rest of my favorites, you know about.

And with my trilogy of stories pushing 200,000 words, *yikes* I think it will end! *don't quote me*

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htbthomas

Nov. 12th, 2012 12:34 am (UTC)

I'm not sure I did hear... I know T and Laurie died, I thought Carol was still okay? Do you mean someone else?

I like B&TB more every episode. I especially like it when Kat goes all ninja on perps. XD

Hey, I know what you mean. I've written 562,531 words of fic in seven years. Um.

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hungryhippo11

Nov. 12th, 2012 09:51 am (UTC)

Wow, what a schedule! I wouldn't even know how to watch that many shows over the course of the week. It's hard juggling both TV and film watching, which I vainly try to do.

In terms of drama, I'm keeping up with Homeland and The Walking Dead (hopefully you ended up hearing about the major events that have occurred recently!) atm. I've heard about Dexter being good this season, but have been out of it for the past two seasons after hearing they weren't all that good--would it really be worth my time to? I'm also curious about Elementary, being a big fan of Sherlock. Would also like to catch up on Boardwalk Empire as well. I kind of dropped out of Revenge halfway through last season and didn't continue with Once Upon a Time--it's just not my cup of tea. I blame Breaking Bad for decreasing my tolerance for 'lighter' TV fare. If the show doesn't *really* compel me in some way I'll end up dropping it :P

Comedy wise I liked what I saw of DTTBIA23 and want to get into that again. I've also meant to catch up with 30 Rock, and of course, Community, when the Neeb decide to put it back on next year. I'm more keen on comedies like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Louie rather than a lot of the network stuff. I'm curious about The Mindy Project and might give that a go.

I'm a bit funny in that I prefer to binge shows rather than get them in a trickle, which suits in a way, being overseas and, at times, woefully behind the US!

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htbthomas

Nov. 15th, 2012 09:03 pm (UTC)

I have told a couple people that Dexter is easy to jump into without seeing S5 or S6. I would do it!

I like Elementary, but it isn't *compelling* like Breaking Bad, so, eh?

I tend to watch single-cam comedies that are light on embarrassment and awkwardness humor, so I'm not sure what to recommend. Have you tried Wilfred (the US version, apparently quite different, and Elijah Wood, yum)? It's Always Sunny? If you like Curb and Louie, you might like those.

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sanalayla

Nov. 15th, 2012 07:32 pm (UTC)

I never thought I'd see someone's TV Watch List look as long as mine. Here's how we match up:

- Once Upon a Time
- How I Met Your Mother
- The New Girl
- The Mindy Project
- Raising Hope
- The Middle
- Modern Family
- Arrow
- Suburgatory
- The Big Bang Theory
- Up All Night
- Parks & Recreation
- Community (when it comes back)

This reminds me that I should do a TV Update post, too. I've been meaning to jot down my thoughts for awhile.

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