So pleased with ourselves for using so many verbs and nouns

My Himself and I both really dig Chuck--sort of a comedy-action show with some drama too, and complex storylines. We both watched Deadwood for a while, although he's starting to lose interest.

How do you guys feel about Doctor Who?

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I watched the pilot of Chuck and found it enjoyable, but never continued with it, for some reason. He loved Deadwood, I couldn't get into it.

Doctor Who.....I'm sure he'd love it. I'm not so sure about it. Goofy science fiction isn't typically in my wheelhouse.

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My hubby and I have been into 30 Rock lately. It takes a while to get going, but then it's pretty much hilarious. I've also heard that Arrested Development is a really good one, but I haven't actually given it a try myself.

And I agree with you on Breaking Bad. I heard nothing but good about it, but I've never seen a more morose show. Tried The Riches because I love love love Eddie Izzard, but it was painful to watch the pilot.

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Give Chuck another try--that and Leverage are the two shows right now that Mr. C and I both love in equal measure, I think.

I never watched the original Doctor Who because I thought it was pretty goofy, but Mr. C convinced me to watch the new version and I realyl liked it. There's occasional goofiness, but it's more of a drama/action show, I think, and surprisingly good production values for a TV show. (If you give it a go, please note that I found the pilot--the first one with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor--*was* a little goofy. But it gets better and better, and the David Tennant seasons are amazing.)

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khmelab, if you like 30 Rock, I think you will ADORE "Arrested Development."

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Haha, so I hear! I will have to give it a try.

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Aw, I <3 your icon.

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First of all, I'd recommend giving In Plain Sight another chance. It's really grown on me.

My other recs are

Justified
Royal Pains
White Collar

I also was a late comer to Rescue Me and developed a rather deep fascination with it.

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ok so, I'm trying to think we watch a ton of the same stuff... I like royal pains ok...and I've started to watch old shows like christian Kane in season one of close to home! one of my old faves was the the 4400 it was scifi but not too scifi-ish and as for reality tv trash im really into mtv's downtown girls, its these four friends in nyc very young sex in the city-ish and Grey's reruns always work as great filler! and just think Leverage and SOA will be back soon!

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I second the Royal Pains and White Collar recs and add:

Psych
Bones

and maybe give In Plain Sight another try - I don't watch it all that often but it is always good when I do. Sometimes just pilots are lousy.

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I'm just chiming in to say that you guys have already vetoed everything Adam and I watch together. Some of the other things that we would recommend are sci-fi and I don't think that would work for you.

Psych is lots of fun. We watch that well. And, I have no idea if it will work for you, we watch NCIS. Of course, we will fully admit to a need for cheese. I love the campy nature of Burn Notice.

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Definitely try Justified - awesome writing, not formulaic, great characters (and uber hot Timothy Olyphant for your eye candy...). One of the best shows I have ever watched, imho.

Otherwise White Collar is fun; True Blood has excellent moments (and not so good ones, but it's generally intriguing)

Battlestar Galactica has awesome elements (and a lot of it is about survival and politics and morality in the face of extinction rather than hardcore sci fi). But I suspect you might not want to delve into scifi fandoms...

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My mom actually has watched the new Dr. Who and found it fascinating. "It's about time travel," she said, with this sort of awe in her voice. Which kind of made me wonder if she realized she was watching BBC America and not The History Channel or The Learning Channel.

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I tore through a couple of seasons of 30 Rock last year and really loved it, but Himself wasn't interested. We have Arrested Development, but he gave up after the pilot and I don't really tend to watch that much TV by myself. Well, I do, but that's more like I'm rewatching Leverage and FNL. :)

And for the record, that is one creepy icon. :)

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Oooh, I forgot all about Rescue Me. We watched up to the.....fourth(?) season maybe. That might be worth going back to. I have a think about firefighters. :)

Watched the first two eps of Justified and amen't sure about it. Same with White Collar. And I've never even heard of Royal Pains.

I think I might take on In Plain Sight by myself, maybe. Mary reminds me of Grace Hanadarko, and Saving Grace is one of my favorite guilty pleasure shows. I only watch it when Himself is out of town, since I know he'd mock me mercilessly for watching it.

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Yeah, I'm looking forward to the return of both of those. 4400 might be worth hunting down, if for HImself than no other reason. I think I'm probably too old to watch Downtown Girls. ;)

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I think making a good pilot is nearly an impossible task, which makes me love the pilot of Leverage even more.

Have you read the books that Bones is based on? I've read a few because I *heart* mysteries and police procedurals, but I hate those books. They always feel like they're missing something. I guess I've always shied away from the tv show, since I figured it would suffer from the same indescribable fatal flaw.

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Is NCIS anything like the CSI shows? I can only handle so much of that. :)

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True Blood is another of my guilty pleasures that I only watch when Himself is out of town. :)

I've tried to watch BSG a few times and have been utterly unable. Himself loved it though and watched them all religiously.

I wish I could identify what turned me off about the first two Justified eps. Although I did like the second better than the first.

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Kermie is love. ♥

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She is totally creepy. Hmm...do you guys like animes at all? My hubby and I loved watching Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and Escaflowne (sp?) together.

ETA: Assuming you've already watched Firefly?

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I don't think Himself is down with anime. I could probably watch it though. And he watched Firefly. I enjoyed Serenity, but at that point, he'd already watched Firefly, so... That was a few years ago now, maybe he'd be up for a rewatch.

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Honestly? I've never read the books but a good friend of mine has and based on her reviews and what I've heard about them a) the show is nothing like them and b) it's actually way more interesting. Bones has never really been based around the procedural part of it, although it is there. It's always been about the characters - characters I adore, but then, I've been watching since the beginning. :)

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So I wandered over from your comment, and discovered the first person other than myself, apparently, on lj who isn't crazy about Justified (admittedly, I don't get around much). Like you, I watched the first two and it just didn't grab me. I pondered about it, and pilot eps, in an entry, but the main thrust of it was

"The writing was clunky. The other characters were standard and cardboard-thin, all existing solely to interact with Raylan, except for the antagonist, who manages a little more autonomy. Not only that, they exist solely to draw out some aspect of Raylan, or maybe set him up for a one-liner, making sure no one misses that Raylan is a cool, smart, badass mofo who shoots to kill, who’s cool and badass and did we mention badass and cool?"

Don't know if that helps jog some thoughts. I eventually watched a few more eps, and they seemed to be getting into their stride a little more, but I'd lost interest.

As far as recs go, most of what I'd say seems to have been covered. I don't know if you're interested in Brit tv beyond Dr Who, but if you both enjoy Leverage, you might like Hustle. And it sounds weird, but I recently gave Glee another shot, and really enjoyed it. It's so bright and sparkly but so knowing about itself and its subject matter, and ruthlessly sharp and funny; it's not perfect but it's fun. Also? Cowboy Bebop is awesome.

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