Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

i love it

Countess von sketch, now on ifc in the states, is pretty great. Feels like kids in the hall.

The only show I'm actively keeping up with right now is Hunter x Hunter

Anyone else watch Ozark? Kinda like it.

The timing could not be worse for an adaptation of Mr. Mercedes, but the show itself, or at least the pilot, rules.

watching the new season of difficult people pretty much solely for andrea martin and cole escola

Nothing for me right now but Twin Peaks, Difficult People, and Rick and Morty, but very stoked for the imminent returns of:

Bojack Horseman (rewatching has convinced me of its genius)
Nathan For You
The Girlfriend Experience

what's the deal with rick and morty
people who seem cool seem to like it
but it looks ... bad
i haven't actually watched it

Its fans are at least half obnoxious but it's maybe the only actually funny comedy on right now (beyond The Carmichael Show which I guess is over soon?)

but it's like another depressed cartoon show right

Watch it as soon as it's on:
- Baroness Von Sketch
- Great British Baking Show
- Rick and Morty
- Insecure
- Difficult People

Modern life demands:
- Full Frontal (when it's on and even then reality is too weird to keep up with just lately)
- Colbert's Late Show monologue (see above)

sorta watching with some degree of engagement but god knows why:
- Game of Thrones
- PBS News Hour
- Ink Masters

Given up:
- Adventure Time
- Last Week Tonight
- People of Earth
- Carmichael Show

Shit I tried watching that I'm not proud of:
- The Sinner
- The Guestbook
- The Chris Gethard Show
- Claws
- I'm Sorry
- Wrecked

Eventually i suppose since i'm paying for the goddamn streaming service:
- American Gods
- Hard Knocks
- Big Little Lies
- Twin Peaks
- Handmaid's Tale
- Black Sails
- Atypical
- Room 104
- The Night of
- The Tick

Upcoming of interest:
- Broad City
- Ken Burn's Vietnam
- The Deuce
- AHS: Cult (i mean, i could generally give a fuck but what a weird lineup and premise)
- You're the Worst (but goddamn, last season was bad)
- One Mississippi
- Top of the Lake
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
- Better Things
- Nathan For You
- Star Trek Discovery (i guess?)
- The Good Place
- The Girlfriend Experience
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- At Home with Amy Sedaris
- Stranger Things

The first few episodes of Rick & Morty are much better once you have some level of investment in the characters. I hated them initially, then happened upon the Mr. Meeseeks episode which I thought was blindingly funny; since then, I've enjoyed every episode I've seen, including ones I previously disliked.

The writers definitely take advantage of the interdimensional setup to throw a ton of fantastic ideas at you, both in terms of pastiches and in original setups. Also, the family dynamics are followed pretty logically, grounding a lot of the nonsense in interactions and growth patterns that feel surprisingly believable/relatable.

That said, there have been points where superfans of the show have made me feel like I'm watching cult recruitment material and this season has fewer laughs and more cringes than previous ones, but I'm still enjoying it.

You're the Worst (but goddamn, last season was bad)

it was a *slight* quality dip but this is harsh!

I am hearing very promising reports re: the upcoming season of Better Things.

Other Shit I watched and passed on:
- Hood Adjacent
- GLOW
- Any superhero based show
- whatwoulddiplodo.com
- The Bold Type
- I'm Dying Up Here
- friends from college

things i am aware of but have decided can wait to another lifetime
- castlevania
- ozark
- snowfall
- will

I could not make it through the first ep of I'm Dying Up Here, just dire

it was a *slight* quality dip but this is harsh!

i made it through the first ep of Dying Up Here and wish I hadn't; lead character clearly won "Most Likely to Die Before the End of the Episode but Stay on as an Advice-Spouting Ghost" in high school

the secret with Rick and Morty imo is that it's not for everyone

plus it's doing the thing where we're meant to care about the character's relationships as if they were friends of ours instead of fictional characters

I have absolutely no idea what this means

i mean that i do not give a fuck if the characters break up or stay together or develop lyme disease as long as the story that supports them is well told
i'm basically saying that they're starting to dip into fan service to drive the plot rather than writing intelligent, worthwhile, occasionally funny and true scripts.

what is the "plot" of YTW besides the relationships between the characters?

what's the deal with rick and morty
people who seem cool seem to like it
but it looks ... bad
i haven't actually watched it

i avoided it cos of thinking this but my son got me to watch it with him last week and it's wonderful

tried the same thing tonight with a friend who was round, told her to give it a little time cos the first ep especially is relatively weak imo - 2 eps in and she loved it too

i think it's best to just go with it, it's really well written and the stories are central to the joy of it imo

The first few episodes of Rick & Morty are much better once you have some level of investment in the characters.

Honestly the big hurdle for me at first was Rick's barrage of vocal tics. That took some getting used to.

people of earth is good

the guest book looks interesting i'd like to check it out

watched the first ep of new ducktales w/ my girls and it's a joy - we lol'd consistently and often at the same gags (lots of funny physical humor)

dunno if I can get past the desecration of the theme tune tbh

it's not really a reboot of the disney afternoon show. or rather it is, but it's also much more in line w/ the style of the carl banks comix combined w/ some of the canon established by the original show.

I enjoyed the Ducktales kickoff

ducktales is p nice

Last Chance U: finished s2, love it, demand more
Preacher: meandering and laconic af but irresistible

Ozark: I am 6 episodes in but not sure if I like it as much as i thought. It's more like "CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN!" theres no character development - it feels sort of manufactured to get a reaction, like everything is in service of making you binge it rather than being good storytelling idk
but goddamn Jason Bateman makes me feel a certain way

Defenders: idk, sure, fine whatever

Just finished Season 1 of Better Things on Hulu and am seriously considering paying for Season 2 on Amazon when it begins next month.

Season 3 of You're The Worst (also currently on Hulu) is intermittently hilarious (everything with Gretchen's therapist) but frequently super-annoying (everything about Jimmy's writing). Not sure I'll make it to the end, definitely not interested in Season 4.

Twin Peaks
Decker
Desus & Mero
Game of Thrones (seeing it through to the end)

- Eagerly awaiting Nathan for You
- Started GLOW, guess I'll keep going, Maron seems surprisingly good (even though I'd heard he was)
- Probably starting Insecure soon.

all i watch is twin peaks and baseball

Oooooh, did not realize another season of Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories was on the way!

So psyched for the return of Nathan For You.

Twin Peaks is the best thing in years (the only shows that come close are the Abso-Lutely productions, many which have some definite aesthetic overlap with Lynch's work).

what is the "plot" of YTW besides the relationships between the characters?

young prodigy racked with self-doubt that he'll ever be able to write anything meaningful loses his hated father / publicist juggles a rising sense of desire for stability with severe depression / military vet adjusts poorly to co-dependent home life and PTSD / psychopath cannot change her out of control path and finds no release in relationships or utter abandon, etc.

i mean that's the stuff that i find interesting about the show; the underlying "haw all these people are assholes" cynical sitcom foundation is not much of a draw.

imo that was the original draw and it was good

we barely even have "british man has family he hates" left, after his dad's death. we need more actual horrible behavior

Last Chance U give me the rage like nothing else but I could not not watch every episode and now I think I may go to Scooba because dear god.

I want to kick Coach Buddy in the nards so hard

You couldn't make up a more insane example of institutionalized racism. And "academic counselor" Ms. Wagner is hardly worthy of the title.

oh i liked her

Insecure
Twin Peaks
Rick and Morty

looking forward to Nathan For You, Curb and Broad City

Coming up on the end of S3 of YTW - biggest flaw is Lindsey/Paul. They made her too awful and too stupid - S1/2 felt like she was flawed but still human.

yeah totally agree milo

the screeching reclamation of "MY BODY MY CHOICE" as a sort of smug self-centered platitude seemed egregious as fuck to me

http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/netflix-renews-last-chance-u-third-season.html

i am about to go in on THE STATE by Peter Kosminksy on C4 (fiction miniseries about ISIS)

I'm going in on Ozark

ha xp

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the Graun didn't like it, but going by the trailer I fancy a dabble at this as well.

the Deuce pilot is kicking around. it's good!

if you've been missing dicks on the screen...I have good news

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