I miss the TV show Northern Exposure

[otherone]

Hello Lounge.
Anyone remember the tv show Northern Exposure?
Oh, how I miss Cecily Alaska..

[liberal N proud]

1. Yes, it was a fun quirky entertaining show

[otherone]

2. I have all the DVD's somewhere. I moved last year and still can't find stuff..

I love watching the old series and reliving the story lines again and again..

[Ron Obvious]

3. It was filmed near where I was living at the time...

In Roslyn, WA. I considered turning up when there was a casting call for extras, but you had to be there at some ungodly hour like 5 AM or so, and I gave it a miss. Same with Twin Peaks, filmed in part around Fall City and Snoqualmie. I never did watch Northern Exposure, but I do regret the opportunity to be an extra on Twin Peaks now as I became quite a fan of that show 20 years later.

[shenmue]

4. That was a good show

[Aristus]

5. Proof, if any were needed, that Janine Turner should be seen and not heard.

Gorgeous and sexy, but bat-shit crazy...

[otherone]

6. thanks for the post

[Rob H.]

28. I had such a crush on her on that show

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and was really disappointed to discover that she's among the wingnuttiest of wingnuts. Then she dyed her hair platinum blond and had it cut in a style similar to a former coworker of mine who I still hate with the blazing-hot intensity of a billion red giant suns even though I haven't worked with her in years. That didn't help.

Edit: Ugh. She's a Tea Party supporter, too.

[AngryAmish]

36. that new hair....

At the time I always kept the short brunettes around...I give up.

[a kennedy]

31. Thank you.......was hoping someone would post this.

She's nuts, period.

[Paulie]

7. What would Carl Yung say about this missing a tv show

[Ptah]

8. Piano Fling

[dhill926]

10. a classic….

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Epic.

[otherone]

27. awesome. i needed to see that

thanks for the post

[Sherman A1]

9. I preferred

Due South. Northern Exposure was okay for awhile, but I found it whiney.

[Squinch]

33. Due South was great.

Fabulous line from the pilot: "I've tried making pets out of squirrels, but I think they lack commitment."

And did you ever notice that when they showed a mug book, the other photos were always things like biker-gang guys in wedding veils, or dogs in fedoras?

[flying rabbit]

11. I have the DVDs

Always fun to revisit.

[elias49]

12. Thanks for the memory!

A oner.

[denbot]

13. Loved it.

First show that treated Native People like normal individuals. Ed was cool, and his assistant (played by a Filipino woman) were very likable characters.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Makes my top ten list of all time favorite TV shows. Loved it. eom

[marzipanni]

16. Did you ever listen to the "End of the Road" radio shows with Tom Bodett? ca 1989

The town at the end of the road is Homer, Alaska, and his stories were from Homer. My DH and I enjoyed them.

Tom telling a story on The Moth- (16 minutes)
http://www.bodett.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/01-Tom-Bodett_-Inside-Passage-1.mp3

[Blue_In_AK]

17. My brother lives there.

We get down that way several times a year. Beautiful little town.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Me, too! Such great characters!

So many shows are just remakes or copycats of others. Northern Exposure was something new and different with interesting characters and great writing. I worked with CBS for the run of that show, used to write about it often because it was one of my favorites, always something interesting to say about that show. One that sticks in my mind was when Holling and Ruth Ann learned that one of their grandfathers ate the other during a long ago blizzard...

[otherone]

19. that was a great story line

I loved when Satan came to town..

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Whoever wrote for that show needs to come back to work

I rarely watch network TV anymore, the shows are just not entertaining and so few of the characters are even likable. Great to see you, my friend!

[otherone]

21. Have a great day

It looks like it will be a nice day down here in the Hudson Valley.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. A little over a week ago, we had snow/sleet up here in the North Country

I've learned to not expect Spring until at least June. Enjoy your great weather!

[otherone]

25. Thanks

It is windy and sunny today

[malthaussen]

23. Loved it, except for Fleischman.

Possibly the high point of the series for me was when Maggie broke his nose.

Kind of like when Buntz decked the chief in Hill Street Blues. I jumped out of the chair and shouted "YESSSS!!! Finally!"

-- Mal

[KamaAina]

24. I thought it was Cicely?

[countryjake]

26. I remember it, but I much preferred the Canadian show, "North of 60"...

which was running at about the same time. Living up here close to the border, we were lucky to be able to choose better quality CBC programs.

[KamaAina]

29. You'd think one of the 85 or so "classic TV" cable channels would rerun it

wouldn't you?

[otherone]

30. the hallmark channel was the last one to show it

as far as I know..

[Generic Brad]

32. Or Netflix

I would stream that.

[yellowdogintexas]

37. no one dared call our house when it was on

we are collecting the DVDs and if you have a DVD subscription, there are 26 discs available on Netflix

[OnionPatch]

34. I LOVED that show!

Every character was great. I loved Ed and Ruth Ann and Chris....If there were such a place in the real world, I'd move there in a heartbeat. (Even though I hate the cold.

I do wish they're air some reruns somewhere.

[locks]

35. Really good TV missed even more today

Loved the episode where they found out Cicely was named after one of the two "free-thinking" women partners who wanted it to become the "Paris of the North"

[brooklynboy49]

38. The last of its line?

No, not Northern Exposure, Pushing Daisies. Since its premature cancellation it's all doctors, cops, lawyers, paranormal and reality. IOW, a full slate of crap. No more "different" programming since, and it's been a few years now. As it was, it was slim pickin's (not the actor), but at least we got an occasional different, creative show like Ugly Betty or Desperate Housewives. The last oasis is cable, where we can still find shows like Dexter and Breaking Bad. But network television seems to have thrown in the towel insofar as innovative, creative TV goes. Fortunately I'm a baseball junkie and subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, so I don't want for what to watch from April to October. But when baseball season ends I have to scrounge for stuff to watch. There are a few good sitcoms, like Big Bang, but there are no "hour shows" on network TV worth watching. Not a one.

Bring back thirtysomething!! Or My So-Called Life. Or Gilmore Girls. Or Ed!! Anything but CSI: Outer Mongolia!

[hamsterjill]

39. I loved Northern Exposure.

What a neat mix of characters from all different backgrounds! Maurice, the astronaut. Fleischman, the Jewish doctor. All of Maggie's dead boyfriends!!! Marilyn, Ruth Ann, Ed, Holling, Shelly...