What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Veronica Mars,' 'A Place to Call Home'
Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.
Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.
For my favorite sitcom, it feels so 鈥渂asic鈥� to say NBC鈥檚 Friends. Arrested Development on Fox (and now Netflix) was a better show, I Love Lucy on CBS was a better show, NBC鈥檚 The Cosby Show was a better show (recent #MeToo developments notwithstanding), and yet 鈥淔riends鈥� is the one that I can watch over and over again. It鈥檚 the one where I can pick up an episode in the middle and it feels, honest to God, like I鈥檓 hanging out with old friends. So clich茅, but that鈥檚 why it鈥檚 my favorite.
鈥� Emily Ellet, New York
Veronica Mars, which aired on UPN and then The CW, is a timeless teen detective series from the mid-2000s. The character development and relationships are very strong. Several years after the series ended, the producers created a movie, which involved many of the characters attending the 10th high school reunion. It was crowdfunded by the fan base. When we went to go see it, we found the movie theater audience was abuzz with anticipation. It was full of folks who had seen the series many times.
Also, we discovered A Place to Call Home, which airs on Showcase in Australia and on Acorn TV in the United States, from the Monitor鈥檚 鈥淲hat are you watching?鈥� section.
鈥� Christopher Bowers,聽Victoria, British Columbia
It鈥檚 so hard to choose a favorite sitcom. There have been so many great shows through the years. But I guess it has to be (drumroll, please) Will and Grace, which aired on NBC. It鈥檚 followed closely by NBC鈥檚 Frasier, NBC鈥檚 Golden Girls, CBS鈥檚 I Love Lucy, and CBS鈥檚 The Big Bang Theory.
鈥� Cindy A. Hogan, Princeton, N.J.
My husband and I always watch Fox鈥檚 The Simpsons and Bob鈥檚 Burgers together on Sunday nights. We also watch NBC鈥檚 Saturday Night Live together, usually recorded. 鈥� Marguerite Boone, Worcester, Mass.
My favorite sitcom is CBS鈥檚 Everybody Loves Raymond. Doing well-written family-friendly comedy is difficult, but they succeeded. 鈥� Tasneem Choudhury,聽Sydney, Australia
My favorite sitcom is NBC鈥檚 NewsRadio because of its intelligent political humor and pratfalls, though the network鈥檚 The Powers That Be is a very close second.
鈥� Sharon Guerra, Longview, Wash.
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