Personally, and because I have a small attention span (which is why my WIP is HUGE!), I tend to prefer small series
Lately I've seen The IT crowd and a few months before that The Snuff box. Funny stuff
Anyway, anything bigger than 5-6 episodes bores me to tears. I remember seeing about 5 or 6 eipsodes of 24 season 1 in one row. I never saw another!!
Heroes, 24, Lost, BSG, Stargate, House MD, Big bang, countless other series craving for my attention because people around me keep watching them and talking about them. Instead, I choose to lie down, play some games, talk on the internet, post on forums (such as this one), spend time with my girlfriend (when I can
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And Aly, you KNOW that we'd prefer you instead of that cheerleader in Heroes
(I hope that's not insulting, like I said I've never seen the series!)
(and I'm willing to bet that if you posed like that cheerleader did, a lot of atari people would rather have you for their wallpaper instead of her
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