General Television Thread 2024

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Traitors UK, unreal finale.

[Adam]

15 minutes ago, Roster Depth Sicko No. 2 said:

Traitors UK, unreal finale.

Yep, probably the best reality TV series I've ever seen. Incredible stuff.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

If anyone asks me in person, I'll outright deny it but honestly I think I love shit like this.

 

[Benji]

I never wanted to watch because Claudia Winkleman's fringe annoys me, but all the talk is making me want to give it a go.

[Gabriel]

Because it's Ron Livingston, we gave Loudermilk a go when it hit Netflix in Canada within the last month here.

It's a damn fine show about people dealing with addiction, and Livingston knocks it out of the park. The first two seasons are available, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes his body of work.

[GhostMachine]

@Benji @K Good news: Rookie Feds has been cancelled.

Bad news: It ended on a cliffhanger they might resolve on The Rookie. Hopefully with a throwaway line.

[Adam]

3 hours ago, Benji said:

I never wanted to watch because Claudia Winkleman's fringe annoys me, but all the talk is making me want to give it a go.

Do it, Claudia is brilliant in the show as well.

[Benji]

Tbf to her, I don't actually dislike her, it's genuinely just the fringe. I can explain why it bothers me so much

Better to start with season one given sounds like season two got a bit meta I assume?

[Adam]

I'd definitely start with Season 1, yeah. Both are excellent though, I was surprised how good this second one was as I was worried it'd be impossible to top or equal the first, but they did it in my view.

[GhostMachine]

Another cancelled show that ended on a cliffhanger: Paramount+'s Wolf Pack. 

[gunnar hendershow]

At this point the season-ending cliffhanger is a really played-out way to try and force the network's hand to give you another season. It didn't work for Twin Peaks 30+ years ago and it hasn't really worked since. Would be much nicer if they just tied up the big storylines and gave their season a satisfying ending with just enough out there to build a future season if they get renewed.

[The Buscher]

So admittedly there's a lot of acclaimed TV series I haven't watched because most of my free TV time goes to sports, wrestling, or video games.  So when I actually am looking through for a new show to watch it's likely I'm going to pick something that only has a couple of seasons as it feels less daunting than a show that ran for 7 seasons at 1 hour per episode or something like that.  The time commitment scares me off, effectively.

With that said, I spent 2 hours watching the first 4 episodes of The Bear and it's awesome.  I'll breeze through this show in a week.  Loving everything about it so far.

[Jimmy]

Season 2 of The Traitors was such a triumph and delivered Shakespearean levels of drama. I was personally worried they were going to try and make it bigger and better, but thankfully they didn't lose focus of the fact the game itself is engaging and casting relatively normal people is key. A little too much producer influence towards the end for my liking - it seems like a series that usually peaks in the middle - but that finale was outstanding TV. I I thought it was genuinely better than most TV dramas these days. 

Speaking of, I'm doing something I don't do often and I'm rewatching a couple of shows. Going back through Battlestar Galactica and my all-time favourite Buffy. I've not actually done a full watch through of either since I was 16. With Buffy I've watched a lot of the odd eps with other people, but Battlestar is the first time in a long time. Really enjoying both. 

[FLiam]

We binged the first season of “Such Brave Girls” as Hulu recommended it to us (think it’s on BBC in the UK). 

It’s absolutely fantastic. I fully recommend it to anyone wanting to watch a brand-new sitcom - plus it’s only six episodes so fairly easy to get through.

[Benji]

46 minutes ago, FLiam said:

We binged the first season of “Such Brave Girls” as Hulu recommended it to us (think it’s on BBC in the UK). 

It’s absolutely fantastic. I fully recommend it to anyone wanting to watch a brand-new sitcom - plus it’s only six episodes so fairly easy to get through.

Thank you for that, it's sat on my list for a while and I was just thinking I needed something of that length.

[Moses Julep]

I just saw BSG mentioned, just want to mention For All Mankind. Same creator, same writing team, same fantastic storytelling. It is absolutely worth a shot for anyone that loved BSG. I will say the first few eps are an average drudge to get into but afterwards you’re in for a great ride.

[livid]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith is pretty good. Definitely a tonal shift from the movie and likely not what people are expecting. It focuses a lot more on the relationship than the spycraft. 

[Bobfoc]

Series 2 of Our Flag Means Death comes to iPlayer on Monday. I enjoyed the first one, so I'm looking forward to this.

[Benji]

Just got to the Key Party episode of Masters of Sex and it is honestly one of my favourite episodes of television ever.

[Ruki]

I finished up Hazbin Hotel last night. I really enjoyed it! Fun musical too.