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New Years TV Resolutions

Thank Zeus that Christmas is over, because the month of December was like a black hole for my television schedule.

For one, I can’t for the life of me build up the courage to watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special. Since the show came back in 2005 I’ve never missed an episode or a special, but the end of last season really, really put me off the show.

I think my recent problem with Doctor Who is the fact that in the past, young people watched it and could be genuinely scared. That sort of thing stayed with them, so as they got older they’d always say “I remember it when I was young, it terrified me!”. When the show got brought back, these kids had grown up and had children of their own, and now it was their time to experience some mild peril. Now, I’m not saying I was ever shaken up by anything in the show, but remember The Toclafane? What, recently, has been their equivalent? The show has become so focused on it’s young demographic that I find it embarrassing. The last Christmas special was so lame I’m still finding it hard to finally click ‘play’ on the 2011 one. I’m hoping the next season will get a little darker and less cartoonish, but if it doesn’t, I’m fine to let it go from my life.

In fact, the worst thing about Christmas this year was the fact that all my shows seemed to stop around about the start of December. New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, It’s Always Sunny, SNL, and House seemed to go on a short hiatus (thankfully not a real hiatus like Community!) for the holidays, so I’ve been left with nothing to watch!

Anyway, it’s January 3rd, and 3 Broke Girls finally came back. I’m looking forward to its debut over here in the UK, but I feel a lot of people might enjoy it as much as I do, so all my bigging up of it will fall upon deaf ears. Still, this week’s return episode had me laughing out loud, for realz!

My new years resolution is to finally watch some of the series’ I’ve been putting off watching. So many people have been telling me to watch Game of Thrones, but as someone who finds it hard to enjoy most things to do with swords & sorcery, I’ve been very lax in making time for it. Watching the first episode of any new show is the big hurdle one has to overcome, but you really can’t make a solid judgement on a show based on the pilot. I think you need to give something at least three-four episodes till it starts to resemble the tone the writers are aiming for.

I also resolve this year to methodically re-watch every single episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun, The X-Files, 30 Rock, to finally complete my re-watching and documentation of Sailor Moon episodes, and maybe even give Breaking Bad the chance it so apparently deserves. But yo, what else should I watch?

1. tiffanyhoran answered: The Sopranos? The Detectives? Haha, I’ve realised after reading this that I could do with more TV shows in my life.
2. lukeibbetson answered: Because of this damn hiatus shit, I’ve been re-watching ‘classic’ show’s I’ve never had the chance to watch like M.A.S.H. and The Critic.
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