Your TV Habits

I'm considering dropping my cable service because I don't watch enough TV. But without cable I can't get ANY channels in, and I know from experience that if I dropped it, THEN I'd want to watch TV! Besides, I have a package deal with cable/phone/internet.

I mostly watch the Travel Channel when I watch TV. I love to travel but right now can only do "armchair traveling". They repeat their shows too much, and I really don't care for yet another "how the super-rich travel in luxury" type show (I'm never going to be super rich!), and I won't watch "Bizarre Foods" because it grosses me out! I do however watch Samantha Brown's shows (Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America), and a few others.

I used to watch Grey's Anatomy but haven't been keeping up with it lately. I've also watched What Not to Wear (but I totally disagree with their "No miniskirts after age 35" rule! ) and Little People, Big World.

I love Red Dwarf! Another older show (sometimes shown in reruns) that totally fascinates me is Alien Nation. And of course I watch Star Trek. (yeah I'm a sci-fi geek. ) Actually there are a lot of older shows that I watched, more than the newer ones. Life seems to get in the way now, or I'm just interested in other things. I'm not into reality TV (with the exception of Little People Big World, but not sure that is what people think of as "reality TV" and Extreme Makeover Home Edition). Most newer sitcoms don't appeal to me either - like standup comedy, it's gotten too much into gender stereotyping. So mostly I like travel shows, sci fi and adventure type shows.

It's quite simple actually.



Lost" at a Glance: Forty-eight survivors of a near-fatal plane crash must learn to fend for themselves and fight the unusual occurrences on a deserted island.

When did it debut?: September 22, 2004 on ABC
When is it on?: Wednesdays at 9pm ET on ABC (check local listings)

Synopsis: After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including the intense howls of a mysterious creature stalking the jungle, as well as a polar bear, a marooned and possibly crazy French woman, a mystical boar, a mysterious group known only as "The Others," a ship called The Black Rock and... a hatch.

This season, Jack's mistrust of Locke will grow, as he continues to question his motives and obsession in uncovering the secrets of the mysterious hatch. The fates of Sawyer, Michael and Jin will be revealed after their raft was blown out of the water by "The Others" - who at the end of last season kidnapped Michael's son, Walt.

Sun will become less dependent on husband Jin and more autonomous, as she wonders whether he is still alive. Kate's back-story life as a fugitive will continue to be explored. Charlie will become even closer with Claire and her baby, Aaron, but the stash of drugs he found in a statue could seduce him back to a dark life of addiction.

The cursed numbers that turned Hurley's life upside down before the crash will continue to haunt him as he begins to uncover their meaning. Shannon will decide where Sayid fits in her life while she continues to grieve over the death of her brother, Boone, and develops a growing sense of unease about the raft passengers and their fate.

In addition, we discover that there is at least one more previously unknown survivor of the crash of flight #815 - Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez) -- the mysterious woman Jack met at the Sydney airport bar. And Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje joins the cast as a resident of the island whose story is one of the mysteries that will be explored as the season progresses.


Starring: Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton
Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Sheppard
Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford
Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford
Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd
Daniel Dae Kim as Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke
Harold Perrineau Jr. as Michael Dawson
Michelle Rodriguez as Ana-Lucia


Trivia Fact #1: The role of Jack was originally supposed to die during the pilot episode.


Trivia Fact #2: In the tradition of "Lassie," the dog Vincent (male) is played by a female dog.


Trivia Fact #3: Jack/Matthew Fox's tattoos are authentic. In fact, these tattoos are important future storyline points.


Trivia Fact #4: Yunjin Kim originally auditioned for the role of Kate. Although she didn't get the role, the producers decided to create a role for her.

Rae's Take: It has been years since I've watched a show that actually makes me use my brain. I've even gone so far as to study some ancient history to see if I can detect patterns relating to Atlantis and the Mayans. Absolutely one of the best shows on television and worth your precious viewing time.


Summary provided by ABC.

At the moment I'm addicted to "Project Runway" on BRAVO and "Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab" on VH1. There's something about the cat fights and trashiness of these shows that I love. I was addicted to "I Love New York 2" on VH1 because that girl and her Mamma are a hot mess!

I'm such a tv hog. I guess it's seasonal though. At the moment it's The Sara Conner Chronicals, Medium, American Gladiator, House, American Idol, Biggest Loser, Moment of Truth, Smallville, Supernatural, Chuck, Ghost Whisper, Moonlight, and Numbers. There are probably some others that I overlooked, my DVR gets filled up sometimes and I catch up over the weekends.
When their seasons come back, I watch things like Big Brother, Heroes, Painkiller Jane, Pushing Dasies, Reapers, and there are more that I dont remember until my DVR remembers for me and catches them.

Typically though if my shows are not on, I don't care to watch TV. And I do try to keep up with the news, though in the past few weeks, I don't trust the weatherman.

I have gone from watching far too much TV to watching almost none.

It is because I work in the evenings so I'm never really free to sit and watch. Daytime TV sucks ass (I have the news on in the background sometimes as I go about my housework, or the radio - RTE One for news from home, or BBC Radio 4). - I'll make an exception for certain programs, Have I Got News For You, University Challenge, sometimes Top Gear and I tune into Daily Show: Global Edition on CNN every weekend.

I will confess to being addicted to Doctor Who - I will plan my Saturday around that once it is back on.

I watched quite a few movies and specials at Christmas (and of course Jools Holland's Hootenanny on New Years Eve seeing as I wasn't out and about). But having the TV on constantly at Christmas seems to have become a 'tradition'.

I watch 1-2 hrs. in a seven-day period. All of which would be on History, Travel, or National Geographic channels.

My channels are as follows:

Discovery
Crime
Zone Reality
(sometimes) Discovery Home & Health
BBC News 24 (usually in the afternoon/at night to watch World News Tonight)

I watch sporadically.

It sounds like a good premise, and I watched it when it first came on, but after the first year I got sick of it. I've only occasionally watched it since then and it's all screwed up. And the fat guy should be thinner by now. Gilligan's Island was much better.

A lot of things I do offline don't fit in. I'll have to find the one needlepoint I did as I misplaced it. I've completed two fairly large ones and am working on one now on and off for two years and I'm 2/9ths (pages) done. Let me grab my digital.

I loved that show. I actually had a family argument over that show. All I will say is that my sister is very religious now. And she felt THAT NEWYORK and her show was a bad influence upon young women...

I thought PUNK was hot. THE ENTERTAINER was beautiful. NEW YORK's mamma did look like a man though. Hehehe. High five to ENTERTAINER'S mom for that observation put out there at the dinner table. Something about NEW YORK (aka Tiffany Pollard) made me laugh. Her personal chef revealed that she LOVES ranch dressing. She loves a lot of it on everything she eats. THAT was hilarious.

I watch mostly DVD movies and am on the net. I don't have cable but all my fellow sibs have cable. If I watch cable, I will watch Ulimate Fighting Championships. I will watch SCI-FI Channel. Spice. DIY Network. Food Network. MARTHA. HBO Real Sex.

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! What the hell is he eating, exactly?!

I watched Lost last night. I usually don't miss E.R., Private Practice or Desperate Housewives. No way to skip Grey's Anatomy, I have such a crush on Katherine Heigl. Yum.

Now I sooo didn't see that comin'!

I work at home and have either the TV or NPR on all day and night (I HATE silence... 'cause I have a bit of tinnitus).I don't actually watch a lot of TV, but I do hear a GREAT deal of it.

I have DirectTV and watch the following channels:

LinkTV - My absolute favorite channel which is where I catch DemocracyNow and it shows the BEST worldmusic videos.
BBCAmerica - I am a Doctor Who freak!
History International and the History Channel - I love it all and have a secret weakness for the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
The Travel Channel - I Love Keith Floyd and Anthony Bourdain.
Ovation - I can't get enough of the Big Bangs series and watch the docs as much as I can.
IFC - Ohhhhhhh, how I love this channel! It has the best movies in the televised world and has GREAT original shows like The Henry Rollins Show, The Business, and the Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.
MSNBC - Hardball and Countdown
NBC - JEO-PAR-FUCKING-DY is a MUST every weekday and I also like Scrubs and the Office (don't watch em' much though).
Comedy Central - The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Reno911, did anyone else love the Stella sitcom like I did that had a brief run last year?
G4TV - Ninja Warrior, Attack of the Show (I am in LOVE with Olivia Munn!)
CurrentTV - If I am really bored
Fuse, MTV2, VH1 Classic, BET Jazz

Yeah, Ultimate Fighting Championships is kinda hot. I am kinda crazy with the pause on my UFC DVDs. Hehehe. I couldn't never be a mixed martial artist. Some of those men are totally fit and hot. I would have a boner and I would have to have top billing. I am lover not a fighter. My favorite fighters are: Matt Hughes, Forrest Griffin, and Roger Huerta. There are others but I can only remember them by their bodies.

Henry Rollins is hot. And he has some logical and very intellectual things to say.

BBC America. I like "My Hero". That guy who plays the superhero is attractive.