What are we all watching?

[SBETigg]

The Walking Dead is all I watch so I'm excited for that to come back. I get all kinds of weird looks when people hear that's literally the only thing my TV gets turned on for all week but I already work on a computer all day in my career so the idea of spending more hours staring at a screen in the evening doesn't appeal to me.

I love Walking Dead, too! Last half season was so intense! I can't wait to see where they go from that.

[Ian]

I was actually thinking today what a miserable wasteland TV is these days. The only network shows we really watch religiously are Amazing Race and Survivor. Not a single other network show I watch that isn't sports.

I'll tell you what I did watch recently, though, and really enjoyed was Sons of Liberty. It was a History Channel three part mini-series that dramatized the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. It was hardly historically accurate, but it was very well done and quite riveting!

[Disney4us2]

At the moment...nothing. Having Direct TV installed. I like to watch NatGeo Wild, Animal Planet, Smithsonian, TLC, Discovery Life, WGN, and Disney Channels. Not too many network stations except for Survivor, Biggest Loser, shark tank, Bachelor.

[PirateLover]

I was actually thinking today what a miserable wasteland TV is these days. The only network shows we really watch religiously are Amazing Race and Survivor. Not a single other network show I watch that isn't sports.

I'll tell you what I did watch recently, though, and really enjoyed was Sons of Liberty. It was a History Channel three part mini-series that dramatized the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. It was hardly historically accurate, but it was very well done and quite riveting!

Production value was great but I couldn't get past the ridiculous historical innacuracies so I had to shut it off 3/4 through the first episode. As a Social Studies educator with a Masters in history I'm all for making history more exciting, but I wish they would've done it more within the framework of what actually happened. It's not like the actual history is boring! But Sam Adams was not Captain Jack Sparrow! What drives me most bonkers is it was presented by History (although what can you expect these days from the home of Ancient Aliens marathons?) HBO finds the right blend of fact and fiction with their mini series offerings and they are useful classroom tools. I would only consider using this at the end of the year as a challenge to my students to find all the innacuracies... Hey there's an idea 😉.

[cer]

As a Social Studies educator with a Masters in history I'm all for making history more exciting, but I wish they would've done it more within the framework of what actually happened. It's not like the actual history is boring! But Sam Adams was not Captain Jack Sparrow! What drives me most bonkers is it was presented by History (although what can you expect these days from the home of Ancient Aliens marathons?) HBO finds the right blend of fact and fiction with their mini series offerings and they are useful classroom tools. I would only consider using this at the end of the year as a challenge to my students to find all the innacuracies... Hey there's an idea 😉.

If so, you may want to make sure you edit it. My 8th grader seemed interested in it (which at the time I found encouraging) - until we had to turn it off for the inappropriate material...

[PirateLover]

If so, you may want to make sure you edit it. My 8th grader seemed interested in it (which at the time I found encouraging) - until we had to turn it off for the inappropriate material...

Oh of course! Like I said I only made it through 3/4 of part 1. But whenever I show something in a classroom setting I pay close attention and avoid certain scenes. I doubt I will ever actually use this, but thanks for the heads up!

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

Justified just started up again for its final season, definitely worth watching, love the show.

Every time I turn on the tv, its tuned to one of my wifes unending "househunter" shows. Seriously, how many ways can you find to buy, rent, visit, restore a house?

As far as regular network programming, I regularly record and watch Person of Interest (both of our favorites), Hawaii 5-0 and Castle. I'll record Elementary, Bones, Sleepy Hollow and Blacklist and get to them eventually.

Kind of started to get into the superhero/comic genre. I've enjoyed Gotham and because I watched The Flash, I've gone back and watched the two first seasons of The Arrow, which is way better than I ever imagined possible.

Watching Downton of course and am looking forward to Amazing Race firing up again soon, and Survivor, but am not as enthused about that as I used to be.

[SBETigg]

I started watching Empire last night, and I was kind of hooked. I love Taraji P. Henson and she just chews up that set. She's fantastic. Can't stand Terrence Howard, but I think I can endure him for what Taraji brings to the show.

[Ian]

Production value was great but I couldn't get past the ridiculous historical inaccuracies so I had to shut it off 3/4 through the first episode.

lol I actually had the same reaction at first ... the Sam Adams character was especially hard to swallow.

I decided I was just going to accept it as entertainment and not let it bother me that much. It really was very well written, acted, and the production values were amazing for a TV mini series.

I will say this, though ... it kind of makes me shake my head a bit that Hollywood thinks the real story of the American Revolution isn't compelling enough for their audience.

[PirateLover]

I will say this, though ... it kind of makes me shake my head a bit that Hollywood thinks the real story of the American Revolution isn't compelling enough for their audience.

Exactly!

We also watch Gotham, and DH watches Arrow and Flash. I don't watch those religiously, but I will watch from time to time with him.

[SBETigg]

My appreciation for Empire ended fairly abruptly. Two shows in, there was just too much slapping, spite, and stomping around. Overwrought drama. Just in case anyone was going to check it out on my earlier recommendation.

[PirateLover]

My appreciation for Empire ended fairly abruptly. Two shows in, there was just too much slapping, spite, and stomping around. Overwrought drama. Just in case anyone was going to check it out on my earlier recommendation.

Thanks for the update. I was considering checking it out. It has ridiculously good ratings for a network show, but from your latest description, it does not sound like something I'd be interested in.

[Mrs Bus Driver]

Production value was great but I couldn't get past the ridiculous historical innacuracies so I had to shut it off 3/4 through the first episode. As a Social Studies educator with a Masters in history I'm all for making history more exciting, but I wish they would've done it more within the framework of what actually happened. It's not like the actual history is boring! But Sam Adams was not Captain Jack Sparrow! What drives me most bonkers is it was presented by History (although what can you expect these days from the home of Ancient Aliens marathons?) HBO finds the right blend of fact and fiction with their mini series offerings and they are useful classroom tools. I would only consider using this at the end of the year as a challenge to my students to find all the inaccuracies... Hey there's an idea 😉.

I am not a history expert but also found the inaccuracies to be a bit much. I really wanted to like it but only made it to the beginning of the 2nd episode before turning it off. The sets, costumes and actors were wonderful, too bad they couldn't have written a better script. It felt as if I was watching a movie of the week. Your comment about Adams as Sparrow got me thinking about the number of Samuel Adams beer commercials there were. Every commercial break started with one. Perhaps a little influence the sponsors? Who knows, just very disappointed.