Watching? Who's Watching?

[cybermathwitch]

Ok, I promised my own response to the "What are you watching?" prompt I gave earlier, so here it is:



In no particular order...

Battles BC: Because my husband is a history geek, and I'm a documentary/geek-tv geek. Hee! Also, it's gorgeous and fun.

Jon & Kate + 8: I must have my weekly dose of cute - and they have teh cute! ::love::

Eleventh Hour: I am 'shipping Jacob/Rachel. Also, Jacob hits all my "tall, dark, and brilliant" buttons. The cases are interesting too, and I like the story-telling style and pace.

House: Snark love! I'm not watching the new stuff, but am watching the reruns on USA. It's brilliant character writing, acting, and development.

Babylon 5: We're finishing up the rewatch of the series (we're on season 5). Many things make me twitchy, but overall it's enjoyable.

Rachel Maddow: She's hysterical. And brilliant. Also left of center, which is good for me.

Stargate: Atlantis: This is my favorite of the Stargates thus far. I 'ship Sheppard/Weir, Ronon/Teyla (why is there not more fic of them?!) and love McKay to death, as well as Beckett.

CSI: Miami: I <3 Calleigh/Eric. I don't like the cases on this one as well as some of the others, though. But I've been an Emily Proctor fan since she was on West Wing.

CSI: I admit to being on the fence about Grissom leaving, but I have got to say that I really, really like Lawrence Fishburn's character. I think of all three, I like the cases on the original CSI the most, and I know just enough about previous seasons to know that I want to go back and watch the Miniature killer eps.

CSI: New York: I used to avoid it (kind of weird considering I love Melina Kanakaredes) but sometime earlier this year I started to really like the characters. I honestly couldn't tell you why. Which is not to say that they're unlikable, just that I'm not sure what changed. I am a very happy Danny/Lindsay 'shipper, of course, and I think I'm also 'shipping Stella/Mac.

Paranormal State: Haunted stuff! Yay! (What I also occasionally refer to as "stupid human tricks" - though that description fits better with "Scariest Places on Earth" than Paranormal State.)

The Mentalist: I like watching Patrick and Teresa banter. It's also fun to watch Patrick mess with people's heads.

NCIS: I'm sorry, is there a reason *not* to love NCIS? Ziva is my favorite character (yes, I'm all Tony/Ziva, like you didn't see that one coming), followed closely by Abby and then everybody-else-and-the-dog(s). In all seriousness though, the writing is excellent (most of the time. They're a little shaky about some things (like Tony) this season.) the cinematography is great, as is the use of music and lighting and the direction. My very favorite thing of all is how the characters interact with each other, and it makes me want outsider-POV fic very, very badly.

A Haunting: I am a junkie for the paranormal. I love hearing the backstory and trying to figure out the mystery to a place/happening/etc. Plus I like the voice-over narration. The re-enactment occasionally leaves something to be desired, however.

Numb3rs: I keep wandering away from and then back to this one. I love it - because hey, math geekiness, Charlie and both adorable and hot, as is Amita, and the characters are fun to watch together. But it doesn't quite grab me enough to keep me glued to it every week.

L&O: SVU: Mariska Hargitay is one of those people who I'll watch just about anything she's in. Also, like all the Law and Orders, I'm usually intrigued by the cases. This one has more character-driven interest for me, though. (CI would have as much, if they had Goren and Eames in all the eps, but they don't, so it doesn't quite.)

L&O: CI: Goren fascinates me. That about sums it up.

Dollhouse: I'm... still on the fence (though I really liked this week's ep.) As serendipityxxi mentioned, because the characters "change" from week to week, I haven't really been able to attach myself to anyone yet.

I have slacked off in regards to Law and Order, Bones and Battlestar Galactica. BSG is for previously mentioned reasons, and Bones is mostly because Brian stopped being interested and didn't want to watch it, so I didn't fool with it. I have every intention of catching it on DVD. Recent seasons of L&O haven't really grabbed me.

I have been told that I must start watching Legend of the Seeker (I'm hesitant because I hate the books, but willing to give it a try), and I want to get my hands on Merlin. L&O: UK is waiting for me awesome. I will watch Burn Notice eventually, but Brian wants to start at the beginning so it's going on our NetFlix list. I am eagerly awaiting the new season of In Plain Sight. I love Mary McCormack and for some reason it reminds me of Silk Stalkings.

I also have realized that I MUST WATCH CASTLE.

Comments

[kurayaminokoe.livejournal.com]

You have to see Merlin yes. It's fun, Arthur is a giant prat and gets told so a shitload of times by his manservant Merlin *snork*

Legend of the Seeker, hm. I started watching it, and when I was caught up, or nearly so, I looked into the books, (remember my dorky lj post from last week) and started reading book 1 last wednesday. I have to say, I'm not sure which I like more, (and then again, would I have liked the book before watching the series? Hmm...) and the guy playing Richard is not bad to look at :) When I first came across it I noticed it was by the same people as Herc/Xena and *cough* opted not to download, because of the cheesiness of earlier mentioned shows (I'm not saying I didn't enjoy watching those two shows though, but I was in high school back then lol). Anyhow, long comment, but so far, there's no sighting of cheese XD.

L&O hrm... we get continuous reruns of all of the L&O shows and I have my HDD set to record the CI series, but lately I either not watch it or do random other stuff. oh, right, they started way back in season 1 AGAIN x.x SVU they changed the days on tv here, and I didn't update my HDD (instead, I just randomly watch the Cold Case episode they show instead)

Hm, after I finish my homework I should do this as well, even though I randomly watch shows for a while and then move onto other things.

[cybermathwitch.livejournal.com]

When CI started running here, I couldn't really get into it. I wasn't terribly interested in any of the criminals they profiled, and wasn't really seeing enough of the "good guys" to be attached to them. But the more that I started watching the reruns here, the more that Goren started to intrigue me. I have a thing about brooding geniuses, I think. (Fox Mulder, etc.)

I love all the characters on SVU, but I hate running into the same reruns over and over again. :(

I like Cold Case, and almost included it on my list (probably should have). I'm trying to catch up. The main characters aren't as much of a draw as the cases are on that one though. I'm not sure why, though I think it's directly related to why I don't get into it more.

You should try and find L&O UK if you can though, it's really good.

[serendipityxxi.livejournal.com]

LMAO IPS sort of does have Silk Stalkings-y-ness to it a bit, I think it's why I like it better than Burn Notice but alas the leads totally haven't captured me the way Chris & Rita did way back when. It'd help if the main guy didn't look like Brian Kinney from QAF and thus didn't make me expect EXCELLENCE from him *G*

I love Amita on Numb3rs (she was also the crazy slayer in Angel S5) and you should check out Thoughtcrimes cause she's in that and Shep from SGA as CIA agents with telepathy! It's an awesome unpicked up pilot/turned movie :)

[cybermathwitch.livejournal.com]

I will try to find Thoughtcrimes, it sounds cool.

I love Mary McCormack to death so I'm very attached to her. And i don't have the QAF thing going on because I only ever watched the UK version. :)

[serendipityxxi.livejournal.com]

Ooooh I should totally watch the UK version the next time I get a QAF craving as I haven't seen it yet! *adds it to the list of things to keep me entertained during the summer tv drought*

[joyshine.livejournal.com]

OMG CASTLE! NATHAN FILLION HOTNESS!

Seriously. I don't do crime shows. This one made me squee. Yay for indulgent friends with DVR.