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    Image of chlowajs chlowajs
    12/01/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    My god you are a mathlete:) u can't divide by zero ever. even lindsay lohan in mean girls know that. Also why would u divide by the joy u get making fun of it... u should multiply.... pfffff
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12/01/09

    @chlowajs: "Even Lindsay Lohan knew that" = the ultimate intellectual dis
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    Image of Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    You can't divide by zero, just, you know, fyi.
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @JacquesPaysan: Like 97 people beat you to it. My response is in the comments below.
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    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    This equation seems to escape SNL, maybe because they keep giving us guest hosts who seem like they are gonna bring it, then the writers let us down.

    And we come back for more each week, hoping against hope it will be good. It's the very definition of insanity.
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    Image of fattyboombah fattyboombah
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    Your math sucks. (120-56)/0 = infinity.

    Also by your reckoning - the more enjoyment you get out of making jokes about the show - the less episodes you should hang around for.
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    Brian Moylan promoted this comment fattyboombah was starred fattyboombah was unstarred
    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @fattyboombah: Hey Fatty, if you read the comments before leaving your own, you'd see my response below.

    Also, lighten up. We're not making the A-bomb here, we're talking about TV shows. That goes for all of you crazy math sticklers. If wanted to know how to really make equations, we'd watch Square One reruns.
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    Edited by Brian Moylan at 11/30/09 10:59 PM Brian Moylan was starred Brian Moylan was unstarred
    Image of fattyboombah fattyboombah
    12/02/09

    @Brian Moylan: reading through the comments prior to making my own would diminish the enjoyment I get from mouthing off in a reactionary fashion.

    There's a formula for it:

    (enjoyment from mouthing off) = (minutes spent reading blog) / (minutes spent reading comments prior to commenting)
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    Image of BicycleShed BicycleShed
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
      the best synthpop duo in the history of recorded music can divide two by zero, at a minimum.
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    Edited by BicycleShed at 11/30/09 7:32 PM BicycleShed was starred BicycleShed was unstarred
    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    The only TV I plan my evening around is the PBS Friday night News Hour/Washington Week/Now/Bill Moyers marathon of never less than excellent, sometimes brilliant journalism.

    Oh wait, that's a lie or at least a misstatement -- I used to throw weekly True Blood parties, and before that, L Word parties. And people actually came.
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    Edited by Solomon Grundy at 11/30/09 6:22 PM Solomon Grundy was starred Solomon Grundy was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/30/09

    @Solomon Grundy: "And people actually came." - While they were watching? Do tell.
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    Image of Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan
    11/30/09

    @Solomon Grundy: Nerd.
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    Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan was starred Jacques-SweatyTechnique-Paysan was unstarred
    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    11/30/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Lol, well isn't that why anybody ever really watched L Word or True Blood?
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/30/09

    @Solomon Grundy: :-)
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    I loved Alias until she got pregnant. The Simpsons sucks major ass these days but I still watch it because I've been watching it forever.
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    Image of intime intime
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like that about Desperate Housewives - UGH! They are definitely circling the drain with that show! And how about the execrable Brothers and Sisters? I watched it once after Mad Man ended and my eyes almost started to bleed.
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    Image of afraidofauntieem afraidofauntieem
    12/01/09

    @intime: Brothers&Sisters is probably the most predictable show on TV, and yet I can't stop watching it. (If I ever met Sally Field, I would bitch-slap her for being such an interfering, judgmental mom.)
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    12/01/09

    @afraidofauntieem: It's the exact same plot week after week. A family member has something problematic happen to them and they hide it from the rest of the family. Then they all find out and have some kind of fight. Then they all hug and make-up. The end.
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    Image of cocodevaux cocodevaux
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    the "wait it out approach" works just fine when your tv favorites (mscl, freaks & geeks, firefly...) never make it past 20 episodes.

    *sniff*
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @cocodevaux: I'm sorry, but if you're still bemoaning the loss of My So Called Life, you really just need to move on. Are you still wearing black for Kurt Cobain too?
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    Edited by Brian Moylan at 11/30/09 11:02 PM Brian Moylan was starred Brian Moylan was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    For "taped before a live audience" shows: The number of catchphrases the show spawns divided by the number of times the audience goes "WOOOOOOOOOO!" when someone merely kisses minus the number of friends of yours who say "Ugh, you actually LIKE that show?"

    For other shows: the number of episodes based on real events in the news divided by number of times shows are centered around the new breakout characters minus the total number of dream episodes that are used in a single season.
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    Image of Kimrod Kimrod
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    Good. This means I won't have to watch another Chicago Bears game this season.
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    Image of Better to Eat You With Better to Eat You With
    11/30/09

    @Kimrod: I don't know. They're pretty entertaining joke fodder.
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    A Message To Rudy promoted this comment Better to Eat You With was starred Better to Eat You With was unstarred
    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/30/09

    @Better to Eat You With: "From the people that brought you The Kansas City Royals and the San Diego Clippers come this season, laugh-out-loud comedy hit..."
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    Erm, what about most of the primetime CBS lineup? Because according to your theory that How I Met Your Mother show should have been long gone waaayyy before NPH hit his stride, Two and a Half Men shouldn't have succeeded past Sheen's second marriage and divorce (Why do people love this show. Just why?) and those lovable nerds wouldn't have made it through the "Nerd likes hot girl. Hot girl is dumb." and various variations thereof storyline for more than one season. AND now Jenna Elfman is back. It's like 1996 all over again. I half expect Ryan Reynolds to return carting a pizza and awful blond highlights.

    Yeah. CBS is clearly the anomaly. It needs its own formula.

    Number of episodes in the millions
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    Place where former television/movie actors seek a laugh track....or barring that, death.

    = Number of episodes that will never, ever, go off air, securing punishment of watching an aging man in a bowling shirt try to "score" women and other ancient parodies play out in infinitum.
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    Edited by Spirit Fingers at 11/30/09 4:10 PM Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred
    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    11/30/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I've been wondering the same thing about Two and a Half Men for SO long.

    Laugh tracks should be banned, especially with regards to anything Jenna Elfman. Its like they only make things worse or something.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/30/09

    @Conchie Birdie: I can't believe they still use them. How do you lip-sync amusement in this day and age? We know what's funny dangnabbit! And it ain't Jenna Elfman playing preggo-cougar in, "This might have been funny ten years ago, or never." So I'd like a momentous amount of awkward silence at every attempt from here on in. Or maybe a voice that says, "Not nearly funny enough to simulate enjoyment. Next joke."
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    Edited by Spirit Fingers at 11/30/09 6:08 PM Spirit Fingers was starred Spirit Fingers was unstarred
    Image of slainte_pants slainte_pants
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    Actually, I propose a more qualitative measure (applicable only to premium cable shows) called- Showing You the Goods.

    Basically, stopped watching Weeds and True Blood after the tits came out... that was pretty much all I needed to see
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    Image of La Mareada La Mareada
    11/30/09

    @slainte_pants: So you stopped watching True Blood about 15 min into the premiere?
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @La Mareada: He didn't even tune in. The commercials did the trick.
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    Image of La Mareada La Mareada
    11/30/09

    @Brian Moylan: charticle suggestion: Stackhouse nipples per episode.

    (maybe wait until True Blood returns or DVD release)
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    Image of princess_peach princess_peach
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    my husband and i talk about quitting desperate housewives on a weekly basis, but its sunday night timeslot keeps it in our line up. ugh.
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    NotChoinski promoted this comment princess_peach was starred princess_peach was unstarred
    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/30/09

    @princess_peach: You should get cable , UHF reception and a DVR. Nearly everything we watch all week airs simultaneously on Sunday night: Most HBO original programming, Showtime original programming, Masterpiece Theater, the Simpsons, Mad Men/Breaking Bad, In Plain Sight, etc....
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
    What do you have against bad shows that bring us joy?
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