gleefan1: Ha, that’s amazing! I love T&1/2M! Awesome show, my Pa and I love to watch it. I must admit, I’ve never seen Glee!
love70ways: I’ve never heard of that show, but it sounds like my cup of tea! I was the Vice President of my school’s Philosophy Club for 2 years, so I like thinking about stuff like that.I’ll have to check it out!
ellie-jessie-eve: Oh yeah, the Pixar references just make me love this show more! 
As for Two and a Half Men, it is a pretty popular show here for some reason, but I’m not a huge fan. It kinda gets repetitive with Charlie’s liasons getting on Jon’s character’s nerves and all that. And I don’t really like ‘canned laughter’ comedies, I like sitcoms which let you discern the ‘funny bits’ for yourself like Modern Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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So a friend of mine introduced me to Masterchef USA yesterday, and I’ve just watched the first two episodes with my brother. I’ll admit I was not a big fan of the original Australian version, though I don’t mind watching it as a ‘playing in the background’ kind of programme.
To the uninitiated, Masterchef USA is the adaptation of the ratings-phenomenon Australian version, which in turn is poached from the original UK series. The American one naturally is bigger (the cash prize a whopping quarter million compared to the 100 grand by Oz), more dramatic (I actually like the background soundtrack more), but as to whether it is better… em… too early to tell. It is certainly just as entertaining, but judging by how many of the contestants burst into tears, you sort of feel that the judges are manipulating the viewer’s emotions and ‘tugging those hearstrings’. Of course, almost every reality show does this, but it feels more ‘obvious’ here.
A host of interesting characters abound: Big-smiles Mike, who “moves like a chef” and arguably Ramsay’s biggest fan (He’s a hugger!)… David, the overconfident pseudo-Francophile from Boston who thankfully gets his cockiness get cut down a notch… Cheerful Avis with her big talent in Cajun cooking and an even bigger heart (my personal favourite)… Faruq, the dude with a manly voice but makes cute little cheese butterflies with his Mac N Cheese… 
Jake the gruff and burly construction worker who plates with elegance and style… Adeliz, the Puerto-Rican cuisine-specialist who gets a second chance to prove her worth…
There are also many terrible contestants, among the horror-dishes served are beer and cheese soup and loaded potato casserole (the most disgusting-looking dish).
Then there’s the judges. Graham Elliot, the youngest 4-star critic and the most forgiving of the three. Joe Bastianich (whose last name I’m tempted to mispronounce as a bad word) who looks and acts like the Devil incarnate. And last but not least the controversial and brutally honest Gordon Ramsay, who never fails to do his trademark spit-and-gag act for one unfortunate contestant.
So like some of the competitors, I would say that this show “has promise”. We’ll see whether it heats up for the next few elimination rounds… 
I’m really into Survivor. The show is amazing and addicting (and it gives me something to look forward to on Thursday nights, 'cause in the school year, weeknights are pretty dull). I can’t wait until it starts again in September.
And Spongebob. And I love Avatar too, but there’re no new ones…
And while thedriveintheatre is talking about food shows (I’ve never seen Masterchef USA , though), Cake Boss is awesome. I haven’t watched it in a while, but those cakes still amaze me.
Evangeline: Yes! There is another Survivor fan here! I am so excited for the new season. My whole family watches Survivor together, and my pa makes spaghetti. I love Thursday Nights!
I also love Spongebob. Go Sponge!
Mine too! I like the new people who haven’t done Survivor before better than people who are brought back, like in Heroes vs Villains. Dare I ask: are you a Russel fan?
Ha, funny you ask! No. My entire family can not stand Russel! He was interesting to watch, but I don’t like him. I relly like Sandra! And Rupert.
And I agree, I’m excited to see some new Survivors!
Ellie-Jessie-Eve, we can’t stand him either at our house. Except my one lunatic brother, but we convinced him otherwise I didn’t like Sandra at first, but she grew on me. And Rupert did too. I still can’t believe how stupid J.T. was when he handed over the Idol!
Yay! I’m sorry, but I really do not like Russell, I’m glad I’m not the only one! And I use to love J.T until he did that idiot move.He was one of my favorites. But I still think he’s super cute!
Do you know when the next season starts?? I guess September sometime, right?
I just looked it up, it starts September 15th
Woohoo!! Counting down the days XD
Currently running shows: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Dual Survival, The Colony, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated, and I plan to see Transformers: Prime this fall.
Survivor is my absolute favorite show!
This past season had to be one of the best. I can’t stand Russel either. His strategy will always bring him to the final round, but it will never allow him to win. I also couldn’t believe JT made such a dumb move by giving Russel the idol. He played such a different game than on Tocantins. He went from being the nicest guy ever and not getting a single vote cast against him, to a total schemer and somewhat of a jerk.
No show makes me happier than Survivor. I can’t wait for next season.
I know, Survivor is the best! I wish my friends watched it, because I don’t have anybody to discuss it with, and after each episode I’m practically bursting to talk to someone about it. All us Pixar/Survivor fans have to get together and talk about it somewhere on here once it starts
Russel is so stupid, like you said love70ways. He can make it to the end, but part of the game is getting along with everyone so the jury votes for you, and he doesn’t get that. I agree, JT played a completely different game the second time around. I liked him before, not on HvV.
Yes! Another Survivor fan! And another anti-Russel person! Evangeline and love70ways are my heroes. Russell is a joke, he thinks he’s the greatest survivor. He burned way too many bridges to be the greatest, and that showed in the end when he got no votes! ugh, I see his face and I get so frustrated!
And I agree with Evangeline, once the new season starts we should start (if there isn’t already one) a Survivor topic on the TV/Movies/Entertainment forum so we wont’ bother non-Survivor fans on this thread!
I can’t wait! This season is going to be the best
These days I mostly watch House (Yay for season 7!) Glee, and Bones.
I like Chuck too, and have been thinking of getting into Smallville.
Oh you should definately get into Smallville. In the Uk and episode is on tonight and it’s part 2 of Absolute Justice. It shows the Justice Society in full costume and part 1 was amazing so the second should be even better.
I am. I’ve watched a few episodes online, season 9. I think its really cool that all the DC heroes are there, but I have 2 things that are bugging me…
My favourite shows are Hiccups, 30 Rock, DogTown, Cake Boss, and the occasional episode of Glee. I used to love Corner Gas, then it got cancelled. I’m such a Canadian. -.-