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Old 09-28-11, 08:05 AM
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New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

Nothing new this season has really grabbed me yet, but these two have already worn out their welcome for me:

THE PLAYBOY CLUB
RINGER


There are a few others that may fall off my schedule very soon, but we'll see how they progress during the next few weeks.

And what new shows have you already seen and are planning to ignore?
Old 09-28-11, 08:18 AM
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

I haven't deleted any season passes yet, but Ringer, New Girl and Free Agents are the closest to being cut. Up All Night is not far behind them.
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the ringer is still on my dvr. another episode or two it will prolly get deleted if things dont get better.

the secret circle has been the only one dismissed so far
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

Whitney
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

Already gave up on:
New Girl
Free Agents
Up All Night
Unforgettable
Two Broke Girls
Suburgatory
Playboy Club
Pan Am

Take it or leave it:
Person of Interest

Still haven't watched:
Charlie's Angels
Terra Nova
A Gifted Man
Whitney
Ringer
The Secret Circle
Heart of Dixie

Last edited by Quatermass; 10-03-11 at 03:55 PM. Reason: 9/29 updated to add "Suburgatory"-10/03 moved PanAm & Playboy Club from bubble to scrap heap
Old 09-28-11, 09:41 AM
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I'm sticking with New Girl and Up All Night for the time being. Leaving essentially everything else.
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playboy club
ringer
up all night
free agents
unforgettable

sticking with new girl (although premiere was a lot better than ep 2)
pan am
prime suspect
whitney
2 broke girls (although 2nd ep was bad)
a gifted man (not bad)
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

New Girl. I like Zooey (in movies and her singing) but not this show.
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I've checked out Prime Suspect, Person of Interest and Terra Nova this year and so far, I'm keeping them all.

I'm closer to dumping Glee than any of the new ones.
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2 Broke Girls and Charlie's Angels.

There are many that I haven't bothered with (and won't) at all.
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2 Broke Girls and Pan Am so far. I am going to hold on with New Girl for at least another couple episodes.
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Ringer. I don't know why I was stupid enough to give it a shot, since I always thought that SMG was the weakest part of Buffy.
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

For me it's only Free Agents. It's a combo of it not being funny at all and seeing how awful the ratings are after Up All Night.
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

The New Girl
Free Agents
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

None that I've sampled - all been good.

I've added:
2 Broke Girls
New Girl
Charlie's Angels
Person of Interest
The Secret Circle
Pan Am


But I have Up All Night and Ringer unwatched on my DVR and based on word of mouth, I don't plan on trying them. I tend to like shows if I like the previews, and I liked the previews of all of the ones I've added.
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Love Zooey, but New Girl might be the most obnoxious sitcom I've ever seen. Granted, I don't watch that many -- but sitting through it was like nails on a chalkboard for me.

Also bailed on Ringer. I'll give Charlie's Angels one more shot. I'm hoping it improves, but I'm fairly certain I'll be out by tomorrow night. Despite their hotness, the characters are pure cardboard. Same with A Gifted Man on CBS. I can see that premise getting stale really fast if his dead wife is the only ghost he keeps seeing. I like Patrick Wilson, but the set-up feels like a Hallmark movie. They should have just renewed Medium instead.

I actually thought The Playboy Club improved in the second episode, so I might hang with it a bit more. I'll give Prime Suspect and Pan Am another shot as well, though I'm not enthusiastic about either show. The only new series I've enjoyed are Terra Nova and Secret Circle.

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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

2 Broke Girls. My wife told me last night, "what are you watching? that's too girly" LOL
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

Tried, gave up:
-Ringer
-Free Agents
-Whitney

Still up in the air:
-Tera Nova
-Up All Night
-Pan Am

Plan on sticking with:
-Person of Interest
-New Girl
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Pan Am is the only thing I've tried this season that I don't care to continue with.

Happy with Up All Night, New Girl, Tera Nova (for now). I seriously don't get all the New Girl hate.
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

New Girl
Ringer
Charlie's Angels
X-Factor
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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

Nothing officially but Playboy Club looks like it'll be a casualty. I have the second ep on the DVR, I might as well check it out before dumping it all together.

New Girl was pretty damn weak yesterday but my Tuesdays are generally empty so it might catch a break. I like Zooey enough to keep it for a few more weeks.

Up All Nightwas one a done. Mostly because Wednesday is a full DVR night for me. If it was on Tuesdays it would probably stick.

Whitney gets a few more weeks solely based on it's time slot.

So far only Persons of Interest has a guaranteed weekly recording. I haven't gotten around to seeing Terra Nova yet. Two Broke Girls is in but it's expendable if something better comes along.
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2 Broke Girls is out and Up All Night is on the bubble.
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Turned off Prime Suspect about 10 minutes in. It's amazing how she's surviving in a man's world, and still surviving and still surviving. Please tell me again if she succeeds!

And we really disliked the first Up All Night. The second one had an error in recording. I could seek it out on demand, but probably isn't worth the effort.

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Re: New shows you tried but are not planning to continue watching

New Shows:

Terra Nova - I think I am going to ride this out to the end, which depending on ratings might be a year or two.
New Girl - Looks like this is locked in for the year (ratings are high), After a couple of episode looks like we will watch for at least 4-5 episodes.
Up All Night - Decent after 2 episodes, might stick with it for awhile


Not new shows, but new shows for us:
Community/Parks and Rec: We both really like this, even though we are jumping in kind of late
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Have three episodes of Ringer on the DVR. Not sure if I should actually start or just dump 'em now. I'm tempted to just fast forward to the infamous and apparently laughable boat scene in the pilot...


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