Entertainment Weekly magazine asked their employees what famous movie/tv/book/etc they've never read. (Harry Potter/Simpsons/Sopranos were covered"
"I've never read a book by any of the big best-selling authors. I mean writers like Tom Clancy, Stephen King (sorry, co-worker once removed!), James Patterson, Danielle Steele, John Grisham, David Baldacci, Clive Cussler, Mary Higgins Clark, Nora Roberts, Dean Koontz, Janet Evanovich (have I left anyone out?). Basically this is because I still think that books, as opposed to TV and movies, are supposed to be ''good for you,'' so I only choose classics — you know, like Dickens and Stendhal — which I never pick up because they're too boring. (Maybe I should change this confession to ''I never read books.'')" — Tom Conroy
I think Tom Conroy's a bit of a snob. But here are some famous, well-reviewed shows past & present I've never seen:
ER
Hill Street Blues
NYPD Blue
Sopranos
St. Elsewhere
Ugly Betty
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (I'm a Letterman gurl)
Grey's Anatomy
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some of yours are also mine
ER
NYPD Blue
Sopranos
Ugly Betty
Greys Anatomy
Law and Order
sex and the city
veronica mars
south park
charmed
gilmore girls
csi
rescue me
the list could go on and on.
i tend to stick to the same stuff.
You would have loved the Sopranos and NYPD Blue when Jimmy Smits was on it. - blu
I have seen one episode of House and didn't hate it. I watch ER if it's on reruns, it is far superior to our own version, but have never seen any of the others. I have been told, however, that the Sopranos is well worth watching. You know how I am over anything violent though. I also have not watched 24 or Lost. And yet, I am quite in love with Kiefer Sutherland. I do him and Donald. For free.
Oh you thought of some good ones. I'll add
24
Gilmore Girls
House
Spidey,
the original CSI and Law & Order are divine---all of the spinoffs suck, and if you rent the first year of SITC you'll be hooked. Great writing!
Emma, I haven't seen any on your original list, except St. Elsewhere.
I have never seen Gone with the Wind or It's A Wonderful Life.
I've never watched:
Lost
Survivor
The Bachelor
Ugly Betty
Grey's Anatomy
Jericho
Sex in the City (ok, I've watched a few minutes and wanted to promptly slap every one on the camera)
Deadwood
and I have watched one or two episodes of the Sopranos.
Give me House anyday over that (Ok, I have a mega crush on Hugh Laurie...)
Tom Conroy is way more than a snob.
ER is the only show on that list that I like to watch. Back when we got NBC it was my favorite show.
I'm a Law and Order SVU fiend.
I've seen a couple episodes of the Sopranos and the only thing about it that interested me was that it's filmed in the same part of New Jersey that I'm from, so I recognized some of the landscape.
Movies:
Back to the Future (any)
Spiderman (any)
Casino
TV shows:
The Sopranos
Sex & The City
ER
Books:
Most of Stephen King (except for The Stand and Salem's Lot)
James Lee Burke
Sue Grafton
I've never read James Lee Burke or Sue Grafton. I stopped reading Stephen King after the Tommy Knockers came out, but I was like 16 at that time.
i haven't seen almost anything listed. mainly, i forget to watch the regular channels and am busy watching my favorite show, "how it's made" or "myth busters." i mainly stick to the science channel or discovery channel. my guy likes a lot of stupid crap on comedy central that i tune out, and he likes (ick) fox news.
jilly
"myth busters"
Gack. Good God Jilly---BP LOVES that show. I hate it--those guys annoy the hell out of me
--emma
For me it's easier to list the television shows that I have watched in the last 25 years, they are:
Law & Order (plain, SVU, and the other one)
Monk
House (here and there)
Sopranos
Sex and the City
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Rome
The Extra
That's it.
sex and the city
sopranos
ugly betty
x factor ( amercan idol type thing)
Benny Hill
Kath, Kath, Kath--how can you not have read any James Lee Burke???
Rosa,
I think that's Raga
--emma
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