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Wed Jan-12-05 12:15 PM
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I'm going to be a Nielson viewer. List the good shows to watch. |
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I already watch Jon Stewart, Olbermann, NOW, 60 Minutes, Nightline, Charlie Rose (sometimes).
Please be sure to give me a heads up if anything good is going to be appearing.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:17 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:18 PM
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 12:19 PM by lizzieforkerry
Thanks! How did you get signed up?
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:19 PM
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7. They chose me randomly - you can't volunteer. |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:19 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:09 PM
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30. Monk is Great!! Hardly any violence |
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There are some death scenes but nothing like CSI! It's a clever clever show!
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:19 PM
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Enjoy your righteous effect upon the tvland ratings. Watch Olbermann twice, just for fun. ;)
How do they pick people, do you know?
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:24 PM
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9. I'll have to remind my roommate to watch Olbermann & Jon Stewart. |
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 12:25 PM by kerry-is-my-prez
She only watches them sporadically. We'll then have 2 more viewers for those shows.
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:17 PM
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 03:18 PM by sonicx
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:19 PM
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6. 60 Minutes, Frontline, West Wing, Jack and Bobby and Countdown |
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 12:21 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
and jon stewart
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:21 PM
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8. Will and Grace, Queer as Folk, and any other gay-themed shows. |
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Show the fundies that viewers will NOT cave into their attempts at cultural regression.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:32 PM
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14. Don't forget Queer Eye eom |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:26 PM
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Comes on right after "Sign-off"...
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:35 PM
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17. Champ Car World Series |
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http://www.champcarworldseries.com/Event/EventSchedule.asp?Year=2005Best open wheel racing in America-The only race cars left that run turbos. This is the same group of people that Tony George(indy 500)tried to put out of business because they wouldn't race in "his" series.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:59 PM
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28. In That Same Vane,... |
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may I recommend "FIA World Rally Championship" on SPEED. Best drivers in the world(IMO).
Jay
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:33 PM
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16. Might as well leave his TV on the Home Shopping Network |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:31 PM
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12. West Wing. NYPD Blue. Medium. Medical Investigation. |
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Just about anything on BBC America.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:31 PM
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Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck, Monk, The Shield, Law and Order SVU
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:32 PM
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15. nonpolitical: 2 1/2 men |
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that show really cracks me up.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:41 PM
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18. turn the freakin tv off for the entire month ! n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:43 PM
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19. Scrubs and Boston Legal |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:54 PM
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23. Those are two of my favs.... |
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:11 PM
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31. Boston Legal is excellent! |
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I know lots of people watching now that didn't watch the Practice. William Shatner is the comeback king on that show!
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:20 PM
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Denny Crane and Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs) make watching network television fun again, for me.
Both shows feature excellent writing and great characters.
:bounce:
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:48 PM
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20. the only TV sitcom I watch is |
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"The Gilmore Girls." on the WB. It has fantastic, really witty dialogue and really great characters.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:52 PM
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22. "Lost", "The King of Queens", "The Simpsons" n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:52 PM
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Really well done and keeps you drawn in.
Please, please, please avoid all reality programming. And never turn on FOX!
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:54 PM
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24. I'm so sick of reality tv programs. n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:57 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:57 PM
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26. It's Not A Reality... |
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TV show. It's a drama and it's the only show I watch on a regular basis. Check it out tonight. It's a little late in the series but you may still enjoy it.
Jay
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:58 PM
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27. Watch Arrested Development, it's very funny and quirky! |
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Not your everyday sitcom.
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Wed Jan-12-05 12:59 PM
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NBC at 8:00 Sundays. Well-acted, and has been obliquely AND overtly anti-war (it's set in 1966, and one of the characters just came home from Vietnam). Of course, the ratings are low... no car chases or naked women on the show!
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:19 PM
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55. I second that recommendation! n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:13 PM
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A few years ago, I got a Nielson "diary" in the mail Ñ (I don't know what else to call it. It was a book where you write in everything that you've watched on television) Ñ along with instructions on how to use it.
It struck me as a big waste of my time, so I threw it out.
A few days later, someone from Nielson called me to check that I'd received it and to find out how my TV record-keeping was going. I told the woman that I threw it out.
She was shocked! shocked!, I tell you Ñ and proceeded to inform me that I "couldn't do that!"
I told her I'd "already done that" and the diary was long gone.
She blubbered about for a few more minutes and then gave up.
Who the hell do these people think they are?
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:14 PM
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33. Democracy Now! on your local public access station nt |
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:14 PM
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34. You have a pretty good list as it is... |
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don't throw a lot of crap in on top of it.
And (please) NO cable "news" or "reality" TV.
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:15 PM
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DN is on FSTV, or local access stations, BBC is on my local access station and BBC cable
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:24 PM
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37. Simpsons, Arrested Development, Family Guy |
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Sure, it's FOX, but they're the best comedies on TV right now. Anyone know when new Family Guy episodes will start airing? It looks like they're going to be showing some of the old episodes starting this Sunday.
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:30 PM
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Help us save this show! :)
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:41 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:42 PM
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40. "Joan of Arcadia" No Fooling! |
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-------------------------------------- Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet! http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:18 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:42 PM
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41. "House" (even if it is on Fox), "Enterprise" (it's gotten way better) n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:56 PM
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I like Arrested Development, the Simpsons, Amazing Race, Law & Order and Law & Order SVU, Monk, Viva La Bam, Boiling Points, You've Got A Friend, The Osbournes (new season coming soon!), and until this past Monday when they announced the winner, Battle For OzFest.
I watch no news, cable or local. Not even for the weather! There is a whole network devoted to the weather anyway.
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Wed Jan-12-05 01:59 PM
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:01 PM
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45. I'm in the minority here, but "24" is a great show |
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:03 PM
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46. Link TV and FSTV are independent. |
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 02:07 PM by FrustratedDemInNC
They gave great documentaries and true journalism.
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:06 PM
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47. As I understand it, the Nielsens just help networks set their ad rates |
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Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 02:07 PM by gauguin57
based on what's popular. It's not going to make some executive wake up and say, "WOW, we should all be running shows like 'Frontline.' "
I've been an Arbitron (radio ratings) diarist a couple of times. They sent me a $1 bill in the mail with my diary. Wooo! Thanks for the big paycheck! I flip the dial around so much, it was almost impossible for me to tell them what I was listening to when. And I mostly listen to various public radio/college radio stations, so my diary would have been no use to them, re: the whole advertising rate thing.
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:07 PM
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48. How do you get to be a Nielson viewer |
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This would be another segment of society for us Duers to flood the Nielson ratings could actually becmoe Democratic.
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:10 PM
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49. Does it catch on to commericials? |
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If so, click away from every Vehix commericial. They make me wanna shoot myself...
Also the commercials that are like 10x louder than the tv show. Hate that shit...
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:20 PM
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The most heart pounding show on TV....
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:34 PM
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51. Watch nothing but trash TV |
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Find the stupidest shows on TV and watch them regularly. Fuck with the box, in other words. Fight against the corporations that run TV by making their rating statistics meaningless. Then maybe we can get some good quality programing on that isn't afraid to take on the fascist corporate state.
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Wed Jan-12-05 02:45 PM
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52. The best shows on PBS are Frontline, Wide Angle, and P.O.V. |
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Nova is good unless they get on a military kick, as they seem to do occasionally.
The BBCAmerica Monday night mysteries are about the only good thing (aside from The Office and an occasional drama special) about that wretchedly fluffy channel.
If I were designated a Nielson viewer, I'd mess with their minds by not watching any Big Three, Fox, or WB TV at all.
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:21 PM
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56. If you have digi-cable, watch "Degrassi: The Next Generation" on "The N" |
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It's a canadian-based teen show, but it's very good (and gay friendly).
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:26 PM
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57. Globetrecker if you can find it. |
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:31 PM
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58. Arrested Development!!! |
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Best show on TV bar none!
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:32 PM
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59. Without A Trace is not reactionary and very well written -- |
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they do shows that are sympathetic to working poor mothers who have to be drug mules in order to buy hearing aids and glasses for their children and who have to live in cheap motels because they can't afford the security deposit to rent a crappy apartment.
That show deserves good ratings.
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:48 PM
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61. Disappointing ethics. |
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I was asked to do the Nielsen thing during the last "sweeps" (a couple of months ago) and I agreed. Having agreed, I felt an ethical obligation to both report truthfully and to not modify my viewing habits in order to skew the polling. If I'd felt that I couldn't do it truthfully, I'd have refused to participate.
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Wed Jan-12-05 03:50 PM
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62. I love Alias, Antiques Road Show, Monk,Joan of Arcadia and all |
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Wisconsin sports I can get my eyes on.
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