Things that I hope are good: Gotham, Selfie
Things I'm already disappointed won't be as good as they should be: Marry Me -same creator as Happy Endings, featuring Casey Wilson and Ken Marino, but is on NBC and is undoubtedly doomed and, honestly, has a really annoying premise.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for creating the new thread, Johnny. I hope Selfie will be good too because I love the two leads, but... eh. Gotham sounds ridiculous already. I'll watch Marry Me out of Happy Endings loyalty.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
I desperately want Selfie to be good but I know it will be super, unforgivably terrible ;_;
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
In the "things that I desperately want to be good but might and probably will suck based on the trailers" category, I'll add Fresh Off the Boat and Mulaney.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
oh god, Mulaney
I keep looking at those promos and thinking "Nasim, you left SNL for this? It's not even a terrible starring vehicle for YOU!"
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
I have dvr's first 2 eps of Legends but I am scared that it might be crap
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
It especially hurts because Mulaney himself is one of the best comedians right now
I blame Martin Short. Him and Elliott Gould should switch roles. Better yet, Short shouldn't be on the show period.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
I may try Scorpion once despite it looking pretty terrible because it's got Katharine McPhee in it.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Hah, I sadly understand.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Here's a quick rundown: http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/new-shows.aspx
TV obviously isn't being made for me anymore, but I'm not quite sure who it is made for.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
gotham is the only thing coming up I'm remotely interested in. I've abandoned network tv almost completely.
― akm, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
The last seasons of Boardwalk Empire and Sons of Anarchy are glaring omissions from that fall list btw.
― dead r souls (xelab), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
And American Horror Story: Freak Show.
― dead r souls (xelab), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
That Tv Guide list is comprised only of debut shows. Returning series are a whole 'nother thing.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Ah I see, it was the NCIS inclusion that threw me.
― dead r souls (xelab), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
holy shit space dandy has been on fire.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 04:01 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
I watched the A To Z pilot. it's not bad, but it's almost like they want to be incessantly compared to How I Met Your Mother (Mrs. Ted Mosby plays a girl who meets a guy who believes they were destined to be together, as narrated by a familiar voice from a popular late 80s/early 90s sitcom, in this case Katey Sagal).
― birdman junior dad (some dude), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
Not really related to the upcoming season, but lol Netflix and The Blacklisthttp://www.avclub.com/article/netflix-just-paid-ton-money-streaming-rights-black-208671
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
A to Z looks like the kind of tv that repulses me, so I fully expect it to run for at least five seasons.
And speaking of tv that repulses me, I'm going to start at the beginning with this new Shonda Rhimes show How to Get Away With Murder and love it until I can't stand to watch even a second of it anymore (like I did with Grey's Anatomy and Scandal).
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Jennifer Carpenter, co-star of Showtime’s recently concluded sure-he’s-a-serial-killer-but-come-on-give-him-a-break series Dexter, will star in a new USA Network pilot about American government workers operating in the Middle East. Titled Stanistan after the fictional country in which it’s set, the show is described as a drama, albeit one in which “State Department workers, covert CIA officers and journalists strike a delicate balance of danger and levity.”
holy shit Stanistan is the worst name for a television show and a fictional middle eastern country ever
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
lol. poor JC
― Nhex, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
i think thats a good name
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
it sounds good but yeah, oof that name
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
hope it gains a devoted following
then we'll have Stanistanstans
― Number None, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure Stanistan is a generic name bandied around in the intelligence community or somesuch. Either that, or Herman Cain is one of the producers.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
it just gives me gasface like when West Wing did it with that Qumar shit
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
i mean, I get it and I don't know what the alternative but ffs THINK OF A BETTER NAME
lol I'd forgotten about Qumar. At least that sounds like the writers were trying.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
Framistan
― Coarse Apple Slaw (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
Bieberstan
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
it reminds me of my favorite Onion headline
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fritolaysia-cuts-off-chiplomatic-relations-with-sn,1846/
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
ha!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
i'd think it would be really easy to come up w/ a believable -stan name. Karakastan. There, done. Iztbukistan. Trijakistan. But Stanistan... ok well it's obviously a USA show.
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure Stanistan is a generic name bandied around in the intelligence community or somesuch.
I'd be shocked if this were true. Surely ppl in the intelligence community take pride in knowing Uzbekistan from Tajikistan from Pakistan.
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Stanistan just sounds like the kind of name you'd say if you purposely didn't want to reference a specific "stan".
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Are we certain this isn't just one of those placeholder titles? Please?
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
seems like it's jokey purposely obv, they are not going to call it w/e realistic-stan cmon guys
regardless this is not a show im going to watch
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 4 September 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
Why has it taken this long to make a Stannis joke you guys, I'm disappointed in everyone.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 4 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Someone report back on Selfie, I don't want to tarnish my image of Gingerlegs.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 4 September 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
I am quite looking forward to The Game if only cos it has Brian Cox in it and is a cold war spy series set in the 70's. As this is a BBC production I will not get too excited, that is reserved for S3 of The Americans.http://www.bbcamerica.com/the-game/
― xelab, Friday, 5 September 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link
ooh I will watch that! love Brian Cox
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 September 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
new attack on titan ep tnite
― Mordy, Sunday, 7 September 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
Tonight: Gotham, Scorpion, return of The Blacklist.I'll grudgingly catch Gotham on demand later this week, and shamefully watch The Blacklist like I always do.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
The Mysteries Of Laura is kind of amazing if you pretend it's Jenna Maroney's new show after the cancellation of TGS. It even felt cheap like a drama-within-a-sitcom. It also helps explain what the fuck Josh Lucas is doing on it.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
i think gotham is the only pilot i'm even watching this year, and thatt's really only out of morbid curiosity. are there even any premium/prestige cable things worth checking out this fall? everything just seems like a dud all around.
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:51 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, Forever also premieres tonight but I'm not going anywhere near that onexp If only it actually starred Jenna...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:51 (nine years ago) link
Laura revealed the identity of the killer at a podium during the victim's funeral, listing off the ruled-out suspects in attendance before pointing at her police captain "mentor," who committed the murder BEHIND HER BACK with a syringe while they were interviewing him. After the mentor (she says "mentor" a lot) is arrested, it turns out her new precinct captain will be...her ESTRANGED HUSBAND! ZOINKS! They then get into a standoff in the frontyard.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
lol wait i meant she got into a stand-off with the mentor, after revealing him the culprit and before her husband became her new boss.
though i would not be shocked if a later episode has her pulling a gun on her husband in some wacky bit of misunderstanding
― da croupier, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 00:59 (nine years ago) link
what? geez.her crazy bug eyes during those scenes are top drawer
― Nhex, Saturday, 14 March 2015 07:03 (nine years ago) link
was browsing the durst wiki, kindof lol but mostly sad
http://www.khou.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/16/robert-durst-fined-500-after-allegedly-urinating-on-candy-at-cvs/20484435/
first time ive seen it brought up, his atty there claims durst has aspergers
― johnny crunch, Monday, 16 March 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link
huh weird
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 March 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
izombie looks interesting; never read the comic
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 March 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
do we have a Jinx thread yet? do we need one?
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 March 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
iZombie looks iffy - colorful WB show - but it's the Veronica Mars guy so I'll at least watch the pilot
― Nhex, Monday, 16 March 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
izombie is pretty good
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 March 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
I know everyone gave up on Man Seeking Woman more or less immediately, but its ninth ep was one of my very faves of the year so far.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 March 2015 04:07 (nine years ago) link
izombie was real fun
― just sayin, Thursday, 19 March 2015 04:52 (nine years ago) link
Ep9 of Man Seeking Woman was indeed great, but it's been very hit or miss. Full of decent central ideas, poorly executed - see the 'bro' pound ep as evidence - and some great ideas (Hitler as a boyfriend that everyone thinks is fun, turning down sex with aliens to concentrate on your relationship, Wizard Eyes) floating in eps that are very average.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Thursday, 19 March 2015 07:58 (nine years ago) link
enjoyed izombie, the voice over is so veronica mars, unsurprisingly.
― pandemic, Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
iZombie is OK, could become great later. I find it amusing how much more optimistic it is than VMars, considering the zombie angle.
I concur w/ MSW being spotty as hell, that's what happens w/ a high-risk comic premise. Hoping they nail it next season.
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
is there actually seriously a show called fucking iZombie?
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
is it an icarly spinoff
why is icarly called icarly
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
it's based on a comic bookhttp://www.comicvine.com/izombie/4050-32937/
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
They had a popular webshow within the show named iCarly.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
The premise of iZombie is that a fan of iCarly dies and returns and realizes that this is the perfect hook for her own webseries. Legal shenanigans ensue.
― A Whizzer, A Poo Star (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
having now seen 4 eps of iZombie it uhhh has some improving to do
― fuck me, archipelago (Simon H.), Friday, 20 March 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
iCarly is for 12 year olds and came out like 10 years ago so
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 20 March 2015 13:09 (nine years ago) link
iCarly is for everybody.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
...people in their twenties today are gonna be laughing about the similarity?
― da croupier, Friday, 20 March 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
i myself don't think i can get past the name
― da croupier, Friday, 20 March 2015 14:35 (nine years ago) link
I picked it up when my niece would watch it, but then I found myself watching when she was nowhere around. As far as sitcoms go (YA or not), it blows away everything on Disney and is actually better than half of the stuff on the regular networks. Good jokes, likeable cast, and one time they dropped some really sly references to The Wire.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 March 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
Ah I was wondering if/where ILX was talking about Blackish. I'm making the most of our Hulu Plus subscription and watching this and I love it. I love the kids (Dee <3), I love Dre and Bow's relationship, I love Lawrence Fishburne.
Okay that's all.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
Fishburne is on there a lot less as the series goes forward. Really hope he doesn't exit altogether by next season.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
i love the actors, the post-cosby bourgie black family premise and the lack of laugh track; can't get past sitcom tropes anymore for pretty much anyone
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
Just a reminder for all who care, Orphan Black resumes this Saturday.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link
I'm at like episode 14? So yeah, LF is not in it as much as he was, but that's okay.
I thought I was done with sitcom tropes, but between Blackish and Brooklyn 99 I'm pretty content with them, apparently. Maybe I'm getting simple in my old age, or maybe I'm easily charmed by such likable characters.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
Sitcom tropes are fine if they're done well.
― DJP, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
Black-ish can get really bad when it does a lazy job with those sitcom standards (ie. the first Ruby episode, most of the episodes involving Dre and Bow arguing over something stupid) but I can stomach it for the better material, especially involving the kids.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 02:42 (eight years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 9:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i kinda realized this out of the blue during one of the few recent episodes he was in heavily and it bummed me out, he's great on it
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 03:44 (eight years ago) link
Really enjoy the show. Totally get if people aren't up for a trad family sitcom - gave up on fresh off the boat despite enjoying it ok cuz I didn't feel like watching two, and preferred the one where dad narrates rather than one of the kids. But it's def a great one.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 03:50 (eight years ago) link
Fishburne is terrific but its a pretty crowded house when he isn't there as it is. Fine with him only showing up here and there as long as he keeps showing up.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 03:53 (eight years ago) link
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/08/the-night-shift-renewed-by-nbc-for-third-season/401461/
Undateable, which I've still never watched because Chris D'Elia is a zit on the butt of humanity, has been renewed for an all-live third season. ALL-LIVE!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 May 2015 03:56 (eight years ago) link
agent carter + nashville renewed also! :)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 May 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
I gave up Nashville before this past season and I don't really feel too bad about it. Connie Britton was really the main draw for me and her life got too soapy and dumb.
I should watch Agent Carter, though. How many episodes was it?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 May 2015 04:10 (eight years ago) link
y u braek heart
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 May 2015 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Undateable is so so bad, god why
― Nhex, Saturday, 9 May 2015 05:13 (eight years ago) link
Broadcast networks are at the point now where I can safely avoid them nearly every night of the week. All they have are the shows that dumb people like.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 May 2015 05:31 (eight years ago) link
Agent Carter season 2 trailer already up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et8pum4V3uI
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 9 May 2015 05:55 (eight years ago) link
(happy for it. hoping it gets better)
First season of Agent Carter was just eight episodes.
― groovypanda, Saturday, 9 May 2015 11:51 (eight years ago) link
episodes 7 and 8 of Agent Carter were fantastic; didn't watch the others
― DJP, Saturday, 9 May 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
lol elvis
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 May 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
"Fresh Off the Boat" is pretty OK but it would be better if they killed off Eddie.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
lol ok buddy
― FLOPSZN (some dude), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Every character is funny except for him.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 3 August 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
i mean that's a classic shortcoming of sitcom protagonists/narrators but i hardly think it's such a fatal flaw in this case that it needs a violent solution
― FLOPSZN (some dude), Monday, 3 August 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
Anyone make it to the last episode of The Affair. It's been a great, if sometimes stupid, show, but dragging it into a second season seems like a terrible fucking idea.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 13:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
Except the second season turned out to be much, much better! Anyone watch this? Every episode does this weird jag between "nailing it" and shark jumping, but it's super complusive, enjoyable, some fun performances.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 21 December 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
i swear "mom" has to be the darkest show on television
― ive seen enough Good Wife episodes (s.clover), Friday, 6 May 2016 06:18 (seven years ago) link