Did You Used To Watch "Northern Exposure" On TV?

Wyatt Burp · Dec 4, 2011

My late parents loved this show in the 90's. I finally watched the shows my dad taped and love the characters. I thought about it for quite some time and bought the entire box set and am watching them in order. The town DJ, philisopher, and "minister" Chris is my favorite TV character of all time. Adam Arkin as "Adam" is great, too. The show is a little "new agey" but not political. It's just a crazy weird little show like no other.

cmort666 · Dec 4, 2011

I used to watch Janeane Turner. I hear there was something going on about Alaska or something, but that distracted from my watching Janeane Turner...

5-Shot · Dec 4, 2011

Northern Exposure is my all time favorite TV series, although it got a little off track toward the end. What I particularly like was the way they dealt with serious and important issues in such subtle and and amusing ways. My favorite example was the theoretical physicist who dropped out and became a magician. He wanted to get into something more concrete and believable.

Ed

BarbC · Dec 4, 2011

I enjoyed the show. I liked the offbeat characters, especially that big mountain woman.

CigarGuy · Dec 4, 2011

Great show. Great characters. Great actors. Great writing.
Funny, I kinda had the feeling that the Jeanine Turner character
was kinda "liberal" and look at her now, today, in real life.

DeadAye · Dec 4, 2011

A great show - Shelly was my fav

CigarGuy · Dec 4, 2011

DeadAye said:
A great show - Shelly was my fav

She was the girlfriend of the bar owner twice her age, right? They had a kid?
There, actually, were a lot of quasi-"famous" actors in that cast.

Dashriprock · Dec 4, 2011

Great show, and we have the DVD set as well. Nifty packaging in the little down jackets, eh?

One of my favorite episodes is when they launch a deceased community member with a trebuchet, per his dying wish!

gregintenn · Dec 4, 2011

I used to enjoy it.

wuluf · Dec 4, 2011

Great show and i remember the last episode as the best ever to end a series...

sipowicz · Dec 4, 2011

No! I stopped watching TV after the Colgate Comedy Hour went off the air...grumble grumble blah blah...

Wyatt Burp · Dec 4, 2011

5-Shot said:
Northern Exposure is my all time favorite TV series, although it got a little off track toward the end. What I particularly like was the way they dealt with serious and important issues in such subtle and and amusing ways. My favorite example was the theoretical physicist who dropped out and became a magician. He wanted to get into something more concrete and believable.

Ed

I saw a couple whith a new doctor and his wife in it and felt the show was losing something around that period. I am going to cheat and find the episode where the northern lights makes people have each other's dreams. One of the gay guys has another guys dreams and finds out he has a fetish for high heeled shoes. My second favorite episode.

Ironhand · Dec 4, 2011

My favorite from Season 1 was the episode where Chris's black half-brother shows up on a Harley. "Aurora Borealis" was the name. The dream sequence where Chris and Bernard end up in a truck, driven by Carl Jung, is awesome.

Chris's Dream - YouTube

gaucho1 · Dec 4, 2011

One of my all time favorite TV series.

Great characters and a whimsical touch.

Missed it when it ended.

Wyatt Burp · Dec 4, 2011

Ironhand said:
My favorite from Season 1 was the episode where Chris's black half-brother shows up on a Harley. "Aurora Borealis" was the name. The dream sequence where Chris and Bernard end up in a truck, driven by Carl Jung, is awesome.

Chris's Dream - YouTube

This is my favorite episode, too. Because of Chris' brother part and it introduced Adam as a gormet chef Bigfoot. But the whole Chris/Bernard storyline with that dream is the best TV I ever watched. I basically bought the box set because of this episode.

Arizona Commander · Dec 4, 2011

I loved this show, wonder why it is not on A&E or some similar channel?

cowart · Dec 4, 2011

Arizona Commander said:
I loved this show, wonder why it is not on A&E or some similar channel?

In the US, Northern Exposure is not currently airing. The Hallmark Channel owns the syndication rights. Contact Hallmark to show your support online or email them [email protected].
In Canada, Viewers can find Northern Exposure up to three times a day (!) on the digital cable channel Country Canada.

rock doc · Dec 4, 2011

Yep, one of my favorite show at the time. I liked the episode where the pontificating DJ was hurling objects with a trebuchet. Ended up hurling a grand piano.

Fishslayer · Dec 4, 2011

Definitely in my top 5 all time favorites.

I liked the way the most absurd situations or personal quirks were just kind of accepted as part of everyday life.

Could have done without the New York doctor. Ugh. THE most annoying character on a TV show.

Sprefix · Dec 4, 2011

I loved the show. I wish all the re-runs were on again. I liked the weird stories and characters.

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