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May 28, 2008, 06:47 PM
 
Interested in who has followed a television series all the way through. From the first episode to the last, or for those that aren't over yet, to the presently aired episode.

I've managed to squeeze two in to my life.

Sliders and Stargate SG-1.
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May 28, 2008, 06:49 PM
 
loads.
Angel, Buffy, Firefly, Xfiles, Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, Lost, spaced, red dwarf, battlestar galatica, etc etc.
we don't have time to stop for gas
     
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May 28, 2008, 06:53 PM
 
The Tick, and that one CBS show about being an alien virus infecting people ... came on in 2005 I think ... lasted like 4 episodes.
     
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May 28, 2008, 06:55 PM
 
Futurama and - so far - Battlestar Galactica are the only two that made me want to.

Well, and V, back in the 80s.
     
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May 28, 2008, 06:57 PM
 
Oh yeah, Dark Angel and Stargate Atlantis as well.

So Peter, how much TV a day do you have to watch to make a list like that?
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May 28, 2008, 07:02 PM
 
Originally Posted by Mac User #001 View Post
Oh yeah, Dark Angel and Stargate Atlantis as well.

So Peter, how much TV a day do you have to watch to make a list like that?
I dont watch much TV, girlfriend and I like to snuggle in with bottle of wine and DVD boxset.
we don't have time to stop for gas
     
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May 28, 2008, 07:07 PM
 
oh and Skins, Office Uk and Office US, The Wire, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb your enthusiasm, scrubs and futurama.
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May 28, 2008, 07:10 PM
 
mash, cheers, friends, sarah connor chronicles (not that was hard to do), top chef, hell's kitchen, this old house, oh man...many many many more shows.

or do you mean watched from start to finish all in one viewing? none.
     
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May 28, 2008, 07:14 PM
 
I'm really trying to stick with Smallville but these last 3-4 seasons have made it very difficult. Season 8 was suppose to be the last but I heard rumors that the CW network wants to drag it out to season 9.
I don't think I can hold out for that long. Besides, Tom Welling just turned 31. They should have ended the series three seasons ago and done a spinoff called Metropolis.
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May 28, 2008, 07:31 PM
 
As a sometimes insomniac my list is quite long:

Stargate (Sg-1 and Atlantis), BSG, Firefly, The Shield, 24, Dresden Files, Rome, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, The Office (UK and NBC), Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, American Dad, Alias, Heroes, Lost, Black Adder, Peep Show, Father Ted, Extras, Da Ali G Show, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, House, Weeds, Gilmore Girls (??), Spaced, Asylum (finally d/led the season last week, pretty funny show), Reno 911, Torchwood, Dr. Who, Psych, Monk, Jericho, and quite a few more that I can't think of right now.
     
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May 28, 2008, 07:58 PM
 
Oh man, I doubt I can list them all.

24, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Heroes, Lost, The Unit, The Shield, Sports Night, Arrested Development, The Office, Futurama, South Park, Family Guy (although I doubt I'll continue with this one), House, Weeds, Reno 911, Psych, Jericho, How I Met Your Mother, The 4400, Chuck, Dexter, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy (stfu), Prison Break, Reaper, Robot Chicken, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Scrubs, Supernatural, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Buffy.

I'm sure there are more. And I've seen all the episodes of Seinfeld, but I didn't start watching until well after it started.

/I like TV.

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May 28, 2008, 08:21 PM
 
Alias.

*shuts eyes, hides in corner*

(I had too much invested by the time it just really really started to suck)

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May 28, 2008, 08:33 PM
 
Too many to count. In one sitting? In high school my friends and I watched Robotech (36 episodes, about 14 hours) in one marathon.

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May 28, 2008, 10:45 PM
 
24, Breaking Bad, Entourage, House, Law & Order, Rome, The Unit, The West Wing, Weeds
     
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May 28, 2008, 10:55 PM
 
October Road, Weeds, American Dreams, Grey's Anatomy

I have seen every episode of Seinfeld, E.R., Cheers, M*A*S*H and the first 16 or so seasons of The Simpsons.

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May 28, 2008, 11:17 PM
 
The Office, Heroes, Breaking Bad, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development
     
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May 28, 2008, 11:25 PM
 
With the exception of Seinfeld, No. i usually loose interest, where they add unnecessary drama and romances to the plot.
     
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May 29, 2008, 01:33 AM
 
The Venture Bros. and eventually South Park now that they’ve put the episodes online.
     
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May 29, 2008, 03:34 AM
 
South Park.
     
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May 29, 2008, 08:20 AM
 
Back in my younger days, I watched all of the Star Trek TNG, but recently I just don't have the desire, or time to watch a lot of TV. I'm thinking that's a good thing, it interferes with my macnn time
     
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May 29, 2008, 08:32 AM
 
Ohh thats right again. I watched all of Star Trek Voyager and possibly all of Star Trek TNG.

Guess I've spent a few more hours in front of the T.V. then I thought. And there's also movies, which is what I mostly watch. But that's a whole other thread. Of course, I'm sure some of you still have watched 3-4 times or more movies than me.
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May 29, 2008, 08:32 AM
 
Way too many to list.

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May 29, 2008, 08:39 AM
 
House, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder, Golden Girls, Three's Company, Jeeves & Wooster and Fawlty Towers.
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May 29, 2008, 08:42 AM
 
Oh, forgot to mention Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Enterprise.

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May 29, 2008, 08:47 AM
 
I've watched too many to list.
(Not as many as some above, I guess I just don't care as much)
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:01 AM
 
A lot.

Probably the first was The Duke of Hazard. The latest is Lost.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:03 AM
 
a lot. now with tivo, there's no reason to miss something I like.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:16 AM
 
I'm not sure but I think....none!

As a child though there could have been a few but I'm not sure if I really didn't miss any of the shows (for the Germans: Patrick Packard, Silas, Anna, ... I watched all those 80's shows)
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May 29, 2008, 10:19 AM
 
Not many. Night Court is all that comes to mind. Possibly Northern Exposure... Not that much of a TV watcher really. I'd rather play a video game if I have the TV on.

After the fact I've had to sit through Buffy and Angel. Futurama during its time on Cartoon Network is a good bet, too.

Almost forgot Spongebob. Between me and my almost 4 y.o. I'm sure I've seen them all.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:24 AM
 
Night Court? Ha, there's a completely random one.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:29 AM
 
Oh, I absolutely loved it. How could you go wrong with a character like Dan Fielding? The Cosby Show? Family Ties? *pffft!*
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:30 AM
 
Beginning to end: Alias, Friends, Futurama, Office UK, Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG

Beginning to current: American Dad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, Heroes, Lost, Office US, Simpsons, South Park
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:33 AM
 
Originally Posted by zro View Post
Oh, I absolutely loved it. How could you go wrong with a character like Dan Fielding? The Cosby Show? Family Ties? *pffft!*
I didn't say it was bad. Just really random. God knows I was enjoying seeing it again on TV land. Better than 90% of the crap they play on there.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:35 AM
 
Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, The Office (UK), Doctor Who (new series), Torchwood, Arrested Development, Jam and Jerusalem, Roman's Empire, The Sopranos, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, House. All I can think of right now.
     
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May 29, 2008, 10:43 AM
 
"The A Team" and "Pinky & The Brain", that's all.
     
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May 29, 2008, 11:12 AM
 
Originally Posted by angelmb View Post
"The A Team" and "Pinky & The Brain", that's all.
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May 29, 2008, 11:17 AM
 
Entourage
Futurama
Family Guy
Arrested Development
My Name is Earl (although the newer ones aren't as funny)
American Dad
South Park (seen every episode twice or more)
I think that's about all the shows where I've seen every single episode.

I'd say I've seen maybe 90% of the simpsons
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May 29, 2008, 11:26 AM
 
Sopranos, Futurama, Venture Brothers (new season this sunday at 11:30!). Seinfeld, Star Trek TNG, It's always Sunny in Philadelphia, and if the Simpsons didn't put on 6 seasons of awful I would say them too.
     
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May 29, 2008, 11:28 AM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
(new season this sunday at 11:30!)
You don't say.
     
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May 29, 2008, 11:30 AM
 
Star Trek: Voyager is the only show where I watched (nearly) every episode when it was originally aired. I only missed a couple during its 7-year run, and I think I subsequently saw all of them (the one I remember missing and then seeing later was the really bad one where Paris and Janeway go warp 10 and turn into salamanders and have little salamander babies).

Others, seen on DVD:

Babylon 5
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly

I've also seen nearly every episode of Seinfeld, but all out of order, so I don't know which ones I've missed. Same with most of Star Trek: TNG.

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May 29, 2008, 11:36 AM
 
Seinfeld (at least 10 times through) and Friends (against my will).

I'm still keeping up with The Office, 24, and LOST. I'm also working my way through CSI, trying to catch up.
     
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May 29, 2008, 11:46 AM
 
Originally Posted by Luca Rescigno View Post
(the one I remember missing and then seeing later was the really bad one where Paris and Janeway go warp 10 and turn into salamanders and have little salamander babies)
Say no more. That was definitely a WTF episode.
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May 29, 2008, 11:48 AM
 
I'm surprised the borg weren't involved.
     
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May 29, 2008, 12:03 PM
 
I didn't realize just how much it was hated...

Originally Posted by Wikipedia
This is often considered to be the worst episode of Voyager, and some believe it to be the worst Star Trek episode ever. Its writer, Brannon Braga, in an interview on the DVD release of season 2, called the episode "a royal steaming stinker"...
...Many fans have decided to ignore the events of the episode.
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May 29, 2008, 12:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
It's always Sunny in Philadelphia
By far the funniest show on television, IMO.

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May 29, 2008, 12:07 PM
 
Season 3 wasn't as good as 2, though. Not sure what my vote would be for.
     
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May 29, 2008, 01:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
Season 3 wasn't as good as 2, though. Not sure what my vote would be for.
Agreed. Seasons 1 and 2 are pure genius, though. My favorite is the one where Charlie thinks he has a son, and they're in the mall:
Kid - "You have to buy me a toy!"
Charlie - "I don't have to buy you shiiiiiit!"


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May 29, 2008, 01:19 PM
 
The abortion one was fantastic. Oh, and the one where Dennis picks all the black kids for the basketball team (especially the sequence where a very drunk Charlie [as the referee] comes out of nowhere to block a kids lay-up, grabs the ball dribbles up-court and completely duffs his lay-up into the bottom of the rim).
     
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May 29, 2008, 02:12 PM
 
Wow, there are so many I've watched all of the way through. Here is what I can think of.

Chuck, Firefly, Heroes, 24, Lost, The Shield, Smallville (don't ask why), The Office (US), Battlestar Galactica, Psych, Jericho, Prison Break, Daybreak, The Dead Zone, X-Files, Star Trek Enterprise, Alias, Stargate SG-1, ER (through season 6), How I Met Your Mother, Vanished

I was going to list Silders but I think I missed a few episodes. I lost interest after the original cast started leaving. I know I saw the last season, though.
     
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May 29, 2008, 02:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by Lava Lamp Freak View Post
I was going to list Silders but I think I missed a few episodes. I lost interest after the original cast started leaving. I know I saw the last season, though.
Yea, that sort of sucked.

 
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