It seems there are dozens of murder investigation shows on these days, but NCIS really stands out to me. First off, they have great characters that make sense within the context of the show. Secondly, the aspect of a military investigation division always involves some interesting obstacles during the story. Finally, the dialogue is exquisite.
NCIS is the story of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service headed up by Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon). His team is made up of agent Tony Dinozo, a smart ass movie buff who is constantly making movie references and cracking joke; Tim McGee a geeky, computer guy who is usually the target of Dinozo's comedy; Officeer Ziva David a former Mossad agent (Israeli Intelligence) who is constantly misusing American expressions; Abby Sciuto the unique and quirky lab tech and Dr. Mallard (Ducky) the much experienced medical examiner. Together, they solve military crimes and make me laugh, though the show isn't exactly a comedy.
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I searched the thread for Big Brother but didn't find anything, and I guess I just didn't take Farscape off of my list when it got chosen. Back to the drawing board for me, I guess...
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Are we allowed to shuffle around our rosters? If so, I have a lot of shuffling I wouldn't mind doing. I was hoping to move around about four of my shows to different categories.
Say, did you know our basic cable comes with lesbian porn?
For my 19th pick, Frozen TV Dinner is pleased to select in the Wildcard #2 category, from Fox television (as brief as it was), Wonderfalls.
Debuting in March 2004 in the Friday night death slot on the Fox Network in the US, and Global Television in Canada, this "international" co-production received critical acclaim, but poor ratings and was canceled after its fourth episode aired.
This continued Executive Producer Tim Minear's dubious streak of being the Exec-Producer for unique and interesting series that aired on the Fox Network that were canceled early in their first season (also on Minear's list are Firefly, The Inside, Standoff, Drive, and K-Ville)...FYI, don't expect Joss Whedon's new series Dollhouse to last long.
Set in Niagara Falls, Wonderfalls tells the story of Jaye Tyler (played by Montréal native, Caroline Dhavernas without a hint of an accent), a 24 year-old member of "Generation Y" who has a degree from Brown University, but no ambition to do anything more than go through her daily grind working "customer service" at Wonder Falls, a tacky souvenir store overlooking the Falls. Jaye's family consists of her parents, plus an older brother and sister. All of her family members are successful and driven, which makes it even more disturbing for them that Jaye appears to be content living in a trailer park and working at a souvenir shop.
One day, Jaye's life is changed when one of the wax lion souvenirs that are sold in the store starts talking to her (and only her). Soon, most of the inanimate animals that Jaye encounters are talking to her, telling her to do strange things. Generally, when Jaye follows the advice/orders of the animals, good things happen and when she ignores the animals, bad things happen.
Although only 4 episodes aired on Fox/Global before it was canceled, the show gained a small but vocal fan base. In late 2004, Vision TV picked up the full series (13 episodes) and aired it in Canada. In the US, the show was picked up by Logo. If you want some idea of what type of show it was, think about the fact that it was aired on a religious channel in Canada, but a gay channel in the US and it wasn't out of place on either network (although, not really suited to either, either). The series was released on DVD in 2005.
The show was created by Bryan Fuller, who also created Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, and was one of the driving forces behind the first season of Heroes (you know, back when it was one of the best shows on tv). Luckily, now that Pushing Daisies is pushing up daisies, Fuller will be returning to Heroes for the final part of this season.
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Are we allowed to shuffle around our rosters? If so, I have a lot of shuffling I wouldn't mind doing. I was hoping to move around about four of my shows to different categories.
Of course you can.
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^^Sweet. I thought we could, but I wanted to be sure before making a laundry list of shuffles. Thanks for the confirmation.
So... GM, could I get the following shuffles:
-Move Third Watch from Crime/Law to Medical
-Move X-Weighted from Medical to Reality Ongoing
-Move CSI NY from Drama to Crime/Law
-Move The OC from Wildcard #2 to Drama
That should free up my wildcard pick if I am not mistaken.
Hope that's not too much to ask. I am sure the frenzy of picks in the last while have already made updating the board a doozy of a task.
^^Sweet. I thought we could, but I wanted to be sure before making a laundry list of shuffles. Thanks for the confirmation.
So... GM, could I get the following shuffles:
-Move Third Watch from Crime/Law to Medical
-Move X-Weighted from Medical to Reality Ongoing
-Move CSI NY from Drama to Crime/Law
-Move The OC from Wildcard #2 to Drama
That should free up my wildcard pick if I am not mistaken.
Hope that's not too much to ask. I am sure the frenzy of picks in the last while have already made updating the board a doozy of a task.
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For our swan song.... In wildcard #2...We'll take...pretty sure it's still available...
The Critic!
And that's it!!!! It's been a marathon.
But it has been a pleasure, and thanks again to GirlySports and all those who helped her out for all their hardwork.
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"Hello. I'm Ben Stein. And today, I'm going to make history. I'm putting up $5,000 that says I know more than you. So if you're smart enough... fast enough... and if you've got the guts... YOU can win Ben Stein's Money!"
For our last pick the Couch Potatoes choose from Game Show Category.........
"Win Ben Stein's Money" has won a total of 5 Daytime Emmys, including those for Outstanding Show and Outstanding Hosts for Ben Stein and co-host Jimmy Kimmel.
The anti-game show game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money" consists of humorous category names and banter between the hosts (Ben Stein and co-host Jimmy Kimmel from 1997-2001, Nancy Pimental 2001-2002 & Sal Iacoco in 2002) and contestants. It's the only game show where the host plays for part of his own paycheck. In the first round, three contestants answer questions of varying dollar amounts, with the one with the lowest amount being eliminated.
The two remaining players go up against Ben Stein himself, as they again answer questions in round two. After that round, the contestant with more money faces Ben in the "Best of Ten Test of Knowledge," where each person is asked the same ten questions. The contestant keeps his/her money won in the first two rounds no matter what, but if they get the same number of questions correct as Ben, he/she win an extra $1000 for a tie. If he/she get more questions than Ben, they win all $5000 of his own money.
The official disclaimer during the credits read: "'Ben Stein's Money' is the prize budget furnished by the Producer. Ben Stein keeps the money in the prize budget not won by the contestants at the end of each production period. If during the production period the winnings exceed the prize budget, Producer pays the overage."
^^I liked watching that show, but was always bothered by the look on Stein's face when he got a question wrong, absolute shock and disbelief everytime. You got it wrong, face that reality, buddy!!
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^^I liked watching that show, but was always bothered by the look on Stein's face when he got a question wrong, absolute shock and disbelief everytime. You got it wrong, face that reality, buddy!!
The guy had a huge EGO and figured he knew it all. He didn't particularly like losing. That being said Jimmy Kimmel with his funny remarks always had me in stitches.
^^I just hated the way he would always drop his jaw when he got one wrong, like he was willing Kimmel to change the answer to the question or something. Good show otherwise though. I liked the clever topic titles.
Anyways...
Team Idiot box will select in the category of talk show, The Maury Povich show or simply Maury.
Maury has gone real lowbrow lately, basically milking one of three topics, DNA tests (his real bread and butter), out of control teen girls who want to have babies and will inevitably be forced into some kind of bootcamp, and Caught on Tape episodes where cheaters and liars are caught in the act then confronted by some enraged boyfriend or girlfriend.
I really only watch the DNA tests. Why? I don't know. It's cheap entertainment I guess.
Sad, cheap entertainment.
Sad, cheap, completely stupid entertainment.
