<p>I made a point of seeing “Two and a Half Men” tonight because Janeane Garofalo was on it and I love her. It was cute - I had never really watched it before. I heard she was going to be in the new season of “24” so I guess I’ll try to get back into that. I lost interest after season 3.</p>
<p>sent my D a shirt</p>
<p>Everyone Lies…</p>
<p>(some of you will get the show its from- it was for fundraising and awareness for mental health issues)</p>
<p>and DEXTER- OMG that was great</p>
<p>i haven’t read through all the posts, but what does everyone think about “Madmen”? my d put me onto it, and it really does have something. really good depiction of the 50s. on AMC thurs. nights.</p>
<p>madmen is so real- the smoking, the double standards, the clothes- it is very well done</p>
<p>yes, isn’t it great? sad for the women in it, but a good reminder of how far we’ve come! :)</p>
<p>packmom - with one on drumline, we are also at every football game and will have to miss most of the first showings of FNL. (Thanks for the online tip Momneeds!)</p>
<p>Of course, our football experience is nothing like FNL or my small town memories. It’s just different in the ‘big city’…and check out our new stadium for pete’s sake… We have two district stadiums this size for Varsity games, in addition to smaller stadiums at each h.s. for JV and Freshmen games. </p>
<p>Kinda sad…$73 million bucks for this one…</p>
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<p>wow,ldmom that’s pretty impressive. We just have the regular sch. stadium. Ours is nicer than some in the district only because our sch. is fairly new (7 yrs). I grew up in a FNL kind of southern town (without all the politics). My bro. was the star QB, team won state that year.I was a cheerleader,rah,rah,lol. Everybody in the whole town (pop.3000) came to the football games. Maybe that’s why I love the show so much. Parts of it are like a replay of my life.</p>
<p>you should watch the office on a thursday night. i don’t know any of these other shows, but i like that one… :)</p>
<p>all i can say is, boy you guys watch a lot of tv! i hope you aren’t hypocritical about your kids watching it! My parents watch a lot of tv too, so maybe it’s a parental thing…</p>
<p>I think Project Runway doesn’t start up until Nov. 14 (According to Bravo’s website).</p>
<p>packmom - Had the same h.s. experience in a town of about 5000…lol! It was very similar to the FNL movie…right down to the the little one traffic light Main Street with crepe streamers in school colors on the storefronts and ‘Go Team’ signs in the windows. The entire town from babies to grandpas were in the football stands on Friday nights…and Saturday morning conversations at the Rexall drugstore soda fountain were all about ‘last night’s game’.</p>
<p>Very nice memories. :)</p>
<p>The Office season premiere was hysterical! How will they ever live up to that for the rest of the year?</p>
<p>Does anyone know if HBO’s “Extras” is coming back. I know the female lead is on Ugly Betty - a show I cannot tolerate and Ricky Gervais can do pretty much anything he wants. I liked “The Riches” too - has that been cancelled?</p>
<p>I thought Friday night lights wasn’t on Friday because that’s when people are watching REAL high school football. At least that’s where I am as a bando parent. </p>
<p>I also didn’t like Private Practice very much. Too much sexual tension, not enough plot. Madmen was too realistic for my taste. I found the good old days too creepy to relive as far as how women were treated.</p>
<p>Kids don’t watch too much TV around my house, so I don’t have to feel hypocritical parking in front of the TV. I can’t even think of a show the younger one will try to watch every week. They watch DVDs and spend ALOT of time on the internet, AIMing friends.</p>
<p>Since I spend so much time at CC, I can’t even bug them about the computer!</p>
<p>Fluff, definitely pursuing the mindless reality fluff- Top Chef, Top Model, Project Runway; but temper that with some better stuff like House, Criminal Minds, Journeyman & Medium are in there, so far. The occasional afternoon fluff like Judge Judy, so I can warn my college students of all the pitfalls of roommates ;)</p>
<p>I usually only watch House and The Office…but I kinda like that new show “Chuck”</p>
<p>H and I really enjoy our TV shows. I read a lot, but we also like TV to relax. We watch all the Law and Orders, Cold Case, Without a Trace, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Friday Night Lights, Grey’s Anatomy, ER and CSI Miami. We do a lot of Replay TV recording and catch up on the weekends. Not sure I’m going to like Private Practice. This summer I liked Heartland and Army Wives. I didn’t even own a TV in my 20s, but now that I am in my 50s, my time on the leather couch is really enjoyable!</p>
<p>I also watch Cold Case, the Law & Orders (especially like D’Onofrio in Criminal Intent) and Without a Trace when I can find time. Other than those and Project Runway, Top Chef and CashCab (love it…lol!), I’m pretty much doing something other than TV or I’m watching HBO/SHO series. </p>
<p>I thought Grey’s Anatomy got really old, really fast. ldgirl is a House fanatic. Egh…it’s okay. And I’m finally discovering Criminal Minds and now Mandy Patinkin is leaving??? Wah.</p>
<p>Admitting that I like television has come with age. I was a closet TV lover years ago. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and television was a family time - I watched Peyton Place with my parents when I was much too young to understand what was going on, but I remember it being a big deal to see it. My Dad is 84 and loves The Young and the Restless. Before retirement, he started work on the farm at daybreak and had put in a full day by lunchtime. He came in for fried chicken and homemade biscuits and took time for Y&R before heading back out for the second full day of the day. Later it was Gunsmoke, Maverick and Bonanza - it was just always there. I watched no television during college, grad school and law school but I’m making up for it now.</p>