Silly/stupid reasons for checking out a TV show?
 

Recently the Canadian equivalent of the Sci-Fi channel (here called Space) began airing the HBO series "True Blood", and while I had no interest at all in it, I tuned in for one very silly, very stupid reason:

Hearing Stephen Moyer's character Bill say the name "Sookie" in the commercials for it.

I couldn't help but laugh at that, and there's even two great youtube videos of it:

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I mean how ridiculous is that?

He says that name with such intensity, such devotion, damn it's funny.

Do you have any similarly stupid reasons for catching a show you've not seen before?

Maybe you found a favorite show because of something silly about it that caught your attention.

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Does watching True Blood for the near-soft-core-porn-level sex scenes count? Nah, that's not a silly reason. That's a great reason.

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That was a shock. I had no idea this show had so much of that. I didn't know anything about it beyond the commercials.

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House for Jennifer Morrison.

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does "Space" or what ever the channel is called, show the episodes uncut with all the swearing and sex?

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I thought The Mentalist was supposed to be a show about a real mentalist with a studio audience where he gleans info about people. When I saw the first few minutes of the pilot I thought "Oh this must be like one of those re-enactments like like on Beyond Belief."

Needless to say it was not what I was expecting, though I am a happy fan of the show now.

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Yeah Space is the name, and yes they do air it uncut. Sunday nights.

" I am not human Sookie-h. I am vam-piar".

:)

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:shrug: Because it's on?

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Saw preview commercials for The OC back in 2004. Refused to watch it. Chick show. yada yada

Saw a commercial for the Season 1, Episode 6: The Girlfriend. Some hot blonde was featured. I was like, oh well I guess I'll check it out.

Watched the full episode, realized the blonde wasn't all that, and ever since then, my celebrity crush has been Rachel Bilson. And I watched the rest of The OC until the series finale...hahaha

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Started watching season 2 of Californication because I heard it was about middle aged man banging young chicks. Eva Amurri fulfilled that last season as well. Been a fan ever since.

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All my silly reasons for watching a TV seem to revolve around the idea of "hey, it's that cute girl who was on that one show I used to like- let's see if the show she's currently on is any good."

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i started watching glee just because of who the creator was, not knowing anything at all about it. Well 15 ep later and its my fave show

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So you know that somewhere between season 2-4 of the show, it's going to go to shit. ;)

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Alyssa Milano's Boobies

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Because it's in HD

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I started watching Smallville just because I heard a snippet of information that they were never going to put Clark in the Superman outfit with the possible exception of the very last scene of the series.

That was about 6 convoluted seasons ago and I've since given up, even though I still believe that would be the absolute coolest final shot ever!

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Joely Fisher's breasts remain the only reasons why I tune in to "Til Death" each week.

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i actually do kinda secretly wonder what the show would be like if it were on FX, given how fucked up Nip/Tuck was

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Set yourself free with Google Image Search, man.

I got hooked on Heroes because Rifftrax released a track for the first two episodes.

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I checked out Weeds after reading that they had Shoshannah Stern topless.

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Did you type "True Blood" when you meant to type "Spartacus: Blood and Sand?" ;)

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I checked out Glee friday night because I heard they were going to do Queen and that they actually already had. Two days later and I'm completely caught up.

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Haha, I used to post on xMike! I remember those.

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I watched all 15 episodes or whatever of "Stacked" because I've always had a thing for Pam Anderson. I know, I have terrible superficial taste