TiVo Community Forums Archives - Please recommend a new show

TiVoCommunity.com
(c)opyright 1995-2005 All rights reserved
indexcheckTC
This area is a static history of posts in the TiVo Community Forum Archive.
This archive history was made for the simple indexing of search sites like Google.

Pages:1

Please recommend a new show
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)

Posted by: keithcarl

I have just done a good emptying of my season passes and wishlist, and I am looking for some new shows to try out. Would anyone like to recommend a show or shows to try that isn't on any of the "big six" networks.

Thanks.

Keith

Posted by: TiVoLance

Maybe it would help if you give us some shows that you have liked in the past (ie sit-coms, courtroom dramas, action, etc). Here is a recent thread about people's top season pass picks.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...ght=season+pass

Posted by: dthmj

I just read about a new website that recommends shows for you....

http://www.mybestbets.com

Has anyone tried this site yet?

Posted by: bdowell

BBCA - Coupling, only about 8 new shows per season, but worth a season pass.

Posted by: Philosofy

Do Over on the WB, on Thursday nights. IMHO, best new show of the season.

Posted by: Dweller

quote:
Originally posted by dthmj
I just read about a new website that recommends shows for you....

http://www.mybestbets.com

Has anyone tried this site yet?

I was in the beta for it quite a while back, but didnt like it and eventually forgot the password so havent been back. I may pop back in over there and see how things have progressed.

Posted by: justapixel

quote:
Originally posted by dthmj
I just read about a new website that recommends shows for you....

http://www.mybestbets.com

Has anyone tried this site yet?

I did the beta. It was very cumbersome to set up. I never bothered configuring it all the way, too time consuming with too many repetitive questions.

I could see that it would be good, for those who don't have TiVo and use the thumbs up/down. It does the same thing - you tell it what you like and it'll recommend shows based on your tastes. Maybe since they beta they've improved it.

However, I found it not necessary for us TiVo owners.

Posted by: Todd

"Do Over" on the WB! Hopefully my damn VCR will work this week!

Posted by: BadlyDrawnBoy

Boomtown on NBC, I love this show, sunday's at 10pm

Posted by: gregpr

TiVo's suggestions aren't cutting it for ya?

Posted by: avaloncourt

I like both Do Over and Boomtown. Give us some hints what you like.

Isn't that the beauty of Tivo. You aren't held hostage by the networks any more!

Posted by: Barrett

Boomtown is a good one, and Robbery homicide division is also pretty good.

Posted by: radio.joe

I became a '24' fan last year. This seasons premiere was last week, but it will repeat Monday night on Fox.

The show normally airs Tuesday nights.

Joe

Posted by: JYoung

Firefly.....

Posted by: TiVoLance

Designer Guys on Style ;)

Some of my favorites are:

Monk, Law and Order Criminal Intent, John Doe, Buffy, Smallville, Unwrapped, Trading Spaces, Dead Zone, Futurerama, Will and Grace.

Posted by: grecorj

quote:
Originally posted by dthmj
I just read about a new website that recommends shows for you....

http://www.mybestbets.com

Has anyone tried this site yet?

Yup. Went through a lengthy set up and when I was done it recommended...all the shows I had rated. Hmmm. Not quite what I was expecting. Haven't stuck with it (as you rate more stuff, it is supposed to "learn").

Posted by: rhuntington3

Definitely Firefly... Good show!

Posted by: Dancar

Cracker if you live in the USA and have the BBC America channel.

This is an excellent British crime drama. There was an American version a few years ago, but it was too intelligent to find its audience right away and the network pulled it too soon. I was very disappointed and a quick search on the net turned me on to the Britsh version.

Posted by: hckylvr88

MailCall on The History Channel.... But then I am a military buff.

Posted by: spelcheker

Monk, Firefly, and if you haven't seen "trigger happy tv" on comedy central yet, you gotta check it out.

Posted by: choco

Without a Trace on CBS - our favorite new show this season

Posted by: dwells

If you are looking for a non-network show, and looking for
a laugh, try "Oblivious" on TNN (usually on Sunday Night).....
Its a hidden camera/game show mix- don't let that scare you
away- its one of the funniest shows on television......

Dennis

Posted by: ariscris

I've just recently discovered The Oblongs on Cartoon Network through Tivo's suggestions... It's similar to the Simpsons.

Posted by: keithcarl

I really like Dinner for Five and America's Test Kitchen. Those were great suggestions that I probably would not have found otherwise.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for shows not on the top four networks?

Posted by: murgatroyd

Iron Chef
The Isaac Mizrahi Show
Rough Science
Scientific American Frontiers
Rocket Power

Posted by: Lori

Are you watching Buffy? Angel? Firefly?

(yes, yes..I am Joss's bitch :) )

Posted by: Skittles

If you haven't caught the initial run earlier this year, now is a good time to catch up on The Shield. FX runs the show regularly and it's easy to catch a showing since it appears in various time slots.

It's honestly one of the best cop dramas I've seen in a while.

Posted by: BeanMeScot

If you like cooking shows, Good Eats with Alton Brown and Emeril - Live

Posted by: Dancar

Assuming you are in America, try Cracker on BBC America. This is a great British crime drama from the 1990s about a police psycologist with a gift for getting suspects to talk by getting them to identify with his own troubled emotions. There was briefly an American version in 1997, but it was cancelled because intelligent shows take too long to build the ratings that the big networks demand.

Posted by: Maui

quote:
Originally posted by Lori
Are you watching Buffy? Angel? Firefly?

(yes, yes..I am Joss's bitch :) )

I am personally still trying to figure out how to catch up on on Angel epsisodes. I just started watching Buffy last year but thinks to FX's 2 show a day runs I was able to catch up pretty easily.

I still have never seen an angel episode. :(

Posted by: chloejackson

I like The Guardian, Tuesdays 9 pm, CBS. Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman are wonderful as son and father lawyers trying to reach out to each other after years of estrangement. None of the characters are perfect, and they struggle with their flaws. I wouldn't miss it!