What does the world watch..?

[SLR_65]

Just resurrecting the dead . . . it's an interesting idea for a thread as with the net these days we're not limited to shows that air in our own country and it's fun to watch some foreign shows for a bit of variety.

Recently we've watched:

Non US based programs:
Underbelly - an Australian crime drama. It's good, but it's hard to follow as it has a ton of characters to keep track of. Season 2 has a GORGEOUS blonde "Kiwi" (NZ) actress named Anna Hutchison and (thankfully!) Aussie TV seems to have different broadcast standards than the US so we get to see a "LOT" of her!

Britain's Got Talent - just had to see what the Susan Boyle stuff was all about and if you're going to watch the clip on You Tube you might as well watch the whole show so you see the context of the performance and premise of the show (though there is a US version of the show, we've never watched it). We've enjoyed it enough to keep following it. We don't really enjoy the companion show Britain's Got More Talent though, I guess once a week for such things is enough.

For US based programs:
The Big Bang Theory - just a silly sitcom, but it IS funny!
Two and a Half Men - still funny even after several seasons and Jake getting noticably older.
The Exterminators - An A&E reality show following an "interesting" young fellow running a family owned exterminator company.
1,000 Ways to Die - Short series portraying odd ways people have died.
Reaper - Fun sci-fi type show with lots of humor thrown in.
Psych - A really observant guy that no one believes is that observant so he claims to be psychic and people buy that. Good humor in it too.

That's about it currently, though we do watch lots of documentaries and stuff on History, A&E, TLC, etc..

[stustunz]

the underbelly series are based on fact
terry clark was real
yeah she has blossomed she used to play a part on a drama when she was younger and looked nothing like she does now

[SLR_65]

Yeah, I caught it was based in fact.

One puzzler for me has been in the first series. Why did the Morans let Carl Williams (Fat Boy) go after they caught him using their equipment to make extasy to compete against them with? I would've thought these guys would've just off'd him and been done with it!

In the second series I found it amazing they found people to be drug couriers considering it was a death penalty offense in Singapore!

Aussie Bob did a good job too - he seemed like the laid back bumpkin but then would pull off some pretty serious stuff. I was especially surprised/impressed in the first show when he pulled the gun on Terry in the orange grove.

I see Ms Hutchison is currently acting in a comedy called "Go Girls", but unfortunately I haven't found any copies of it lurking about the net.

Good stuff - it's fun to dig gems like this up!

Anyone else have any suggestions for shows?

[gazoo]

Here it goes (yes we watch too much tv):

Mrs & I:
-Desperate Housewives (not really that bad)
-Law & Order (all except CI)
-Leverage (a favorite)
-Burn Notice (my personal favorite)
-Monk
-Psych
-In Plain Sight
-The life of the american teenager (wife likes, I just go along with it)
-Kyle XY (canceled tho)
-Criminal Minds
-The New Adventures of Old Christine
-Gary Unmarried
-Private Practice
-Grey's Anatomy
-The No1 Ladies Detective Agency
-Big Love
-Medium
-The Closer
-The Ghost Whisperer
-The Unusuals
-Two and Half Men
-Fringe
-Antiques Roadshow
-Kings
-Big Bang Theory
-Real Time with Bill Maher (yes we are liberal lefties)

Me Only:
-Heroes
-Smallville
-True Blood
-Knight Rider (the new one - yes it's decent, not great, but entertaining)
-Battlestar (trying to catch up, no time, still on season2)
-Life on Mars (US) - cancelled

Jeez, we watch too much TV. My wife is partially to 1/2 hour sitcoms a la Seinfeld (I could do without tho.) We usually catch up on these on the weekend after recording them on the DVR or on GB-PVR. Occasionally, we get interested in series past and I download them or watch it on Netflix Now (Tru Calling, and Arrested Development were some recent great ones that we discovered.)