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Old 08-12-10 | 09:30 AM
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Psych is an excellent example of a show that could be lame as hell, but instead is great. It walks a fine line between serious and silly, and thanks to some likable characters and good scripts it succeeds far more often than it fails.
I tried to watch it but I didn't care for it.
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Anyway, we're going to finish up per usual around 2PM EDT today.
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Old 08-12-10 | 09:32 AM
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I tried to watch it but I didn't care for it.
It's very much a character-driven show, and if you don't care much for the characters, or know them well and understand their relationships and interactions, then it won't appeal to you.
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Old 08-12-10 | 09:53 AM
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The main appeal of Psych to me is the timing between Shawn and Gus. They get a lot of funny lines, but what makes the show is the way the actors sell them.

All this talk of Psych makes me worry about the next question.
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Old 08-12-10 | 09:58 AM
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The main appeal of Psych to me is the timing between Shawn and Gus. They get a lot of funny lines, but what makes the show is the way the actors sell them.

All this talk of Psych makes me worry about the next question.
Which is why I didn't answer psych. Hopefully people on here don't remember the 90's
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Hopefully people on here don't remember the 90's
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It's very much a character-driven show, and if you don't care much for the characters, or know them well and understand their relationships and interactions, then it won't appeal to you.
Yeah, I found the lead guy smarmy and unlikeable and his friend to be uptight and humorless.
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Well apparently we have some Life on Mars answers. Where the hell were you people when I needed you on the other questions? Now I really think you're wrong.
I've been here all along, and I also need to point out that Groucho's spoiler for the ending of the British version of Life on Mars is incorrect. Anyone that saw the series finale of Ashes to Ashes would know this.

Both shows were partially set in the past. The wording of the question also qualifies the American version of Life on Mars.
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Old 08-12-10 | 12:49 PM
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Well apparently we have some Life on Mars answers. Where the hell were you people when I needed you on the other questions? Now I really think you're wrong.
I thought about using Life on Mars, but it's not my answer.
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We're going to be starting up again in about 15-20 minutes.
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I've been here all along, and I also need to point out that Groucho's spoiler for the ending of the British version of Life on Mars is incorrect. .
may want to spoiler your entire post, in case someone hasn't seen it yet. but i totally agree with you.
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Question 14: R: Name a cop show that, at the time of its original airing, was set at least partially in the past.
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Old 08-12-10 | 01:27 PM
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Got some good answers for this. I'm going to announce the ones that I think are Wrong Answers first.
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Wrong Answers

feenst: Dragnet
Groucho: Wild Wild West
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This next answer, I can't tell if it's brilliantly correct or idioticly wrong.

bootsy: COPS
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Wrong Answers

feenst: Dragnet
Groucho: Wild Wild West
I'm pretty sure Dragnet is wrong. As for Wild WIld West, West and Gordon were Secret Service agents in charge of protecting President Grant. Does that count as "cops?"
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COPS has to be wrong. By the time it airs it's in the past, but it's taped live (i.e. set in the present).
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I'm pretty sure Dragnet is wrong. West and Gordon were Secret Service agents in charge of protecting President Grant. Does that count as "cops?"
I would count it correct as to being a cop show. I don't know if it was ever set in the past though.
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This next answer, I can't tell if it's brilliantly correct or idioticly wrong.

bootsy: COPS
Idiotically wrong. COPS was set in the year 2020. Cops is set in the present day.
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I would count it correct as to being a cop show. I don't know if it was ever set in the past though.
Do you think it aired between 1869 and 1877?
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I am going to state right now that, if you named a show with a remake, I am going to assume you meant the original version.
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I am going to state right now that, if you named a show with a remake, I am going to assume you meant the original version.
I meant whichever version the least number of other people also named.
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Netflix via Pony Express!
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