Massive TV shows you've never seen a single episode of

iMax

Was thinking about this earlier. There's loads of massive mainstream shows I've never seen even part of an episode of:

Heroes, Lost, CSI (any of them), House, Battlestar Galactaca, West Wing, Boston Legal, The Unit, The Shield, The Wire, Reaper, The OC, Dexter...

I just don't have time to watch them. What's yours ?

That_Guy

For me I've never watched CSI (any of them), Fringe, Dexter, Bones, Cold Case, The West Wing.

It's not that I don't have time it's just that I'm not altogether sure how good these programs are. I can imagine CSI being very repetitive though. Not really sure about the rest of them.

amcalester

House, Battlestar Galactica, West Wing, Dexter, The Unit, The Shield, Dirty Sexy Money (an awful lot of the American Dramas)

but closer to home, The Mighty Boosh and The League of Gentlemen (dont know why, maybe theres just too much hype so I've avoided them) and Flight of the Concordes (again too much hype)

Kimbot

Sopranos, The Office, The Unit, Lost, Heroes, Dexter.

And plenty of others too!!

Super-Rush

Lost, The Wire, CSI, The Shield, Bones, The OC, Star Trek, i just could not be arsed...

Arcee

I watch tons and tons of tv but there's not enough hours in the day for all the series. I've never watched even a few minutes of 24, Sopranos or Prison Break. Can't help feeling left out sometimes

peanuthead

I dont watch any of them, I'm afraid if I start watching one, Ill start watching them all, and ill end up like the rest of the people I work with. Did you see w, x, y and z last night!! I dont know how they get anything done!! And the crazy thing is, they're nearly all on at the same time, so what are they doing? Recording ALL night????

Richard Dower

Lots.....Sex & The City/L Word...alot of cop shows or what they call proceadural type stuff, NCIS etc.
Not watched a fair few actually.

Blazer

Ye should all be shot.
Some of the greatest tv shows are listed here. BSG/Dexter etc.

I bet ye watch some ****e though like Coronation Street or other such crap on tv

No excuse for being too busy. Ever hear of downloading the show to suit your time? Even RTE are getting in on the act now with their repeat shows.

peanuthead

amcalester wrote: »

but closer to home, The Mighty Boosh and The League of Gentlemen (dont know why, maybe theres just too much hype so I've avoided them) and Flight of the Concordes (again too much hype)

Haha, I've never heard of ANY of them!!!!

peanuthead

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

Ye should all be shot.
Some of the greatest tv shows are listed here. BSG/Dexter etc.

I bet ye watch some ****e though like Coronation Street or other such crap on tv

No excuse for being too busy. Ever hear of downloading the show to suit your time? Even RTE are getting in on the act now with their repeat shows.

What? Revolve my real living self around these pretend, fictional characters?? Are you for real?? :eek:

Richard Dower

I vow to NEVER watch Eastenders or Corrie...same with that bloody Hollyoaks!

Diabhal Beag

Curb Your Enthusiasm, House, Coronation Street

994

CSI, 24, The Shield, Desperate Housewives, Eastenders, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes

mental07

The Sopranos and The West Wing would probably be the two big ones for me.

Agamemnon

I've never seen a full episode of The Sopranos, BSG or Firefly/Serenity. I'm going to start watching them when I'm finished with The Wire.

Podge2k7

Lost,Bones,Sopranos,24

byte

Lost, Bones, The Sopranos, the Wire, BSG, 24, or indeed Prison Break.

Soaps aren't worth mentioning, let alone watching.

I did see a few eps of House the other day as it happens, and it seems pretty good, so am considering getting a boxset.

User45701

great idea for a thread btw

i recently over the last year watched a few shows straight though. The wire and sopranos where two shows i was glad i never watched - then when they where over i watched them every episode back to back

ive heard good things about the mighty boosh which ive never watched and i dont like any reality tv show so ive never watched them - except last comic standing that was funnyish at times and it was a boring few months of no tv

im trying to think of other shows

angel
boston legal
rome
the 4400
2 and a 1/2 men
24
small ville
the mentalist
bones

i cant think of any more

Our man in Havana

Lost,Office,Sopranos,24

ejmaztec

Judging by the names of all the programmes that people haven't watched, I'd be tempted to ask whether they have worked out how to switch on their tv sets, or even whether they have a tv set.:eek:

Richard Dower

I'm more of a Sci-Fi nerd.........

Disease Ridden

Frasier,
The Wire,
Greys anatomy,
Seinfeld,
House,
West Wing,
Deperate Housewives,
Sex and the City,
Blackadder


Loads of others...must watch the Wire

amacachi

Disease Ridden wrote: »

Frasier,
The Wire,
Greys anatomy,
Seinfeld,
House,
West Wing,
Deperate Housewives,
Sex and the City,
Blackadder


Loads of others...must watch the Wire

And Frasier.

ejmaztec

Richard Dower wrote: »

I'm more of a Sci-Fi nerd.........

Sci-Fi seems to be a little thin on the ground these days, which is why there's even more sh1t on Sky than there used to be:(.

Nunu

I haven't seen a single episode of most of them.
I don't watch them on TV - my TV viewing is dominated by sport/current affairs...although the last few weeks I've started watching late night repeats of CSI (Vegas) on Living and really like it...starting to get repetitive though.

I have all seasons of Sopranos and 24 on DVD. Will be getting all seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm too.

iMax

ejmaztec wrote: »

Judging by the names of all the programmes that people haven't watched, I'd be tempted to ask whether they have worked out how to switch on their tv sets, or even whether they have a tv set.:eek:

I tend to watch a lot of "imported" tv or movies, I just can't commit to much more (got kid also).

My current viewing schedule includes 30 Rock, Apprentice (UK & USA), Better Off Ted, Hells Kitchen, Rescue Me, The Office, there's almost an hour a night for six nights, a couple of movies a week also & then whatever the missus/junior fits in around that, as well as work, family life, house stuff, sport & once a week out to the cinema.

There's a load more listed here that I wouldn't mind seeing but not have a chance. I've also got two seasons of Terminator to start on

Dodge

I don't really bother with anything sci-fi. Not saying its bad, its just not for me. (Although I loved the first series of Heroes...)

As above there's a limited enough window for TV viewing (non sports tv obviously ) so I tend to watch one or two episodes of something and then decide if I'll stick with it. At the moment that amounts to watching the Office and Chuck (and maybe Parks and Recreation).

There's some I'll have sat in front of the tv when its on (whatever's the missus is watching) and some I know i'd hate so there's no point in watching it.

The only 2 that people say I'd like that I haven't watched are 24 and House. I missed the start of them, and then felt like I'd missed the boat on them. 30 Rock was a bit like that but its easier to fit 22 minute episodes in somewhere

mike65

The Wire
BSG
Friends
X Factor
Anything with Ant and Dec.
House
West Wing
24
Sopranos
CSI this that and the other.
Any Alan Ball stuff.

IronMan

I would love to be someone who had never seen the Sopranos. Just for the sheer pleasure of being able to watch them for the first time.

carrieb

Everyone NEEDS to watch the West Wing. One of the best things on TV ever.

enda1

Neighbours
Eastenders
Cornatoin Street
etc.

Lost
All those new american crime ones (CSI, Dexter etc.)

Bondvillain

Heroes.

No interest whatsoever.

meditraitor

Bones is the only one mentioned so far that I have not watched.........

User45701

Richard Dower wrote: »

I'm more of a Sci-Fi nerd.........

Im a massive scifi nerd - i remember wathcing star trek TOS when i was 5 and home sick from shcool with chicken pox.

House is not scifi but its amazing - plently of other good non-sci shows but that said 50% of shows i like are scifi

mike65 wrote: »

The Wire
BSG
Friends
X Factor
Anything with Ant and Dec.
House
West Wing
24
Sopranos
CSI this that and the other.
Any Alan Ball stuff.

Friends?

either you dont want tv and never bothered to download it or you must have just always switched the TV off when re-runs come on because even now there hours and hours of friends each day let alone each week.

Our man in Havana

I have never watched Friends either and I get good value from my sky subscription.

sillyputty

Star Trek
BSG
24
Prison Break
West Wing

I don't even feel like im missing out on anything.

phasers

I've never seen Heroes, CSI (any of them), Battlestar Galactaca, West Wing, Boston Legal, The Unit, The Shield, The Wire, Reaper, The OC, Dexter

Hmm...
I tend to watch British shows...

Although I have been meaning to watch the Wire, it's been getting amazing reviews everywhere

Elmo

The West Wing or as I like to call it the Grown up version of The Gilmore Girls. Based on a few clips that I have seen.

MASH
Prison Break (just could start another one after Lost and 24)
Fringe (I might think about it)

Auvers

Elmo wrote: »

Prison Break (just could start another one after Lost and 24)

nooooo dont do it as its utter tripe if you want to watch a TV show about a prison watch OZ

as for TV shows I have never seen

Friends
Sex and the City
Desperate Housewives
ER
The West Wing

Elmo

Auvers wrote: »

nooooo dont do it as its utter tripe if you want to watch a TV show about a prison watch OZ

I'm sorry It should have read couldn't and I won't. OZ is excellent.

bnagrrl

The West Wing (am about to start the complete boxset though)
24
Lost
Dexter
Heroes

...to name but a few.

I don't watch any of the soaps either.

KnifeWRENCH

Shows I've never seen but want to watch:
The Wire
Six Feet Under
House
Twin Peaks
Mad Men
The Office (UK and US)

Shows I've never seen and don't particularly have interest in seeing:
Heroes
24
CSI (any of them)
Entourage
Prison Break
Seinfeld

Richard Dower

Wow...surprised sooo many people don't watch Heroes, wait....how many of you watched season 1 and then saw the series one finale and then never watched an episode again?

:-)

Biggins

Westwing
Chuck
24
House
The Wire
Dollhouse
Torchwood
Dr Who
Firefly
Lost

Watched Series 1 of Heroes and gave up after that, got bored with it.

ixoy

Singe full episode of a big show? Ehh probably most of the reality TV ones.

"Only Fools and Horses" would be another.

Um.... eh.. "Ghost Whisperer"? I watch too much TV

leahyl

iMax wrote: »

Was thinking about this earlier. There's loads of massive mainstream shows I've never seen even part of an episode of:

Heroes, Lost, CSI (any of them), House, Battlestar Galactaca, West Wing, Boston Legal, The Unit, The Shield, The Wire, Reaper, The OC, Dexter...

I just don't have time to watch them. What's yours ?

Ya all them.....ha. There are no relatively new tv shows that i watch - if i don't get into them from the start then i never do usually...

The old ones are the best - friends, er, SATC, frasier....they all gone now though - well er finishes in a few weeks.

keefg

With the exception of Boston Legal (which I love) I don't think I have seen any other "big" American tv show.

Friends - Watched half an episode when it was huge in the 90's, hated it and never watched it again
Sopranos - Nope
Prison Break - Nope
Lost - Nope
24 - Nope (but one day I might give it a go)
Seinfeld - Nope

and most of the other listed by other poster I just haven't heard of but that's because I'm not a fan of US tv shows so I just blank them out.

mike65

User45701 wrote: »

Friends?

either you dont want tv and never bothered to download it or you must have just always switched the TV off when re-runs come on because even now there hours and hours of friends each day let alone each week.

I know its hard to avoid but so far so good! If E4 have their way I'll have to be vigilant for the rest of my life though.

Elmo

mike65 wrote: »

I know its hard to avoid but so far so good! If E4 have their way I'll have to be vigilant for the rest of my life though.

It was on RTÉ 2, 3E and E4 at one stage how did you avoid?

mike65

Funnily enough as they are 'childrens' channels its not that hard (me to be found watching BBC2 and 4 as a rule)