TV Shows...(Sci-Fi)

I don't watch a lot of TV. In fact our TV isn't even hooked up to receive TV signals. Instead we have it hooked up to to our computers so it can act as a second monitor. I honestly don't miss TV all that much. Boring commercials, boring shows, never anything you really want to watch, just something to pass time.

Thats not to say that I don't watch TV shows. There are quite a lot that I have watched and enjoy, even some that are still ongoing. Recent shows I have watched include Game of Thrones, Dexter, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Dr. Who, and Breaking Bad. These are all shows that I have watched in their entirety. Is this dedication, fanaticism, or just downright mad? No, not really. If you cut out commercials, you can watch 4 episodes in the same time that it would take you to watch 3 with them.

I used to like Seinfeld. I used to adore Simpsons, Futurama, and all those cartoons. Now though I really don't care for Sitcoms, in animated variety or otherwise. Sadly the genre I really liked seems to have been left behind. All the great sci-fi shows from the 90's and early 00's have been canceled or just run their course without any replacing them. So what were my favorite Sci-fi shows?

X-files holds a special place in my heart. I grew up watching the show, staying up late to watch it come on right before Outer Limits. I remember following these two our local fox station would go into static until the news at 6.

Battlestar Galactica is one I just recently finished watching. It was amazing. I know that it was based on an earlier series, which I haven't watched, so I don't know how it compares to that one. However that still doesn't stop me from saying its one of my favorite Sci-Fi shows I've seen.

Stargate series used to come on before some other show I would watch on Sci-Fi channel. I can't remember which but I found myself tunning in an hour early just to watch it as well. I've not sat and watched the entire series, though I do have it downloaded so I intend to do that at some time.

Without doubt my two favorite series though are Dr. Who and its spinoff, Torchwood. Being American I didn't have any exposure to the show until I saw it on TV when I first arrived in NZ. I can honestly say its one of my favorite shows I've ever seen on TV if not my favorite. I had no understanding of the Doctor or how they accounted for his appearance changes when a new actor comes on, so it was a bit of a shock after the first season of the 2005 relaunch. I still tear up each time the doctor regenerates.

Torchwood, well really I just love Captain Jack Harkness. However the final season was just awful and while I would love to see a return to the offbeat stories of seasons 1 and 2, I doubt we will be seeing a 5th season of the show.

Now what about what I think of other shows? I think I'll split this post into two and cover them later.