Meme: teevee
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magnetic_poleTelevision meme, courtesy of psyfic...
1. What was the first TV show you remember loving?
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, which was, in retrospect, social commentary I understood very little. I remember very clearly asking my mother what a "vigilante" was and not being disturbed at all about the answer.
2. What was the last TV show you watched every episode of?
Prime Suspect. Just finished The Killing and House of Cards, as well. (US versions; I'm about to start the originals.)
3. What was the last TV show you watched entirely online?
Everything, lately. We haven't had a working TV since the nineties. I love the internet.
4. What was the last TV show you gave up on before it ended?
Just recently, The Fall. Gave up on it before the first episode ended, actually. Too much creepy sexual violence, despite the fact I really wanted to watch Gillian Anderson be icy under pressure.
5. What's the one TV show you can always watch reruns of, no matter how many times you've seen them?
I don't usually watch things a second time.
6. Who is your favorite late-night host, past or present?
Don't watch late-night, either. Will watch Jon Stewart clips if linked to them, does that count?
7. What is your all-time favorite cartoon or animated series?
Avatar!
8. What is your all-time favorite reality show?
Have only watched a handful of episodes of reality shows in my life, so the sample is small (say, one episode each of Survivor, Antiques Road Show, The Amazing Race), but DC Cupcakes. I think I'd like food TV if I had cable.
9. What is your biggest guilty pleasure show?
"I don't think I have one," I say, reading the question aloud to the better half. "Sherlock," the better half chimes in immediately. "And mine is probably Grimm."
10. Who is your all-time favorite TV character?
Sherlock Holmes! I've read and enjoyed the stories, but I seem to have endless interest in screen representations.
I also really enjoyed the prickly Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. She felt like a real person who'd just happened to wander onto the screen.
11. What TV character can you most relate to?
I can't think of one, but the better thinks hers might be Bramwell. ("I couldn't watch it when she was being slammed down," she says sadly.)
Velma, from Scooby Doo?
12. What TV apartment/house would you choose to live in if money/location/logic made no difference?
Poirot's Art Deco apartment. Very stylish. Actually, that show made a point of visiting a lot of lovely Deco and Modernist buildings. I might be conflating a bit.
I'm also very much the demographic target for Friends--I love the idea of living with a friend who'd be there to chat all the time, across the hall from more friends, who'd drop by to chat, and near a coffee shop, where you could also go to chat with folks who didn't happen to live with you or across the hall, and occasionally with the same folks you lived with upstairs, just for a change of scenery.
13. Who is your all-time biggest TV crush?
I don't think I've ever had a TV crush. Hmmmmmm. Havers from the Inspector Lynley Mysteries always made me smile. As does Ellen DeGeneres, does she count?
14. What is your all-time favorite TV theme song or opening sequence?
My favorite: the theme from Morse (Here with bonus thirty seconds of banter.) The most memorable from my childhood: Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, and MASH
15. What is your all-time favorite comedy? (Limit yourself to 3 if you must)
Mmm...not a big fan of comedies. My family watched a lot of Moonlighting and the Cosby Show when I was growing up. Muppets and Scrubs and The IT Crowd always made me laugh. I'm watching Modern Family right now, mostly happily.
16. What is your all-time favorite drama? (Limit yourself to 3 if you must)
Again, a hard one. I'm not sure I have favorites, per se. The UK Queer as Folk made a big impression on me at the time (it's one of the few show I've watched in full more than once). Morse was a favorite while it was on, though more recent attempts at rewatching haven't been as good. Oh, Northern Exposure! That was fun. And I find Law and Order to be hard to turn off, for whatever that's worth.
17. What are your top three "TV blind spots"--the famous/seminal shows you've never seen?
Gah! Everything fandom loves! X Files, Buffy, Dr Who, Torchwood, anything trekky. I never seem to be up on the same things fannish folks are watching. I watched a couple episodes of Merlin in an attempt to keep up with you folks, but to no avail.
Oh! And The Wire, which seems like it should be just my kind of thing but which is too difficult to check out from the library.
18. What TV show do you insist everyone you know should watch?
None. I've got some books and movies I push like it's my job (have you watched Weekend? You really should, look, I'll even link you to get you started) but not TV.
ETA: Wait, that's not true. Have you seen Avatar? Don't be put off by the fact that it's intended for kids. It's great.
19. What show cancellation broke your heart?
Mmmm. L Word broke my heart for other reasons. A cancellation might have left me wanting more.
20. What TV moment makes you cry every time?
Every episode of Call the Midwife EVER!
Want to try yourself? Here it is:
psyfic...1. What was the first TV show you remember loving?
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, which was, in retrospect, social commentary I understood very little. I remember very clearly asking my mother what a "vigilante" was and not being disturbed at all about the answer.
2. What was the last TV show you watched every episode of?
Prime Suspect. Just finished The Killing and House of Cards, as well. (US versions; I'm about to start the originals.)
3. What was the last TV show you watched entirely online?
Everything, lately. We haven't had a working TV since the nineties. I love the internet.
4. What was the last TV show you gave up on before it ended?
Just recently, The Fall. Gave up on it before the first episode ended, actually. Too much creepy sexual violence, despite the fact I really wanted to watch Gillian Anderson be icy under pressure.
5. What's the one TV show you can always watch reruns of, no matter how many times you've seen them?
I don't usually watch things a second time.
6. Who is your favorite late-night host, past or present?
Don't watch late-night, either. Will watch Jon Stewart clips if linked to them, does that count?
7. What is your all-time favorite cartoon or animated series?
Avatar!
8. What is your all-time favorite reality show?
Have only watched a handful of episodes of reality shows in my life, so the sample is small (say, one episode each of Survivor, Antiques Road Show, The Amazing Race), but DC Cupcakes. I think I'd like food TV if I had cable.
9. What is your biggest guilty pleasure show?
"I don't think I have one," I say, reading the question aloud to the better half. "Sherlock," the better half chimes in immediately. "And mine is probably Grimm."
10. Who is your all-time favorite TV character?
Sherlock Holmes! I've read and enjoyed the stories, but I seem to have endless interest in screen representations.
I also really enjoyed the prickly Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. She felt like a real person who'd just happened to wander onto the screen.
11. What TV character can you most relate to?
I can't think of one, but the better thinks hers might be Bramwell. ("I couldn't watch it when she was being slammed down," she says sadly.)
Velma, from Scooby Doo?
12. What TV apartment/house would you choose to live in if money/location/logic made no difference?
Poirot's Art Deco apartment. Very stylish. Actually, that show made a point of visiting a lot of lovely Deco and Modernist buildings. I might be conflating a bit.
I'm also very much the demographic target for Friends--I love the idea of living with a friend who'd be there to chat all the time, across the hall from more friends, who'd drop by to chat, and near a coffee shop, where you could also go to chat with folks who didn't happen to live with you or across the hall, and occasionally with the same folks you lived with upstairs, just for a change of scenery.
13. Who is your all-time biggest TV crush?
I don't think I've ever had a TV crush. Hmmmmmm. Havers from the Inspector Lynley Mysteries always made me smile. As does Ellen DeGeneres, does she count?
14. What is your all-time favorite TV theme song or opening sequence?
My favorite: the theme from Morse (Here with bonus thirty seconds of banter.) The most memorable from my childhood: Little House on the Prairie, CHiPS, and MASH
15. What is your all-time favorite comedy? (Limit yourself to 3 if you must)
Mmm...not a big fan of comedies. My family watched a lot of Moonlighting and the Cosby Show when I was growing up. Muppets and Scrubs and The IT Crowd always made me laugh. I'm watching Modern Family right now, mostly happily.
16. What is your all-time favorite drama? (Limit yourself to 3 if you must)
Again, a hard one. I'm not sure I have favorites, per se. The UK Queer as Folk made a big impression on me at the time (it's one of the few show I've watched in full more than once). Morse was a favorite while it was on, though more recent attempts at rewatching haven't been as good. Oh, Northern Exposure! That was fun. And I find Law and Order to be hard to turn off, for whatever that's worth.
17. What are your top three "TV blind spots"--the famous/seminal shows you've never seen?
Gah! Everything fandom loves! X Files, Buffy, Dr Who, Torchwood, anything trekky. I never seem to be up on the same things fannish folks are watching. I watched a couple episodes of Merlin in an attempt to keep up with you folks, but to no avail.
Oh! And The Wire, which seems like it should be just my kind of thing but which is too difficult to check out from the library.
18. What TV show do you insist everyone you know should watch?
None. I've got some books and movies I push like it's my job (have you watched Weekend? You really should, look, I'll even link you to get you started) but not TV.
ETA: Wait, that's not true. Have you seen Avatar? Don't be put off by the fact that it's intended for kids. It's great.
19. What show cancellation broke your heart?
Mmmm. L Word broke my heart for other reasons. A cancellation might have left me wanting more.
20. What TV moment makes you cry every time?
Every episode of Call the Midwife EVER!
Want to try yourself? Here it is:
