Geek TV Shows
It's the start of the new Fall television line-up and there seems to be a lot of buzz about "Geek" TV shows. I've come across many articles about "Geek is chic" and so on, locally and nationally. As someone who admits to being on the geeky side myself, my response is: meh.
What exactly is a "Geek TV Show"? Apparently it is a TV show where the main character is stereotypically nerdy/geeky. However, I think there is a big difference between shows that are about geeks and shows that are for geeks and the media seems to be lumping them together. I'll tell you what I like in a TV show: good writing, complex plots, witty dialog, believable characters, etc.--bonus points: include lots of details and internal references that you can pick up watching a second time. Here's what doesn't interest me at all: Steve Urkel reincarnations, storylines from a template, overblown stereotypes and flat dialog.
Guess I'll be waiting to see what the mid-season offerings are.
1 Response to “Geek TV Shows”
1. Garrett
October 8th, 2007
The two big ones I know of right now are “Chuck” and “Big Bang Theory”. I watched about 2 minutes of Big Bang Theory and dismissed it as just being one great big running nerd stereotype gag.
I kind of like Chuck. The main character seems kind of likable and not too over the top. The premise for the show and the storylines are fairly absurd, but they don’t seem to try to pretend to be anything else, so it works for me. Kind of like Get Smart.
I’ve never seen Ugly Betty and probably never will. Other than that, those articles seem to talk about shows having a geeky stereotype character for comic relief, which I think has been fairly common for a long time anyway.
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