Meme time! TV shows
Taken from karenor, because I thought it was an interesting meme.
Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
Oh, there are several. Lois & Clark, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blackpool and Friends come to mind.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Ashes to Ashes. Waiting for S3 is unbearable, especially after the S2 finale and its cliffhanger.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
To quote a certain Time Lord, "Does it need saying?" Need a clue? It starts with a "D" and ends with "avid Tennant". Tough one, I know.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
I can't think of anyone, actually. I tend to focus on the actors I like more than the ones I don't. Now that I think about it, two names come to mind, but they're French actors and they play only in films, not TV shows.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from.
Can't pick one and one only, especially as I always write a quote on the weekly planner on my fridge (yes, I'm a dork). I regularly quote from Doctor Who of course (can't tell you how many times I say "Allons-y" - then again, my daily language kind of makes that easier ;), Friends ("It's a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion."), Buffy ("Speak English, not whatever they speak in..." / "England?") or Blackpool. I used to quote Lois & Clark all the time - still know many lines by heart, even years after I left the fandom. Kaamelott, which is a French TV show we have here.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Oh. At first, none came to mind but... there are many in fact. *g* Columbo for example. Or Midsommer Murder, Friday Night Lights, Crossing Jordan...
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
Friends, Gilmore Girls, Verliebt in Berlin, Grey's Anatomy, and I hum the House MD, Lois & Clark, Doctor Who theme tunes on a regular basis.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
The Pretender. And a short-programme type of TV show that we have here, and which is called Kaamelott. It's a hilarious parody of the legend of King Arthur.
Name a TV series you own:
Too many to make a list, and some of them are still incomplete collections. You can safely say that I own part if not all the DVDs from most of the shows mentioned in this meme (apart from the newer ones, which I still haven't had the money to acquire, but it'll come).
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
Doomsday from Doctor Who. Barbarians at the Planet from Lois & Clark. Passion and Becoming Part 2 from Buffy. Yeah, I have a thing for angst.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Desperate Housewives - I actually have the S1 DVDs but still haven't found the time to watch them. State of Play, too. And The West Wing beyond S4.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Buffy S4 totally put me off watching more, though many people tell me later seasons are made of win. Then again, I was such a hardcore Buffy/Angel shipper that it was difficult for me to move on. Angel - stopped watching after S2. Gilmore Girls, because I felt it was getting repetitive, so I got bored with it after a couple of seasons. I'm willing to give it another go at some point, though. I also lost interest in Without a Trace, all the CSIs, 7th Heaven. Sometimes it's not so much lack of quality but lack of time that means less involvement in the show, and in the end I just drop out. Then again, repetitive scenarios like in CSI truly don't help.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
ER. JAG. Stargate SG1.
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
Lois & Clark, Doctor Who, Buffy.
Oldest TV show you like?
Probably Lois & Clark. Wait, no! Columbo is older, isn't it?
Newest TV show you like?
Possibly Bones. Then again, my interest in Bones is relatively new. I love Kathy Reichs' books and had trouble getting into the TV show at first because it was very dissimilar to what I knew of Temperance Brennan. But then I started shipping Tempe/Seeley, so...
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Dinner.
How often do you watch TV?
Depends on what you call watching TV. The TV's on rather often, but I rarely do nothing but watch TV. Generally I'm doing something else at the same time, like chatting online or doing stuff on the computer, or cooking or cleaning.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
I don't watch talk shows. I do enjoy a good political debate, though, but that's not really a talk show.
What's the last TV show you watched?
A rerun of Friends earlier on TV.
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
It's got to have a clever mix of romance, hurt/comfort, drama and humour.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Shows where people expose their private life on camera.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
When I was 12, I was obsessed with The Little House in the Prairie. As a late teenager / young adult, a French show called Jamais Deux Sans Toi...t then very quickly Lois & Clark.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
X-Files. It's not a bad show at all, but many years ago, I watched an episode called Tempus Fugit, which enhanced my phobia of planes and made me have nightmares for weeks. After that, it was even more impossible for me to even consider flying. It took me years and years and years to start controlling the phobia again. So yes, if I could avoid watching that one, I certainly would.
In a less consequential way, I watched a couple of episodes of Coupling a few years ago (before I even watched my first DW episode and knew who Steven Moffat was - in fact, I made the link only fairly recently) and felt I was wasting my time. More recently, I watched the first episode of Mentalist and it bored me to tears.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Well, some would say that me enjoying some episodes of Derrick is weird. Beats me why. *grins*
What TV show scared you the most?
Well, X-Files (see above). Some Doctor Who (I was totally creeped out the first time I watched The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances and Blink).
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
It's a toss between Friends and Kaamelott.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
I'm very, very tempted to say Doctor Who, basing my judgement only on New Who, since I've never seen any Classic Who. If Torchwood was Children of Earth only, that's what I'd say, but S1 and 2 are way below in quality imho, even if I still enjoyed them. Yes, the best one to me is probably Doctor Who.
Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
Oh, there are several. Lois & Clark, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blackpool and Friends come to mind.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Ashes to Ashes. Waiting for S3 is unbearable, especially after the S2 finale and its cliffhanger.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
To quote a certain Time Lord, "Does it need saying?" Need a clue? It starts with a "D" and ends with "avid Tennant". Tough one, I know.
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
I can't think of anyone, actually. I tend to focus on the actors I like more than the ones I don't. Now that I think about it, two names come to mind, but they're French actors and they play only in films, not TV shows.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from.
Can't pick one and one only, especially as I always write a quote on the weekly planner on my fridge (yes, I'm a dork). I regularly quote from Doctor Who of course (can't tell you how many times I say "Allons-y" - then again, my daily language kind of makes that easier ;), Friends ("It's a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion."), Buffy ("Speak English, not whatever they speak in..." / "England?") or Blackpool. I used to quote Lois & Clark all the time - still know many lines by heart, even years after I left the fandom. Kaamelott, which is a French TV show we have here.
Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
Oh. At first, none came to mind but... there are many in fact. *g* Columbo for example. Or Midsommer Murder, Friday Night Lights, Crossing Jordan...
Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
Friends, Gilmore Girls, Verliebt in Berlin, Grey's Anatomy, and I hum the House MD, Lois & Clark, Doctor Who theme tunes on a regular basis.
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
The Pretender. And a short-programme type of TV show that we have here, and which is called Kaamelott. It's a hilarious parody of the legend of King Arthur.
Name a TV series you own:
Too many to make a list, and some of them are still incomplete collections. You can safely say that I own part if not all the DVDs from most of the shows mentioned in this meme (apart from the newer ones, which I still haven't had the money to acquire, but it'll come).
What is your favourite episode of your favourite series?
Doomsday from Doctor Who. Barbarians at the Planet from Lois & Clark. Passion and Becoming Part 2 from Buffy. Yeah, I have a thing for angst.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven't gotten around to yet:
Desperate Housewives - I actually have the S1 DVDs but still haven't found the time to watch them. State of Play, too. And The West Wing beyond S4.
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Buffy S4 totally put me off watching more, though many people tell me later seasons are made of win. Then again, I was such a hardcore Buffy/Angel shipper that it was difficult for me to move on. Angel - stopped watching after S2. Gilmore Girls, because I felt it was getting repetitive, so I got bored with it after a couple of seasons. I'm willing to give it another go at some point, though. I also lost interest in Without a Trace, all the CSIs, 7th Heaven. Sometimes it's not so much lack of quality but lack of time that means less involvement in the show, and in the end I just drop out. Then again, repetitive scenarios like in CSI truly don't help.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
ER. JAG. Stargate SG1.
Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
Lois & Clark, Doctor Who, Buffy.
Oldest TV show you like?
Probably Lois & Clark. Wait, no! Columbo is older, isn't it?
Newest TV show you like?
Possibly Bones. Then again, my interest in Bones is relatively new. I love Kathy Reichs' books and had trouble getting into the TV show at first because it was very dissimilar to what I knew of Temperance Brennan. But then I started shipping Tempe/Seeley, so...
What do you eat when you watch TV?
Dinner.
How often do you watch TV?
Depends on what you call watching TV. The TV's on rather often, but I rarely do nothing but watch TV. Generally I'm doing something else at the same time, like chatting online or doing stuff on the computer, or cooking or cleaning.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
I don't watch talk shows. I do enjoy a good political debate, though, but that's not really a talk show.
What's the last TV show you watched?
A rerun of Friends earlier on TV.
What's your favourite/preferred genre of TV?
It's got to have a clever mix of romance, hurt/comfort, drama and humour.
What's your least favourite genre of TV?
Shows where people expose their private life on camera.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
When I was 12, I was obsessed with The Little House in the Prairie. As a late teenager / young adult, a French show called Jamais Deux Sans Toi...t then very quickly Lois & Clark.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
X-Files. It's not a bad show at all, but many years ago, I watched an episode called Tempus Fugit, which enhanced my phobia of planes and made me have nightmares for weeks. After that, it was even more impossible for me to even consider flying. It took me years and years and years to start controlling the phobia again. So yes, if I could avoid watching that one, I certainly would.
In a less consequential way, I watched a couple of episodes of Coupling a few years ago (before I even watched my first DW episode and knew who Steven Moffat was - in fact, I made the link only fairly recently) and felt I was wasting my time. More recently, I watched the first episode of Mentalist and it bored me to tears.
What's the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Well, some would say that me enjoying some episodes of Derrick is weird. Beats me why. *grins*
What TV show scared you the most?
Well, X-Files (see above). Some Doctor Who (I was totally creeped out the first time I watched The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances and Blink).
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
It's a toss between Friends and Kaamelott.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
I'm very, very tempted to say Doctor Who, basing my judgement only on New Who, since I've never seen any Classic Who. If Torchwood was Children of Earth only, that's what I'd say, but S1 and 2 are way below in quality imho, even if I still enjoyed them. Yes, the best one to me is probably Doctor Who.