General Television Thread

[TKz]

True Detective: come for the great drama, stay for the decades old occult mythology that you'll spend the rest of the day reading about online.

I guess that's kind of a long tagline, though.

[livid]

Oh God don't even remind me. It feels like I lost weeks reading into stuff related to that show.

[TKz]

That's the plus to jumping in at the end - the entire internet had already compiled all the answers to my questions!

[MalaCloudy Black]

Yeah I keep meaning to read some of those books that True Detective draws from like the Robert W. Chambers short stories. I need to get around to that sometime soon.

Also man next week is the season finale of B99.

[Josh]

Wait, it is? That's super early.

[livid]

It'll end with a full 22 episodes, it's just they aired some during the Olympics when everybody else was off and Fox in general has put an emphasis on limiting the amount of breaks/re-runs in their yearly schedule.

[C-MIL]

Have you tried Hannibal? Start from Season 1, if not.

I am a few episodes in now and I want to dump the serial killer stuff in favor of a spin-off about the Asian lady and the Kids In The Hall guy crushing it for forensics in the F.B.I. softball league.

This is my design.

Hanniball.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Man, Broad City is really good. Also I totally forgot Steven Ogg (Trevor from GTAV!) was in an episode as a creepy locksmith. He was hilarious.

Also man that opening to this week's episode was great.

[EddieG]

Been binge watching whose line and improv-a-ganza on youtube, and went to wiki when the new season was starting, and it's tomorrow! With a double episode, with Greg Proops in the first, and Keegan Michael Key in the second!

[Ruki]

Just watched the first episode of True Detective, pretty good so far. Gonna keep with it, I think.

[apsham]

Going to be grabbing True Detective tonight. Saw a rumor stating that next season is looking to pick up Brad Pitt for the lead role. Interested in that.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Going to be grabbing True Detective tonight. Saw a rumor stating that next season is looking to pick up Brad Pitt for the lead role. Interested in that.

I can't imagine he would want to commit five to six months on a TV show or take what would be a massive pay cut unless he really wants an EGOT

[livid]

Going to be grabbing True Detective tonight. Saw a rumor stating that next season is looking to pick up Brad Pitt for the lead role. Interested in that.

I can't imagine he would want to commit five to six months on a TV show or take what would be a massive pay cut unless he really wants an EGOT

This is honestly pretty dumb. I mean, it'd be one thing if the rumor was about him doing a show that didn't just feature two bonafide movie stars but ya' know, it is.

Outside of that, the shooting length would end up being pretty comparable to a big budget movie and the pay cut wouldn't be as drastic as you're implying. Never mind the fact that, at this point in his career, I doubt he's making decisions based solely on the amount of money he's going to make from it. Plus, he'd likely end up with a producer credit too so I'm assuming any cut in base salary would be made up with in backend money (DVD sales, etc.) anyways.

[MalaCloudy Black]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-the-boondocks-adult-swim-aaron-mcgruder-20140321,0,2445622.story

"The Boondocks," the edgy animated series based on Aaron McGruder's comic strip about 10-year-old black militant Huey Freeman and his gangsta-wanna-be younger brother Riley living in the suburbs with their grandfather, is returning April 21 for a fourth and final season on Adult Swim.

However, there's a catch. McGruder, who created the series and was its key creative force, is not along for the ride.

A press release from Sony Pictures Television, which produces the series, noted that the new season "was produced without the involvement of Aaron McGruder, when a mutually agreeable production schedule could not be determined."

Representatives for McGruder could not be reached for comment.

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The announcement comes as a surprise: Since launching the strip in 1999, McGruder, who is developing a live-action comedy "Black Jesus" for Adult Swim, has been extremely protective of the property and the Boondocks characters.

The Peabody Award-winning series has been a hot button for Adult Swim since its premiere. The Rev. Al Sharpton and others lashed out at the relentless use of the "N-word" in episodes.

McGruder has taken on several iconic African American figures in the show and angered Tyler Perry when he made fun of the filmmaker in an episode that portrayed a Perry-like figure as a closeted cross-dresser who used religion to hide his lifestyle.

The series last aired in 2010.

Returning to the new season as the voices of Huey and Riley is Regina King, and John Witherspoon is returning as the voice of Robert "Granddad" Freeman.

[TCO]

True Detective is amazing. 4 episodes in and the final scene in the 4th episode is an unbelievable watch.

[Lineker]

W1A is just amazing.

[GoGo Yubari]

Oh man did I miss Greg Proops on Whose Line.

[EddieG]

Oh man did I miss Greg Proops on Whose Line.

That good? I'm downloading now, excited.

[Ruki]

Just watched the third episode of True Detective....it's starting to get really good

[Benjamin]

Starting?