New ParentDish Weekly Feature: What are you watching?

Well I'm sure more people watch tv than just 18-24 yr olds without kids. I'm 21 with a 7 month old by the way and here is what I watch:

Sunday - Desperate Housewives
Monday- Deal or No Deal (I even enter once for each case online to cross my fingers and hope I win some money ... I know, I know)
Wednesday- Lost is one of my favorites, I DVR it every week incase I fall asleep earlier.
Thursday- Survivor then Grey's, Grey's is also on the DVR and you should watch it because eventhough Meredith is kind of worse this season, the others have stepped it up and I'm always waiting to see what's going to happen with George and Izzy.

I don't really follow any other shows religiously, but House is good when I see that it's on and I enjoy CSI every now and then. We will watch American Idol for lack of something better on, but I don't really care who wins.

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It's baseball season, Jen. The Giants televise almost all their games. Guess what I'm watching (or at least taping and picking up the highlights).

I don't stay glued to the tube but we're always recording whatever is on (VCR); either on our set or the one in the living room after the kids are down at night and we don't have to worry about family friendly.

Comcast On Demand is the next best thing to TIVO which we don't have yet.

I'm a L&O and CSI fan (all of them).

And House which is shown late night on one of the cable networks a couple of weeks after it runs on F*X. I avoid that network whenever possible except for sports.

And Shark.

My husband will happily watch the test pattern if he can't find anything else but his big love is anything to do with outer space. I came in this afternoon to find him watching a 1950's de Havilland romance.

CNN & CSPAN when I have time or Congress is doing something interesting (which means CSPAN can grow moss between viewings).

Gave up on 24 after the 2nd season and don't like reality shows. I know, I'm strange.

Sounds like I watch a lot of t.v. but much of it is taped. Sometimes I go back and watch; often I just tape over it. No big deal.

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Here goes -

Sunday - Deperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters
Monday - Prison Break (when it's on) since it's not - Little People Big World, and Jon and Kate plus 8.
Tuesday - American Idol, House, and Workout
Wednesday - American Idol results show
Thursday - The Office and Grey's Anatomy
My husband tivo's Deadliest Catch as well.

Okay, this looks like a lot - but it's almost ALL Tivo'd! My husband and I love TV, but are really good about not watching adult stuff around the kids. The kids watch American Idol with us, but that's about it. Oh, and we also like The Riches, but I can't remember what night it's on. That's okay. Tivo knows. :)

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I love TV. I would marry TV if I could. I was one of those kids that grew up in a house with no TV and a lot of good that did me. I watch TV all the time.

I am a PBS Junkie, and watch pretty much anything interesting, Nature, Frontline, American Playhouse, Masterpiece Theatre, Mystery, Antiques Roadshow, TOH+, and anything else I can find.

On reg TV,

Sunday is Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters

Monday is 24

Tuesday is House

Wed is LOST, and then I blog about it Thursday morning, so check it out.

Thurs. is Grays

Friday is Wife Swap

Sat is Baseball and Phantom Gourmet + cooking shows on PBS

Those are just my favorites. I'll watch L&O SVU and CI (but not the original) when it's on if there isn't anything else to do.

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*Sigh. The life of a busy mom - too many books to read, too many shows and DVDs to watch, too little time.
Despite that, I have made a pact since last fall with my husband and three sons that on Thursday nights I get the TV all to myself for two hours of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy (irregardless of the NBA playoffs!). I am not to be disturbed for two hours.
On other nights, after the kids and the hubby are asleep I decompress by watching either a Food Network or HGTV show. Or watch online, last week's episode of the Desperate HOusewives or an episode or two of the currently most popular soap opera from the home country (since we don't subscribe to that channel).
I am a fan of House, too, but I just haven't found the time to watch it lately and when I checked online Fox does not offer free episodes on its website. But other than loving to watch Dr. House spew out his usual vile to his interns, like Ann I avoid this network as well. As for the CSI shows, I just have to wait until the DVDs are released.

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I'm a TV addict. Thank GOD for TIVO.

Sunday: Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives (I'll admit, this show doesn't WOW me like it did. If I miss it I'm not devastated.). TIVO: Flavor Of Love Charm School (can you say trainwreck?) and Celebrity Fit Club.

Monday: Bachelor (trainwreck!!)

Tuesday: American Idol.

Wednesday: American Idol results show

Thursday: Survivor and Grey's

Friday: The Soup and Best Week Ever!

Saturday: Usually Movie Night or we watch something that's TIVO'd.

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I know you and I have talked about this before, but I'm sooooo with you on the BSG!! And now my SG-1 is going away for good. : ( Other than sci-fi, I watch Deadliest Catch (Tuesdays), and Adult Swim every night other than Fridays. Yes, I'm a geek.

I do get to meet Aaron Douglas this summer, though.

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Lost and The Office. I have to record The Office since my son is still awake when it is on. I used to watch a lot more before kids, but it was too hard to keep up. It is actually more enjoyable to just have two things I like to watch. Now I spend a little more time catching up on all of the magazines that have piled up in our house.

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We tivo everything, so I usually have no idea what time or day the shows come on, and I just watch them when I have the time.

I love Battlestar Galactica! For a while, though, I thought about not watching it since it went through a soap opera stage with the drama between Starbuck and Lee Adama. I'm glad that's changed, and can't wait for the next season! I think we have to wait for 2008 for the next season to start! Bummer!

I also watch the original CSI. I can't stand watching the Miami or New York versions. It seems that the Las Vegas has more interesting characters and better writers.

I am hooked to Dancing with the Stars. I don't like reality shows very much, but the dancing is fascinating to me!

I also really like a few decorating and cooking shows. One that my 6yo loves and we can watch together as a family, is Ace of Cakes. That is such a fun show!

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Jen - Heroes is awesome, and you should definitely watch it this summer so you can be addicted next Fall - it's probably our favorite show this year.

We're another Tivo family, for about 6 years now, and love it. Allows us to watch shows whenever we want to - which sometimes means months later (we have all the Riches saved up, but haven't watched any yet).

Shows we watch:
- America's Funniest Home Videos (it's the only show in primetime that we watch as a family, with our 4-year-old daughter)
- Simpsons
- Family Guy
- Amazing Race (go beauty queens!!)
- Sopranos (though I'm glad it's going off the air)
- Reno 911
- American Dad & Entourage (just my husband watches those)
- The Tudors are all saved up in the tivo, but we haven't watched any yet
- 24 (totally not as into it this season, but still watching it for now - they may lose me next year)
- New Adventures of Old Christine (surprisingly funny, and so was The Class when it was on)
- Heroes (so so so good)
- American Idol
- Office
- My Name is Earl
- Scrubs
- Ugly Betty
- Penn & Teller Bulls...
- Best Week Ever
- Acceptable TV (clever new show)
- SNL (can usually fast forward thru that in about 30 minutes)

We also have all of the Planet Earth shows saved up, as well as 1000 Places to See Before you Die, which should be good.

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I watch so much television that I don't even like to think about how much it adds up to. I actually jump around my living room when the Fall TV Preview issue of Entertainment Weekly comes in the mail. It's even worse because I am writing my dissertation on popular culture, so I can convince myself that I NEED to keep up with current television. But I don't watch much of it in the evening when my son is here; I just watch it all the next day on Tivo while he's at daycare (and I'm home writing). Here's my schedule:
Sunday: used to watch The Amazing Race but gave up on it because of the schedule overruns early this year, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters (which made me like Calista Flockhart)
Monday: How I Met Your Mother, Heroes
Tuesday: Gilmore Girls, House
Wednesday: Bones, Lost
Thursday: My Name is Earl (I loved last week's GED episode), Grey's Anatomy (I also can't stand Meredith, but I never really could--Bailey and Addison keep me hooked)
Friday: Numb3rs (I actually watch this at night because my husband likes it, that's actually why we watch it at all)
I also have season passes for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, which I watch the next morning.
Plus The Closer will be back on this summer, and I even like the terribly cheesy Kyle XY on ABC Family. I would probably skip it if it were on during the regular season, but it's a nice summer diversion.
I think I watch more television than anyone so far, but remember--I HAVE to watch it for my research, right?

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I have to agree with a previous commenter about Ace of Cakes. We LOVE that show! The bad thing is my five year old has started to ask me if *I* could make him a cake like that for his birthday. Uh....no honey. Mommy can't do that.
Speaking of Food Network - we sometimes watch Iron Chef America and Paula Deen's shows. I love her. The nice thing about the cooking shows, is that we can watch then with (or in front of) the kids.

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If I have to find something to watch and I'm by myself, I'll go to www.tv-links.co.uk and search through the old shows on there. I'm almost done watching all the Friends stuff over again. They have dozens of episodes archived on there. (But lots of other great shows as well).

As for actual tv, we watch How I Met Your Mother, American Idol, House, Grey's, Ugly Betty and Brothers and Sisters. My bedtime is 8 (sometimes 7... I'm pregnant and tired all the time), so I end up catching the ABC stuff online later in the week or on the weekend.

Right now, my husband and I are going through the Brothers & Sisters archives to get caught up. We only started watching 3 weeks ago, and it's taken a lot of our spare time to watch all of the previous episodes. I think we only have six more to go and we'll be up to date. It's a commitment, but we feel it's worth it. :)

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I don't have cable, and out here in the sticks, I have six channels to choose from. Out of that, I have to deal with the lovely array of shows that involve lots of blood and gore that I'm really not ready for Little Man (3.5 years old) to see. So, I stick with Extreme Home Makeover (he calls it "The Blowdozer Show"), Dancing with the Stars, and occasionally, According to Jim, which just cracks me up.

For myself, I'll record Ghost Whisperer and Las Vegas (Josh Duhamel, yum...). Numb3rs and CSI: New York are both on after bedtime, so I get to watch those.

I'm also a big fan of PBS sitcoms, with "Red Green Show" being my absolute favorite. I also watch Are you being served?, Keeping Up Appearances, and As Time Goes By.

I'm on a personal crusade against Law and Order: SVU, especially. I started noticing about a season ago (maybe longer) that they've really started preying on children. Seemed, at the time, like every time I turned on the show, they were killing or hurting kids. I couldn't take it anymore. I refuse to watch, and frankly, it turned me completely off of the whole series, which is a shame, because I used to be a total L&O junkie.

On the upside, with so few channels to choose from.... there's plenty of time for books, tickle fests, and the big hit of the week: The Brushing of the Dog's (and cat's) Teeth

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Heroes
Lost
Jerico
Amazing Race
Survivor
Ghost Wisperer

I use to watch Csi Miami
Law and Order SVU
and ER but I got rid of cable and the pvr and it is on after I leave for work. Dh keeps forgetting to tape them.

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