That does it. I'm turning off the news & watching ANYthing else. Potter, Fantastic Beasts, LOTR...

[Hekate]

Oh here’s Like Water for Chocolate, how about that?

Sorry to intrude on the Lounge, but the insanity just got to me, bigly. What are you guys doing instead of the news for the next 4+ days?

[dhol82]

1. Hey, I have been through all seven Potter films in the last month or so.

Some channel keeps playing them. I find it soothing to watch.
Don’t think I could do LOTR. Too heavy.

[Hekate]

5. True, I watched LOTR last month & am done for awhile. Men in Black, Blues Brothers coming ...

...off the shelf. Jesus, I can’t take this any more.

[dhol82]

17. +1

[elleng]

2. Been watching The West Wing, on TNT; doing so until 11.

[Rorey]

3. Every Friday evening I watch The Greatest #AtHome Videos

with Cedric the Entertainer

Not to be confused with that other video program where people laugh at people getting hurt. This one is uplifting.

[Rorey]

10. And every Friday night I shed a few tears when watching it

It touches my heart. (Yes, I have one.)

[wcmagumba]

4. Re watching "The Expanse" and "The Durrells in Corfu" on Prime...

along with various stuff on UK iplayer and AU iview and SBS...practicing guitar, bass and banjo and cleaning/repairing the cheapo cruiser bike I bought off a neighbor for $20...and probably the news too...dammit...

[klook]

7. " The Durrells in Corfu" -- I'll look for that... new to me

We’re watching “Last Tango in Halifax” every night. Good stuff.

ETA: I love “The Expanse”! Can’t wait for the new season.

[wcmagumba]

11. Loved "Last Tango" I think you'll really like the Durrells too, very sweet, funny Brit ex pat...

kind of show. Set just before WWII...

[klook]

20. Loovly, thanks! (nt)

[DUgosh]

6. Vera

On Britbox

[solara]

18. Vera is one of the very best n/t

[TDale313]

8. The Mandalorian just started season 2.

Gonna spend some time with Baby Yoda 🙂

[solara]

16. Can't wait - been saving it for tonight

But stuff keeps coming up...

Baby Yoda is something for sure

The Mandalorian is the perfect way to keep the mind in happy-land

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. I've not watched TV in 11 years - just movies!

We started the old (1967) Forsyte Saga last night. Just finished the incredible history of Country Music (Ken Burns - PBS).

Doing news on the web, not TV or radio, really makes for a happier life! (IMHO)

[Lady Freedom Returns]

12. I got a Unofficial Halloween Party thread going on...

Here in The Lounge. Love to have you pop in!

[House of Roberts]

13. How can you intrude on the Lounge?

I recently discovered I had a free TV service, called Pluto TV, accessible via my smart Tv's connection to the wireless in my house. I have discovered a whole channel dedicated to early Doctor Who (the first eight Doctors). Another channel is all James Bond movies, and another is a mix of other British shows, of which the only one I know is Doc Martin. There's tons more I haven't even begun to check out.

[Lochloosa]

14. Get a Roku box. Tons of free stuff there

[House of Roberts]

19. I can't seem to find a list of what's available on Roku.

Everything I click on turns out to be a shill for certain channels. I guess to be free they have advertising, and they all want you watching THEIR ads. I'm certainly not spending money on a 'box' to find I get it all already some other way on this 'smart tv'. I've only been delving into this Pluto TV for a week now, and there's a ton of stuff on the Smartcast input, like Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Apple Tv, YouTube TV, Peacock, Xumo, and more than I could ever figure out anyway.

[sarge43]

15. I think I'll watch Penny Dreadful again.

You know, something light and fluffy, a nice change from the news.

[Hekate]

21. Hubby got a Roku & I don't know what. Anyway, he found Hamish MacBeth & we binged 3 seasons...

...over about as many days. Hamish is a Scots policeman in a tiny village — we read a bunch of the books several years ago & for some reason I recently started remembering them. Then poof! along came the series.

But tonight we are watching Like Water for Chocolate, & it is as magnificent and intense as we remembered.

[mopinko]

22. just watched copola's frankenstein.

scariest.movie.ever.

[sarge43]

23. Perfect Halloween choice. n/t