What are your must watch shows on cableTV?
 

i've never had cable tv. gasp!

my wife hates tv and i never really watch that much anyway so we always thought it was crazy to spend 40-60$ a month on cable.

now i might have access to some steeply reduced priced cable.

what should i watch?

1. I usually watch only 10 hours of tv a week so i try to be selective.

2. there's not a single show i watch with regularity. the last time my wife and i watched a show together every week was the X-Files and early years of ally mcbeal. (both eye candy treats)

3. When i do watch i watch: sports!, the simpsons, married with children, king of the hill, nova, frontline, elimidate/fifth-wheel/blinddate,. i used to watch homicide. ER scares me. i also really enjoy some cooking shows.

thanks for any recommendations.

I watch teh funnies, cartoonish sitcoms. Simpsons, family guy, king of the hill, futurama and such nonsense.

Simpsons is a definite.

Only other show I watch religiously is Six Feet Under

The Shield on FX is pretty good, pushes the limits of television little further.

adult swim, sunday nights, cartoon network.

free for all on showtime, friday nights

those are about my only must sees atm, I think.

Friends is a great choice, and theres always something cool on the history channel.

The only show I don't miss is Curb your Enthusiasm.

adult swim by far

Stargate
Dead like me
and any anime I can find

If you're gonna get prime cable and have to choose a between the movie channels, then go for HBO of course.

Project Greenlight
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sopranos
Six Feet Under
THE WIRE (man anyone who hasn't seen it has to get into this show)

Plus they got K Street and Carnival on the horizon.

Yeah, personally I think one NEEDS cable. Besides the simpsons and few other select shows network T.V. can be launched into space for all I care.

(Oh, and I agree with Pellaz, adult swim on sunday night is a must).

Monk,Lucky,The Shield,Enterprize,Southpark

Law and Order reruns on TNT. Thanks, Ted Turner!

The Shield is also pretty damn quality, adult swim is gold...

Surfing becomes an activity in and of itself, even if there's nothing on, so long as there are enough channels.

On Cable? I'm a huge fan of the Monday night lineup on Discovery. Monster House, Monster Garage and American Chopper are quality.

gotta be The Daily Show. I don't have a tv this summer, so I just watch all the clips online to get my fill.

Parden The Interuption on ESPN @5:30pm EST weekdays
Family Guy on Cartoon Network @11:30pm EST MON-THU
Mail Call on THe History Channel @ 10:00pm EST SUN

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seinfield

Monk on USA
South Park on Comedy Central
Nip/Tuck on FX

I gotta second this lineup....quality shows.

Yankee Baseball & The YES Network
Baseball Tonight
South Park
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Sopranos
Six Feet Under
Oz
The Shield
Lucky
Iron Chef
Emeril Live
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Inside The Actors Studio

Oh! I can't believe I forgot Iron Chef...... what a great show!

Monk
I'm With Busey
Insomniac
That 70's Show
King of the Hill
Simpsons
Scare Tactics
Jackass
Punk'd

Almost ANYTHING on hbo is good:
The Sopranos
The Wire
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Six Feet Under
Da Ali G Show
Oz

Random shows:
howard stern
dave chapelle show
jon stewart show


other than that i dont really have any favorite cable tv shows besides the ones that are in syndication from network tv.

Tech TV

Unwrapped for a fun food fix

South Park, The Daily Show, and any stand-up on HBO or Comedy Central. I don't watch much tv though.

I'll third American Chopper.

Gotta have HBO for the Soprano's, tape Sex & th City for your wife and fastforward for the boobies, they have had several good fights on lately as well. They still show Band of Brothers every now and then as well.

You can always find something of interest on the History channel, ESPN, FoxSports and TBS has the Braves.

what is curb your enthusiasm, dead like me, and adult swim about?

i saw american chopper at my dad's one night. it was the one where they built the 911 memorial chopper. pretty cool.

is oz good or just scary eye candy.

I'll have to concur on Discovery Monday Night....

Monster House; Monster Garage; American Chopper

The Dead Zone is alright, but you can't miss Monk

Other than selected cartoons on Cartoon Network the only other show I watch religiously would have to The Daily Show....occasionally Colin Quinn's show is funny...

the sheild
the simpsons, although it's not as good as it was
cribs
banzai
I use to watch oz religiously but it's not on british cable.

I pretty much watch Adult Swim on Cartoon Network and The Dead Zone on USA. That's about all the free time I have for tv anymore.

Simpsons Seinfeld and Southpark are my only must see programs... Southpark is probably my most watched program but now that Seinfeld is on like 6 times a day i am starting to see more and more of that.

Dead Like Me has fast become one of my favorite shows.

I have been watching dead like me and enjoying it, but I am not sure that I would watch if it were not the summer.

Lets see I have Direct TV, but....
Monday Night Raw
Baseball Tonight
Sunday night baseball/football
Howard Stern
I'm with Busey
The Sopranos
NFL Sunday Ticket
Adult Swim
Larry Sanders on Bravo [didn't have cable when it was on HBO]

The only show on cable TV I look for is Curb Your Enthusiam.

Family Business on Showtime is a good "reality" show about a porn producer.

Cold Case Files on A&E is cool if you are into detective and police stuff.

Same with Forensic Files on court TV.

If you are into celebrity sightings, Celebrities Uncensored on E! is pretty funny.

I record most of the stuff on my PVR Dish receiver and watch it later.

The Wire
American Chopper

Curb Your Enthusiasm

I love the Daily Show with John Stewart. Insomniac is good too.

Also, as people have mentioned, The Simpsons, Adult Swim, Seinfeld, The Shield, and Forensic Files are all quality shows. But if ER scares you, Forensic Files may not be for you.

sportscenter....uhhh that's basically it