All Things: TELEVISON

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Originally Posted by lunchbox

are you saying this show sucks? (i'm drunk so my normal serious meter is broken). because i've watched this 2-3 times and don't get the love. i think this show is stupid. i'm a science nerd and can appreciate quirks and aspects of that sort of intelligence, but this show just does not do it for me. i honestly don't get why it's so popular.

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I think they only get the ratings they get because it's on CBS.... the only station old people watch and never change their channels.

I've tried to like The Big Bang Theory also, but I just think the show is boring. It's extremely unfunny too. The only reason it's probably funny is because people are thinking, "Oh they're nerds and they said something I didn't get... so it MUST be funny."

Now Community on the other hand... pure genius! Yet no one watches that. *Sigh* Pretty much sums up the intelligence of people in general. :facepalm:

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Originally Posted by TooCool

I think they only get the ratings they get because it's on CBS.... the only station old people watch and never change their channels.

I've tried to like The Big Bang Theory also, but I just think the show is boring. It's extremely unfunny too. The only reason it's probably funny is because people are thinking, "Oh they're nerds and they said something I didn't get... so it MUST be funny."

Now Community on the other hand... pure genius! Yet no one watches that. *Sigh* Pretty much sums up the intelligence of people in general. :facepalm:

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Yeah, this is the tragic truth. I have had to make peace with the fact that the majority of America likes their entertainment very simple. So, the smarter the show=the less likely it is to succeed. I am on record as championing AWAKE. A really smart, well acted show with genuine moments of real emotion...that nobody watches. Sad but true. IDEOCRACY is not a comedy!!!!! It's a historical document.

Hey man... I watch Awake!

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Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Yeah, this is the tragic truth. I have had to make peace with the fact that the majority of America likes their entertainment very simple. So, the smarter the show=the less likely it is to succeed. I am on record as championing AWAKE. A really smart, well acted show with genuine moments of real emotion...that nobody watches. Sad but true. IDEOCRACY is not a comedy!!!!! It's a historical document.

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I completely agree with you. I love Awake. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary police drama but when you add the sci-fi element to it... it takes it to a whole new level. But again, the "general" American audience doesn't want to think! They like stupid shows instead like American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Two and a Half Men, etc...

I still miss Chuck. :(

Oh don't get me started...I still have those last 4 Chucks to watch because part of me is not ready to acknowledge that it is over.

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Originally Posted by lunchbox

are you saying this show sucks? (i'm drunk so my normal serious meter is broken). because i've watched this 2-3 times and don't get the love. i think this show is stupid. i'm a science nerd and can appreciate quirks and aspects of that sort of intelligence, but this show just does not do it for me. i honestly don't get why it's so popular.

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Yes the show sucks and is painfully unfunny. I love how some friends are mine are trying to convince me that it's intelligent humor just because they make physics references. Yeah, explaining 'Schrödinger's cat' to a blonde and her not getting it is ****ing brilliant writing (note to drunk lunchbox: sarcasm). What bugs me is that it could have been good (and in a few selected scenes actually is) but instead of making something interesting (like a joke about the Shrödinger's cat experiment itself) it's almost exclusively focuses on the easy jokes (ha ha the dumb blonde is having a hard time understanding the nerd ha ha).

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Originally Posted by BigBrown

instead of making something interesting (like a joke about the Shrödinger's cat experiment itself) it's almost exclusively focuses on the easy jokes (ha ha the dumb blonde is having a hard time understanding the nerd ha ha).

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i watched about 2-3 episodes because my sister-in-law loves this show and what you're saying here is one of the #1 reasons why i hate it. johnny galecki comes off as a douchey nerd and the other guys just come off as awkwardly unfunny. the dumb blonde bit is overplayed.

ps. i'm not drunk anymore. :)

I miss Lie to Me

Ray Stevenson Joins DEXTER Season 7

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If you haven’t caught up on Dexter, you may not want to read this article, because it will contain some commentary on the conclusion of the sixth season. But first, TV Line has news that Ray Stevenson (from HBO’s Rome and films like The Three Musketeers and Thor) will join the seventh season of the Showtime drama. There aren’t too many details on his character, but apparently the Irish actor is set to play a senior member of a dangerous crime ring from Eastern Europe who comes to Miami to learn who killed one of his associates. It’s not clear if he’ll be one of the main villains who could give Dexter (Michael C. Hall) a run for his money, but I’m sure they’ll cross paths for at least a couple episodes.

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Oh hell yeah. Dexter...not so sure where they are going with the story, but having Stevenson on automatically gives it credibility in my eyes.

FRINGE Renewed for Season Five

There ya go Fringe'rs