30 Days of TV - Day 25

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[Poll #1573846]

Convince me to watch your favorite show in the comments! Feel free to rec something that's not on the list (you've probably figured out by now what I'm already watching), and please warn me if there's something on my list that's not worth watching, lol.

Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

Comments

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I went with Freaks and Geeks, The Wire, and Rome, since those are the ones I plan on watching myself. :D

And The Black Donnellys because I've been thinking about it lately. And because I have an icon for it.

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Hee! Having an icon is pretty much a good enough reason to do anything. :)

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

New to you network show: tie between 30 Rock and Freaks and Geeks, but since I've spent the past two days streaming 30 Rock over netflix while doing indentured servitude housework, I'll go with that (stream it!), but I cannot praise Freaks and Geeks enough.

New to you cable show: Dead Like Me. Very much appeals to the sensibilities of a Whedonverse fan, plus Mandy Patinkin.

New to you foreign show: Rome. I have eternal love for frat boy!Marc Antony, and the two fictitious soldier characters they created to ground the historicity of the show are brilliant.

Show you should re-watch: The Black Donnellys. Make Lauren happy.

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One of my friends recommended Dead Like Me forever ago. She's the same one who recommended Gilmore Girls, BtVS/AtS, and Veronica Mars so... I should probably get on that, lol.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I'm with penny_lane_42 all the way across the board except on the re-watch. I picked Sports Night because I've been watching In Plain Sight , The Good Wife and Parenthood and realized three of Sports Night's leading men are in each of these shows (Joshua Malina, Josh Charles and Peter Krause. I haven't watched it since it aired, but I remember really loving the smart writing and excellent acting. I wish I had time for a re-watch, but there's too much TV on this summer!

Freaks and Geeks is fantastic and I also enjoyed the also short lived Undeclared which shared some of the same writers, producers and actors. Both series only lasted a season.

The Wire is gritty and real and beautifully written, acted and directed. The plots are intricate and the characters are fascinating. It's brilliant.

I really enjoyed Rome, too. It's well written and acted. Though the writers played a bit loose with the historical accuracy, it was still fascinating and gorgeous.

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Oh, yeah, I've heard good things about Undeclared, too. *adds it to Netflix queue* 283!

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Rome. Hands down without a doubt if you have to narrow it all down to just one choice, pick Rome. It is beautiful. The sets/scenery is to die for. The acting is INCREDIBLE. The writing is stunning. Whenever someone asks me to rec them a show, without hesitation, I rec Rome.

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Well, thus far it's in the lead! :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

The Wire is one of the greatest American novels of recent years. On television. This is as complex, believable, gripping and relevant the medium gets.

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This is what I've heard. :)

[silverusagi]

You make me choose between Dexter and The Sopranos?! Hmm, maybe I should have checked The Sopranos, as no one else voted for it. :( But then, Dexter is so deliciously evil.

I'd recommend Extras before the UK Office.

As for rewatch, I can't comment, cause I haven't seen any of those, lol.

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Heh, I feel like I'm the only person left who hasn't seen The Sopranos. But maybe after I've watched the top few vote-getters, I can do another poll, and THEN you can vote for The Sopranos. :)

[dragonflylady77.livejournal.com]

Dexter FTW!!!

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It is a popular one. :)

[dragonflylady77.livejournal.com]

Did you see there's a 30 day Buffy challenge??
I just saw that at coalitiongirl's LJ.

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Good grief, isn't one 30 day meme exhausting enough? There's also a music one, but I probably couldn't think of much to say for that one.

Besides, I don't know if you noticed, but the days where my answer was BtVS-related are the ones I wrote the least about, lol. I seem to be in an "any fandom but Buffy" mood lately.

[dragonflylady77.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

I did notice...

Some people have done the 30 day meme in one day.

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Yeah, I could probably do the Buffy one in one day, since I don't have much to say about it.

[lostboy-lj.livejournal.com]

Breaking Bad - Some of the best acting and pacing on tellyvision.
Rome - It's still nowhere near perfect, but 1000x closer than that "Gladiator" crap.

Also (and maybe this is one I just couldn't guess you were already watching) :

Justified - A living testament to how a creator's direct involvement can really make the writing pop. Elmore Leonard on the small screen is still Elmore Leonard.

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Nope, I haven't seen Justified. Didn't that just start recently? I haven't heard much about it.