don't know about favourite but this is what i currently record according to the pvr. a lot of this is just background during the day tbh
daily:ST: Enterprise (series 3)BlueyGhosts: USSimpsons (series 30)Bob's BurgersChasing Classic CarsOverhaulingScrapheap Challenge
weekly:secret genius of modern lifewheeler dealerstaskmasterhorne section tv shownew rick and mortyBangers and Cashtotp 1993outer limitsAstrid: murder in paris (recorded, not watched yet)Senorita 89 (recorded, not watched yet)QIClickHandmaid's TaleOnly ConnectUnversity ChallengeAussie Gold Hunters Mine SOSMaigretEdgar Wallace Mystery TheatreSky Arts Artist of the YearFrankie BoyleLouis TherouxBlown Away
the highlight is probably bob's burgers - its pun game is very strong, i like the kids' various obsessions, decent song every episode.
― koogs, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Taking "currently on television" to mean "aired in 2022":
The Sex Lives of College GirlsThe White LotusNever Have I EverThe RehearsalOnly Murders in the BuildingHeartstopperI Love That For YouSomebody SomewhereThe Marvellous Mrs. Maisel The Bear
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
I mean, Glitch is pretty badly reviewed but the criticisms thrown at it (meandering, takes to long to solve things) are exactly the reasons why I'm liking it.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, November 24, 2022 4:35 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system. Lots of twists, a crash course in learning the particularities of how things are run in Korea, lots of emphasis on the minutiae of interpersonal interactions and social presentation, and unlike a lot of shows I really have zero idea where it’s headed. Much of the stiff formality many characters engage in on a daily basis is pierced by the presence of the great Bae Doona as a cop who isn’t playing by the rules, which is more to say she’s just not fearful of the system vs someone who’s stepping out of line. It’s definitely meandering and takes patience but it’s refreshingly paced compared to a lot of the breakneck speed with which watercooler most watercooler shows tend to operate.
― omar little, Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
Some recent-ish K-dramas I liked, both (uncharacteristically for me) zombie-related:
- Happiness: our heroes are trapped in an apartment block with terrible people, zombies are outside, "zombie action Parasite" is not really accurate but there's a lot of social commentary
- Zombie Detective: poor guy wakes up a zombie, starts working as a private detective, I guess it's mostly a comedy?
I do enjoy how Korean shows are frequently incapable of sticking to a single genre
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 26 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
In rotation: Abbott Elementary (Hulu)The Big Brunch (HBO)Bobs Burgers (Hulu)White Lotus (HBO)Interview With The Vampire (Showtime)Atlanta (Hulu)Pennyworth (HBO)Wednesday (Netflix) out of rotation Peripheral (i had to bail, i keep falling asleep - will circle back at some point) League of Their Own (not feeling it? idk why) classic tv shows in rotationNight CourtTaxiSanford and Son X-Files
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
Here's what I've gone the distance on recently:
PistolThe Deep EndFor All Mankind (season 3)*Servant Of The PeopleExtracurricularHow To Change Your MindGlitchRussia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Extracurricular is definitely worth checking out if you're into K-dramas but give it a shot even if you're not. In short, awkward model high school student has a darkly comic secret life as a crime lord. Violent hilarity ensues, but as with most K-dramas you can't really predict what happens. The creators of this go on to make Glitch.
I watched Servant Of The People when it first came out, but hadn't seen it since the Russian invasion. Season 1 is pretty much the set-up for the spectacular season 2 - if I had to single out any episode of season 2, it would be episode 4 where Zelenskyy (as Goloborodko) wakes up to discover that everyone in Ukraine has left the country because of open borders and ends up running everything in the country on his own. Shades of The Quiet Earth...
Disappointed by How To Change Your Mind. I think it's good for the history of how things have gotten to where they are now, but found it lacking in actual support or guidance for someone dealing with depression or PTSD now who's looking for possible avenues.
On deck: The Kingdom: Exodus, The Peripheral, Andor, Stranger, A Wilderness Of Error
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 06:42 (one year ago) link
Just wrapped up The Patient & The Bear - pretty good and holy shit great give me more now
Restarted The Peripheral now that it's built up some episodes & The English on Amazon. The latter was almost a bail after the first 5 minutes because it was so awkward and stilted but it has rapidly improved.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:05 (one year ago) link
due to a mix of a busy arts calendar and getting back to the ceramic studio and physical rehab and generalized anxiety which is making it more difficult to focus, I've watched about half as much teevee this year as last... and been on ILX about 1/4 as much as in past years! Weird correlations.
Even so, here's my 2022.
Nineteen Great ShowsSlow Horses s1 (starting s2 shortly)Single Drunk Female s1Marriage s1Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead s1Bust Down s1I Love That For You s1Our Flag Means Death s1The Rehearsal s1Barry s3Peacemaker s1Bluey s3Joe Pera Talks With You s3This Fool s1We Need to Talk About CosbyShe-Hulk s1The Kids in the Hall 2022Only Connect s17/18Youtube: Ryukahr Plays Mario (plot twist: he shaved)Letterman YouTube Channel (this has been a lifesaver this year)
Very Good to Pretty GoodAbbott Elementary s2Cunk on Earth s1Little Demon s1 Rick and Morty s6Mo s1 (great and then fell apart)Fisk s2The Simpsons s34 (surprisingly good!)The Other One s2Desus and Mero s4 (RIP)The Great Pottery Throw Down s5As We See It s1 (this should've been renewed)Youtube: DefunctlandYoutube: Video Game DonkeyYoutube: Grand POOBear: Iron BrosYoutube: Odd TinkeringYoutube: Iron PineappleYoutube: Action ButtonYoutube: Channel Five
Not Finished but Already Likely To Be Among the Best of the YearTraumazoneSort Of s2Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker s2Heartstopper s1Severance s1
Not Finished but Pretty Good with FlawsRebootSomebody SomewhereMs MarvelZen MotoringAll That Glitters
Coming Up ShortlyKindredLast Chance U Basketball
Top of the List of Should Watch/Will WatchAndorDark WindsThe PatientFleishman Is in TroubleMinxSerpent QueenInterview with the VampireAm I Being UnreasonableBlack BirdA Cut AboveDon’t Hug Me I’m ScaredThe DryLet the Right One InMoon KnightPachinkoSomewhere BoyStuff the British StoleWillowBetter Call SaulUrusei Yatsura 2022Mosquito CoastReservation DogsStagedHigh SchoolRamyAtlantaRanking of KingsGentleman JackFor All MankindUndoneThe US and the HolocaustStation ElevenCabinet of Curiosities
NoThe Bear Bad SistersHouse of the DragonRap ShitWe Own This CityBlown AwayEverything’s TrashWhite LotusKilling ItP-ValleyThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Please Do BetterWhat We Do in the Shadows
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 December 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
I should add The Kingdom to the "should watch" soon pile
I am on something of a media library building kick right now, anyone on my plex ring should sniff around a bit.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 December 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
gross
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 December 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
xp any chance the 2021 tv poll surfaces?
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 December 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
My favorite shows of the year
Reservation DogsAndorSeveranceSomebody SomewhereThe BearThe Old ManBetter Call SaulBarryOur Flag Means DeathMythic QuestThe OutlawsOnly Murders in the Building
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 4 December 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
Lol Tracer
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 December 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
yyyyyyeah i need to do that poll before the end of the year. been hard to keep focused. will try!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 4 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
EVERYBODY should be watching "Sort Of" btw. It was great in the first season and hasn't slowed down.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 December 2022 07:21 (one year ago) link
Aggregated critics' list of best 2022 TV shows. Great to see Severance doing so well atm
https://www.metacritic.com/feature/tv-critics-pick-10-best-tv-shows-of-2022
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 09:19 (one year ago) link
I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system.
Thanks for the rec omar! Digging this
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:57 (one year ago) link
Forks, interested to know how you would improve WWDitS?
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Sunday, 5 February 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
curb your enthusiasmthe nanny (repetitions)
― CerebralCaustic, Sunday, 5 February 2023 21:39 (one year ago) link
xp, they blew up ALL the setups in the prior season except for the Laszlo raises an energy vampire one and ran that entirely into the ground. the show was set to be a bunch of individual character building arcs and Nadia and Gizmo in the Old Country, which would've been far preferable to recycling some now sorta stale plotlines.If Guillermo goes full fang, i could buy back in but I thought last season was by far the weakest it's ever been.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
A vampire vampire hunter would be interesting
― But who are we doing it versus? (sunny successor), Monday, 6 February 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
You mean like Blade?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 February 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
I was thinking Vampire Hunter D
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 6 February 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
Bit of a gap in the viewing schedule now. I’m constantly playing catch up so can’t really offer ten shows currently airing. I’ve got the new season of The Great lined up and ready. Otherwise have been engrossed in Happy Valley, as well as the usual pop pablum.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:41 (eleven months ago) link
Really gutted Britannia was canceled. It has its up and downs but was quality entertainment.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:43 (eleven months ago) link
Gallows Pole is incredible imo
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:48 (eleven months ago) link
Will check it out thanks for the recommendation!
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 1 June 2023 23:13 (eleven months ago) link
ive been enjoying high desert on apple.. it is funny, sortof coen bros vibes in a way
― johnny crunch, Friday, 2 June 2023 00:30 (eleven months ago) link
I am deep into The Handmaid's Tale (halfway through season 3). It stresses me out every time I watch it, but I have to keep going.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 2 June 2023 00:33 (eleven months ago) link
not sure if I have 10 favorite shows of all time, but less current
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 June 2023 00:51 (eleven months ago) link
I am one episode away from finishing Somebody Somewhere, Selling Sunset, and Daisy Jones. (That Daisy Jones finale has been waiting for me for like a month now, so I guess that doesn’t say much for that show.)
I’m also midway through The Great, and watching Silo as it rolls out.
I have yet to start watching the latest seasons of Mrs Maisel, Ted Lasso, or Top Chef (or The Crown!)—all shows that once were favorites and I still like but I don’t feel any sense of urgency.
And I’ve got a list running of shows likely to be nominated for Emmys which I haven’t seen, but I don’t know if/when I’ll get around to them—Dahmer, Love & Death, Fleishman is in Trouble, Shrinking, and a few others.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 2 June 2023 02:42 (eleven months ago) link
Daisy Jones quickly became a semi-enjoyable hatewatch for me, finale is pretty “eh”
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 June 2023 02:59 (eleven months ago) link
I liked it at first but she became more and more unlikable as it went on, surrounded by other characters I didn’t much like either.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 2 June 2023 03:45 (eleven months ago) link
Will be sad to see Someone Somewhere finish its season. Great show. Though the electric purple suit against the saturated green field during the wedding episode - a bit frightening.
― that's not my post, Friday, 2 June 2023 05:05 (eleven months ago) link
I don't know what to think about Gallows Pole so far. I absolutely adore the novel by Benjamin Myers, and always hoped there'd be an adaptation of some sort.
First choices to direct would have been Robert Eggers, Rose Glass or, in a very perfect and pristine universe, Ben Wheatley + Amy Jump.
There's a lot to love about Shane Meadows' prequel adaptation, and a few decisions I'm just not sure about that take me out of it.
I'm just not sure about the anachronisms that pepper it throughout, for a start. I don't mind the psych-rock soundtrack - that's fine, I guess. The book went a long way to paint a fairly accurate history of pre-industrial Yorkshire. So when the characters start arguing adlib with each other and calling each other "mental", it very quickly becomes This Is England 1789.
As for adlib, I just don't think he captures the best of these performers on this one. It worked fairly well in the present-day domestic settings of his other shows and films, but here it really shows through and breaks the illusion very regularly..
Maybe I'm missing the point. I am enjoying it, it's just hard for me to accept it on its own terms and I'm hoping that one day an adaptation of the book itself that doesn't play out like a soap opera gets made
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:51 (eleven months ago) link
i never read the novel so maybe that helps idk
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 11 June 2023 18:55 (eleven months ago) link
Read it, it's great !
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:06 (eleven months ago) link
I'm only halfway through the series mind you. It has got some really good parts. David Hartley is excellent, the stagwalkers are good fun.
Not sure about Thomas Turgoose yet - I like him as a character but he seems a bit wooden here. Also, for some reason the Grace character seems to operate on one single tone: unnecessarily aggro no matter the situation
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:08 (eleven months ago) link
Again, I think it's partly to do with the direction and editing. There are scenes of dialogue that go on way longer than after they've landed and it often feels like the actors have run out of things to say
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:10 (eleven months ago) link
ep 1 dragged, loved eps 2 and 3.the stagman scenes made me proper chuckle.i am hoping that this prequel is to figure out if its worth expanding into the actual contents of the book.
but yeah, 'this is england 1789' is very spot on.
― mark e, Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:55 (eleven months ago) link
Ted LassoSiloST: Strange New Worlds (new season this week woot)
A lot of old UK procedurals because my other half is maniacal about his Britbox subscription: Endeavour, Luther, Foyles War, George Gently, Happy Valley, Prime Suspect... my god he watches a lot of TV.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:22 (ten months ago) link
Endeavour forever i love it so muchsoooooo psyched for Strange New Worlds
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:36 (ten months ago) link
Speaking of UK police procedurals, I’m 2 seasons into Unforgotten. Very good.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 03:17 (ten months ago) link
Yeah Endeavour was great. George Gently I liked too - lots of northern soul music. Only issue was the other copper John, he was a slappable sexist twat.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 04:15 (ten months ago) link
My sister has gotten very into this old British show about a portly rural chef who gets called into various cases by the local constabulary because his deductive skills have no parallel in the region, can't remember the name though
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:42 (ten months ago) link
Pie in the Sky? Starring Richard Griffiths?
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:45 (ten months ago) link
Yes that's it! It's so gentle as to be almost ambient
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:53 (ten months ago) link
i lived where that was filmed. was a wool shop, i think, which they made into a restaurant for tv. it's now a Pie-themed tearoom.
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 09:05 (ten months ago) link
How much is the IVF stuff in Silo? We enjoyed the first half of the pilot but it's a bit personally on the nose.
Also something about it kinda screams "cancelled before finale"
I am SUPER looking forward to SNW
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 13:21 (ten months ago) link
My current TV diet:
Dead Ringers - strange and creepy and more compelling than I was expecting it to be, having never seen the Cronenberg film.
Wednesday - I’m not the demographic for this show but it’s entertaining. Casually watching to the end.
Silo - argh I like this show but I want to like it more. I keep waiting for the complexity to deepen or for a genuine curveball to come.
Righteous Gemstones s1 - never watched this but promos for the upcoming season got me curious
RuPaul - a recent season (2020? 2021?) but not the most recent.
Dipping in and out of Queer Eye but don’t really care if I watch one episode or a whole season
And because of the writers strike and being without talk shows, I find myself falling asleep to random tv channels that play nothing but old reruns from my childhood/teen years, so I’m alternating between Mad About You and Family Ties.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 14:29 (ten months ago) link