General Television Thread

[livid]

Weird thing is, he apparently wasn't even the issue!

Regardless, a TV landscape without Kyle Chandler somewhere in it is a depressing TV landscape.

[TKz]

I'm pretty happy to blame him for everything post-Prometheus.

I can't prove he played a part in the US government shutdown... but god damn, I'm not convinced he's without blame...

[GoGo Yubari]

As for new Showtime series that will be moving forward, the network is currently in production on the horror show Penny Dreadful from Skyfall writer John Logan and director Sam Mendes, who acts as executive producer. That show stars Josh Hartnett and Eva Green and will debut sometime next year.

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TV is cruel.

[LL!]

Considering that I liked Skyfall, and I love Sam Mendes, I'll allow it.

[GoGo Yubari]

I don't really dislike anyone involved but it's a horror show on Showtime so I'm very skeptical.

[LL!]

It's a real shame about the Vatican show. I can't read the article because it spazzes out on my laptop, but is there a chance it can get picked up by another network or what? What's the reasoning?

[livid]

Didn't meet expectations/Attansio being difficult to work with. So, I doubt it. I would imagine all parties will just move on.

In the original Deadline article, they do talk about how the Seymour Hoffman comedy pilot should get picked up. So, silver linings!

[apsham]

Oh holy hell.

Brooklyn Nine Nine is pretty awesome.

I think I love Chelsea Peretti.

[GoGo Yubari]

Listen to her podcast, it's fantastic.

[Damian WayLNKe]

Just marathoned the last half of this season of Haven.

I feel like we're basically back where we started from except there's little hope to fix it. The only resolution I can think of is Duke now having a trouble that can separate all the Audreys as different people.

[CobraKaiEnTai]

Family Guy

That didn't take long. Family Guy brought Brian back tonight.

[Benji]

Family Guy (again):

 

I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off Brian, did you?  Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high.

— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane)

[Chris2K]

Family Guy once more

Seth also tweeted that it was done to make people realise that they shouldn't take loved ones for granted as they could be gone in an instant. I guess it's a good way of explaining it, plus with the amount of complaints it got it's not like it didn't affect people so hopefully they'll take note of what they felt for Brian and apply it to their own lives.

[livid]

That explanation is bullshit. It was done for November sweeps and any other reason they give is a lie.

[Benji]

Why not both?

[livid]

Why not both?

Because one comes before the other and I don't buy the writers of Family Guy as aiming for sentimentality before something they could use to shock viewers during one of the sweeps months. It looks bad when it happens in a sweeps month and is undone a couple of weeks later. It just screams as "HAHAHA TWIST!!!". I mean, I could be wrong that's the impression I get.

[Benji]

Sorry, totally didn't say what I meant to with that post.

Yes, it's been done for sweeps, but I think it's entirely possible that they felt that putting out the message of appreciating the people you love was also a good thing to do as they did. Seth's a pretty sentimental guy when he wants to be, and just because it's happened for sweeps doesn't mean that there's not a nice message intentionally put in there.

[livid]

Sorry, totally didn't say what I meant to with that post.

Yes, it's been done for sweeps, but I think it's entirely possible that they felt that putting out the message of appreciating the people you love was also a good thing to do as they did. Seth's a pretty sentimental guy when he wants to be, and just because it's happened for sweeps doesn't mean that there's not a nice message intentionally put in there.

My point was that doing something for sweeps is fine but don't come back and tell me the reason you did it is because of X instead. X may have been a product of the thought but not the reason for it.

[Benji]

I don't know what Rick and Morty is, but after seeing this gif from it I now want to watch it.

[LL!]

That's Dan Harmon's animated show, isn't it?