*The TV Guide Thread* (Summer 2K12)

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Well, I capitalized everything for emphasis. Basically, now that some of us have begun summer we actually have some free time, for things like sleep, eating, and TV. I just wanted to make a thread where we can recommend good TV shows, and ask questions.</p>

<p>I'll start by listing a few TV shows that I think are great (notice I said great, not good)</p>

<p>Drama:
-LOST
-Heroes
-Fringe</p>

<p>Comedy:
-Scrubs (Except season 10)
-How I Met Your Mother
-The Office (US) (until recently)</p>

<p>Those are my top recommendations. Now I'm trying to choose a good drama show for this summer. I have some comedy I've been watching, but I need a show with a good plot. I've heard Dexter and Prison Break are both good. Any advice on which to start watching?</p>

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<p>If you want a solid drama, Breaking Bad is your best bet. Try to catch up before July though, because it’s fifth season is premiering around then.</p>

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<p>Breaking Bad is the best tv show. If I had to choose between prison break and dexter I would choose dexter.</p>

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<p>As they appear on my facebook</p>

<ol>
<li>Chuck (best show ever)</li>
<li>White Collar (I think this is the show CCers would enjoy most.)</li>
<li>House</li>
<li>Smallville (I just started watching this and I love it.)</li>
<li>Family Guy (Just plain funny.)</li>
</ol>

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<p>Breaking Bad
Lost
Weeds
Sons of Anarchy
My name is earl
Greys Anatomy
Scrubs
Community
Skins UK
The Office
and many more ( I am a netflix monster)</p>

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<p>When does season five of Fringe start?</p>

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<p>

Does it develop a larger plot? I watched the first 4 episodes expecting that I would get good, but it never really did.</p>

<p>And season 5 of fringe starts around when school starts again.</p>

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<p>30 Rock
How I met your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Doomsday Preppers (hilarious)
Colbert Report
Pawn Stars (occasionally)</p>

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<p>Losers.</p>

<p>The Legend of Korra for life.</p>

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<p>^I eagerly waited for the first episode…was disappointed.</p>

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<p>To whoever said The Legend of Korra, kudos.</p>

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<p>Heroes was good for a while, but it really fizzled out. I affirm the Breaking Bad support, and if Arrested Development hasn’t been mentioned yet, watch it. Now.</p>

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<p>Korra!!!</p>

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<p>I like House, though with the series recently having ended, I will not have any new episodes to look forward to anymore. </p>

<p>:(</p>

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<p>House!!!
Mad Men
Castle (dramedy)
Smash (kind of soap opera-ish, but the music is great)</p>

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<p>The Walking Dead</p>

<p>If you haven’t seen it, watch Band of Brothers. That show is probably the best I’ve ever seen. Watch The Pacific too; it’s a spiritual successor.</p>

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<p>^ The finale was good. I didn’t love it, though, as I felt some parts of it were a bit cheap. But I was reasonably satisfied.</p>

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<p>Here’s my recommended list of TV shows.</p>

<p>60-min shows:
White Collar
Burn Notice
Suits
House (First two seasons only)
**Note: I don’t recommend Necessary Roughness, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, or Common Law although they’re all rather similar (USA network shows)</p>

<p>Sit-Coms (30-min epi):
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
**Note: Try comparing the plotlines. Eerily similar.</p>

<p>Animated (30-min epi):
The Simpsons (Try taking a look at the earlier seasons!)
Futurama</p>

<p>@HardworkFTW: Just stop after Season 2. That’s when they really made up random diseases/disorders instead of sticking with medical reality. It’s also where they started feeling the need for physical violence (Guns, explosions, punching, etc.)</p>

<p>Recommended movie that you probably haven’t seen:
Princess Mononoke (No, it’s not a chick-flick or a Disney princess movie.)</p>

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<p>You should at least watch House up through the season that Cuddy leaves if you ask me.</p>

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<p>Can’t wait for Season 5 of Breaking Bad! I also have Workaholics Season 3 which just premiered last week. Oh, and I’m finally going to order The Wire on Netflix to see if that show lives up to its hype.</p>