TV Meme: Day 5

[hsapiens]

Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled: Firefly
Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching: In Plain Sight
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season): {White Collar & The Vampire Diaries are pretty but shallow; Royal Pains is shallow but pretty}
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever: Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate SG-1, Firefly, Queer as Folk, and Farscape. Supernatural makes the cut on a technicality (ignoring serious gender issues) for its prescience in employing Misha Collins.
Day 05 - A show you hate:

I was stumped on this because I reserve hate for sins like hypocrisy and intolerance; television doesn't inspire emotion of that sort in me. Can I choose any FOX "news" program? Yes, I think I can and I shall. They embody the hypocrisy and intolerance that DOES inspire my rage.

Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show:
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show:
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch:
Day 09 - Best scene ever:
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving:
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you:
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times:
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show:
Day 14 - Favorite male character:
Day 15 - Favorite female character:
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show:
Day 17 - Favorite mini series:
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence:
Day 19 - Best TV show cast:
Day 20 - Favorite kiss:
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

Comments

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I can't claim to have watched many of their shows; it infuriates me too much to listen to it for very long. My grandmother used to watch it so I heard enough during my visits to feel confident I have the feel for the station and its viewpoints.

I do love Jon Stewart. He completely revamped The Daily Show and made it his own. His brain is devastatingly sexy.

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

I don't know how anyone stands it. The hypocrisy and the sheer idiocy of their reporting is awe-inspiring (in the bad way). The thirty-seconds or so I get exposed to on TDS and Colbert are bad enough. I remember the time Glenn Beck responded to something Rachel said, claiming she had no evidence, and the clip he played was edited to remove the part where she cited her evidence. Ahem, handwave.

And yes! Jon Stewart and the Daily Show were nothing special, but combined? Holy cow. The episode where Jon spent fifteen minutes doing a parody of Glenn Beck's style really should have won an Emmy (or... actually I think it's eligible for next year's Emmy Award. Cross your fingers :D)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I enjoy Rachel (love her geekery and insistence on facts), adore Jon, and think Colbert achieves brilliance often. The sad thing is that I want to hear a conservative viewpoint; it's important to hear all sides and understand one's adversary. It sharpens one's thinking. But the FOX channel isn't about conservative thought. I can't tell if they really think any of that for real or if it's Jerry Springer on a news setting because it's so very often something as blatant as creatively editing footage to make it fit the point.

I have my fingers crossed for Jon. I'd love it if they acknowledged the amazing work that he does.

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

~nods~ I agree about Rachel. Geekery and facts! Her two cornerstones. She's about on par with Colbert and TDS, in my mind. And they even trade jabs! Jon made fun of her for something, she responded with her explanation, and Jon accepted her explanation with good grace. He didn't apologize for mocking and I doubt Rachel expected an apology, they just found their common ground in a mature manner. It was very refreshing to see in this day and age of news.

Unlike Glenn "I'm not saying Obama is Hitler, but isn't it interesting that they're both men in power?"

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I need a Jon Stewart icon. How can I not have one? I saw the segment that Jon did on Rachel and I thought he had the right of it. I don't notice when Rachel goes wrong because I'm the choir so I want Jon there to point out the car wheels are off the road. And I like that they can agree to disagree or discuss points without it becoming a damned Olbermann/Limbaugh grudge match.

All that I can think of to say about Glenn Beck is that he is intellectually bankrupt. That's damning in my book, a literal kiss of death. It's the worst thing I can say about someone who isn't literally evil. I wouldn't listen to him if he stood up and shouted, "Fire!"

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

I concur exactly. I watch Rachel with a bit of blinders on, so it's nice to have someone fact-checking and making sure she stays honest. :)

I completely agree about Glenn Beck. To the point where, when I saw he'd written a book called COMMON SENSE, I laughed out loud in the store. I didn't even care if people heard me. Of course, this is Oklahoma, so it's probably selling like mad.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

It is a favored tactic of Republicans** to project their own sins onto opponents: fiscal irresponsibility, trampling individual freedom, racism. It makes sense that if they're busy deflecting their sins on others that they'd wrap themselves in the virutes of the same opposition. ;-)

**Perhaps the Democrats engage in similar behavior but I don't see it.