TV shows that were big, that I never saw an entire single episode of:

Sex and the City
Friends
Six Feet Under
24
Lost

I'm sure there are many more if I thought about it.

I have not seen a single episode of those very same shows. Have you seen "Desperate Housewives"? I have not.

The Closer
Huff

you COULDN'T avoid it, but I guess if you didn't sit down for a half hour, you could...

I'm sure there are many more.

Survivor, The Amazing Race, American Idol, etc.

HBO can bite me.

Lost

24

Six Feet Under

Sex in the City

Charmed

Gilmore Girls

7th Heaven

I'm sure there are more...

on edit: Survivor, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars...hmm...I'm sure there are more

Sky King!

:hide:

I just don't care for political dramas.

And I watch a TON of television.

Never watched any of the 'reality' shows either.

Melrose Place
Beverly Hills 90210
Lost
Six Feet Under
Fear Factor
The A-Team
The OC

I've watched about a dozen shows or so.

I've only seen the commercials for "American Idol"

Buffy

American Idol (and all other reality shows--I started and ended with Real World, the granddaddy of 'em all)

Everybody Loves Raymond (I didn't)

Sex and the City (and all other "must watch" shows on HBO...don't have HBO...)

Will & Grace (I found the humor and raucous laugh track really abrasive in general, not related to the whole sexual identity thing)

More, I'm sure...

Law and Order (any of 'em)
The 'X' Files
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Sex and the City
The Sopranos
Boston Legal
Any of the Star Treks beyond the ones with James T. Kirk.
24
Lost
Six Feet Under
Grey's Anatomy
Deal or No Deal

Those would be on my list as well. I would add the following:

American Idol
Survivor
Fear Factor
Amazing Race and any and all other prime time "reality shows"


I don't think I watch much on TV, except for the crime show dramas and SF for the most part, though I like Two and a Half Men as well, but it's really the only sitcom I like.

Friends
All McBeal
Anything on WB

Oh, BTW...No SATC ! Shame!

:shrug:

24, Friends, Lost, American Idol, Dynasty, Desperate Housewives - among so many others.

I wish that I could say Survivor and Dallas, but unfortunately I was subjected to episodes while visiting friends.

Apparently not everybody.

I saw an episode once. Those people are a horror.

Lost

I was overseas when the big "Twin Peaks" mania hit -- I never saw a single episode.

I don't know how I unintentionally missed these cultural landmarks, but I did.

Not into redneck humor, which explains the Dukes Of Hazzard. I just haven't watched Monk or Nip/Tuck, although I hear they are very good.

Everybody loves Raymond
Home Improvement
If there are other huge ones I have never seen those either. I got satellite a long time ago and spend 99% of my time on BBC America,History and Biography channels along with Boomernag for the kids.

I have never seen an episode of this show, nor do I care to.

Can't be alienating that key wingnut soap opera loving demographic now, can we?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050103/goldstein

Weird. Sort of. :hi:

Desperate Housewives
Will and Grace
Sopranos
all reality programs
Everwoood
Deadwood
probably a lot more that I don't even know about.

I rarely watch anything other than PBS and the nightly news. Love Antiques Roadshow and Globe Trekker.

Two months ago, I moved to this condo which has basic cable included in the assessment (to prevent the owners from sticking ugly satellite dishes on the exterior). On the few times I have been interested in maybe watching something on it (like when I am ironing) there's nothing there, either.

...for 12 years, between 1972 and 1984 I never saw American telly. I lived in England for awhile and watched Python's Flying Circus (already in re-runs, even in 73) but I never saw:

A Team
Dukes of Hazzard
Starsky and Hutch
Charlie's Angels
3's Company
Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley


I finally broke down and bought a TV at the Salvation Army for 60 bucks to watch the Summer Olympics in LA 1984. Then I started watching Cosby and LA Law, and never stopped!

PS all you peeps who haven't seen Sex and the City are missing the BEST writing on recent TV!

and so many more that I won't spend the time typing them out.

I don't watch too much telly...

but I never saw Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, Buffy, Gilmore Girls, blah blah blah.

And I don't recall when the reality craze began, but I've never seen a single one and I intend to keep it that way!!!

don't watch TV, but I REALLY don't.

No reflection on those who do; there's good stuff on cable these days. I just got out of the habit.

Redstone

American Idol
Everybody Loves Raymond
Desperate Housewives
Lost
24
Angel
The Bachelor
Survivor
Beverly Hills 90210
Seventh Heaven
Will and Grace

I've seen one episode each of

Friends (was not impressed)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (someone I knew was on it)
Fear Factor

can't even think of them all...
Taxi, Seinfeld, L.A.Law, The Simpsons...pretty much all of the major TV icon shows.
Mr. seabob is out of town for several weeks, so except for the Saturday afternoon cooking shows on our PBS station, I probably won't turn the main floor TV on unless there is some big deal reason to see the traffic report early in the a.m.

Dynasty
Deal or No Deal
American Idol
24
Twin Peaks
NYPD Blue
Melrose Place
Ally McBeel

The funny thing is I watch a ton of television, but I've never seen any episode of:

24
Lost
Desperate Housewives
Scrubs
Arrested Development
Sopranos

Older shows;
Dynasty
Dallas
Star Trek-- not any episode of any version
Taxi
Melrose Place

that Arrested Development was ever "big".

with the exception of the poster who mentioned 70's shows.

never watched:
West Wing
Melrose Place
90210
Felicity
and a whole slew of shows on Fox and UPN and WB

don't have HBO but did rent Sex and the City and watched it in order all 6 seasons and it was fantastic
up to season 4 of Sopranos and season 1 of Deadwood

have not seen LOST
never watched "you want to be a Millionaire" either.

for starters.

American Idol
Survivor
Sex in the City
Prison Break

Mz Pip
:dem:

Beverly Hills 90210
The Sopranos
Ally McBeal

24
Lost
Will and Grace
Scrubs
Sex and the City
Survivor
Fear Factor
CSI (any of them)

Older ones:
Alice
The Facts of Life
Bob Newhart Show
Good Times
Sanford and Son

Edit: add 90210 and Melrose Place, too.

I cheated I looked to see what everyone else had listed to make my list, because I know I couldn't remember what I haven't ever watched.

Sex and the City
Six Feet Under
24
Lost
M*A*S*H
Survivor
The Amazing Race
Sopranos
American Idol
Six Feet Under
Buffy
West Wing
Any CSI
Any Law & Order
LA Law
The OC
The 'X' Files
Boston Legal
Any Star Trek
Twin Peaks
Monk
Nip/Tuck
Everwoood
Deadwood
Angel
The Bachelor
NYPD Blue
Scrubs
Arrested Development
The Office
Felicity

Then the following shows, I never watched for years in some cases and I stumbled on them and started watching after they where extremely successful.

Everybody Loves Raymond - Watched this one time when I was visiting someone and I swear this is my family, no better example.

Seinfield - Have a cousin who worked on the show, when some of the family went to california on vacation, they visited the set and met the cast. I never found the show interesting until I saw the soup nazi episode and then I was hooked watching. Sad think about it I was suppose to go on that trip to california but had other things to do.

King Of Queens - Leah Remini, no other reason!

My Name Is Earl - Saw this show for the first time the other week, the Y2K episode. It's my new favorite comedy show on TV!

Will & Grace, My Name is Earl. For some reason, sitcoms don't appeal to me as much as when I was younger. The reason I haven't watched any show on HBO is that I don't want to pay for the privledge.

Survivor, 24, Beverly Hills 90whatever, Sex in the City, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and I know one of the cast members!) come to mind.

But Mr. Machiavelli, you simply must check out "Lost". It's like Shakespeare's "The Tempest" crossed with "Gilligan's Island". In short, not to be missed! ;)

first season...

Alot of people get surprised when they find out, I've never seen a single episode.

Survivor, Apprentice, House, whatever.

that was hosted by an Asian woman where each week one person in the house was thrown out? I thought that was called "house"?

I didn't watch that one, either.

1. American Idol
2. Will and Grace
3. Six Feet Under
4. Friends
5. Veronica's Closet
6. 24
7. Lost
8. Sex and the City
9. Six Feet Under
10. Melrose Place
11. Beverley Hills 90210
12. Fear Factor
13. Survivor
14. Ned and Stacey
15. Star Trek
16. Arrested Development
17. Prison Break
18. The Sopranos
19. Family Guy and American Dad (keep meaning to watch them but always miss them because, in my country, they come just after the "West Wing" and I keep forgetting to set the video to record them)
20. Brady Bunch

Those are the ones I can remember. I watched sitcoms such as "Everybody Loves Raymond" sporadically but was never a keen follower of the show

granted, I lived in England for four years, so I do have some excuse


M*A*S*H

ER

Lost

Survivor

Big Brother

Six Feet Under

The Sopranos

The West Wing

Charlie's Angels

Melrose Place

Charmed

Dawson's Creek

The OC

many, many more