To all the haters-What shows do you like?

I'd like to know too!

....patiently waiting

Game of Thrones, Shameless, Nurse Jackie, the Newsroom (thank God, it starts again soon), Breaking Bad, House of Cards, Sons of Anarchy, The Killing...

Just talking about dramas here and current shows. Also watching Person of Interest and Lost Girl for cheese. My all-time favorite shows are The West Wing and Pushing Daisies.

So... your verdict? am I an elitist snob?

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

I am not a hater, so I wont tell you!



Seriously! I'll try to sum them up ...for me basically!
And rate them on how much I found them entertaining and/or I want to watch their episode when it's out.

Golden Boy (6/10) (Good enough cast, mild curiosity about the characters, don't know if it's going to end uo somewhere with this 7y difference. Probably wont.)

Red Widow (5/10) (To pass the time, not real interest)

Motive (4/10) (Not sure if I like the fact that they showing who the killer is from the start, although in one episode at least (the one with the guy from the airport and the waitress) they show that you can have plot-twists even if you know the killer. Have episodes 6,7,8 pending. It doesn't excites me much.)

Scandal (7/10) (When I discover it there were more than 10-15 episodes out so I did a marathon. Generally I like series with the white house, presidents etc. Either comedy or drama. Didn't like it much from the beginning. It grew on me later.)

Person of Interest (5/10) (It's boring me, but there are a few goo episodes here and there. Don't like the filler episodes. Just wanna know about the (how many are they?) arch-enemies and the machine)

Vegas (6/10) (Good cast. Some thing I don't like that much, but overall when it's out, I will see it!)

Elementary (6/10) (How many S. Holmes can we have. Really. So many variations. A few good episodes here and there. Difficult to challenge the intelligence of modern viewers though.)

The Americans (7/10) (A few weeks ago I put a 4-5/10 for entertainment and an 8/10 for the production and the actors. Now it's getting more interesting for me. Doesn't bore me like the first (very good otherwise) episodes.)

House of Lies (7/10) (Really liked the Mat Damon episode! Especially the end. There are some pointless angles in the script(s) but it's trying to be entertaining (with the inclusion of the sex scenes).)

Arrow (5/10) (Like it, hate it, laughed with it. Anyway it joggles between 6 and 4)

I am watching some of the 21' quirky comedies (Mindy project, Go-on, New girl, Rules of engagement) also.

and oh! I forgot..

The Mentalist (1/10) (Only care about the identity of RJ. The 5th season is boring, without purpose and unattractive. Now that I learned about a 6th season renewal, I wont bother anymore and I will read the name of the killer in wikipedia!)


Really liked the Boss (9/10), Newsroom (9/10), Homeland (8/10).
Someone said that Newsroom is back soon! Yey!!








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Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Scandal
Downton Abbey
Justified
The Borgias
Shameless, US version
The Killing
The Walking Dead
The Americans
Boardwalk Empire
New Girl
The Mindy Project
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Community
Happy Endings

Reality Shows

Big Brother
Survivor
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop Atlanta...sooooo ratchet but I can't help it lol
True Life
Rupaul's Drag Race
The Voice

Yep that is all...however I'm not a hater of GoldenBoy lol, I started Watching because I saw Theo on Downton Abbey














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Golden boy is just a very weak show its strung togethe mainly off of paper clips and bubble gum . For sure not worth the time or effort to watch the show unless your sedated .

A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be."

I actually liked GB very much in the beginning, it seemed to have potential to be something new and interesting, but now (closer to the end of the first season) its CBS-ness is showing through it too much and case-of-the-week stuff tends to be very boring.

Characters seem to be underdeveloped, the only one who seems to be grounded and believable is played by Chi McBride.

Ongoing story lines seem to be too on-the-nose sometimes, like the only purpose of Margot being there is to provide the conflict between Walter and that Mayor's man, to make his future ascent seem even more difficult. Otherwise it looks strange that a playboy, like he was shown in the beginning, would settle with someone for no apparent reason - no development there, just one interview and then they jumped into the bed, one night stand would be more realistic. There's like zero chemistry between these two characters/ or maybe even actors. There were more chemistry between Walter and Deb, honestly... Mother-father story and torturing of the sister with Walter's overprotectiveness is getting tired...

It seems by now that they added too much to it while trying to keep the CBS format of the boring case of the week, as a result we have not enough in-depth development. I am still watching it, but it annoys me a lot to see it getting worse.

So even though I started as a fan of this show, my feelings about it are now shifting closer and closer to the opposite and I wish they put it out of its misery already and free Theo James for some other more fabulous shows on more interesting networks...

maybe he could join John Malkovich in Crossbones, Theo would make an amazing pirate, lol

I like TV better than movies and I take my viewing seriously - I avoid spoilers, watch episodes in order and pay full attention. But there are so many new shows coming out every season and so few hours in the day that I only have time to stick with the very best.

Reality TV, sitcoms, cookie cutter spin-offs of established but boring procedurals (I'm looking at you, "CSI") I don't even bother with, but most of the other scripted hour long shows I check out. I track upcoming shows on Sidereel, and when the pilots air I download, watch, and sort. The vast majority go straight in the trash ("Golden Boy" was one, and that was an easy decision - the pilot sucked very convincingly), but some of the iffier shows get some more attention. Three, four, five episodes, before I decide they're too predictable or they're dragging, or going nowhere, and quit.

The shows that grab me, I keep watching, if I have time - if I don't, I save them for later. Some shows get shelved for years. Some shows that start out strong lose their momentum after a great season or two ("The Walking Dead", for example) and I quit them then. Basically, I rarely waste my time watching a show week after week that isn't wowing me. I don't watch anything just out of habit - as it is, there aren't enough hours in the day for me to take in all the AWESOME culture, I'm not going to waste my time daydreaming through the 134th mediocre episode of "House".

Currently I'm actively tracking and watching a handful of shows (most are currently on hiatus), and of that handful, the only one that's still really strong is "The Good Wife". The rest I could take or leave. Even "Downton Abbey" and "Game of Thrones" are showing their flaws, but four seasons later, "The Good Wife" is still smart as a whip and densely packed with greatness.

So you see, when the bar is set somewhere around first season "House" just to pass, a heavily flawed show like "Golden Boy" is not going to make the cut.

I've been doing this for a few years now, and I'm getting pretty good at predicting cancellations. "Golden Boy" immediately struck me as one of those pilots that was picked up by idiotic or nepotistic mistake. Not only wasn't it good, it wasn't even mediocre. Call me a hater if it comforts you, but the truth is "Golden Boy" is just a poor quality show. For a show this flawed to stay alive, it has to be marketed towards demographics with low standards: either teenagers or "zombie viewers" (the working stiffs who zone out drooling in front of comfortingly repetitive procedurals every night as a way to relax). "Golden Boy" was too weird for the latter group - it tried to target a more astute demographic, but failed to meet that demographic's standard quality requirements. And there you go.