TV shows ... after the original run, etc.

[Guest]

Have you become a fan of a TV show AFTER its original run? Or, have you started watching a TV show after a few seasons have already been aired?

For me ... in some cases, I've missed TV shows because I watch something else in that time slot. In others, it is because the show originally ran when I was "too young". Most-recently it is because I'm tired of giving shows a chance only for them to quickly disappear, like ABC's "Eli Stone".


The newest "old" show I've started watching is former FOX staple "That '70s Show". I started watching because reruns are on late weeknights here in Chicagoland AND seeing Kurtwood Smith (Red Foreman on "That '70s Show") on CBS' new comedy "Worst Week" as Dick Clayton. Worst Weeks' Dick Clayton and That '70s Show's Red Foreman are similar and, imho, Smith is PERFECT for both roles. The two characters are different, mainly because Red Foreman's humor is verbal; Dick Clayton's humor is visual.

I recently read that Chuck Norris was the actor who had been originally "envisioned" as Red Foreman. Just think how different Red Foreman would've been with Chuck Norris as the actor behind that character....


The most-recent TV shows I started watching after a few seasons had been aired include ABC's "Boston Legal" (now gone, of course), CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" and "Friday Night Lights" (close to the chopping block, but given a reprieve by DirectTV).



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[Eva]

I miss on new shows because, like you, I am watching something else. So, I wait to hear others' views before I watch a new one. But in general, I do not care for old tv shows, but I love old movies!

 

[Ross]

TV? What's that?

 

[aussigal]

Boston Legal...I love that show...
In ratings time I was watching some other show that clashed with House so I missed it first time round this season...now all summer while there is utter rubbish and re-runs on I can watch House repeats except they aren't repeats for me...lol....I must remember this trick for the future!

 

[terryj]

House is the show I love and missed the first few seasons. I set my DVR to record all House episodes and because of all the times the repeats are on I have just about caught up. I don't watch alot of tv but with the DVR I fast forward through all the commercials and watch a hour show in 45 minutes or less.

 

[marky]

I dont' get to watch much tv, but I do DVR a few shows..
LOST
Greys Anatomy
Life on Mars (Cort you may like that show.. it is a 70's cop show thing)
Biggest Loser (I am a sucker for happy endings)
HOUSE

I will probably sit down sometime in the summer and catch up on these shows!

 

[Bina]

Directly postop I couldn't watch the late news at 11:00....too depressing.
So, while I was channel surfing through crap I happened upon reruns of "Sex and the City". Groan....
I kind of half watched the first couple of episodes and then realized that is was just what I needed: brainless, and light entertainment!

 

[Blanche]

Gotta love those children

Gotta love those children

I found "John and Kate Plus 8" well after their second year.

I think I have seen all of the episodes on re-runs. They run a couple shows at a time. It gets a bit confusing because they always seem to be out of order. Last week I saw one episode when the children were 3 years old and another following when they were younger.

Still, I just love seeing the smiles (and tears) on those little faces.

Blanche

 

[sheridan07]

I started watching Seinfeld after the 5th season. Then I like the Dean Martin's roasts well after They were over.

 

[Guest]

TV? What's that?

*grins devilishly*

It's like a little black book ... or box ... or 1984.

Life on Mars (Cort you may like that show.. it is a 70's cop show thing)

*nods*

I do like Life On Mars and have watched it from the beginning. Tho, I was disappointed with the very first episode. It is supposed to be set in 1973, but wouldn't you know it? I spotted a 1977 Monte Carlo in one of the shots. D'oh!

And, it has been a bit hard to watch since it came back from hiatus. The first show aired did not fall in line with what the last show was in December. The followup to that was the second new episode aired this year, so that has made it a bit confusing .



Now, I'm not the only one to watch a new TV show, see an actor or actress, and think, 'I remember that person on...' ... am I?

I had reduced my TV watching in the late-1990s because most shows I started watching from the beginning ... and liked ... found themselves on the chopping block very quickly. Most recently, this happened to "Eli Stone" (featured Loretta Devine, "Boston Public"; Victor Garber, "Alias" and "Justice"; and Natasha Henstridge, "Commander In Chief") and "Pushing Daisies" (featured Chi McBride, "Boston Public", with the character crossing over to "The Practice" and "Boston Legal"; and Swoosie Kurtz, "Sisters").

But, since I hooked up my DTV converter box (received for Christmas), I've found myself watching MORE TV ... new AND older shows (mainly the older ones, though) because it is cool to see some actors and actresses "now" and "then" ... especially when actors/actresses are reunited, as was the case when Scott Bakula guest-starred on "Boston Legal". Previously, he appeared on "Designing Women" and "Quantum Leap", but the appearance on "Boston Legal" re-united him with Candace Bergen; both were previously on "Murphy Brown".


Other "connecting the dots":

"The Dick Van Dyke Show" ... Dick Van Dyke also starred in "Diagnosis Murder"

"Mary Tyler Moore" ... featured several stars including Cloris Leachman ("Facts Of Life", "Dancing With The Stars", etc.) and Betty White ("Golden Girls", "Boston Legal", etc.)

"The Bob Newhart Show" ... which many years later provided the absolute BEST sitcom ending in history (imho, anyway) when "Newhart" ended with him waking up in "The Bob Newhart Show"....

"Cheers" ... Who can forget NORM!!!? Also, Ted Danson (Sam) later starred in sitcoms on CBS ("Becker") and ABC.

"Frasier" ... "Cheers" spinoff, which included Jane Leeves (formerly of "Murphy Brown"), Jean Smart (formerly of "Designing Women", now on "Samantha Who?") and Felicity Huffman (formerly of "Sports Nite", now on "Desperate Housewives")

"Taxi" ... including Judd Hirsch (now on "NUMB3RS"), Danny DeVito (who's girlfriend became Carla on "Cheers"), Tony Danza (Tony Missele on "Who's The Boss" and also starred on "Family Law" opposite Dixie Carter, formerly of "Designing Women"), and, of course, Christopher Lloyd (who teamed with Michael J Fox on the "Back to the Future" movies...)

"Family Ties" ... 3 stars of which were on ABC shows in the last few years, Michael Gross and Michael J Fox guest-starring on "Boston Legal", Michael J Fox on "Spin City", and Justine Bateman on "Men In Trees"; Meredith Baxter-Birney guest-starred on "Cold Case" recently; and, of course, Courtney Cox moved from "Family Ties" to "Friends" ~5 years later

"Bensen" ... featured Rene Auberjonois, who was most-recently on "Boston Legal"

"Happy Days" ... Among others, Tom Bosley later starred in "Father Dowling Mysteries"....

Judi Dench ... BBC's "As Time Goes By" to the role of M in "007" movies.

Annie Potts ... CBS' "Designing Women" to ABC's "Dangerous Minds" to most-recently ABC's "Men In Trees".

Sally Field ... "Smokey and The Bandit" to ABC's "Brothers and Sisters"

Teri Hatcher ... ABC's "Lois and Clark" to ABC's "Desperate Housewives"

Peter MacNicol ... FOX's "Ally McBeal" to CBS' "NUMB3RS" to FOX's "24" back to "NUMB3RS"

Kyle Chandler ... CBS' "Early Edition" to ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" to NBC's "Friday Night Lights"

Connie Britton ... ABC's "Spin City" to FOX's "24" to NBC's "Friday Night Lights"

Tamara Tunie ... CBS' "As The World Turns" to ABC's "NYPD Blue" to FOX's "24" to NBC's "Law & Order: SVU"

Courtney Thorne-Smith ... NBC's "LA Law" to FOX's "Melrose Place" to FOX's "Ally McBeal" to ABC's "According To Jim"

Dennis Franz ... NBC's "Hill Street Blues" to ABC's "NYPD Blue"

Rob Morrow ... CBS' "Northern Exposure" to CBS' "NUMB3RS"

Kaley Cuoco ... ABC's "8 Simple Rules" to WB's "Charmed" to CBS' "The Big Bang Theory"

Christina Applegate ... FOX's "Married, With Children" to ABC's "Samantha Who?"



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"We can take anything that comes our way" ... BJ Thomas ... 'As Long As We Got Each Other (Growing Pains)'

 

[lcwhitney]

Around here it is WALKER TEXAS RANGER ( for my niece the 4 yr. old)
She plans on " Bumping Alex off "and telling her that Walker is hers.For me the trauma junkie in me loves THIRD WATCH I also got hooked on THE X-FILES for a long time. All of the late night marathons are good company when you are an insomniac.

Lettitia

 

[Roger Frank]

Dead Like Me. I didn't like it at first but it really grows on ya...

 

[olefin]

I think the DVR has been the biggest improvement to TV since HDTV.

We hate commercials, before we got a DVR I never watched programs with commercials. My wife loves "Little People" and "John & Kate plus Eight". I have the DVR set to record all the new ones.

I like NatGeo, and a few more real life programs but prefer good movies.
The DVR is also good for watching live programs for you can stop them for pee breaks or to answer the phone.
So much of the time we don't watch TV when the movies or programs come on we like... again the DVR.
We watch the DVR more than live TV.

Series that were my favorite... Deadwood and Soprano's!

 

[Wise]

Cindy's and my favorite show is "Monk." Of course, it is still in its original run, but we didn't watch our first episode until 2008. Its humor is a type we both enjoy, which is a clever feat!

Fun thread Cort! I like a lot of the old shows too.

 

[lb151]

This past summer I found Lost on the Sci-Fi channel. They ran all the past episodes every Monday night. Four hours every week. I got so hooked. I would DVR it and watch like crazy. Now,,I cant wait for it to be on every week. yeah,,I know,,,get a life!

 

[Guest]

Cindy's and my favorite show is "Monk." Of course, it is still in its original run, but we didn't watch our first episode until 2008. Its humor is a type we both enjoy, which is a clever feat!

Fun thread Cort! I like a lot of the old shows too.

*grins*

I thought so .


As for Monk ... I've watched a couple episodes here'n'there, but never really got into it ... not sure why since I remember the lead actor from when he was on "Wings" .