I'm going to be a Nielson viewer. List the good shows to watch.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

I already watch Jon Stewart, Olbermann, NOW, 60 Minutes, Nightline, Charlie Rose (sometimes).

Please be sure to give me a heads up if anything good is going to be appearing.

[Francis]

1. Frontline n/t

[AlCzervik]

2. Frontline

[lizzieforkerry]

3. West Wing!!

Thanks! How did you get signed up?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

7. They chose me randomly - you can't volunteer.

n/t

[obnoxiousdrunk]

4. Monk, The Shield

[flygal]

30. Monk is Great!! Hardly any violence

There are some death scenes but nothing like CSI! It's a clever clever show!

[crispini]

5. Oooe, I'm jealous!

Enjoy your righteous effect upon the tvland ratings. Watch Olbermann twice, just for fun. ;)

How do they pick people, do you know?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. I'll have to remind my roommate to watch Olbermann & Jon Stewart.

She only watches them sporadically. We'll then have 2 more viewers for those shows.

[sonicx]

53. delete

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. 60 Minutes, Frontline, West Wing, Jack and Bobby and Countdown

and jon stewart

[Hello_Kitty]

8. Will and Grace, Queer as Folk, and any other gay-themed shows.

Show the fundies that viewers will NOT cave into their attempts at cultural regression.

[lukasahero]

14. Don't forget Queer Eye eom

[BiggJawn]

10. Test Pattern...

Comes on right after "Sign-off"...

[flobee1kenobi]

17. Champ Car World Series

http://www.champcarworldseries.com/Event/EventSchedule.asp?Year=2005
Best open wheel racing in America-The only race cars left that run turbos.

This is the same group of people that Tony George(indy 500)tried to put out of business because they wouldn't race in "his" series.

[jayfish]

28. In That Same Vane,...

may I recommend "FIA World Rally Championship" on SPEED. Best drivers in the world(IMO).

Jay

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[DrWeird]

16. Might as well leave his TV on the Home Shopping Network

as watch that crap.

[truebrit71]

12. West Wing. NYPD Blue. Medium. Medical Investigation.

Just about anything on BBC America.

[julialnyc]

13. I like

Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck, Monk, The Shield, Law and Order SVU

[Lerkfish]

15. nonpolitical: 2 1/2 men

that show really cracks me up.

[m_welby]

18. turn the freakin tv off for the entire month ! n/t

[peekaloo]

19. Scrubs and Boston Legal

:bounce:

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. Those are two of my favs....

n/t

[flygal]

31. Boston Legal is excellent!

I know lots of people watching now that didn't watch the Practice. William Shatner is the comeback king on that show!

[peekaloo]

36. Trix are for kids.

Denny Crane and Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs) make watching network television fun again, for me.

Both shows feature excellent writing and great characters.

:bounce:

[stellanoir]

20. the only TV sitcom I watch is

"The Gilmore Girls." on the WB. It has fantastic, really witty dialogue and really great characters.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

22. "Lost", "The King of Queens", "The Simpsons" n/t

[pdxmom]

21. "Lost"

Really well done and keeps you drawn in.

Please, please, please avoid all reality programming. And never turn on FOX!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

24. I'm so sick of reality tv programs. n/t

[julialnyc]

25. me too...except,

I like The Amazing Race

[jayfish]

26. It's Not A Reality...

TV show. It's a drama and it's the only show I watch on a regular basis. Check it out tonight. It's a little late in the series but you may still enjoy it.

Jay

[cry baby]

27. Watch Arrested Development, it's very funny and quirky!

Not your everyday sitcom.

[LostinVA]

29. American Dreams

NBC at 8:00 Sundays. Well-acted, and has been obliquely AND overtly anti-war (it's set in 1966, and one of the characters just came home from Vietnam). Of course, the ratings are low... no car chases or naked women on the show!

[onenote]

55. I second that recommendation! n/t

[Tracer]

32. Nielson.

A few years ago, I got a Nielson "diary" in the mail Ñ (I don't know what else to call it. It was a book where you write in everything that you've watched on television) Ñ along with instructions on how to use it.

It struck me as a big waste of my time, so I threw it out.

A few days later, someone from Nielson called me to check that I'd received it and to find out how my TV record-keeping was going. I told the woman that I threw it out.

She was shocked! shocked!, I tell you Ñ and proceeded to inform me that I "couldn't do that!"

I told her I'd "already done that" and the diary was long gone.

She blubbered about for a few more minutes and then gave up.

Who the hell do these people think they are?

[HamdenRice]

33. Democracy Now! on your local public access station nt

[sadiesworld]

34. You have a pretty good list as it is...

don't throw a lot of crap in on top of it.

And (please) NO cable "news" or "reality" TV.

[otohara]

35. Democracy Now & BBC

DN is on FSTV, or local access stations, BBC is on my local access station and BBC cable

[The Revolution]

37. Simpsons, Arrested Development, Family Guy

Sure, it's FOX, but they're the best comedies on TV right now. Anyone know when new Family Guy episodes will start airing? It looks like they're going to be showing some of the old episodes starting this Sunday.

[Dorian Gray]

38. Watch Veronica Mars!

Help us save this show! :)

[Francis]

39. Amazing Race n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. "Joan of Arcadia" No Fooling!

--------------------------------------
Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/

[onenote]

54. agreed n/t

[Rosco T.]

41. "House" (even if it is on Fox), "Enterprise" (it's gotten way better) n/t

[ellie]

42. Ooh,

I like Arrested Development, the Simpsons, Amazing Race, Law & Order and Law & Order SVU, Monk, Viva La Bam, Boiling Points, You've Got A Friend, The Osbournes (new season coming soon!), and until this past Monday when they announced the winner, Battle For OzFest.

I watch no news, cable or local. Not even for the weather! There is a whole network devoted to the weather anyway.

[z-man]

43. Lost.

:thumbsup:

[Proud2BAmurkin]

44. Boston Legal

.

[ThorsHammer]

45. I'm in the minority here, but "24" is a great show

[Wind Dancer]

46. Link TV and FSTV are independent.

They gave great documentaries and true journalism.

[gauguin57]

47. As I understand it, the Nielsens just help networks set their ad rates

based on what's popular. It's not going to make some executive wake up and say, "WOW, we should all be running shows like 'Frontline.' "

I've been an Arbitron (radio ratings) diarist a couple of times. They sent me a $1 bill in the mail with my diary. Wooo! Thanks for the big paycheck! I flip the dial around so much, it was almost impossible for me to tell them what I was listening to when. And I mostly listen to various public radio/college radio stations, so my diary would have been no use to them, re: the whole advertising rate thing.

[sarcasmo]

48. How do you get to be a Nielson viewer

This would be another segment of society for us Duers to flood the Nielson ratings could actually becmoe Democratic.

[ChairOne]

49. Does it catch on to commericials?

If so, click away from every Vehix commericial. They make me wanna shoot myself...

Also the commercials that are like 10x louder than the tv show. Hate that shit...

[ThreeCatNight]

50. 24

The most heart pounding show on TV....

[GarySeven]

51. Watch nothing but trash TV

Find the stupidest shows on TV and watch them regularly. Fuck with the box, in other words. Fight against the corporations that run TV by making their rating statistics meaningless. Then maybe we can get some good quality programing on that isn't afraid to take on the fascist corporate state.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

52. The best shows on PBS are Frontline, Wide Angle, and P.O.V.

Nova is good unless they get on a military kick, as they seem to do occasionally.

The BBCAmerica Monday night mysteries are about the only good thing (aside from The Office and an occasional drama special) about that wretchedly fluffy channel.

If I were designated a Nielson viewer, I'd mess with their minds by not watching any Big Three, Fox, or WB TV at all.

[sonicx]

56. If you have digi-cable, watch "Degrassi: The Next Generation" on "The N"

It's a canadian-based teen show, but it's very good (and gay friendly).

[info being]

57. Globetrecker if you can find it.

[SideshowScott]

58. Arrested Development!!!

Best show on TV bar none!

[AP]

59. Without A Trace is not reactionary and very well written --

they do shows that are sympathetic to working poor mothers who have to be drug mules in order to buy hearing aids and glasses for their children and who have to live in cheap motels because they can't afford the security deposit to rent a crappy apartment.

That show deserves good ratings.

[tsuki]

60. The Wire.

[TahitiNut]

61. Disappointing ethics.

I was asked to do the Nielsen thing during the last "sweeps" (a couple of months ago) and I agreed. Having agreed, I felt an ethical obligation to both report truthfully and to not modify my viewing habits in order to skew the polling. If I'd felt that I couldn't do it truthfully, I'd have refused to participate.

[MsUSA]

62. I love Alias, Antiques Road Show, Monk,Joan of Arcadia and all

Wisconsin sports I can get my eyes on.