General Television Thread

[livid]

Netflix orders 2 seasons of a new Judd Apatow comedy starring Gillian Jacobs to premiere in 2016.

Looks like this is the project that was being shopped around before everybody knew the fate of Community so that's probably why it'll be awhile before we see it.

[Jimmy]

Really, really impressed with the first season of Silicon Valley. The finale was really fitting and rounded things off really nicely. It's not always laugh out loud funny to me (though I'd say the finale was a high point) but it's very endearing as well. It needs to expand on some of the supporting characters, but yeah, I'd say that was a very good first season. I'd found Elrich kind of annoying throughout the show, but like everyone, he really peaked by the finale. Not perfect, but a really good new comedy.

[apsham]

I went to see when the next season of Sunny started up because it's usually around now - and I was blown away by what I found.

At first I saw that it started in January and took that as a bad sign - but it's premiering with the Tracy Morgan project that the guys are making, and aside from that it's also going until season 12 making it the longest running comedy in cable history and tying for 2nd overall. That's pretty cool. They've also got another comedy pilot deal and a couple of movies out of the deal. Love it.

[Ant]

I've always been on the fence about Sunny. Some people love it, others hate it.

[apsham]

That's pretty much the way it goes - yeah. The comedy in it is perfectly in line with my own, so I adore it.

[Ant]

What sort of comedy are you into?

[apsham]

Anything that tends to be a little bit darker. In my personal life, I do a lot of self deprecating humor like the stuff you'd see on Louie but the best way that I have seen Sunny described is "Seinfeld if everyone was a total asshole" which is so apt in my mind it hurts. I mean, the characters have real growth and character progression - it just goes in the opposite way that you'd expect.

Plus, Charlie is my spirit animal.

[livid]

That Tracy Morgan show was delayed because of his accident, btw.

[apsham]

I figured that while I was typing it, and their want to air them together would've pushed it back. Oh well - January is usually quite silent for me anyways for most things so I'm not too miffed.

[TKz]

TV starts being worth watching again in these next few weeks! Anyone got a decent site with all the return dates?

Latest episode of The New Girl (that one was for you, GoGo) was fun! Good return. I hope Winston gets more time this season, he's by far my favorite character.

SEX FIST!

[livid]

TVLine has a calendar on their site.

http://tvline.com/2014/07/21/fall-tv-premiere-dates-2014-schedule-calendar-printable/

[EWFan2004]

Well, Sundays through Weds would be my prime watching days, until Oct. 24th when Constantine permires on Friday and later, it would be time for mid-season when a few shows come on.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Darrell Hammond is the new announcer for Saturday Night Live

[Benji]

The Leftovers, Tyrant and Legends - any of them worth watching weekly or better to save for a marathon run?

[Ruki]

The Leftovers, Tyrant and Legends - any of them worth watching weekly or better to save for a marathon run?

I enjoyed The Leftovers. Confused by it week in and week out, but it's still very enjoyable.

[Benji]

So it's a Damon Lindelof show all over?

[livid]

Probably shouldn't even bother with Tyrant.

[Ant]

It's been renewed.

(Tyrant)

[=BK=]

Thought I had since I restarted my Criminal Minds watchthrough I was doing a couple years ago. this show really is the best of the cop/crime shows. It's generally well researched in regards to killers motivations and personalities, the effects of of such a job on the team seems pretty realistic. Especially the borderline PTSD Gideon suffers from and the way Hotchner's family life deteriorates. It overestimates the accuracy of profiling but it's a show about profilers, it's to be expected. Garcia and her job is really the only thing that sticks out. She's the "quirky" character almost every show has to have and the show, like a lot of others doesn't quite understand technology but even then it's not nearly such a big thing as it is on other shows.

Maybe I'm not remembering some stuff or maybe it went off the ledge after I stopped last time, I dunno.

[punky]

Criminal Minds was a really great show for a long time. Episode 100 may be one of the most emotionally gripping episodes of a series of all time.

Edited September 23, 2014 by punky