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Posted by BooMan | May 3, 2009 | 30 |

Is there any good television on Sunday nights anymore?

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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.

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NeonBlack on May 3, 2009 at 6:42 pm

I’m usually a lurker, but I signed up just to plug Breaking Bad. Best show currently on TV.
- americanforliberty on May 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm
  
  i agree found breaking bad by accident last year.
- DaveW on May 3, 2009 at 7:44 pm
  
  Yup. Definite contender for the best series on TV.
- sporkincident on May 3, 2009 at 8:53 pm
  
  Make that four for Breaking Bad.
  
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  - Guthman on May 4, 2009 at 8:01 am
    
    And five.
- on May 3, 2009 at 9:09 pm
  
  Just got the first two discs of the first season and watched the first episode. WOW!
- Mum on May 4, 2009 at 4:05 am
  
  Count me in on the “Breaking Bad” fan club. Someone recommended it to me a couple of months ago and I was very favorably surprised, as in blown away. It’s a modern-day morality play, with outstanding performances. I meet regularly with a group that discusses religious, political, spiritual, and philosophical issues and questions. There is enough meat in any episode of “Breaking Bad” to keep us going for a long time.
Steven D on May 3, 2009 at 6:50 pm

HBO’s In Treatment
Zandar1 on May 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm

Kings wasn’t bad until NBC killed it.
- Oscar In Dallas on May 3, 2009 at 9:30 pm
  
  Second that.
boran2 on May 3, 2009 at 7:12 pm

Antiques Roadshow. Allright, stop giggling.
rikyrah on May 3, 2009 at 7:14 pm

I love The Unit.
- Errol on May 3, 2009 at 8:25 pm
  
  same here, and usually drop by Cold Case before that. don’t have cable so choices limited.
DaveW on May 3, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Going by its brilliant and gripping version of Oliver Twist, PBS Masterpiece’s The Old Curiosity Shop ought to be well worth your time.
KNUCKLEHEAD on May 3, 2009 at 8:03 pm

60 Minutes 7″00 (on West Coast)
Tonight`s airing will include the big oil companies` rape of the South American jungles & the indigenous people lives.
Second Nature on May 3, 2009 at 8:04 pm

Brothers and Sisters on ABC….because I don’t have HBO to satisfy my giant Gabriel Byrne crush.
- Real History Lisa on May 4, 2009 at 1:08 am
  
  I never liked Gabriel Byrne, but I second Brothers and Sisters.
  
  As for what to watch TONIGHT, though, I recommend this:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyKcoDaofg
  
  Scary and important!!
robertdsc on May 3, 2009 at 8:07 pm

I admit I can’t watch television anymore. The only time I use my TV for broadcasts is when the President is on, and even then I only watch C-SPAN.
The Voice In The Wilderness on May 3, 2009 at 8:32 pm

M*A*S*H re-runs
anna in philly on May 3, 2009 at 8:49 pm

yes but its all on hulu so you dont need a tv anymore
JayGR on May 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm

you have to pay for it.
AliceDem on May 3, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Also Mystery on MHzNetworks
Oui on May 4, 2009 at 1:00 am

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A nice essay on society in the Netherlands, the country of Vermeer and Rembrandt, seen through the eyes of an American writer: Going Dutch

“America is the land of the free. But I think we are freer.”

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
- Real History Lisa on May 4, 2009 at 1:31 am
  
  Wow – that was a great article!! So well written, entertaining, and wildly informative. I loved this, too! I’m so jealous, now!
  
  Logging into my bank account, I noted with fleeting but pleasant confusion the arrival of two mysterious payments of 316 euros (about $410) each. The remarks line said “accommodation schoolbooks.” My confusion was not total. On looking at the payor — the Sociale Verzekeringsbank, or Social Insurance Bank — I nodded with sage if partial understanding. Our paths had crossed several times before. I have two daughters, you see. Every quarter, the SVB quietly drops $665 into my account with the one-word explanation kinderbijslag, or child benefit. As the SVB’s Web site cheerily informed me when I went there in bewilderment after the first deposit: “Babies are expensive. Nappies, clothes, the pram . . . all these things cost money. The Dutch government provides for child benefit to help you with the costs of bringing up your child.” Any parents living in the country receive quarterly payments until their children turn 18. And thanks to a recently passed law, the state now gives parents a hand in paying for school materials.
  
  Payments arrive from other sources too. Friends who have small children report that the government can reimburse as much as 70 percent of the cost of day care, which totals around $14,000 per child per year. In late May of last year an unexpected $4,265 arrived in my account: vakantiegeld. Vacation money. This money materializes in the bank accounts of virtually everyone in the country just before the summer holidays; you get from your employer an amount totaling 8 percent of your annual salary, which is meant to cover plane tickets, surfing lessons, tapas: vacations. And we aren’t talking about a mere “paid vacation” — this is on top of the salary you continue to receive during the weeks you’re off skydiving or snorkeling. And by law every employer is required to give a minimum of four weeks’ vacation. For that matter, even if you are unemployed you still receive a base amount of vakantiegeld from the government, the reasoning being that if you can’t go on vacation, you’ll get depressed and despondent and you’ll never get a job.
  - Oui on May 4, 2009 at 3:05 am
    
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    Hovering around 3% in NL where EU average has increased to 8.5%.
    
    Small country with highly efficient public transportation and infrastructure due to Europe’s large seaport of Rotterdam.
    
    "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
    - Real History Lisa on May 4, 2009 at 2:25 pm
      
      Yeah – one of my coworkers just returned today from a year in Amsterdam. I asked if he commuted by bike. Of course, he said.
      
      If you haven’t been there, you may not understand. It’s an old city, built long before cars, and there’s water crisscrossing the city everywhere, so the few roads they have are narrow. There are only a few parking places in town at all.
      
      Imagine a five-story garage filled with bicycles. Now you’re thinking Amsterdam. I have a photo of that, somewhere. Very cool.
- chocolate ink on May 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm
  
  Hi Oui. Great article, thanks for the link.
Destiny on May 4, 2009 at 9:34 am
Brendan Skwire on May 4, 2009 at 12:57 pm

duh!
family guy, followed by american dad.
and of course, the simpsons are still good.

now, if they’d only cancel that awful “king of the hill”…
mainsailset on May 4, 2009 at 1:20 pm

With ltd access on my tv I watch new season of In Plain Sight. Am envious of all of you.

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