I'd rather not start creating threads for the sole purpose of avoiding hurt feelings. If there's a quorum for a thread, we create the thread. We can't make this place be all things for all people.

How about this. How about we create a TV folder, and make it accessible to any poster who wants to create a thread. Anybody could make a thread for any single show--hey, there could even be threads to discuss popular commercials series. TV folder, as many threads as anybody wants to create, as long as it doesn't create server problems. That way, every person could have single-show threads to talk about the four shows he or she watches, with the five other people who only want to talk about each particular show, for twenty or thirty posts per week. Three hundred and fifty-odd threads, maybe? No oversight, no modding, no stompy presence. Would that make the wrangling stop?

Can we do that? Can we make one folder accessible to anybody who wants to create a thread, and leave the rest of b.org pretty much as it is, for threads where people want to talk about lunch and breastfeeding and bosses and hot tv personalities and families and music and my car's making funny noises and what we watched last night, keeping Boxed Set for those who want to talk about *any* show that supports meta, fic and/or vids (FNL, f'rex) and the crosspollination thereunto.

Sorry, just testing formatting.

That would require coding changes. I'm predictably unenthused.

Also don't see myself discussing Pushing Daisies anywhere other than BS--no reason to stop other people. Sort of like my cable TV discussion happens outside of that thread, and mostly outside of b.org.

In my head it belongs in BS, and if stuff belongs in a thread I don't want to discuss it in, I don't try and move it. If discussion doesn't pick up organically where it works for me then I just have to get over the board being "broken" for me in that regard.

I do think the word "broken" is overmuch, and would rather describe the cable drama thread as "unsuitable" for me.

Somewhere above someone asked something which made me want to say...

I was drawn to Boxed Set when I discovered that I love Doctor Who (2005). I have mostly stopped going in there because I am too far behind and I keep getting spoiled. I like the idea of single show threads but I also think wee buckets might work.

In the end it's not really all that terrible that I can't chat about Doctor Who with you guys. I can dig your spicy brains if we're talking about shoes, porn or salad shooters. However, I will cry if Pushing Daisies gets stuck in Boxed Set but I think I'm hearing lots of good reasons why Minearverse is the place for it.

One issue I can see right now is that Eureka and Reaper are on at the same time and have some scheduling crossover: at least two week's worth. (Is Eureka on a 13 episode or 22 episode season?)

I figured it might be, ita. Well, it was worth a question, at least.

Okay, here's what we've got so far. I don't see any reason to wait since there's nothing official happening here, and there've been more than 50 responses.

1. I expect to be watching and talking about: (Monday)
Response
Count
samantha who?* 1
how i met your mother 16
the big bang theory* 1
two and a half men 0
rules of engagement 0
c.s.i.: miami 0
chuck* 10
journeyman* 15
prison break 4
k-ville* 5
everybody hates chris 1
aliens in america* 1
girlfriends 0
the game 0
answered question 29
skipped question 25


2. Tuesday:
Response
Count
cavemen* 3
carpoolers* 1
boston legal 2
n.c.i.s. 5
the unit 3
cane* 6
law & order: special victims unit 2
bones 25
house 25
the academy* 0
jail* 0
reaper* 23
lincoln heights 0
sunday best* 0
exalted!* 0
bufu* 0
answered question 44
skipped question 10


3. Wednesday
Response
Count
Wednesday: 0
pushing daisies* 44
private practice* 9
dirty sexy money* 6
criminal minds 6
c.s.i.: new york 1
bionic woman* 21
life* 6
back to you* 1
'til death 0
decision house* 0
meet my folks 0
gossip girl* 5
the daily show 16
the colbert report 14
south park 1
the sarah silverman program 3
haunted 0
answered question 50
skipped question 4


4. Thursday
Response
Count
Thursday: 0
ugly betty 11
grey's anatomy 13
big shots* 1
c.s.i.: crime scene investigation 10
without a trace 7
my name is earl 10
30 rock 12
the office 16
scrubs 9
er 4
smallville 3
it's always sunny in philadelphia 4
law & order: criminal intent 3
answered question 40
skipped question 14


5. Friday
Response
Count
Friday: 0
women's murder club* 4
men in trees 5
ghost whisperer 2
moonlight* 12
numb3rs 18
friday night lights 13
las vegas 1
american band* 2
nashville* 0
answered question 32
skipped question 22


6. Sunday
Response
Count
Sunday: 0
desperate housewives 3
brothers & sisters 6
viva laughlin* 8
cold case 3
shark 0
the simpsons 6
king of the hill 3
family guy 5
american dad 4
brotherhood 0
answered question 21
skipped question 33


7. I'm worried about being spoiled for: (Monday/Tuesday)
Response
Count
samantha who?* 0
how i met your mother 2
the big bang theory* 0
two and a half men 0
rules of engagement 0
c.s.i.: miami 0
chuck* 1
journeyman* 3
prison break 3
k-ville* 1
everybody hates chris 0
aliens in america* 0
girlfriends 0
the game 0
Tuesday: 0
cavemen* 0
carpoolers* 0
boston legal 0
n.c.i.s. 2
the unit 0
cane* 1
law & order: special victims unit 0
bones 8
house 9
the academy* 0
jail* 0
reaper* 4
lincoln heights 0
sunday best* 0
exalted!* 0
bufu* 0
Comments? 5
answered question 14
skipped question 40


8. Wednesday/Thursday
Response
Count
pushing daisies* 19
private practice* 2
dirty sexy money* 1
criminal minds 1
c.s.i.: new york 0
bionic woman* 6
life* 2
back to you* 0
'til death 0
decision house* 0
meet my folks 0
gossip (continued...)

( continues...) girl* 2
the daily show 0
the colbert report 0
south park 0
the sarah silverman program 0
haunted 0
Thursday: 0
ugly betty 3
grey's anatomy 5
big shots* 0
c.s.i.: crime scene investigation 2
without a trace 2
my name is earl 3
30 rock 0
the office 5
scrubs 1
er 0
smallville 0
it's always sunny in philadelphia 0
law & order: criminal intent 0
Comments? 2
answered question 22
skipped question 32


9. Friday/Sunday
Response
Count
women's murder club* 0
men in trees 1
ghost whisperer 1
moonlight* 3
numb3rs 4
friday night lights 7
las vegas 0
nashville* 0
american band* 0
nashville* 0
doctor who 12
flash gordon* 3
Sunday: 0
desperate housewives 1
brothers & sisters 2
viva laughlin* 2
cold case 0
shark 0
the simpsons 0
king of the hill 0
family guy 1
american dad 1
tell me you love me* 0
brotherhood 0
Comments? 3
answered question 19
skipped question 35