Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

lodge 49 spins out a bit at the end but is absolutely worth the time and i am excited to see what they do with a second season.

Just wonder how much of the story of the escape is based on Sweat's testimony, because he comes off as a human being whereas Matt is just straight psycho.

Vulture has a rundown on the real people involved (spoilers, obviously)

https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/escape-at-dannemora-true-story.html

I'd love to know more about how the series was written/developed.

This is about the ex-inmate who was a consultant

https://theoutline.com/post/6612/escape-from-dannemora-clinton-correctional-facility-prison-break

ooh, thanks for that.

So right now I'm kinda shifting into fulltime NBA but otherwise:

* America To Me
missed this when it came out but streaming it through a Starz subscription and I can't recommend it enough. one of the cinematographers is Bing Liu, the kid who did Minding the Gap and my love for that led me here. Immensely honest and deeply revealing portrait of race, gender and class in an upscale Illinois high school filmed over the course of a year. Super real, super entertaining and brilliantly shot. Get a tester sub to Starz and binge it, you'll thank me.
* High Maintenance
only getting better
* Broad City
they clearly are working to make the last season memorable and it shows; this is the best it's been in years.
* Russian Doll
binged and loved; check out the thread on ILE for context
* Patriot Act
the best political comedy show on television right now and it's not even close. Minhaj is getting better with his tics, too!
* Late Show with Colbert
the only nightly monologue (and bumper comedy bit) that matters; wish he wasn't such a generally terrible interviewer tho'. Meyers is the inverse here; worth watching for the interviews and skipping the comedy.
* Drunk History
feels a little stuck in a rut but still consistently fun
* The Zoo
if you don't love the plucky stories of marmots, gorillas, snow leopards and giraffes i dunno what to tell ya. lotta hometown flavor too.
* The Other Two
Maybe the second best currently running sitcom, hope they can maintain the quality (and deep sadness) for future seasons
* Firing Line
surprisingly watchable reboot with a notably less right leaning approach: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/
* Top Chef
I like it when they cook

Need to get caught up on and/or excited to see them back now/shortly:
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Slutever
Corporate
Jeopardy (All-star competition is on!)
Deadly Class (first episode was promising but hour long comic dramas are a tough sell for my time)
Planet Earth: Dynasties
Better Things

Tried/Denied:
Miracle Workers (looks like somebody saw The Good Place and thought it would be easy. it's not.)
You're the Worst (tried again for last season's sake, still as bad as i remember it became)

PEN15 is (surprisingly) good

the conceit of having the two adult actors play as kids actually works amazingly well. It's not quite Freaks and Geeks level, but it's in that wheelhouse

You're the Worst (tried again for last season's sake, still as bad as i remember it became)

Feel the same. The 3rd season was my high point, with the "Twenty Two" episode that focused on Edgar. Last season was hit or miss and this season just hasn't worked for me. Maybe a bit like Californication, in "how many chances does someone deserve?".

Deadly Class, binged all the comics from my library, so enjoying that.

The Magicians is my current DVR must-have.

oh shit, yeah! I forgot PEN15! It's up and down in terms of quality from episode to episode but when it's good (racism episode, masturbation episode) it is VERY good. I'm three eps away from finishing.

And let's also add in the new Desus and Mero on Showtime... and maybe SMILF? First two eps were a step down from last season but Rosie O'Donnell is worth the price of admission.

Currently curious about Good Trouble and Shrill.

PEN15 ends strongly; well worth watching.

The Widow, on Amazon Prime, is really good. It's basically a noir story (everyone is betraying everyone else) set in Congo and Rwanda.

CORPORATE

oh yeah, i knew i was forgetting something! Corporate got A LOT better this season; basically the best thing on Comedy Central.

the newest one about "The Tragedy" was a little try-hard-cynical but there have been some amazing eps. the episode where matt is determined to go see a rock show on a weeknight and the episode with makeup for men are ones that jump to mind

Veep coming at the end of the month, Killing Eve on April 7. Feel like i should try Barry and The Good Fight at some point. I gotta torrent the new episodes of Fleabag shortly.

Here's some other upcoming things of potential interest:

Now Apocalypse on Starz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1YcutJLb8

Love Death and Robots on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA16mcJylmI

Abby's on NBC (Michael Schur's take on Cheers... maybe they'll cut the laughtrack?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FvHs1pzoQ

I Am Richard Pryor on Paramount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5RJUaFIKvE

Hanna on Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75RmNuZgTs

Finding Justice on BET
https://www.bet.com/shows/finding-justice/about.html

and one more: In the Dark on the CW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoo1CDCBYy8

I watched a couple of eps of Hanna & it’s ok but it doesn’t have the edge/intensity that the movie had.
tv hannah is no saiorse, thats for sure!
i dunno, maybe too quick to judge tho

I'm avoiding Hanna precisely because I love the movie and seriously doubt they'll be able to match not only the intensity but also the incredible creepy/weirdness of it (especially Tom Hollander's character).

NA otm about those two eps of Corporate. I also liked the "working on labor day" ep, if only because it gave Lance Reddick so much room to show off
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/lance-reddick-corporate-comedy-central-christian-deville-1201976685/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRgqrsXhxog

I need to catch up w/ Corporate, clearly.

Found Hanna the movie largely forgettable, so if the series can't even live up to its meagre standard, zzz

Those trailers are pretty much all terrible, too. The Araki/Sodes show could be decent.

...ok I'm almost caught up on s2 of Corporate and it's fucking great. tons of tiny, killer little jokes - "we've stolen their meds!" in the barely-audible voiceover for Boys Gone Bonkers for example

the corporate guys were on colbert on friday and they just bombed, was quite funny. by the end, colbert suggested they just sit and say nothing, so the last thirty seconds of the interview was them all looking uncomfortable.

seven year binge watch for you:
https://adage.com/creativity/work/lexus-takumi-documentary/1028916

This post is two months late but I finally watched the Pen15 pilot and I don't remember the last time I disliked a show this much - maybe Mr. Robot?

pandering nostalgia + distancing technique (adults playing themselves as teens) for people who think themselves too good for the real thing (teen sitcoms) = no more for me thx

so the show is good

So good!

it gets off to an uncertain start, but it's a much better and less cynical show than you're giving it credit for

and the use of adult actors allows them to explore subject matter that would be impossible with real teens

Pen15 was awesome

it looks v good

pandering nostalgia + distancing technique (adults playing themselves as teens) for people who think themselves too good for the real thing (teen sitcoms) = no more for me thx

This was exactly the impression I got from all the fawning press coverage. Definite pass.

Currently watching My Brilliant Friend, which is pretty great. The kid playing the titular friend is one of the most intense kid actors I've ever seen - it's an amazing performance.

I watched the first ep of pen15 and didn’t think much of it but eventually went back to it and it’s hilarious

I thought pen15 was superior to Sex Education, which was also overhyped but I just didn’t think it was very clever or funny.

I only watched all of Sex Education to keep picking up all the real life vs TV continuity errors.

pvmic I know

posted on a torrent thread but: i'm thinking about cord cutting and would like to get on board with a good US TV torrent site if anyone has recommendations or invites...?
will also settle for guess papers, spare gmail accounts and/or YSI

Does your ilxmail work?

loved PEN15. good to great writing and great performances.

gracias for invite, will explore!

Enjoying What We Do In The Shadows so far

posted on a torrent thread but: i'm thinking about cord cutting and would like to get on board with a good US TV torrent site if anyone has recommendations or invites...?
will also settle for guess papers, spare gmail accounts and/or YSI

Torlock works very well. A lot of the sites are blocked by the major ISPs though so you might need a mirror site. (And always advisable to have robust anti-virus protection in place before visiting torrent sites).

last episode of What We Do was the strongest yet by far. had to rewind the werewolf/vampire showdown just to watch it again. The wrinkle of Mark Proksch’s character really pulls the room together.

also pen15 is amazing. if you haven’t at least watched through the drum solo your opinion is invalid.

v glad that Lodge 49 is back in August. everyone should catch up on that one in time.

^ seconded. I’m going to rewatch it soon so all the threads are fresh. It has the most likeable characters I’ve seen in TV for a while and I can’t wait to see how it all develops.

Just watched the first episode of Ramy on Hulu. First of all, I'm immediately in the tank for any show that reveals the SHOCKING TRUTH that there's more to life in Jersey than Springsteen and the Sopranos, so the fact that the show's actually smart and funny as hell is just a bonus.

Really glad Bosch is back, too. And season 2 of Better Things just popped up on Hulu, so I'll be watching that, too.

Ramy is really good! Like surprisingly good!
What else goes to the top of the pile right now?
Veep, Barry, Patriot Act, Desus and Mero, Fleabag s2
To a lesser extent GoT, the fairly bad first round of the nba playoffs, last week tonight
i should probably be watching brockmire, killing eve, The New Negroes, Chernobyl, Gentlemen Jack
I suppose i should try Fosse/Verdon and What We Do in Shadows
Better Things has not been good, it's become a sort of watered down, self-satisfied Louie and that makes me sad.
I'm about to switch out to a cord cut set up for the first time in over a decade. Cable through ad-free hulu is $60 or so, Plex, Criterion, Mubi, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, PBS app... kinda feel like all my bases are covered but still feel weird about it. Can't necessarily see everything I want but I'm not really doing that anyway, so...

Currently watching Bosch and Game of Thrones thru Amazon, Billions and Ramy through Hulu. Didn’t like Killing Eve s1 (free on Hulu) enough to pay $20 for s2 on Amazon.

loving without reservation: GoT, Patriot Act, Fosse Verdon, new Project Runway, Riverdale, the Good Fight, Sabrina

totally stupid but I like it anyway: Gotham, Whiskey Cavalier (HATE the name. so much)

forget to watch but still enjoy: Man in the High Castle

maybe/meh: What We Do In The Shadows, Killing Eve

gave up/nope: Hannah, The Enemy Within

Hannah's no good, eh?

i didn’t like it
saoirse ronan made that character and this new girl just doesn’t get there imo

Bosch is good shit. It's got so much good L.A. location porn, and so many Wire actors doing good work. And 24 actors, too. The storylines are nicely ambitious for a cop show. S1 was a little rough in spots but it really picked things up in S2. I'm onto S3 now.