So What's Everyone Watching On TV These Days?

cos good viewing is getting sparser and sparser

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With many of the shows I liked to watch having ended or gone on a season break, I am finding less and less these days to watch on TV these days and would like some tips on some good viewing.... must be scripted.... NO reality.

Free-to-Air TV has gotten worse and worse over the last couple of years, with reality crap taking over and scripted shows becoming rarer and rarer.... and then what scripted stuff there it is riddled with damned ads every 8 to 10 minutes or so.  Yes, ads may help pay for content, but an ad break every 8 to 10 minutes... sometimes even less... and often for 5 - 6 minutes or so.

It has to be something rather compelling if I am to turn on free-to-air TV, otherwise it's Foxtel, and even that has gone to the dogs with reality content being way too prevelant, and scripted shows now being inundated with ads.  I went over to pay TV to get away from advertising, but it is there now as well, and riddling decent shows with overly repetitive ads.  In fact, I need a compelling reason even to turn on Foxtel nowadays.... I don't pay for subscription TV to have ads in abundance rammed down my throat, yet there they are.

So with only two episodes of Game of Thrones left, there is nothing else I really want to see... unless somebody can recommend something worthy.  I like Sci.Fi and fantasy shows, Action/Crime Thrillers, scorching dramas with great storylines and characters, so I'm open to a variety of things.

Please, suggest away people, recommend some decent viewing. |-)  

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I got rid of cable/satellite tv years ago....I got tired of paying for endless commercials and repeat after repeat and the free weekend viewing of more repeats trying to get me to pay for even more repeats.

These days I binge watch these shows off and on. I know...repeats...but it's stuff I want to watch and no commercials on this short list of shows.

Black Sails
Blindspot
DCs Legends Of Tomorrow
Doctor Who
Game of Thrones
Gotham
House MD
Into The Badlands
iZombie
Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvels Iron Fist
Marvels Jessica Jones
Marvels Luke Cage
Mountain Men
The Walking Dead
The X-Files
Two And A Half Men
Vikings
Orphan Black
My Family
Keeping Up Appearances
Luther
Rising Damp
12 Monkeys
Bull
Eureka
Firefly
Heroes
Heroes Reborn
How I Met Your Mother
Lost in Space 2018
The Big Bang Theory
Warehouse 13
The Last Ship
Law & Order Special Victims Unit
Burn Notice
Continuum
Fringe
Homeland
Colony
Sanctuary
Revolution
Star Trek Series: All of them
Strike Back
The Sopranos

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

About the only things that I really watch are reruns of Rizzolli & Isles and Person of Interest.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 1

I got rid of cable/satellite tv years ago....I got tired of paying for endless commercials and repeat after repeat and the free weekend viewing of more repeats trying to get me to pay for even more repeats.
End of WebGizmos's quote

After Game of Thrones I'd get rid of Foxtel here, but for them airing of rugby league and cricket... the fact that Steve and Shaunna also watch it for various things.

There's quite a bit on your list of shows that I watch, in particular the sci.fi ones and some of the crime ones. Not too interested in comedies these days, but Into the Badlands is one I'm really into.  Season 3 just finished here and I'm waiting on the fourth.  I have Orphan Black, Fringe and X-Files on bluray, along with the first 6 seasons of Game of Thrones... will get the rest when season season 8 becomes available. I also have all of the Stargate series on bluray, as well as Falling Skies and Under the Dome, so even though I've seen them all, I still have quite a bit to watch if TV is lacking in better content.  Thing is, I suppose, I'm hoping for some new content/shows to entertain me when I'm not on my PC.

Quoting DaveRI, reply 2

About the only things that I really watch are reruns of Rizzolli & Isles and Person of Interest.
End of DaveRI's quote

They are among my favcourite shows, also, especially Person of Interest.  The acting, storylines and characters are excellent.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 3

Thing is, I suppose, I'm hoping for some new content/shows to entertain me when I'm not on my PC.
End of starkers's quote
lol....good luck with that. It seems like everything is some sort of lame "reality" show. And that list is only a fraction of what I have to watch. It's nice being able to just pick out a bunch of stuff to watch and not have to mess with a channel changer.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a sub with Amazon prime. There are tons of movies, documentaries etc etc. I found sci fi shows that I never knew existed, all commercial free. Don't know if prime is in Oz land.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I bought a device a little while ago called a LiveWave TV. It's small and you plug it into an electrical outlet, then you run the supplied cable wire from it to the input on your TV. Took me two months to get it though. What it does is use all the wiring in your house as an antenna to pick up over the air TV signals. When I first used it I got 39 different stations, but none of them were local channels or like ABC, CBS or NBC. As I live in a rural area, I thought maybe a signal booster would help, so I bought one and now I get a whole 42 stations, but again no local stations or anything I even recognize. You don't even know what is on and when, no guide of any kind. I have Comcast cable also, but I will flip through the LiveWave TV channels every now and then to see what's on. Usually nothing I have ever heard of though.

I rarely watch movies, unless they are Sci-Fi, I watch a lot of science learning related programs, and programs that show human beings actually being kind to others and anything that lives, like animals or whatever. I watch YouTube stuff every now and then too, and I watch American Idol, The Voice and America's Got Talent.

As far as TV series, I sometimes watch Law and Order: SVU and Chicago PD. There is actually very little even worth watching on TV any more, unless you pay a ridiculous price for it.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

These are the shows I watch the most: American Gods, What We Do In The Shadows (TV Series), Killing Eve, Black Mirror, Chicago Cubs games, NBA playoffs, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, Mind Hunter, Xena Warrior Princess, Ash Vs. Evil Dead (TV Series), Dr. Pimple Popper, Joe The Toe Bro, Hoarders, My 600 Lb Life, Intervention, Shark Tank, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Rachel Maddow and Impractical Jokers.

 

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Chasbo, reply 7

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
End of Chasbo's quote

And Bill Maher on HBO. 

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 4


Quoting starkers,
reply 3

Thing is, I suppose, I'm hoping for some new content/shows to entertain me when I'm not on my PC.

lol....good luck with that. It seems like everything is some sort of lame "reality" show. And that list is only a fraction of what I have to watch. It's nice being able to just pick out a bunch of stuff to watch and not have to mess with a channel changer.

End of WebGizmos's quote

Yeah, the lastest TV shows are somewhat lame, especially the so-called comedies.  What with so-called comedies, game shows, reality crap and contest shows [eg: Dancing With The Stars, etc] there's bugger all on TV worth watching anymore... be it free-to-air or subscription TV.  I don't watch any of those sorts of shows.... and now there's home renovation and cooking shows coming out of the woodwork in their dozens.  Might be fine for others, but I rent, cook well enough and am only interested in scripted shows with good storylines, great characters and plots.

Quoting Uvah, reply 5

I have a sub with Amazon prime. There are tons of movies, documentaries etc etc. I found sci fi shows that I never knew existed, all commercial free. Don't know if prime is in Oz land.
End of Uvah's quote

Yeah, Prime is available here, as is Netflix, but both are a bit superfluous while we have Foxtel.  It will all depend on what's what when we get to Tassie, whether we have a decent internet connection for streaming or not.  Even then I'm not sure if I want to spend money on subscription TV, given the amount of lame rubbish coming out these days.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 6

I bought a device a little while ago called a LiveWave TV. It's small and you plug it into an electrical outlet, then you run the supplied cable wire from it to the input on your TV.
End of LightStar's quote

I recently purchased a small box device with content that's powered by the internet.  I've not looked into it too much cos I've been otherwise occupied, but it covers most free-to-air and subscription TV programs... without the cost.  It does cover reality crap and stuff, but I can cop that and ignore it.... and no ads.  It even covers the sports I'm interested in, cricket and rugby league, so I'll have no need of Foxtel for coverage, I just gotta get Shaunna and Steve to want to ditch it as well.

Like you, I'm into sci.fi and science-type documentaries.  I also like the crime shows like Law and Order SVU, trouble is, it and other shows on Foxtel are riddled with damned ads throughout, and that's NOT what I pay for.  Hope to be ditching it sooner rather than later.

Quoting Chasbo, reply 7

These are the shows I watch the most: American Gods, What We Do In The Shadows (TV Series), Killing Eve, Black Mirror, Chicago Cubs games, NBA playoffs, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, Mind Hunter, Xena Warrior Princess, Ash Vs. Evil Dead (TV Series), Dr. Pimple Popper, Joe The Toe Bro, Hoarders, My 600 Lb Life, Intervention, Shark Tank, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Rachel Maddow and Impractical Jokers.
End of Chasbo's quote

I like the scripted shows you watch, but I can't come at stuff like My 600Lb Life and other reality/lifestyle shows, nor the late night talk shows.  They don't interest me, either.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I download lots of documentaries, nature programs, and just general things of interest shows like how things are made.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quoting starkers, reply 10
Quoting Chasbo,
reply 7

These are the shows I watch the most: American Gods, What We Do In The Shadows (TV Series), Killing Eve, Black Mirror, Chicago Cubs games, NBA playoffs, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, Mind Hunter, Xena Warrior Princess, Ash Vs. Evil Dead (TV Series), Dr. Pimple Popper, Joe The Toe Bro, Hoarders, My 600 Lb Life, Intervention, Shark Tank, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Rachel Maddow and Impractical Jokers.



I like the scripted shows you watch, but I can't come at stuff like My 600Lb Life and other reality/lifestyle shows, nor the late night talk shows.  They don't interest me, either.

End of starkers's quote

I could live without those reality shows. 

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Keeping up with the Joneses by any other name...is still jumping on the band wagon with regards to the 'reality' shows.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 13

Keeping up with the Joneses by any other name...is still jumping on the band wagon with regards to the 'reality' shows.
End of Uvah's quote

Uvah if I want to watch a reality show here or there so what? It's not jumping on the band wagon. I don't care for that comment.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 11

I download lots of documentaries, nature programs, and just general things of interest shows like how things are made.
End of WebGizmos's quote

I don't mind nature docos now and then but I'm more into historic, geographic and space ones.  I also like the 'how things are made' ones, along with travel documentaries and anything to do with steam trains.

Quoting Chasbo, reply 12

I could live without those reality shows.
End of Chasbo's quote

I once watched about 10 minutes into a Keeping Up With The Kardashians because Bianca had commandeered the TV and was interested in it.  I soon got pissed and went back to my computer.  She wasn't far behind me, saying that she had to see what all the fuss was about, but that it was crap and never again.  After that I swore I'd never watch anything like it, but there's just so much of it out there it's hard to avoid... unless you don't turn on the TV.  Another thing I can't stand are reality shows on Ambulances and A&E.  I spent more than enough time in both of them to be remotely interested in either.

Quoting Uvah, reply 13

Keeping up with the Joneses by any other name...is still jumping on the band wagon with regards to the 'reality' shows.
End of Uvah's quote

Thing is, Uvah, there are so many reality type shows on all sorts of subjects these days, so it's a bit hard to call them all Keeping Up With The Joneses.  My 600Lb Life wouldn't fit into that category, nor would 24 Hours IN A&E, but nevertheless they are reality shows.

Quoting Chasbo, reply 14


Quoting Uvah,
reply 13

Keeping up with the Joneses by any other name...is still jumping on the band wagon with regards to the 'reality' shows.



Uvah if I want to watch a reality show here or there so what? It's not jumping on the band wagon. I don't care for that comment.

End of Chasbo's quote

Reality shows may not be for me, but I begrudge no-one if they want to watch them.  Shaunna watches some here, but I don't have a problem with that.  We each have a TV in our rooms and there's one out in the loungeroom, so there's more than enough to go around... and then we have our PCs.  It's not like anyone has to watch anything they don't want to or don't like.

 

Anyhow, while the chat has been nice, I still haven't come across anything new to watch.  I may have to go to a TV site that covers current and future shows to see what's available... or will be.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Chasbo, reply 14


Quoting Uvah,
reply 13

Keeping up with the Joneses by any other name...is still jumping on the band wagon with regards to the 'reality' shows.



Uvah if I want to watch a reality show here or there so what? It's not jumping on the band wagon. I don't care for that comment.

End of Chasbo's quote

Not saying that about you Chasbo. I said it with respect to all of the reality shows out there. How many there are and how many shows may have been created for the sole purpose of making a quick buck, copying off of others. That's what I meant by keeping up with the Joneses. Apologies for any misunderstanding or a poor choice of words on my part. Don't shoot me please. 

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The 100 is back, another great sci'fi show that's into its 7th season.... hopefully it doesn't get axed before its time.