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Shows that EVERYONE loves that You've never seen?
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Posted by: Turtleboy

Are there any shows that everyone seems to love and talk about and make reference to, but for some reason or other you've never seen?

For example, I've never seen a single episode of either Buffy or Sports Night. I'd like to, but I just haven't gotten around to it.

Posted by: harvscar

West Wing
Amazing Race

Posted by: grecorj

Buffy (tho I may get Season 1 from NetFlix soon)
Ally McBeal (& never will!)
Farscape
Star Trek (any flavor except the original)
Coupling

Posted by: Swirl_Junkie

The Shield
Buffy
Any of the BBC America stuff

Posted by: WinBear

No one has yet said the obvious:
Everybody Loves Raymond (I've really never seen it!)
Friends
Buffy
West Wing
Sopranos
Sports Night

Posted by: JerryLBell

Any reality show.
Any of the home redecoration shows.
E.R.

Posted by: mwhip

The West Wing
Buffy
Angel
Sopranos

Posted by: LeVich34

It was the West Wing until Bravo started rerunning them.... now I am catching up.

So now its got to be Everybody Loves Raymond. Never seen a single episode and never had a desire to throw away 30 minutes on one.

Posted by: ronbo

Here's my short list of shows that a lot of people talk about that I've never seen an entire episode of:
West Wing
Big Brother
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Fear Factor
Amazing Race
American Idol
Bachelor
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Posted by: debtoine

Buffy
The Wire
Coupling (and probably not going to watch the US version either)

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Posted by: old7

I never watched any Seinfeld. I know that the show is no longer being produced, but it is in syndication. It started in the early 90's when I was working nights. I never watched it when it was on and I have never seen an episode in syndication. I didn't really like Jerry Seinfeld's standup routine. I was never very interested in seeing his show.

-Old7

Posted by: cello

Angel
The Mole (think I saw part of an episode once, maybe)
Coupling
Queer eye
Keen Eddie (see lots of threads on this, don't know if it's loved, or just popular for discussion)

shows that I've given a short try, but just don't click with me:
- Alias (started watching late last season, was going to catch up on reruns this summer, but realized that I just didn't care. Maybe if I saw it from the beginning...)
- The Shield (probably because I watch too many other similar shows, and was burned out on the genre when I tried it)
- Raymond (gave it several tries, just don't find it funny. But I watch few sitcoms anymore, anyway)

Posted by: pmyers

Buffy
Angel
Farscape
SG1
The Shield

Posted by: Jon J

All reality shows.
Judging Amy
Friends
The Practice

Posted by: johnspalm

Buffy
West Wing
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Sopranos
Sex In The City
JAG
All reality shows!

Posted by: TiVo'Brien

Friends - never seen a single episode

Posted by: JPriller

I've haven't watched ANY major-network prime-time shows in over a decade. Not ER, Survivor, Buffy, Amazing Race, Seinfeld, CSI, or 24 - none of them.

If you want to count UPN as a major network, I do watch Enterprise, but that's it. I think the last regular network series I watched was Hill Street Blues.

Posted by: mrpurple

Buffy
farscape

Posted by: laria

quote:
Originally posted by JPriller
I've haven't watched ANY major-network prime-time shows in over a decade. Not ER, Survivor, Buffy, Amazing Race, Seinfeld, CSI, or 24 - none of them.

What do you use your Tivo to record? :)

Up until now my list would have The West Wing on it, but we started watching them on Bravo. Can't think of any other ones right now.

Posted by: zaknafein

I'm surprised at the number of people who haven't ever seen Buffy.

You people are missing out.

Posted by: jsmeeker

one more for Buffy.. Sorry, zak.....
Alias (this is bad for me, because it easily meets one of my criteria for watching a show)

Also, ALL of the Sci-Fi shows people mention.. The last one I watched on a regular, conistent basis was ST:TNG. I watched a little "DS9" and "Voyager" at the begining, but stopped a few shows in.

Posted by: granoff

The Simpsons
South Park

and others. I don't even want to see these shows. Call me crazy.

-Mark

Posted by: kiljoy

24
Alias
CSI
Farscape
West Wing
Any HBO (don't have it)
Any currently on-the-air sitcom (including Friends)

Tony

Posted by: johnspalm

quote:
Originally posted by zaknafein
I'm surprised at the number of people who haven't ever seen Buffy.

You people are missing out.

Just curious, but what was it about this vampire show that was so intriguing?

Posted by: TheDewAddict

The Soprano's, Sex in the City, and everything else on HBO.
The Mole
Big Brother
West Wing
The Shield

I got into Sports Night and Coupling after everyone here talked of how great they are. It's really true, they're both brilliant.

Posted by: Uther

Buffy

If they ever play it in order from the beginning, I'd probably watch.

Posted by: JPriller

quote:
Originally posted by laria
What do you use your Tivo to record? :)

Stuff where there's actually some interesting programming - PBS, TLC, Discovery, History Channel, SciFi, DIY, HGTV, Cartoon Network, National Geographic, the various movie channels, probably a few others.

I discovered a long time ago that I wasn't a member of whatever species the major networks target their programming to. :)

Posted by: jsmeeker

quote:
Originally posted by JPriller
Stuff where there's actually some interesting programming - PBS, TLC, Discovery, History Channel, SciFi, DIY, HGTV, Cartoon Network, National Geographic, the various movie channels, probably a few others.

I discovered a long time ago that I wasn't a member of whatever species the major networks target their programming to. :)

so, you are actually a human, and not a sheep like the rest of us??

:D

Posted by: ccwf

quote:
Originally posted by johnspalm
Just curious, but what was it about this vampire show that was so intriguing?

Good, intelligent writing that's willing to take chances.

Posted by: cello

quote:
Originally posted by Uther
Buffy

If they ever play it in order from the beginning, I'd probably watch.

Do you get FX? If so, set a wishlist for "Welcome to the Hellmouth" - that's the first episode. They run the series in syndication over there.

Posted by: jimborst

Add me to the Buffy list, never seen a minute of one episode. Really have no desire. Maybe it's me but there's this one person at work that loves to talk TV. She's always talking about shows I haven't watched, and I think that if I watch I may get hooked and end up with more shows to watch. Right now I can watch all that I record, and not have any left on the TiVo.

BTW she always suggested Firefly, then she loaned me a tape of an episode, found it to be boring, and I was glad that I never found that series. I also never got into any of the reallity shows or do I want to. I only have about a total of 13 season passes.

Posted by: sieglinde

Friends
Seinfield
Judging Amy
Sopranos
(I have seen Sex in the City because my sister gets NetFlix)
Raymond

Posted by: super dave

Simpsons (can't watch cartoons)
West Wing
Big Brother
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Fear Factor
Amazing Race
American Idol
Bachelor
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Any Reality Shows.........
Smallville
Roswell
24
XFiles

Posted by: farleyruskz

Buffy
Angel
The Shield
Farscape
Alias
Sports Night

Posted by: JYoung

quote:
Originally posted by jsmeeker
one more for Buffy.. Sorry, zak.....
.

ok, how can you be the President of the TiVoShanan Fan Club and never have watched an episode of Buffy?

Posted by: jamesbobo

Buffy
With the exception of Last Comic Standing, all reality shows
Alias
ER
Touched By An Angel

There are a lot of shows where I've seen one or two episodes but I just didn't like them enough to want to see more. These include:
Everybody Loves Raymond
CSI
Scrubs
Friends
Sopranos

Posted by: MauriAnne

Interesting topic.

Buffy
Alias
Smallville
Simpsons
Sex in the City (except for the TiVo episode)
Firefly
Keen Eddie
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Posted by: sschwart

Survivor (and no desire to)
Sopranos
Stargate SG-1
Farscape

Posted by: laria

quote:
Originally posted by cello
Do you get FX? If so, set a wishlist for "Welcome to the Hellmouth" - that's the first episode. They run the series in syndication over there.

Yeah, they have rerun them in order on FX at least 3 or 4 times now.

Posted by: Satchel

You name the Sci Fi show and I haven't watched it...

I've never seen any episodes of...
X Files
Any Star Trek show made after the 1960s
Buffy
Dark Angel
Smallville

Posted by: rexdart

Another one puzzled over Buffy, easily the only show I would keep in a world where I was allowed only one...easily.

Be warned though, don't watch one or two expecting to make a determination, if you aren't willing to give it a try, learn the story, don't bother. Oh yeah, and if you don't like paying attention to the plot (an old storytelling term, look it up), dialogue, etc, you will definitely be coming to the wrong place.

For me...

Alias - this is supposed to be "my kind" of show but it just didn't click
West Wing - really tried
Reality shows - loved Survivor: Outback, never went-back
Cable News - is OJ still on there?
Network News - is anything on there at all?
Sportsnight - truly feel like I missed something there, not sure why I've never watched

Posted by: EchoBravo

Any stupid sitcom on CBS (Raymond/King Queens/et all)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sex in the City
The Sopranos
The West Wing

Posted by: tms317

I really can't believe how many people's lists Buffy made!! Such a great show. So sad its gone!! Definitely try to catch a few eps on FX. ("Hush" and "Becoming" are some of my favorites.)

I've never seen a full episode of Raymond (too many time conflicts with other shows I like/record--don't have DirecTivo)
Any show on CBS or UPN (other than Buffy)
West Wing
Sports Night
Firefly (sorry joss)

Probably not too much more I don't watch...I'll watch almost anything at least once.

Posted by: jones07

1)24
2)Alias
3)CSI
4)West Wing
5)Dark Angel
6)Smallville
7) All Cop shows of any kind
8)FRIENDS===> Tried to watch this show 2 or 3 times. Never made it past 10 minutes. I guess I'm not in the Demographics this show is trying to reach

Other then CSI and Friends. I will try to give all of my above shows a shot this season.

Posted by: randyf

Let's see..

Everybody loves Raymond.
CSI
Sopranos
Buffy
Sex in the City (or is is Sex and the city ?)
X-files
EVERY reality show

Shows I don't miss!
24
West Wing
Boston Public
The Practice
3rd Watch
NYPD Blue

then there's the intermittant shows like...

Friends
Will & Grace

My kids are HOOKED on Gilmore Girls ! I had to buy another TiVo just for that :D (not really, it's just my old SVR2000 with no sub)