Any Dexter fans? I'm obsessed with Michael C Hall.

this post about a show besides BB will probably also go unnoticed, but I've been watching How I Met Your Mother. Really well written comedy show that takes a relieving step away from the complete randomness humor that is so popular today. I am a big fan of random/bizarre humor like Family Guy or South Park but How I Met Your Mother can make me laugh way harder than those shows with a totally different approach to comedy.

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I got around to watching the first episode over thanksgiving, should be interesting. Catching up on BrBa first though.

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I'm currently watching season 2 of American Horror Story, as well as the newest Dexter's and the Walking Dead. Recently re-watched the first and only season of Lucky Louie; it makes me really wish it was still a show rather than the horror that is season 3 of Louie.

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How I Met Your Mother isn't bad, but I'm in love with The Big Bang Theory. bazinga

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Has anybody seen that show called An Idiot Abroad? I just saw a few episodes the other night and was instantly hooked. I must see more.

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Karl Pilkington is - unintentional - comedy gold.

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I actually own seasons 1-5 on dvd. Fantastic show, you really get connected to the characters. at time I feel like I personally know each of them. your not alone.

been watching Freaks and Geeks since IFC is airing it again.

Love the Big Bang Theory also Game of Thrones which is filmed over here! mostly in Northern Ireland with some bits being filmed in the South. Dr Who is one I would watch as well.

Watched some of How I Met Your Mother but tbh apart from Rugby union and the above shows, I don't watch that much tv.

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Big Bang Theory:

>Penny is talking about how men are no longer manly
Audience clinches buttcheeks. It's the sound of winter. You could hear a pin drop as the anticipation mounts -- where could this lead? This is surely one of the best joke setups yet. A dog barks in the distance.

>Raj and Howard untuck their shirts and mess up hair in an effort to be more manly
Urine fills the floor amid a tidal wave of laughter. TV cameras shake as an associate producer shits her pants. A 27-year-old grad student falls over the audience railing and snaps both ankles, impervious to pain as he descends into hysteria. The entire front row, between tears of joy, begins an "EL OH EL" chant, complete with fist pumps and choreographed dance. A woman prematurely goes into labor after severe abdominal strain caused by intense laughter. Her stillborn child drops to the bleacher floor -- she picks it up, puts her finger to its mouth and, using impressive ventriloquism technique, makes it say "BAZINGA!" She then drops the child into a pool of its own blood, slips on the floor and dies from laughing so hard.

>Sheldon walks in with a beard
Audience feverishly bumrushes stage and carries off entire staff. Rioting in the street begins at 8:30 p.m. that evening and lasts six days. Million-man march organized, Emmy nomination board held hostage in their offices. Frothing crowd demands immediate and decisive action to ensure "Big Bang Theory" wins every category the following year. Trained baboons are released and taught to build "Big Bang Theory" idols and statues. Government grants cease for cancer research and are transferred to generating BBT embryos for in-vitro fertilization.

And that's just the first 5 minutes. God I hate that show.

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It's not so bad. 99% of sitcoms are somewhat formulaic and resort to derivative premises and setups now and then, but I wouldn't put Big Bang Theory on the same level as, say, Friends or anything. That being said, it is definitely overrated and nowhere near the level of awesome to be seen on 30 Rock or Always Sunny.

How I Met Your Mother is solid. A couple steps up from Big Bang, but still well short of Always Sunny awesomeness.

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