Where do you go to talk about television?

Where do you go to talk about your favorite television shows?

I have some good conversations at work about a few shows that all, or most, of us watch. But I haven’t found many online places, with the possible exceptions of BlogHer’s TV Rants & Raves group and Television Without Pity, that I actually enjoy reading, let alone where I enjoy participating in the discussion myself.

Maybe I’m being too annoyingly picky. I just want somewhere that isn’t too squeakily fangirlish (or fanboyish), but doesn’t swing to the other extreme of overanalyzing and being unbearably pretentious. For Rescue Me discussions, I expect badge bunnies, but not an overpopulation of same. Likewise for Sons of Anarchy discussions: I’d expect some wanna-be train pullers, but again, hopefully not an overpopulation of them.

Upon reflection, the overanalyzing criteria doesn’t apply to Mad Men. I do not believe that show can be discussed without some degree of overanalysis. Just my opinion, of course.

My personal fault is being a little too nit-picky about details of cities where I’ve lived or depictions of jobs or hobbies that I’ve been involved in. But since I didn’t start working in advertising production until the late 70s, and nothing is currently filming in Chicago or Honolulu, I can probably keep it to a minimum.

So if anyone has some good suggestions for communities or forums devoted to those shows that I might enjoy, I’d love to hear them!

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