I got a DVR from my cable company a few years ago so I could record my favorite tv shows and watch them when I want. I noticed this week that there weren’t many shows on that I wanted to tape. Mostly I like mysteries and shows with interesting characters. I am not a fan of any of the “reality” shows.
Since I have had a problem trying to think of interesting topics to post about I will do a series on “favorites”.
My top 10 2008 tv shows:
1. Wire In The Blood - on BBC America starring Robson Green as a clinical psychologist who helps the police.
2. CSI (Las Vegas) love the cast, especially Will Peterson and Marg Helgenberger
3.Closer
4.Bones
5.House
6.Medium
7.My Name Is Earl
8. Myth Busters
9. History Detectives - a PBS show about investigations into objects that are claimed to be of historical importants.
10. The only new show I really like is the new Terminator series, The Sarah Conner Chronicles
What are your favorite tv shows for 2008?
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May 21, 2008 at 6:28 pm
alece
MY 2008 shows may not be YOUR 2008 shows… (we’re a bit behind in africa)… but the shows i current record to watch are:
CSI (the original as well as miami and new york… just cause i can)
Law & Order (preferably SVU)
Grey’s Anatomy
ummm… i think that may be it.
May 21, 2008 at 7:44 pm
bransblahg
oooh Ed, I love TV. I used to watch it religiously…. EVERY SINGLE night I had shows to watch, and I watched them. Now, not so much. I’m lucky if I get to sit through an episode of anything. But, just for fun, here are the shows I WISH I had the time to watch religiously.
Grey’s Anatomy
Lost
Desperate Housewives (this one I actually do keep up with)
Brothers and Sisters (this one too…they are both on Sunday night)
One Tree Hill (I maybe watched two episodes this season…grr)
Law and Order:SVU
Private Practice
Dirty Sexy Money
Sex and the City reruns
American Idol
I used to watch All My Children and One Life To Live every day too, but since having Owen, I don’t watch that much tv anymore, and especially since moving I really dont.
The Writers Strike also helped to curb my tv watching. 
Wow, I sound boring with all of these shows.
But, I rarely get to watch them anymore.
May 21, 2008 at 7:45 pm
bransblahg
oooh and Cashmere Mafia was a new one that came out that I really liked.
May 21, 2008 at 8:08 pm
edfromct
Alece, besides the original CSI I also watch the NY version because of Gary Sinse and the Greek actress whose name I can’t spell. I don’t like the Miami version because I think the star, David Caruso, is one of the worst actors in the business.
I also sometimes watch SVU. The have a very good cast but the subject matter, child abuse, can be too depressing for me to watch.
I see you and Brandy both like Grey’s Anatomy. I have seen a few episodes. Interesting cases but it’s too much of a soap opera for me.
May 21, 2008 at 8:21 pm
edfromct
Brandy, I really like the first two seasons of Lost but then it got too convoluted, too many characters and plot lines to follow.
A lot of the shows you listed have very good casts, and what I have seen of them, good writing (Housewives, Brothers and Sisters). I saw a couple of episodes of Sex in the City and thought it was funny. I have not seen Private Practice, Dirty, Sexy, Money, One Tree Hill or American Idol. I may be the only person in America who has never seen American Idol.
Cashmere Mafia has a great cast but I haven’t seen the show.
Sex and money does seem to be a theme on your list.
Does Jake watch any of these shows with you, or does he prefer sports like most men?
May 21, 2008 at 8:42 pm
mandythompson
drew and i are currently getting sucked into the West Wing - but we watch TV shows via DVD.
the only network show i watched this spring was America’s Next Top Model.
and not because i really wanted to.
May 21, 2008 at 8:59 pm
edfromct
Mandy, I think it is easier to follow a show when it’s on DVD. You don’t have to wait a week or more to follow plot line. You can watch it at your own speed. I watch each season of 24 that way.
West Wing did have one of the strongest cast of any TV show. It was the best political drama on tv.
May 21, 2008 at 10:40 pm
tam
We all watch Monk. Our DVR is set to record it every time it comes on. YAY!!
then mine and Brents guilty pleasure is Dexter. Brilliantly written show.
May 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm
edfromct
Tam, Monk is the hero for all us OCD folks. I actually like his new assistant Natalie better than his old assistant Sharona. Did you know the guy who plays Captain Leland Stottlemeyer was the killer “Buffalo Bill” in “Silence of the Lambs”.
I did see the first season of Dexter on DVD, it is very well written. I prefer the books but that is almost always the case with me.
May 22, 2008 at 7:31 am
Indian Lake Papa
I just watched mine last night! Daniel Boone w/Fess Parker rerun - it is a 1950’s series. Lone Ranger is my other one. I watch news and listen to “talk radio” occasionally. Mama and I are not big TV fans - we don’t even have cable.
May 22, 2008 at 7:37 am
ric booth
Ed,
I love the CSI (Vegas). And I cannot take David Caruso seriously either but Patti like him. (I wonder what that says about me…hmmm)
I like Bones too. I can really identify with a tough lead named Booth.
May 22, 2008 at 1:36 pm
edfromct
Papa, my first favorite TV hero, was Hopalong Cassidy, which was first telecast in 1949. I also remember the Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett shows. I thought my Coonskin cap was very cool. I am thinking about posting about my favorite old time TV shows next week.
I don’t listen to talk radio, but there are several podcast I enjoy, which are really the same thing as a radio show. I am glad to hear that you and Mama are at least couple in America who haven’t been hypnotized by the “boob tube”.
May 22, 2008 at 1:44 pm
edfromct
Hi Ric, the Miami CSI show is probably the sexist and slickest of the three CSI shows. It has the same vibe as the old Miami Vice series. I just can’t stand to watch David Carsuo, although I thought he did a good job in NYPD.
Bones is a very entertaining show and one of my favorites. I don’t remember if Agent Booth has written any poetry.
May 22, 2008 at 3:51 pm
alece
it IS a bit soap operaish, i’m afraid to admit…
shame.
May 24, 2008 at 1:59 pm
brandy
Ed, yes it does seem my shows have a running theme in them huh?
I promise though, they aren’t THAT bad. Really. 
And Jake doesn’t watch all of them with me. He watches Grey’s, Lost, One Tree Hill (used to anyway) and lately he has gotten into Desperate Housewives which makes me VERY happy.
TAMMY!!! You guys watch Dexter???? Jake LOVES that show but I cannot bring myself to watch it. Totally creeps me out. Like, I really thought I was going to vomit when I accidentally looked at the tv when he had it one. EW.
May 24, 2008 at 2:00 pm
brandy
Hey Ed, you could come with me to the Sex and The City movie!! I am TWISITNG Jake’s arm to go with me but I know he will hate it. HA!