In the series pilot, 11-year-old Jay tries to join a tree-fort club, and a telescope that belonged to his father (who has been missing several years and is presumed dead) is stolen. When Jay tries to retrieve the telescope, he falls from the tree-fort, injures his head, and lapses into a coma.
In the coma, Jay finds himself in a fantasy world where no one reaches the age of 16. Not having heard of adults, the children here have shaped society in their own ways, sometimes resembling a police state. Jay, not knowing how he has got here, embarks on a journey to return home—a place he can't remember. The journey becomes a quest to find his long-lost father, who fell overboard from a small boat into a lake whilst they were on a fishing trip together, and has not been seen since.
Used to watch this all the time when I was a kid. It was pretty dark and serious stuff for a "children's" television programme.
I am having a heck of a time with my Canadian pick, everything that I come up with someone already has. Sure there are lots of shows but alot of them are crap.
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Dis, I can still play the alarm in my head from Emergency. I had the Hot Wheels version of the fire truck and the paramedic vehicle. Great, great show. Watched that along with 6 Million Dollar Man.
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I hope this classifies as a Soap/Serial, if not, I'll move it to a Wild Card spot. Team Legen...wait for it...dary! selects Gossip Girl in the Soap/Serial spot.
Yes, I'm not afraid to admit I watch this terrible show! The acting is not good, the story lines are improbable and the characters are morally reprehensible but I love it! I'm probably too old to be watching it, but I can't help it. It's about a group of Upper East Side private school kids and the tangled relationships they have while never once attending a class. Every movement of these kids' lives is under the scrutiny of the blogger known as Gossip Girl! I love me some Chuck Bass!
I was going to post some clips but thought I wouldn't force those on anyone.
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I am having a heck of a time with my Canadian pick, everything that I come up with someone already has. Sure there are lots of shows but alot of them are crap.
The medical category is going to cause me some grief as my favs were taken early. It's going to take case of beer and some serious searching on the net to find a pick for that category
The medical category is going to cause me some grief as my favs were taken early. It's going to take case of beer and some serious searching on the net to find a pick for that category
Thing is, there will be something that you find that way that will be worthy of your choice and you'll be surprised you didn't think of it sooner. So many great TV shows have come and gone for guys as old as you and I!
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Thing is, there will be something that you find that way that will be worthy of your choice and you'll be surprised you didn't think of it sooner. So many great TV shows have come and gone for guys as old as you and I!
Good point! I was thinking i might have to go the classic route like i did with my comedy open
Btw old guys rule
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For our latest pick, we'll be moving Cosmos into the Educational/Information category, and in Mini Series/TV Movie we'll select, David Simon's prelude to The Wire, The Corner
With our fourteenth selection in the 2008 Calgary Puck Television Draft, we here at the Patterson Corporation are pleased to select for our lineup on our new channel MQS-TV, an action series that gives us a glimpse into law enforcement. Staring real officers and real suspects, this show has won an American Television Award, has received 4 Emmy nomination, and is currently into its 20th season. Filling our the Action* slot, we here at MQS-TV humbly select from Twentith Century Fox, COPS.
*line-up slot subject to change.
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With our 14th Round selection, Team Sequoia is proud to select, in the Crime/Law category, CSI: Miami.
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Like the original CSI, CSI: Miami is a police procedural about a team of forensic scientists. It is set in present-day Miami-Dade County (which mainly includes unincorporated Miami-Dade, as well as Miami, Kendall, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Opa-Locka, Key Biscayne, etc.).
The team investigates mysterious and unusual deaths to determine who killed whom and why, and also solves other serious crimes (such as rape or kidnapping). In seasons one and two the show had two cases per episode just like its sister shows but from season three onward the show frequently focuses on a single case in each episode, or an investigation branched off from the main case (for example, episode 305, 'Legal,' in which a homicide in a nightclub is solved by Wolfe and Calleigh, while Horatio and Delko crack a prostitution ring being run by the nightclub's owner), as opposed to the two-cases-per-episode storytelling of its sister shows, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and CSI: NY. Many of its characters have appeared on all three CSI related shows because of the two-part episodes.
Team Abe Vigoda picks, in the drama category: Numb3rs
NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. It follows FBISpecial AgentDon Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his mathematicalgenius brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, the program is produced by CBS Paramount Network Television and airs on the CBS network in the U.S.
The show focuses equally on the relationships between Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes and their father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, normally in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and mathematically described by Charlie, with the help of Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol) and Amita Ramanujan (Navi Rawat). The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics are always in some way crucial to solving the crime.
The series was the most popular show airing on Friday evenings throughout its first four seasons.[2]Numb3rs was renewed for a fifth season which started October 3, 2008.[3]
In the Canadian Category, Watching through the Static chooses The Wayne and Shuster Show.
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They spoofed All in the Family as "All in the Royal Family", with the king calling Hamlet, "Meathead", and his queen "Dingbat". As Paramount was about to release Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the duo spoofed it with "Star Schtick". When The Equalizer went on the air, they responded with "The Tranquilizer", dealing with mysterious deaths on a game show that was a cross between The Price Is Right and the $64,000 Question. When Dallas was popular, it was spoofed with a character determined to corner the fertilizer market, and featured a cameo by Barbara Frum. Fantasy Island was spoofed with "Fantasy Motel".
The duo spoofed the commercials "we love to hate" with their own versions: Crazar TVs spoofed the "Quasar" TV brand with the high pitched overture; Oil of Oyvay spoofed the de-aging Oil of Olay; Macedonian Formula spoofed Grecian Formula, and questioned why a man would say he used it and thus reveal he has grey hair; Russian Express spoofed American Express, with a muscular KGB agent saying "Don't leave home!"
I remember it for its really bad laughtrack, but it still brings back fond memories
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