{"id":610,"date":"2006-07-10T10:49:03","date_gmt":"2006-07-10T10:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2006-07-10T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2006-07-10T10:49:03","slug":"tv_meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2006\/07\/10\/tv_meme\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new meme, courtesy of Roberson’s Interminable Ramble<\/a> (Roberson being the author of Paragaea<\/i>, that wonderful fantasy adventure novel I mentioned recently ). The gimmick is to bold the titles of television series of which you’ve seen at least three episodes, and bold and italicize those for which I’ve seen every<\/i> episode. This should be enlightening… or frightening…<\/p>\n


\n24<\/b><\/i>
\n7th Heaven
\nAdam-12
\nAeon Flux
\nALF<\/b>
\nAlfred Hitchcock Presents<\/b>
\nAlias<\/b>
\nAmerican Idol\/Pop Idol\/Canadian Idol\/Australian Idol\/etc.<\/b>
\nAmerica’s Next Top Model\/Germany’s Next Top Model
\nAngel<\/b><\/i>
\nArrested Development
\nBabylon 5<\/b>
\nBabylon 5: Crusade
\nBattlestar Galactica (the old one)<\/b><\/i>
\nBattlestar Galactica (the new one)<\/b>
\nBaywatch
\nBeavis & Butthead
\nBeverly Hills 90210<\/b>
\nBewitched<\/b>
\nBonanza<\/b>
\nBones<\/b>
\nBosom Buddies<\/b>
\nBoston Legal
\nBoy Meets World
\nBuffy the Vampire Slayer<\/b><\/i>
\nBug Juice
\nChappelle’s Show
\nCharlie’s Angels<\/b>
\nCharmed<\/b>
\nCheers<\/b><\/i>
\nColumbo<\/b>
\nCommander in Chief
\nCoupling (the UK version, of course)
\nCowboy Bebop
\nCrossing Jordan<\/b>
\nCSI<\/b><\/i>
\nCSI: Miami<\/b>
\nCSI: NY<\/b>
\nCurb Your Enthusiasm
\nDancing with the Stars
\nDanny Phantom
\nDark Angel<\/b>
\nDark Skies
\nDavinci’s Inquest
\nDawson’s Creek
\nDead Like Me
\nDeadliest Catch
\nDeadwood
\nDegrassi: The Next Generation
\nDesigning Women<\/b>
\nDesperate Housewives
\nDharma & Greg<\/b><\/i>
\nDifferent Strokes<\/b>
\nDoctor Who (old Who)<\/b><\/i>
\nDoctor Who (new Who)
\nDragnet<\/b>
\nDue South
\nEarth 2<\/b><\/i>
\nEmergency!<\/b>
\nEntourage
\nER<\/b>
\nEverwood
\nEverybody Loves Raymond
\nFacts of Life<\/b>
\nFamily Guy
\nFamily Ties<\/b>
\nFarscape<\/b>
\nFawlty Towers<\/b><\/i>
\nFelicity
\nFirefly<\/b><\/i>
\nFrasier<\/b><\/i>
\nFriends<\/b>
\nFuturama<\/b>
\nGet Smart<\/b>
\nGilligan’s Island<\/b>
\nGilmore Girls
\nGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.<\/b>
\nGreen Wing
\nGrey’s Anatomy
\nGrowing Pains<\/b>
\nGunsmoke<\/b>
\nHannah
\nMontana
\nHappy Days<\/b>
\nHogan’s Heroes<\/b>
\nHome Improvement<\/b>
\nHomicide: Life on the Street
\nHouse
\nI Dream of Jeannie<\/b>
\nI Love Lucy<\/b>
\nInvader Zim
\nInvasion
\nHell’s Kitchen
\nJAG
\nJackass
\nJoey
\nJohn Doe
\nLA Law
\nLaverne and Shirley<\/b>
\nLittle House on the Prairie<\/b>
\nLizzie McGuire
\nLois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman<\/b>
\nLost<\/b><\/i>
\nLost in Space<\/b>
\nLove, American Style
\nM*A*S*H<\/b><\/i>
\nMacGyver<\/b>
\nMalcolm in the Middle<\/b>
\nMarried… With Children<\/b>
\nMelrose Place
\nMiami Vice<\/b><\/i>
\nMission: Impossible<\/b>
\nMonk<\/b>
\nMoonlighting<\/b><\/i>
\nMork & Mindy<\/b>
\nMurphy Brown<\/b>
\nMy Life as a Dog
\nMy Three Sons<\/b>
\nMy Two Dads
\nNCIS
\nNip\/Tuck
\nNorthern Exposure<\/b>
\nNumb3rs<\/b>
\nOne Tree Hill
\nOz
\nPerry Mason<\/b>
\nPicket Fences<\/b>
\nPokemon
\nPower Rangers
\nPrison Break<\/b>
\nProfiler
\nProject Runway
\nPsyche
\nQuantum Leap<\/b><\/i>
\nQueer As Folk (US)
\nQueer as Folk (British)
\nReGenesis
\nRemington Steele<\/b>
\nRescue Me
\nRoad Rules
\nROME
\nRoseanne<\/b>
\nRoswell
\nSaved by the Bell<\/b><\/i>
\nScarecrow and Mrs. King<\/b>
\nScooby-Doo, Where Are You?<\/b>
\nScrubs
\nSeinfeld<\/b><\/i>
\nSex and the City
\nSix Feet Under
\nSlings and Arrows
\nSmallville<\/b>
\nSo Weird
\nSouth Park<\/b>
\nSpaced
\nSpongebob Squarepants
\nSports Night
\nStar Trek<\/b><\/i>
\nStar Trek: The Next Generation<\/b><\/i>
\nStar Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/b><\/i>
\nStar Trek: Voyager<\/b>
\nStar Trek: Enterprise<\/b>
\nStargate Atlantis<\/b>
\nStargate SG-1<\/b>
\nSuperman<\/b> (I’m assuming this is the George Reeves series)
\nSupernatural
\nSurface
\nSurvivor<\/b>
\nTaxi<\/b>
\nTeen Titans
\nThat 70’s Show<\/b>
\nThat’s So Raven
\nThe 4400
\nThe Addams Family<\/b><\/i>
\nThe Andy Griffith Show<\/b><\/i>
\nThe A-Team<\/b>
\nThe Avengers
\nThe Beverly Hillbillies<\/b>
\nThe Brady Bunch<\/b>
\nThe Cosby Show<\/b>
\nThe Daily Show
\nThe Dead Zone
\nThe Dick Van Dyke Show<\/b>
\nThe Flintstones<\/b>
\nThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
\nThe Golden Girls<\/b>
\nThe Honeymooners<\/b>
\nThe Jeffersons<\/b>
\nThe Jetsons<\/b>
\nThe L Word
\nThe Love Boat<\/b>
\nThe Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/b>
\nThe Mighty Boosh
\nThe Monkees<\/b>
\nThe Munsters<\/b>
\nThe Mythbusters
\nThe O.C.
\nThe Office (UK)
\nThe Office (US)
\nThe Pretender
\nThe Real World
\nThe Shield
\nThe Simpsons<\/b>
\nThe Six Million Dollar Man<\/b>
\nThe Sopranos
\nThe Suite Life of Zack and Cody
\nThe Twilight Zone<\/b> (the old one, presumably)
\nThe Waltons<\/b>
\nThe West Wing
\nThe Wonder Years<\/b><\/i>
\nThe X-Files<\/b>
\nThird Watch
\nThree’s Company<\/b>
\nTop Gear
\nTwin Peaks<\/b>
\nTwitch City
\nVeronica Mars<\/b>
\nWhose Line is it Anyway?<\/b> (US)
\nWhose Line is it Anyway? (UK)
\nWill and Grace<\/p>\n

Couple of observations: The first, and most obvious one, is “Holy crap, I watch a lot of TV!” Well, no kidding; I’ve known that ever since my fourth-grade teacher Mr. LeBaron had his students keep a log of how much TV they watched and then had a meltdown when he got a look at mine. The second is that I’m not sure of how accurate this exercise actually is in charting the number of shows of which I’ve seen every episode. For instance, I would be very surprised if I had not seen every Gilligan’s Island<\/i> when I was a kid and it was in constant reruns, but I haven’t seen the show in so many years that I no longer remember for certain. Another wrinkle is that there are many shows that I watched faithfully for most of their run, but lost interest in them during their final seasons because of sudden declines in quality and\/or the departure of lead actors (Northern Exposure<\/i> and That 70s Show<\/i>, I’m thinking of you two!) There’s also the issue of how closely this list mirrors my current tastes versus what I may have liked 20 years ago — I remember watching Alf<\/i> and Family Ties<\/i> faithfully back in my younger days, but I doubt I could make it through a complete single episode now.<\/p>\n

I guess no one expects that sort of in-depth number-crunching from a silly little Internet meme, though. If nothing else, this thing lets you can see the sort of crap I tend to enjoy, or have enjoyed at some point in my life…<\/p>\n

(Although even that is open for debate: I’ve seen more than three episodes of American Idol<\/i>, for instance, but I really don’t like the show. I watch it with The Girlfriend, or occasionally my mom, both of whom do enjoy it. That ripping sound you hear is the last shred of this meme’s credibility…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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