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magnumpi Aug 23rd 2011 5:00 am

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Nothing wrong with hitting the couch in the late evening, after a long day at work and after a hearty bbq meal and cracking open a beer in front of the late evening movie.

Jingsamichty Aug 23rd 2011 5:04 am

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 9577422)
Nothing wrong with hitting the couch in the late evening, after a long day at work and after a hearty bbq meal and cracking open a beer in front of the late evening movie.

I imagined you coming home to your trailer, checking your messages, pouring yourself a slug of bourbon and settling down in front of The Rockford Files.

cheeky_monkey Aug 23rd 2011 5:55 am

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i given up on Canadian tv pretty much apart from the news..too many adverts.

i watch MOTD2...Football league show
Benders and Corrie
Who do they think they are?
Sometime watch hairy bikers when its on

My kids have started watching x-factor as it started this weekend gone i think again.

magnumpi Aug 23rd 2011 6:20 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 9577424)
I imagined you coming home to your trailer, checking your messages, pouring yourself a slug of bourbon and settling down in front of The Rockford Files.

Ha ha yeh thats me....lol..

BristolUK Aug 23rd 2011 7:05 am

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Originally Posted by PeterF (Post 9577021)
What screws us up usually is the fact they change days/times etc also big gaps in seasons, (why did Dr Who do the same this year??). The seasons are too long (24 episodes), which are made as they go along, which sometimes gets delayed.

You may watch 3 or 4 episodes of a series and start getting into it, then suddenly you see the first episode again, or an episode from a previous season.

Yes that is a pain; especailly when an episode is billed (even promoted as new just hours before) and then it's one from earlier.

Not sure what you mean about Doctor Who though. Granted Space began showing it the same weekend as BBC and then fell behind, but I believe the "series" was split into two by BBC to reduce the period between the end of one run and the start of the next. :confused:

jimf Aug 23rd 2011 1:33 pm

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey (Post 9577499)
i given up on Canadian tv pretty much apart from the news..too many adverts.

i watch MOTD2...Football league show
Benders and Corrie
Who do they think they are?
Sometime watch hairy bikers when its on

My kids have started watching x-factor as it started this weekend gone i think again.

Can't think of anything I make a point of watching here other then the news. Some series look quite decent the tudors, merlin, camelot. One channel showed the uk version of come dine with me and the canadian version - uk version much more entertaining.

I have downloaded who do they think they are and hairy bikers on the Iplayer. Sometimes download gardeners world not that much gardening is possible in calgary.

Since getting netflicks won't be watching any films on TV any more although quite a few films on my list to watch aren't on it.

The US PBS channel can be quite good with no adverts. Shows things like Spooks (MI5 here) which I never watched in the UK but do here sometimes.

JamesM Aug 23rd 2011 10:54 pm

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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 9577414)
Pseudo superior. What a great phrase. I must try to find some sort of definition.

TV is for wet weather and winter. Or it should be.

I do agree. I only sit down a couple of evenings a week mainly because it's cheap entertainment and I don't have a garden.

For us folks out east there is definately plenty of time to watch TV in the winter!

Cookie Aug 24th 2011 12:54 am

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I like:

Corrie
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
How I Met your Mother
SYTYCD (USA)
Happy Endings
Hot in Cleveland
Criminal Minds
Shameless (USA)
Dexter
MI5 (Spooks)
Dr Who
Big Brother (USA)
Various property shows
Various cooking shows
Who Do You Think You Are / Ancestors in the Attic

I liked both Skins (USA) and V but sadly they are both being taken off the air :(

Most of these show are on during the winter months and repeated over the summer months so viewers can watch them any time. :) I only watch for an hour or two in the evening if I am doing nothing else. Love my PVR for being able to zip through the adverts :)

I am out of the loop re current UK TV programs. I loved a good British drama :(

Gremmie Aug 24th 2011 1:20 am

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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 9577414)
Pseudo superior. What a great phrase. I must try to find some sort of definition.

TV is for wet weather and winter. Or it should be.

Definition supplied......

The prefix pseudo- (from Greek ψευδής "lying, false") is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not.
Added to

Superior (hierarchy): something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind.
Souvy ( Short form for Souvereign) - some one who thinks of himself above any one else, who thinks he is the absolute power and is the uncontrollable force that plagues an internet forum.
Souvereign The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed and from which all specific political powers are derived; ...

terese677 Aug 24th 2011 7:20 pm

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I love the Great British Bake Off :)

Oink Aug 25th 2011 4:49 am

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I think Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is quite good. I think he'll give that stuck up Jonathan Ross a run for his money.

JamesM Aug 25th 2011 5:00 am

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Originally Posted by Gremmie (Post 9579246)
Definition supplied......

The prefix pseudo- (from Greek ψευδής "lying, false") is used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not.
Added to

Superior (hierarchy): something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind.
Souvy ( Short form for Souvereign) - some one who thinks of himself above any one else, who thinks he is the absolute power and is the uncontrollable force that plagues an internet forum.
Souvereign The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed and from which all specific political powers are derived; ...

If memory serves Souvy was short for Souvenir...........

Oink Aug 25th 2011 5:12 am

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You know what was a good programme? Was John Craven's Newsround. It was the only thing I'd let my kids watch as it was very informative.

JamesM Aug 25th 2011 5:20 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9581683)
You know what was a good programme? Was John Craven's Newsround. It was the only thing I'd let my kids watch as it was very informative.

It was never the same after John either.......

Jingsamichty Aug 25th 2011 5:26 am

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Stats Canada claim that 8.3% of viewers of John Craven's Newsround grew up to become alcoholics.


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