In Santa Barbara, California, the fascinating and tumultuous life of the rich Capwells around who gravitate other families, from the Lockridges, the rival family, to the Andrades or the Perkins, more modest families but which destinies know the same torments.
Starring: Robin Wright (pre-marriage to Sean Penn) as Kelly Capwell, Marcy Walker as Eden Capwell, Robin Mattson as Gina Capwell, Lane Davies as Mason Capwell, Todd McKee as Ted Capwell, Judith McConnell as Sophia Capwell, A Martinez as Cruz Castillo, etc. etc.
Don't ask me why, but this soap somehow gained a cult following on NBC in the mid-1980s through its ending in 1993. Perhaps because of its comedic style and offbeat writing.
Team Idiot Box is hoping this will fit into the Medical category, X-Weighted.
It is probably better described as more of a health show, but I really have nothing else I can think of that I could fit into the medical category, but if there are issues, I can make my pick again or shuffle it around or something.
The show is about people setting target weights and trying to meet those targets through diet, exercise and general lifestyle change.
For our 17th round selection, in the Soap Opera/Serials category, Team Sequoia is happy to select, a pick that would make my grandmother proud, The Young And The Restless.
I wanna go back to The Pretender. Great show! Just an excellent plot with great storylines and characters. The Pretender is where I was first introduced to the great Jon Gries. And Ms. Parker can hunt me down anytime!
Blue Cove, Deleware baby!
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Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's second best series. Bottom is the story of two losers who share a flat and break stuff. Hilarity ensues. 18 lovely episodes! Chess
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Can I may another pick since I'm a round behind or do I have to wait 12 hrs?
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I know, you know that I'm not telling the truth. I know, you know they just don't have any proof.
For my 17th pick, Frozen TV Dinner is happy to select, from the USA Network, in the Comedy (Open) category, Psych.
Of the shows I've picked previously, there have been many different reasons for starting to watch them: critical acclaim; interesting promos; recommendations from friends and family; etc. This is the only show I started watching because I was on an airplane. Air Canada has an on-demand seat back entertainment system in its planes, and last year, I had to make a few trips to Ottawa within a short period of time. It didn't take long to watch every movie in the system, so then I started searching for tv shows I had never seen. Lo and behold, one of the tv shows that was available was Psych. I had never heard of the show before, but I gave it a try, and loved what I saw, so when I reached solid ground, I "found" the rest of the series and have been hooked ever since. Oddly, the show is shot in Vancouver, but doesn't air anywhere in Canada, at least I haven't been able to find it.
Psych began airing on the USA Network during the summer of 2006, as a companion to Monk, and it typically airs a split season with half a season airing during July and August and the second half airing in the weeks right after Christmas.
Like its companion show, Monk, Psych is centered on an unconventional detective in California. The main character on Psych is Shawn Spencer (James Roday), a young man who has a remarkably fine-tuned sense of observation (honed during childhood by his cop father, played by Corbin Bernsen). After he observes certain details about a crime and calls in a tip to the police, Shawn declares that he has psychic abilities to avoid being arrested on suspicion that he was responsible for the crimes he "knows too much" about.
Realizing that being a psychic on call to the police department can have its benefits, Shawn enlists the help of his best friend Gus (Dulé Hill) to start his own "Psychic Detective Agency", with the tongue-in-cheek name of "Psych".
Combining his innate ability to see what others have missed with a flair for dramatics, Shawn enjoys helping the police solve their crimes, without being burdened by actually having to follow police procedures or convention.
The three main cops on the show are Chief Vick (Kirsten Nelson), the police chief who puts up with Shawn's behavior because it gets results; Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson), the by-the-numbers, but trigger happy, detective whose main goal is to solve the crimes before Shawn does; and Juliet O'Hara (Maggie Lawson), the junior detective who is more accepting of Shawn's antics. Shawn and Jules have a flirtatious relationship that has never (yet) escalated.
While it is a mystery of the week type show, it is definitely a comedy. Each episode typically features a theme to the crime and it frequently makes reference to pop-culture, especially movies of the 1980s.
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Nice pick getbak! Psych is hilarious. The back and forth between Sean and Gus is priceless!
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
For our first Wildcard pick, we'll take the much too short-lived, hideously underrated and misunderstood, flash-in-the-pan gem... Boomtown
Neal McDonough's Deputy DA David McNorris was one of the greatest characters I've ever seen on television, period. A real shame this show never caught on... It was a fresh approach to a tired genre, but as is the case with many a great show, was far too ahead of its time.
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Team Idiot Box selects in the category of Game Show, the classic Concentration. Has this been picked? I honestly have no clue at this point what has been picked and what hasn't been picked.
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