What TV Shows that are/were popular that you have never watched?

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Inspired by the other thread.


I will start:

Sopranos. Never have watched it. Only exposure is what was in articles, etc.
 

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The Shield
Walking Dead Spinoffs
30 Rock
Newsradio
Quantum Leap
Star Trek Voyager
True Blood
Six Feet Under
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Dexter
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Lost. Couldn't stand the pilot because of a perceived "the characters can see it but we aren't showing it to you" instance of assholic writing. As I said, perceived, as folks gave me spoilers (I asked for them) to explain why. I still didn't like how it was handled, and had no desire to watch.

I haven't seen most sitcoms since the golden years.
 

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Lost. Couldn't stand the pilot because of a perceived "the characters can see it but we aren't showing it to you" instance of assholic writing. As I said, perceived, as folks gave me spoilers (I asked for them) to explain why. I still didn't like how it was handled, and had no desire to watch.

I haven't seen most sitcoms since the golden years.
Lost is #2 on my all-time list. Curious to know what the characters see that we don't? The question of "What was/is it?" was asked several times, and the answer was always, "don't know. Didn't see it."
 

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Lost. Couldn't stand the pilot because of a perceived "the characters can see it but we aren't showing it to you" instance of assholic writing. As I said, perceived, as folks gave me spoilers (I asked for them) to explain why. I still didn't like how it was handled, and had no desire to watch.

I haven't seen most sitcoms since the golden years.
Never watched Lost or West Wing
 

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Every police/law/forensics procedural ever (NYPD Blue, Law & Order, etc.)
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Twin Peak - started it once but never went back.
Mad Men

The two that usually surprise people that know me. I've tried to start both multiple times but just can't get into them for some reason.
Star Trek TOS
Star Trek TNG

For newer shows I never jumped into any of these. The hype never caught me. They felt like they only had buzz due to the lockdowns.
Squid Game
Tiger King
 

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Lost is #2 on my all-time list. Curious to know what the characters see that we don't? The question of "What was/is it?" was asked several times, and the answer was always, "don't know. Didn't see it."
Ah, that was it! I misremembered: the characters couldn't see it either. Some huge thing is crashing through the woods and it seemed like they were purposefully giving camera shots to not show it. Like I said, there were reasons later in the series but it rubbed me wrong in the pilot and I didn't care to continue.
 

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If you're republican, then West Wing probably wouldn't be for you. If you are liberal, then it's a no-brainer.

And besides that, the writing is absolutely brilliant on that show.
I don't know about that. My mother is a staunch Republican (even though all of her views are liberal). She patently refused to watch this show. She finally agreed to watch the pilot to shut me up. She grudgingly admitted she liked it and, when I said we didn't have to watch more, told me to spool up the next episode right freaking now :)
 

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