So maybe something like ANTM, Top Chef, AI and Dirty Jobs? That covers pretty much each category of frequently watched shows. Fashion, Cooking, Entertainment and Manly shows? Then when AI ends it can be replace with SYTYCD and we can do other things like that with other shows?

When is the next Top Chef?

SYTYCD starts in May so I think we should definitely have that in there.

I don't want to change too often lest the stompies stomp on us.

Good point with the SYTYCD. Can't speak to the cooking shows as I don't watch them. I know Hell's Kitchen is on right now, but I'm guessing it will end soon as I think it started at the same time AI did.

I was thinking about a balance to the types of shows and networks -- so, like maybe ANTM and Top Chef, and not MMaSM, if that makes sense.

I'm so confused. I thought the point was to indicate what shows are currently regularly coming up - which includes all three of those, Idol, Survivor, TAR, SYTYCD soon, and what else?

I looked at last summer's thread and it was totally dominated by SYTYCD, and then PR when that started, with occasional incursions by Next Food Network Star.

But, yeah, Idol, Survivor, and TAR will be the main focus for the next month or so.

Project Runway is coming up, too.

I'm so confused. I thought the point was to indicate what shows are currently regularly coming up

Since the language says, "Including but not limited to," I was trying to suggest a few shows that would indicate the range without naming every single thing that ever gets a post.

Since the language says, "Including but not limited to," I was trying to suggest a few shows that would indicate the range without naming every single thing that ever gets a post.

I'm still unclear -- are we going to change this when shows end or new ones start? At least with this thread, which is pretty much anything unscripted, I'm just not sure it's that confusing to get what we talk about in here.

Since the language says, "Including but not limited to," I was trying to suggest a few shows that would indicate the range without naming every single thing that ever gets a post.

That's what I thought the header was supposed to be. If there was some question about where a show should be included (i.e. Cupid), it would be indicated in the header.

I'm still unclear -- are we going to change this when shows end or new ones start?

Well, admittedly, the timing is not exactly right in that things are sort of wrapping up and summer stuff hasn't started. My instinct would be to change it to reflect our summer watching so we don't have to change it again until fall.

At least with this thread, which is pretty much anything unscripted, I'm just not sure it's that confusing to get what we talk about in here.

Well, true, but in the voting convo, there was at least one person who didn't know we talked about TAR here. I think the thread purpose is clear, but it might not be obvious that buffistas would be into certain shows, like SYTYCD, for example.

That's what I thought the header was supposed to be. If there was some question about where a show should be included (i.e. Cupid), it would be indicated in the header.

The slug is what shows up with the thread title in Buffistas Home and the Film and TV folder, so the show lists should go there so people can see them when they are scanning thread titles.

Speaking as a stompy, but only for myself, I have no problem with changing the slugs as often as the thread denizens wish. So we can be completely current if you'd like. I agree with giving one from each category or so, of what's airing.

Definitely include TAR since that came up and we talk a lot about it, plus for some reason the travel shows don't always ping as reality for people. We could leave out Mythbusters I think, because the title implies it. Is Dirty Jobs airing now?

The next Top Chef is the summer Top Chef: Masters.

And furthermore, we have more room in the in-thread description than we do in the slug, so we could put a more comprehensive list there if we wanted.