Question Of The Day, Wednesday, January 23, 2019

IF you are a television watcher, what is your favorite binge fodder? If you aren't, is there any show that you might be tempted to binge on from what friends have told you?


First, my FAVORITE isn't available to me right now. "Outlander", hands down, and I MUST find a way to get caught up! I just binge-watched "The Handmaid's Tale," and am currently revisiting "Longmire." I think I'll do "The Last Kingdom" next.

There are so many.
Doctor Who
Lucifer
Lost
The Orville
All the DC shows currently on. However, Arrow has been failing for some time now.
The original Charmed
Stranger Things
Cleverman
and so many more.

Sex and the City
Seinfeld
One Tree Hill
Dawson' Creek
The Sopranos
The Shield
Sons of Anarchy

Oh My!! What a question!!

I do record programs on my DVR and just binge watch them; especially when I am hanging out, there is bad weather outsider it is the summer rerun season:

Outlander
Poldark
Call of the Midwives
Victoria
This is Us
Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries

Canceled series which I loved:
Father Brown Murder Mysteries
Granchester

and a new one which just came out: A Discovery of Witches-- only seen on Sundance Now or Shudder.. I read the book series; naturally, I have to watch the series. It has been renewed for season 2...

Also, when I get around to it:
The Amazing Miss Maisel, Season 2, on fire stick.

Last year, I binged on Jack Reacher--on fire stick.

Hmmm, I don't really binge -TV much anymore. One of my co-workers will buy tons of DVDs, watch them, then give them to me to watch. Rick and I binged on Six Feet Under, Deadwood, The Fringe, Alias, gosh, I can't remember all of them. I really liked Deadwood and The Fringe. He and I made a deal: he would binge on Supernatural if I binged on Alias. He got the better of that deal, I think. I wasn't impressed with Alias. And it turned out he really liked Supernatural.

I'm watching Outlander as it airs on STARZ. We rent STARZ for the time Outlander is on, then after the season is over, we give STARZ up until the next season starts.

I want to start getting Netflix and then I'll binge on this season of Lucifer. I "heard through the grapevine" that Lucifer will probably be cancelled after this season. Bummer, I really like Lucifer.

On the fire stick, I had started watching some of the really old tv shows, some of them in black and white.

My TV dream is to own the entire set of the X-Files. I swear, if I do? I'll be binge-watching that forever!

A lot of you like Outlander. I must be missing out on something good.

Winchester said:

I "heard through the grapevine" that Lucifer will probably be cancelled after this season

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Nooo, not again.

Mia6 said:

A lot of you like Outlander. I must be missing out on something good.

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I liked the books. Didn't like the series that much.

The only one I can binge watch over and over and never get tired of it is The Office. Especially the early seasons. I also like Modern Family.

I recently binged Justified and really liked it too.

I watch a lot of TV shows, but I rarely actually binge watch anything.

I forgot Stargate SG-1. I have it all on DVD - except one movie (Ark of Truth). I love this series and binge watch it often.

Unsolved Mysteries
Dateline
Corner Gas

Oh this is such a hard question
I often find a lot of comedies good to binge watch, especially the older ones. My favourites are:

Friends
The Office (UK)
Friday Night Dinner
Miranda
Father Ted
The Monty Python sketches and films
Cold Feet
Gavin and Stacey (Christmas isn't Christmas for me without the Christmas special )
The Royale Family
Rev (not being showed at the moment but was really funny when it was on air)
Mrs Brown's Boys (yep, a lot of things wrong with the show, but it's always a good laugh)

And then Western dramas:

Call the Midwife
Silent Witness
Grace and Frankie
The Good Place
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Elite
The Crown
Sex Education
Orange Is The New Black
Les Miserables (the BBC are airing a new adaption of it and it's the best adaption I've seen - although I've only seen the 2013 musical film so can't vouch for much haha)
Broadchurch (again no longer on air but was brilliant when it was)
Peaky Blinders
Stranger Things
The Rain
Versailles

And Korean dramas:

Hello My Twenties
My Love from the Star
Where Stars Land
Goblin
Andante
Dear My Friends
Strong Girl Bong Soon
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
Reply 1988
Angry Mom
Hwarang
Moon Lovers
Boys Over Flowers
Missing 9

LOL, I've been sitting here making notes for what to put on my "Watch List!"

kashmir64 said:

Lucifer

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Oh, me, too. I HOPE Netflix will keep it on for more than one season! I just love that little Devil!

Winchester said:

My TV dream is to own the entire set of the X-Files. I swear, if I do? I'll be binge-watching that forever!

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$105 through Amazon, and you might find it cheaper on eBay or such!

Mia6 said:

A lot of you like Outlander. I must be missing out on something good.

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I LOVE the books. Been reading since they first came out. While the series isn't exactly like the books, they come close. Starz had originally wanted to do a movie, but the producer thought that would ill-serve the book, and talked them into doing pretty much one book per season as a series. What I DO like about this series is that the props, costuming, sets and locations are what you would expect from a movie. They are very, very well done. EVERYTHING looks like is should. Like the books better, but very happy with the series, as well.

Does Youtube count? I've been binge watching a lot of Matthew Santoro lately.

kashmir64 said:

Does Youtube count? I've been binge watching a lot of Matthew Santoro lately.

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ANYWHERE you -watch counts! Netflix and the ilk, or Youtube, or cable tv, or DVD, or even old VCR tapes!

There's so so many. With Insomnia I tend to watch a lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime.

A list of bingeshows in no particular order:
For Humor:
Arrested Developement
The IT Crowd
Santa Clarita Diet (not the first episode but oh my after that--whew!)
Schitt's Creek
Kim's Convenience
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office (UK)
Coupling (UK only- USA version was terrible!!!!)
Kath and Kim (probably good for older Ab Fab fans)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (excellent for New Yorkers)
Parks and Recreation
IZombie
The Strange Calls (An aussie comedy bordering on weird tales or twilight zone)
The Good Place
Young Dracula
Father Ted
Corner Gas (CA)

Other:
Supernatural (got me hooked just by the soundtrack but some good gems)
Charmed (actually a pretty sweet show- not creepy)
American Horror Story (some seasons better than others)
The Rain
The 100
Black Mirror
Braindead (amazon original- alien ants take over the minds of politicians- well written and acted has Tony Shalhoub, it's another one to make past the first episode)
Lost Girl (kinda sexy- not for everyone)
Orange is the New Black (also not for all audiences- by far)

I've seen some really fantastic Kdramas and Jdramas. There's a feeling to those but there's a few that broke the mold for me:
It's OK, that's love- Kdrama dealing with mental illness. Was simply fantastic.
Million Yen Women- I still don't know what to make of this Jdrama but I watched the whole thing in a weekend.

It amazes me how many shows some of you find to watch. Most nights I can't find a thing that even remotely interests me. But maybe that's because I only have Google Fiber TV and none of the premiums, firesticks, Hulu, Netflix, whatever.

misty8723 said:

It amazes me how many shows some of you find to watch. Most nights I can't find a thing that even remotely interests me. But maybe that's because I only have Google Fiber TV and none of the premiums, firesticks, Hulu, Netflix, whatever.

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I get recommendations from people I work with otherwise I'd never find stuff either. Netflix used to be good when it had reviews but they removed that feature so now I have to rely on word of mouth

misty8723 said:

But maybe that's because I only have Google Fiber TV and none of the premiums, firesticks, Hulu, Netflix, whatever.

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I don't have a single subscription to tv. Not cable, satellite or any other pay product.
If you want a link to where I watch mine, PM me.

A lot of mine are PBS series, which I record and view later.

One and only one. Deadliest Catch. Every season. Every show. Over and over. I have 76 on the DVR right now and I'm hoarding them. I also have the first 11 seasons on DVD. I can't find the rest. Gotta watch it!