http://www.avclub.com/articles/fox-pulls-ben-and-kate-basically-canceling-it,91502/
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
bummer. heard a radio interview w/ Dakota Johnson yesterday, she came off kind of distant while answering questions about the show and now maybe i feel like it's because she knew what was coming.
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
The Following is so fucking stupid
Really sad to see Ben and Kate go, hoping to see lots more of that cast in other stuff.
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
no doubt about that, IMO
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
going to watch the first episode of Real Husbands of Hollywood in the next few days, will report back
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Friday, 25 January 2013 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
rip
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 January 2013 06:19 (eleven years ago) link
watching now, this is actually pretty funny. Only good thing I ever learned about from First Look.
― (panda) (gun) (wrapped gift) (silby), Friday, 25 January 2013 07:08 (eleven years ago) link
Ben And Kate cancelled.
― svend, Saturday, 26 January 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Do No Harm premieres tonight. Based on the wretched ads, its completely ridiculous premise and the fact it's on NBC, I'm betting on one of the quickest cancellations ever. Like, maybe after the first commercial break.
Also, R.I.P. 30 Rock. ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
NO, NOT 30 ROCK!!!
Coming to this late, but:
compared to cable these new network dramas tend to feel so defanged usually
I caught a few minutes of that (canceled?) Dana Delany forensic doctor show a while back and watched her saw off the top of a corpse's head (that had...gasp! no brain!). Seriously made me a little queasy.
― The Eye Of The "Dragon" (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
i love how nbc will have a failed high concept drama, cancel it after half a season, replace it with another failed high concept drama, cancel it after half a season, replace it with another failed high concept drama, cancel it after half a season...
― da croupier, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
They blew it with Journeyman. That show could still be on now, and they wouldn't have this problem.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
Hour-long dramas begun and cancelled on NBC since 2010: Awake, The Firm, Harry's Law, The Event, The Cape, Prime Suspect, Law & Order: LA, The Playboy Club, Prime Suspect, Chase, Outlaw, Persons Unknown, Undercovers
Meanwhile the three oldest hour-long dramas on NBC are SVU (since 99) then Parenthood (since 2010) and Grmm (since 2011). Everything else started in 2012
― da croupier, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
wtf was Persons Unknown? I don't even recognize that name.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
BRING BACK THE CAPE
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
or even better, a Cape/Revolution crossover
Man, NBC some capricious motherfuckers. You'd almost think they have no idea what they're doing.
― The Apple Dumpling Gangbang (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
canceling Prime Suspect was super stupid
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
Agreed.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
Ratings were atrocious though.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
It's NBC. Replacing something that has low ratings with something that will get even lower ratings is how they roll.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Will now pitch a show to NBC called 'Capricious Motherfuckers". Concept to follow.
― pandemic, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
They should really give Homonym a try.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else watch The Americans pilot? I rather liked it, save for the obvious bouts of pilotitis.
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
Gonna watch it via ondemand this weekend. It look intersting.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
wtf was Persons Unknown?
A summer schedule filler. It was sort of Lost-lite, using the horrible NBC house style. I watched an episode.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Oh right! I remember that now. A bunch of people in a dorm or hotel or something, right?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
They were in what seemed like some sort of compound. It was a one-location shoot I think.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
a semi-abandoned town iirc
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
the following is about 90% terrible. script is bad both in plotting and dialogue to a somewhat shocking extent.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
The Following is awful but at least it's violent and weird. It has a bit of a so-bad-it's-good thing imo
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
i think thats the only thing that keeps me hanging on but idk if i will make it past ep 3 unless there is a radical improvement. i wanna avoid spoilers but off the top of my head there have already been somewhere around 5 major plot points that are either absurdly implausible or just str8 up impossible
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
There was a line in the first episode where he was like "he's obsessed with Romantic-era literature, like Edgar Allen Poe, Emerson, and Thoreau" and I'm like "well, I GUESS Poe is Romantic, but Emerson and Thoreau are definitely n..." and then a lady stabbed herself in the head with a spike.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
It has a bit of a so-bad-it's-good thing imo
That's what made me watch '24' for however many seasons it was on.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
I really enjoyed the first episode of The Following but everything that's been said about subsequent episodes is making me sad
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
haha oh man that totally makes me want to watch it! in terms of violent/weird, how does it compare to say, American Horror Story?
― Roz, Thursday, 31 January 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't watched AHS but it's violent by network standards, not necessarily by cable standards.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
Jeez guys if you want violence, watch Spartacus.
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
ah ok, i might check out the first episode anyway. AHS is pretty difficult to beat on the "so bad it's good" scale though.
i'm not into violence for the sake of it, just um i don't know... lols-y gore? haven't seen spartacus.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
its nowhere near as violent or as weird as AHS
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
it is however painfully reliant on "surprises". endless parades of them, all ham-fisted. i am starting to realize that i really dont like this show very much actually and might not go back for ep 3, esp since they appear to already be turning to the dreaded multiple love triangle conceit
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 31 January 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Just curious--because I actually managed to forget it was still on until checking NBC's schedule just now--but has anybody seen the new version of Whitney? Is the fact nobody talks about it actually working in their favor?
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 31 January 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
my sister watched some whitney eps this season and she claims it's much better than last season.
― says a future man to his crystal son (reddening), Friday, 1 February 2013 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
Life is too short to investigate
― Gukbe, Friday, 1 February 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
she has that weird talk show on E, I always see the beginning of it at the end of my dvr'd Soup episodes.
sheer secondhand embarrassment is my best description. yipes
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 February 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
i've said this elsewhere but i have a good friend whose husband is a lead character on whitneyi hear some stories
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 February 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
what kind of stories
― Nhex, Friday, 1 February 2013 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
if they're anything like the stories on whitney they suck
― Mordy, Friday, 1 February 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
her weird talk show is way way way better than her sitcom, although it is virtually indistinguishable from Chelsea Lately
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
i hate chelsea lately with the fury of a thousand suns
to me it just sounds like schtinketed hoda + kathy lee but at night.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 1 February 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
ilana glazer looks & has similar manerisms 2 eric andre imo
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
i watched a few chozen and im not into it
chozen is kinda meh. broad city is dope and i have a crush on both of them
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
man...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
I totally noticed this too!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 4 February 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
do we have a winter 2014 thread?
We don't, but this one is more current.
2013 Fall TV Thread: Previews, Evaluations, Ridicule and Mourning
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link