I recently made the acquaintance of a fellow skeptic, who mentioned that she was fond of the program "House". I've not watched a tv in over a decade, so I'd never heard of it - but I do watch hulu, so now I'm a regular viewer of House.

I love this show, and the main character is awesome. Every episode includes dozens of exercises in the proper application of logic, and situations where fallacious reasoning or general stupidity has severe real life consequences.

In the latest hulu episode, at around 28:00 or so, a liver transplant is denied so as not to 'defile a body' - for religious reasons.

House: "Well played. Religion just killed another person."

House isn't the only show that showcases Atheism, Logic, and Reason..
Bones is another show, while not as in your face with it, the main character tends to point out the problems and inaccuracies of others beliefs and thought process.
In an episode of Family Guy, Brain, the family dog, was outed as an Atheist.

The problem with House is that the show is the same show every time.

A patient w/ a rare disease.
House is an a$$. An a$$ who genuinely wants to cure the patient.
House mourns the loss of his one true love.
Patient almost dies.
Patient gets cured.

The End.

But it is better than most of the dribble on t.v.

I'll be adding Bones to my queue. Thanks!



That episode is one of my favorite TV episodes, ever - of any genre.

Yeah, I've only seen like 5 episodes, and two of them were completely identical, which dampened my enthusiasm a great deal. Since then, there's been just a wee bit of variation, plus I always learning something new about physiology.

Most star trek episodes were the same every time, too. And yet, its still fun to watch, sometimes.

House has gotten better at that in the later seasons, with more of the focus on different aspects of House's life. (Vicodin addiction, friendship with Wilson, relationship with Cuddy, etc.)

House is not all about the medicine. Its about the relationships that are in his sphere and it is a direct take off of Sherlock Holmes.

There are so many references to Holmes its brilliant.

Holmes and House are opiate addicts.
H & H are social misfits, yet brilliant logical minds
They both have a side-kick called W ... (Watson/Wilson)

House lives in 221B (in the early series)
Holmes lived in 221B Baker Street ... it goes on.

Dont look at just the medicine. Its so much more than that.

Big fan, as you can tell.


All 6 series saved and watched again and again

With the very first sentence that I heard house speak, in the very first episode that I happened to watch - I thought to myself "This is like a more modern sherlock holmes - awesome!"

I failed to notice those other similarities, thanks for pointing them out.

There are also a number of decent programs out there (it may take some searching depending on where you are)

Here is just a small list of programs on Atheism that I have on my PC(they are more documentary than entertainment):
Horizon- War on Science.-About the latest legal attempt by creationist to strong arm it's way into the classroom.
Jonathan Miller's Rough History of Disbelief & Atheism Tapes.- RHoD is about a look thru history at atheism, and how it has evolved along with religion. AT is a supplementary program of the interviews done for RHoD.
Richard Dawkin's Root of All Evil & Enemies of Reason.-Both take a look at what Dawkins feels are things that are very wrong with religion, and other areas with religious-like beliefs.

I like my entertainment to be..well..more entertaining.
Currently, I like Fringe, Leverage, and Burn Notice.

Fringe: wacky science, based on real science.
Leverage: Modern Robinhoods.
Burn Notice: Ex-spy trying to find out why he's an ex-spy, while being a "problem solver" for people w/ problems they can't take to the police.

I can't really get into Fringe and Leverage, they just aren't my cup of tea.
A friend turned me onto Burn Notice, and now it's one of the shows I DVR.. lol

My Shows are: WWE Raw and Smackdown. (the wrestling is meh, but I tend to watch more for the storylines, both the good, and the horribly bad) House, NCIS, Criminal Minds, White Collar, Burn Notice, Royal Pains...
and that's all I can think of for now.