{"id":244,"date":"2012-01-23T00:45:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T08:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:36","slug":"what-im-watching-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/what-im-watching-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"What I’m watching on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great shows I recommend:<\/p>\n

Better Off Ted
\nBig Bang Theory
\nDead Like Me
\nPushing Daisies (I love Lee Pace, so that’s a plus. But even though I really loved the first episodes, I didn’t like it nearly as much later on.)<\/p>\n

I’m currently watching “Better Off Ted” and just laughing and laughing. It’s so ridiculously funny, everything made so extravagantly large that even the most ridiculous of things seems plausible.<\/p>\n

I enjoy that sense of whimsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great shows I recommend: Better Off Ted Big Bang Theory Dead Like Me Pushing Daisies (I love Lee Pace, so that’s a plus. But even though I really loved the first episodes, I didn’t like it nearly as much later on.) I’m currently watching “Better Off Ted” and just laughing and laughing. It’s so ridiculously…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> What I’m watching on TV<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,55],"tags":[558,771],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-journal-2","category-real-life","tag-pbj","tag-watching-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-3W","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4049,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/watching-tv-mcshowdown-cooking-plans\/","url_meta":{"origin":244,"position":0},"title":"Watching TV #MCShowdown; Cooking plans","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We were watching Master Chef Showdown and it made me want to buy a set of ramekins (those little porcelain bowls you make single-serve cakes and custards in). 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