I’m finally succumbing to feelings of separation anxiety now that my favorite shows are on hiatus. I’ve gotten temporary relief from a few summer newcomers (I’m looking at you, Swingtown), but for the most part my channel guide seems to be a wasteland. It’s times like these that I turn to my go-to reruns: the shows I always watch when nothing is on, no matter how many times I’ve seen them before.
For the most part, it’s Law & Order all the way. With so many iterations, it doesn’t matter what day or what time it is; there is always an episode to temper my boredom. Though I prefer SVU (oh, that determined Detective Benson), I’ll take an oldie-but-goody episode of the original any day. I’ll even watch Criminal Intent if I’m in a particularly bad way. If it’s the weekend, however, I’m more likely to tune in to an America’s Next Top Model marathon and while away a Sunday afternoon trying to figure out how to smile with my eyes. If all else fails, I will never turn down anything on VH1 with the title I Love the ‘__s.
What about you, PopWatchers? What’s your favorite show to watch when nothing else is on?
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If “Bones,” “House” or “How I Met Your Mother” reruns are on, that’s what I watch. If there’s absolutely nothing on, my go-to is old “Coupling” episodes on Comcast OnDemand. Or I just turn the TV off and do something else. *gasp*
I think we might wear out our DVDs of seasons 1-3 of Arrested Development . That was some of the best money we ever spent!
CSI, any Law & Order and Bones is fine with me but I must say – thank god for Netflix!
I heart CSI. Entertaining, creepy, even a little funny. It’s on practically every hour.
I would say L&O: SVU, but the few episodes I watched this season have been too ridiculous for me to follow. ANTM makes for good marathon watching. It used to be on my ‘must see TV’ list but since Jericho took its place in fall 2006 (RIP Jericho), it’s demoted to wait-until-marathon status. Also, since I’m back home with digital cable, I’ll tune into the many Degrassi episodes I missed out on over the years (Nickelodeon and Disney Channel are terrible these days).
Otherwise, I’ll be either reading, writing or playing video games (especially after NBA finals end), tuning into Hell’s Kitchen, catching up on Naruto and search for Dexter season 2 (I’ll almost forgive CBS for canceling Jericho with the free showing of season 1).
The reruns I rely on the most aren’t exclusive to summer.
Everyday I get home from work around 5:30, exercise for 30-45 minutes and then flip over to TBS for a steady stream of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” I thought the show was funny when it was on, but I rarely watched it when it aired original episodes. Now I watch it while I prepare and eat dinner, and it’s fantastic in its simplicity. They’re not reinventing the wheel or anything, and it’s not the edgiest show in the world, but that cast ALWAYS delivers the funny.
Since we’re talking about summer reruns, I’d like to see more shows take the lead of shows like “House” and “Bones” and rerun their just-concluded seasons during the summer. It’s a great opportunity to build a fan base that may have missed the show when it was on in the fall and the spring for whatever reason. Also, who says summer HAS to mean brutal game shows and reality shows?
bones, house, any of the L&O shows, if it’s a weekend i love me some Top Chef!!
I know it’s a cliche, but I’ll always watch Seinfeld if nothing else is on. Also, the Simpsons, and on TBS Tuesdays, I’ll watch the Office reruns. I also LOVE that comedy central runs the previous night’s “The Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” at 8:00 and 8:30, respectively, because I just can’t stay up until 11 every night.
I can watch 30 Rock episodes, that are saved on my DVR, over and over agan. They never get old to me. I’ve also been watching Without A Trace episodes on TNT. Good stuff!
CSI (Vegas only, thank you) is what I’ll go to first; otherwise, it’s to the Comcast OnDemand – there’s Monkees episodes in the Tube Time section now!!!!
I’ll usually get sucked in by a chick flick that I’ve seen before: “A Walk in the Clouds”, “Shakespeare in Love”, “Chocolat” etc.
My husband and I also just finished watching the “Firefly” DVDs. So good!
I’ve probably seen every season of ANTM about six times.
L&O of course, at the moment, I’m into the Original Receipe version, after a long period of SUV watching.
Sitcom-wise, I burned myself out on Seinfeld, Raymond and King of Queens so I’m kinda tapped out in that area.
I love watching Project Runway reruns (though I just realized it’s impossible to SAY “runway reruns” without sounding like Baba Wawa) unless they are from S3, because I despise Jeffrey.
I was hooked on Buffy reruns until stupid FX took them off.
Friends, Seinfeld, House… with some Nick @ Nite (particularly Home Improvement, and Roseanne when I can catch it) thrown in.
I travel for work a lot which means I stay at a lot of hotels with less than stellar cable. Thank god for Law & Order…always guaranteed to be on USA or TNT…two hotel cable favorites!
The usual suspects – Friends, rom-coms, ANTM. Recently, though, I’ve been watching TV online. I’m catching up with Season 1 of Lost (I started watching in Season 2), and I may move on to Ugly Betty (never seen it, but it looks good), and maybe Heroes. Also, thanks to Mandi, I’ll be going to Hulu and watching reruns of NewsRadio.
I’ve watched every season of The Office multiple times from my DVD sets and Hulu. And thanks to Hulu I’ve been watching Arrested Development because I feel ashamed to say I never watched it when it was on TV (in my defense I never knew when it was on because I was busy with college) and now I can watch it whenever I want. I love those shows and can watch them over and over.
Office and Friends
I’ll usually put on my Gilmore Girls DVD’s…I miss that show!
I used to watch ‘Living Single’ and ‘Girlfriends’…not sure if they even show those anymore, do they??
Scrubs! I’ve seen every episode about a billion times, but I haven’t gotten sick of it yet, and it still makes me laugh.
Simpsons on DVD over … and over …
My go-to rerun show is something called LOST and it’s available 24/7 on ABC’s website(I sound like I’m promoting ABC-lmao)
I’ve gotta go with Galactica. Though reruns of top chef are oddly addictive. Even though I know who gets booted, I can’t get enough of the drama that goes on behind the kitchen door.
L & O original reciepe is still the best – I miss Lenny. SIGH. I am also in the process of watching 30 Rock on DVD – even though I have watched ever ep at least three times, still funny. I heart Liz Lemon.
Since it’s going to be such a long time before it comes back, I am going to gorge myself on Rescue Me reruns. Minisodes just won’t last me until March!!
Wings, Newsradio, L&O (all of them), Househunters and Househunters International. Oh, did I mention Jeopardy?
I heart Jon and Kate plus 8. I could seriously watch that all the time and my 3 year old likes it too.
i watch episodes of america’s next top model, no matter which season or how many times i’ve seen it.
I’m an ANTM watcher, too, and if Bravo is doing a marathon of one of their competitive reality shows, I’ll also watch.
I can watch pretty much any episode of Dirty Jobs or Deadliest Catch, even if I’ve already seen them multiple times. Discovery pretty much airs these all weekend every weekend, and I almost always end up hooked.