What does the world watch..?

[Fatman_do]

Does America get any coverage of the rugby Super 14 at all?

I don't have a dish with the tons of channels that others in the U.S. get, but I have seen very few rugby games when visiting relatives.

Don't know if it was the Super 14 or not, but I would say 99% of americans have never seen a rugby game televised here.

[mvallevand]

Thought you would like to know that NBC has life coming back this fall at the 10 pm est time on fridays
Saw it on tvguides website they have a listing grid that shows all the current fall line up info released by the networks.

Thanks a lot. It is so much better then Numb3rs that I hope this move gives it that push it needed. Wednesday was a nightmare last year, even with a PVR.

Martin

[syncpuls]

Syncpuls, where are you located?

the Netherlands

why?

[steeb]

Fatman Do et al,

coudn't resist planting a scribe here:

Firstly Fatman do, given your image you do not mention Benny Hill repeats

Un-childered here at the moment but:

Wife: Any soap she can get her hands on, particularly, in order, Eastenders, Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks.

Ugly Betty was a goer for her while it was on but appears to finished now for a brief respite, she also seems to have got bored with Desperate Houswifes (thank heaven).

Moi: Top Gear, Scrapheap Challenge, Have I got News for you, QI, and Jonny Ross on a Friday night. Also am still hooked on Lost even though it is taking so long to sort itself out! Oh and any interesting film that's going on...

LYA

Cheers

Steeb

[bckappen]

Let me start off saying that I only watch excellent shows.

I watch:
Moonlight (on CBS. Not your typical vampire show)
Survivor (on CBS. Got bored and didn't watch several of the last seasons, but the latest one was very entertaining).
Eli Stone (on ABC)
Terminator - Sarah Conner Chronicles (on FOX -- Awesome show)
Apprentice (on NBC)
Dirty Sexy Money (on ABC)
Gossip Girl (on CW)

Wife watches:
Law & order -- wherever she can find it
Monk, Psych (on USA)
Ugly Betty (on ABC)

We both watch:
Dancing with the stars (on ABC)
American Idol (on FOX)
Chuck (on NBC -- excellent show)
Pushing Daisies (on ABC -- pretty interesting style)
Bones (on FOX)
NCIS (on ABC)
Womens Murder Club (on ABC -- very good)

[Fatman_do]

the Netherlands

why?

Just out of curiosity of where people are and the shows they watch. No other reason. I assumed it was UK, but wasn't sure.

[Fatman_do]

Firstly Fatman do, given your image you do not mention Benny Hill repeats

Haven't seen Benny here in the U.S. for about 30 years. That is just probably me and where I am.

[NI2O]

but I would say 99% of Americans have never seen a rugby game televised here.

And yet oddly they sit and yell at a variation of the game for four hours every Sunday afternoon and Monday night. Funny lot these Yanks.

I did watch the Rugby World Cup last year via Setanta. I went down to my local and had to explain the rules to all the blokes in the bar. They were especially impressed with the Haka performed by the various Pacific Island teams.

I catch the Cricket at my local Indian food place. There's a Jamaican place just opened up down the street from the Indian and so it's a good day's Cricket with varied food.

I'm a transplanted Brit now living in New Jersey (no Turnpike jokes please) and find it amusing to see just how many British shows are finding their way onto US TV.

What's even more amusing is to see British actors star in US shows faking US accents. What's up with that Hollywood? Not enough unemployed actors hanging around the studios waiting for their close ups?

I saw Hugh Laurrie on Actors Studio recently and all they could talk about was House and his association with Emma Thompson. No mention of Jeeves & Wooster and only a very little of Blackadder.

OK, so what do we watch in this house?

Mrs NI2O;
CSI:whatever
Entire Law & Order franchise
Antiques Road Show (another UK steal)
2.5 Men
Oprah
Dr Pheeel
Gene Simmons

Ms NI2O;
Hannah Montana
Disney animated everything
Charlie & Lola (UK steal)
Handy Manny

Master NI2O;
Bob the Builder (UK show with Grep Proops voice - yuch!!!!)
Caillou
Postman Pat (BBCK via Nimiq 1)
Mickey Mouse Club House
Thomas the Tank Engine (Who is Sir Toppem Hat? Where the heck is The Fat Controller?)

NI2O Actual;
Most anything on the Discovery channels (Dis, Mil, Civ etc)
History Channel
BritCom night on local PBS (NJN)
Top Gear (BBC Canada)
ST:VOY/DS9/TNG
Stargate Atlantis
Judge John Deed (BBC Canada)
Venus (I know you are all watching that too!)

I also listen to WRN via Galaxy25.

Before moving to the US I used to watch F1 but now that Speed channel has gone from my local cable provider to make way for more HSN channels I'm out of touch. Where can I see F1 now?

Mark

[gEd]

I watch/watched
=============
Terminator - Sarah Conner Chronicles
Heroes S1&2
Jonathan Ross (very variable)
Dexter
Peep Show
Shameless
Have I got News for you
QI
F1 (long time fan, rarely miss a race)
Moto GP (Rossi is back!)
Champions League soccer
Gordon Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares / USA

Thw wife doesn't watch anything in particular but we sometimes watch QI or HIGNFY when eating tv dinners.

The kids watch
Classic Bugs Bunny/Daffy duck cartoons that I have in the archive
Scooby Do
Not sure what else, I'm usually asleep

The kids & I watch
Top gear / reruns
Megastructures
How do they do that?
Jamie Oilver

We all watch
Time Team (religously)
Grand Designs

[SLR_65]

Our interests are varied and wide - it'd make a long list!

One we like (and will admit to!) is Big Brother. We recently got a copy of Big Brother 6 from the UK and have been enjoying watching it (though we have to keep backing up and repeating scenes to catch what they are saying since they talk so funny! ). The first US version was close to the UK version, but the later US versions are quite different so the UK version is quite refreshing.

Since we are enjoying the UK Big Brother so much I've poked around at other UK programs . . . looks like they have a Survivor type program called "Ship Wrecked" that looks interesting.

I see Australia also has some similar programming.

I'm thinking I may have to sort out bit torrent and see if I could download some of these to give our viewing a little more international variety.

We enjoy mostly sitcoms, some reality (mostly Big Brother, Survivor, and occasionally Amazing Race), some drama (NYPD Blue, the original CSI), and some sci fi (mostly Star Trek / Star Wars type of stuff) . . . we'd be interested in some recommendations for non-US produced programs in these genres if anyone cares to make any.

If anyone has some of these archived on DVD drop me a note, I have a few US produced I've archived also so perhaps a trade could be worked out.

TTYL,

Steve