Season Pass

Following jwz’s
lead, I thought some of you might find it interesting to see what have Season Passes for on our TiVo (in no particular order):

• American Idol - I love the audition episodes of this show but stop watching after that. Corinna, however, is a devotee.
• Good Eats - I think I’ve made it pretty clear in this journal how devoted I am to this show.
• Star Trek: Enterprise - This is all me. I know the show is bad, but I can’t stop watching. I think if it wasn’t Count Bakula as the captain I wouldn’t even watch.
• America’s Next Top Model - I take no responsiblity for this one, it is *ALL* Corinna. I can’t stand this show.
• Real Time With Bill Maher - The both of us watch this show pretty regularly… What can I say, we are Massachusetts Liberals.. :)
• The Sopranos - This show is great (although not as great as it once was. I got Corinna hooked on this show when we first started dating, and we watch it religiously when it is in season.
• Deadwood - I watch this show pretty much solo… It gets kinda soap opera-y sometimes, but it’s gritty and foul-mouthed, so I like it. :P
• The Secret Life of Machines - This is one of my favorite nerd shows of all time, and occasionally it turns up on television.. Fortunately, though, I have all the episodes in Divx format, so I don’t really need this pass anymore.
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Still one of my favorite network shows.. Sure, it’s formulaic, but I like the formula. Corinna also likes the show, but isn’t quite as devoted.
• The Simple Life: Interns - Corinna’s show, but Paris Hilton is hot.
• CSI: Miami - The red-headed stepchild of CSI (literally). This show pales in comparison to the original, but I still watch it. Corinna hates it.
• CSI: NY - About on par with it’s Miami bretheren… I pretty much just haven’t gotten around to removing this season pass yet….
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - We both like this show, although I think Corinna is taking a break from watching it right now.
• Battlestar Galactica - The Scifi that I don’t feel guilty about… It’s not great, but it’s leaps and bounds better than most (all) other Sci-fi television… It’s better than the past 3 Star Trek series combined. Corinna doesn’t really watch this, although I’m not sure if it’s time or disgust related.
• World Poker Tour - I’m a junkie, I can’t help it… Corinna doesn’t share my passion..
• Saturday Night Live - We both watch this knowing it’s going to suck each week. We are basically just waiting for a new, good cast to arrive. Tina Fey is hot.
• South Park - We are suckers for Matt & Trey… South Park is pure genius.
• Homicide: Life on the Street - I love this abandoned show… This season pass is just hopeful that at some point it will return in reruns…
• Gilmore Girls - Corinna thru-and-thru.. I get nauseous just HEARING the dialogue when I am on the computer and she is watching it.
• Innovation - A PBS series in line with Nova and Scientific American Frontiers…. All me.
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - Corinna got me hooked on these loveable little queers.
• Jeopardy! - We were total junkies but haven’t watched much since Ken Jennings busted out.
• MythBusters - Quoting , These guys have the best job. Corinna isn’t into this show.
• Cook’s Tour - Tony Bourdain’s books, “Kitchen Confidential” and “A Cook’s Tour” rock, and this show makes me hungry every time I watch it…
• Airline - Probably the trashiest television I watch. People freaking out in airports…
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - This show grates on me sometimes, but most of the time Larry David makes me laugh… Corinna isn’t so much into it.
• 60 Minutes - This barely ever gets recorded due to conflicts, and even when it doesn’t watch it in fast-forward unless I see something that looks good. Corinna hates this show.
• Chappelle’s Show - We watched Chappelle’s show for awhile, but it didn’t last long..
• American Chopper - When I just want to veg out in front of the TV I turn this on… It fits right into my “watching angry people” thing
• Reno 911! - “The State” was great, and so is this show. Corinna and I love it, although we don’t really watch the reruns at all.
• ER - Corinna always talks about how much she hates this show but watches it ever week… I never really got into it.
• Blind Date - 10% successful dates and 90% disasters. You can guess which percentage I watch the show for.
• Thirsty Traveler - I really hate the host of this show but find the subject matter interesting.
• Tenacious D - This show was hit-or-miss but Jack & Kyle are funny… Interestingly enough, JB fan Corinna never seemed to get into the show.
• Six Feet Under - I love this show, although the last season wasn’t quite up to par… Corinna is also hooked on it.
• Star Trek - She’s a trekkie, what can I say… I was never really into old Trek…
• Nova - ‘Nuff said… Corinna only watches this occasionally.
• Family Bonds - I’ve always been fascinated by bounty hunters/bail bondsmen… This show isn’t great, but it feeds my curiosity.
• Viva La Bam - I loved Jackass and I love this show, even though I can tell parts of it are forced and scripted…
• The People’s Court - I used to watch Wapner every day as a kid, and it parlayed into watching Marilyn… Corinna is just as into this show as me.
• The Surreal Life - We started watching this show but never really followed thru… It’s a straggler season pass..
• Project Runway - Another show I can’t stand.
• Iron Chef America - I was amazed at how the (second) American version of Iron Chef kept some homage-y cheekyness but threw out the rest, leaving a simply good show.
• It Takes a Thief - Another show I’m currently testing out… It was interesting at first, but my interest seems to be fading..
• Masterminds - An old favorite that recently reminded me of… Criminals are fascinating…
• Henry’s Film Corner - Who’da thunk it? Henry Rollins reviewing films… I’ve only seen one episode so far, but I love Henry, so I presume I’ll keep watching.
• SCTV - I watched this show more growing up than SNL… I just found out that TV Land is rerunning, so I am psyched.
• Ebert & Roeper - With the film club, it’s good to know what’s coming around… While I let their opinions barely register, I try not to let the reviewers influence me too much… Corinna likes this one too…

There you have it… In addition, I’ve been watching Lost and the new Doctor Who, but I don’t watch those on the TiVo, if you know what I mean… :)