TV shows ... after the original run, etc.
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TV shows ... after the original run, etc.
Have you become a fan of a TV show AFTER its original run? Or, have you started watching a TV show after a few seasons have already been aired?
For me ... in some cases, I've missed TV shows because I watch something else in that time slot. In others, it is because the show originally ran when I was "too young". Most-recently it is because I'm tired of giving shows a chance only for them to quickly disappear, like ABC's "Eli Stone".
The newest "old" show I've started watching is former FOX staple "That '70s Show". I started watching because reruns are on late weeknights here in Chicagoland AND seeing Kurtwood Smith (Red Foreman on "That '70s Show") on CBS' new comedy "Worst Week" as Dick Clayton. Worst Weeks' Dick Clayton and That '70s Show's Red Foreman are similar and, imho, Smith is PERFECT for both roles. The two characters are different, mainly because Red Foreman's humor is verbal; Dick Clayton's humor is visual.
I recently read that Chuck Norris was the actor who had been originally "envisioned" as Red Foreman. Just think how different Red Foreman would've been with Chuck Norris as the actor behind that character....
The most-recent TV shows I started watching after a few seasons had been aired include ABC's "Boston Legal" (now gone, of course), CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" and "Friday Night Lights" (close to the chopping block, but given a reprieve by DirectTV).
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For me ... in some cases, I've missed TV shows because I watch something else in that time slot. In others, it is because the show originally ran when I was "too young". Most-recently it is because I'm tired of giving shows a chance only for them to quickly disappear, like ABC's "Eli Stone".
The newest "old" show I've started watching is former FOX staple "That '70s Show". I started watching because reruns are on late weeknights here in Chicagoland AND seeing Kurtwood Smith (Red Foreman on "That '70s Show") on CBS' new comedy "Worst Week" as Dick Clayton. Worst Weeks' Dick Clayton and That '70s Show's Red Foreman are similar and, imho, Smith is PERFECT for both roles. The two characters are different, mainly because Red Foreman's humor is verbal; Dick Clayton's humor is visual.
I recently read that Chuck Norris was the actor who had been originally "envisioned" as Red Foreman. Just think how different Red Foreman would've been with Chuck Norris as the actor behind that character....
The most-recent TV shows I started watching after a few seasons had been aired include ABC's "Boston Legal" (now gone, of course), CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" and "Friday Night Lights" (close to the chopping block, but given a reprieve by DirectTV).
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"We'd drive around" ... Cheap Trick ... 'In The Street (That '70s Show)'
RE: TV shows ... after the original run, etc.
I just recently got hooked on CSI:NY after watching the original CSI for years. Not much of a fan of the new episodes of the original CSI now that Grissom, Warrick, and Sara are gone from the cast. I was fine with it when it was just Sara that had left. But now that 3 of the original cast are gone, it's lost something for me. I think the original CSI may have run it's course. If it didn't return next season, I wouldn't really miss it.
Never cared for CSI: Miami. David Caruso ruins that whole show for me. Horrible actor in everything I've seen him in. He and William Shatner could have a competitionin over-acting. When ever I see David Caruso doing his over-dramatic crap, I want to just punch him in the face. lol
And speaking of a punch in the face... I can't picture Chuck Norris as Red Foreman. The show would have been completely different. Not better. Different.
Never cared for CSI: Miami. David Caruso ruins that whole show for me. Horrible actor in everything I've seen him in. He and William Shatner could have a competitionin over-acting. When ever I see David Caruso doing his over-dramatic crap, I want to just punch him in the face. lol
And speaking of a punch in the face... I can't picture Chuck Norris as Red Foreman. The show would have been completely different. Not better. Different.
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i have always watched that 70s show. recently i started watching george lopez and home improvement on nick at night. last year there was a show called the riches on fx that i really like but its not on. i always watch deadliest catch and ice road truckers. then theres scrubs. love the show but i have a class when its on now 
i have always watched that 70s show. recently i started watching george lopez and home improvement on nick at night. last year there was a show called the riches on fx that i really like but its not on. i always watch deadliest catch and ice road truckers. then theres scrubs. love the show but i have a class when its on now
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There have been some memorable TV Shows. Twilight Zone. The Fugitive. Ben Casey. Generally speaking those shows have all been a product of the Basic Three-Act Archetypal Formula.
It works for TV. But, you have to remember ONE very important thing about TV Shows. They ALL do the very same function for the Network or Cable Broadcaster. TV Showos are what keeps the commercials from bumping together. It's the 30-second and 1-minute shows that the Broadcasters REALLY want you to watch. The ones that advertisers play hoping you'll like their products.
I've always enjoyed TV. I worked in the Industry for over 30-Years. If I had to pick ... me ... my favorite shows of all time ... I'd pick two. The Original "Mickey Mouse Club" with Annette Funicello:
And my all-time favorite:
The Adventures of Rocky and His Friends! Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris, Natasha, Mr Big, Fearless Leader and Fractured Fairy Tales ... oh, yea ... and Mr Peabody and His Boy Sherman!
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And speaking of a punch in the face... I can't picture Chuck Norris as Red Foreman. The show would have been completely different. Not better. Different.
And speaking of a punch in the face... I can't picture Chuck Norris as Red Foreman. The show would have been completely different. Not better. Different.
.Now, I'm not the only one to watch a new TV show, see an actor or actress, and think, 'I remember that person on...' ... am I?
I had reduced my TV watching in the late-1990s because most shows I started watching from the beginning ... and liked ... found themselves on the chopping block very quickly. Most recently, this happened to "Eli Stone" (featured Loretta Devine, "Boston Public"; Victor Garber, "Alias" and "Justice"; and Natasha Henstridge, "Commander In Chief") and "Pushing Daisies" (featured Chi McBride, "Boston Public", with the character crossing over to "The Practice" and "Boston Legal"; and Swoosie Kurtz, "Sisters").
But, since I hooked up my DTV converter box (received for Christmas), I've found myself watching MORE TV ... new AND older shows (mainly the older ones, though) because it is cool to see some actors and actresses "now" and "then" ... especially when actors/actresses are reunited, as was the case when Scott Bakula guest-starred on "Boston Legal". Previously, he appeared on "Designing Women" and "Quantum Leap", but the appearance on "Boston Legal" re-united him with Candace Bergen; both were previously on "Murphy Brown".
Other "connecting the dots":
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" ... Dick Van Dyke also starred in "Diagnosis Murder"
"Mary Tyler Moore" ... featured several stars including Cloris Leachman ("Facts Of Life", "Dancing With The Stars", etc.) and Betty White ("Golden Girls", "Boston Legal", etc.)
"The Bob Newhart Show" ... which many years later provided the absolute BEST sitcom ending in history (imho, anyway) when "Newhart" ended with him waking up in "The Bob Newhart Show"....
"Cheers" ... Who can forget NORM!!!? Also, Ted Danson (Sam) later starred in sitcoms on CBS ("Becker") and ABC.
"Frasier" ... "Cheers" spinoff, which included Jane Leeves (formerly of "Murphy Brown"), Jean Smart (formerly of "Designing Women", now on "Samantha Who?") and Felicity Huffman (formerly of "Sports Nite", now on "Desperate Housewives")
"Taxi" ... including Judd Hirsch (now on "NUMB3RS"), Danny DeVito (who's girlfriend became Carla on "Cheers"), Tony Danza (Tony Missele on "Who's The Boss" and also starred on "Family Law" opposite Dixie Carter, formerly of "Designing Women"), and, of course, Christopher Lloyd (who teamed with Michael J Fox on the "Back to the Future" movies...)
"Family Ties" ... 3 stars of which were on ABC shows in the last few years, Michael Gross and Michael J Fox guest-starring on "Boston Legal", Michael J Fox on "Spin City", and Justine Bateman on "Men In Trees"; Meredith Baxter-Birney guest-starred on "Cold Case" recently; and, of course, Courtney *** moved from "Family Ties" to "Friends" ~5 years later
"Bensen" ... featured Rene Auberjonois, who was most-recently on "Boston Legal"
"Happy Days" ... Among others, Tom Bosley later starred in "Father Dowling Mysteries"....
Judi Dench ... BBC's "As Time Goes By" to the role of M in "007" movies.
Annie Potts ... CBS' "Designing Women" to ABC's "Dangerous Minds" to most-recently ABC's "Men In Trees".
Sally Field ... "Smokey and The Bandit" to ABC's "Brothers and Sisters"
Teri Hatcher ... ABC's "Lois and Clark" to ABC's "Desperate Housewives"
Peter MacNicol ... FOX's "Ally McBeal" to CBS' "NUMB3RS" to FOX's "24" back to "NUMB3RS"
Kyle Chandler ... CBS' "Early Edition" to ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" to NBC's "Friday Night Lights"
Connie Britton ... ABC's "Spin City" to FOX's "24" to NBC's "Friday Night Lights"
Tamara Tunie ... CBS' "As The World Turns" to ABC's "NYPD Blue" to FOX's "24" to NBC's "Law & Order: SVU"
Courtney Thorne-Smith ... NBC's "LA Law" to FOX's "Melrose Place" to FOX's "Ally McBeal" to ABC's "According To Jim"
Dennis Franz ... NBC's "Hill Street Blues" to ABC's "NYPD Blue"
Rob Morrow ... CBS' "Northern Exposure" to CBS' "NUMB3RS"
Kaley Cuoco ... ABC's "8 Simple Rules" to WB's "Charmed" to CBS' "The Big Bang Theory"
Christina Applegate ... FOX's "Married, With Children" to ABC's "Samantha Who?"
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for me, i hated "Seinfeld" when it was airing originally...i didn't "get" the humor. since they've started showing reruns on fox in the last decade, i think i've probably seen close to every episode. i love that show now.
also (where are you chevy girls....) sex and the city. i only didn't watch it before because i don't have any of the pay channels. but i love that show now.
i've never watched one tree hill, but one of my friends watches it, and her fiance quietly admits that he likes it too.
also (where are you chevy girls....) sex and the city. i only didn't watch it before because i don't have any of the pay channels. but i love that show now.
i've never watched one tree hill, but one of my friends watches it, and her fiance quietly admits that he likes it too.