General Television Thread

[livid]

Fox is in dire straits right now (outside of Empire, which is just an absolute phenomenon in this current programming landscape) and anything that gets semi-consistent ratings (which The Following does) will get renewed. These things always depend on how their pilots turn out but I'd say it's entirely reasonable to assume it will be back. And even if it's not on Fox, it has a high enough profile (people with movies on their resumes!) that Netflix would probably pick it up just because they could.

The March premiere date also probably shifted the timeline back a bit compared to previous seasons.

[Benjamin]

Man, this week's tag of Shameless. So heartbreaking.

[Benji]

New Girl renewed for fifth season.

The Americans renewed for fourth season.

Mulaney cancelled.

House of Lies renewed for fifth season.

Bloodline renewed for second season.

And in X-Files news, Skinner and The Smoking Man will return.

And in what I'm hoping is not an April Fool, but probably is, Sherlock will have a one-off edition in the actual age of Sherlock - Victorian London.

[Colly]

That Sherlock thing was announced last week so won't be an April Fool.

Mitch Pileggi!

[Benji]

Excellent.

Also, has anyone watched the new Odd Couple? Is it any good?

[Benjamin]

The one with Matthew Perry?

[Benji]

Aye.

[EddieG]

I like it.. but for some reason Matthew Perry is shouting all the time.

[Benjamin]

I watched about 15 minutes of the pilot before giving up on it. It's so by-the-book that you can practically mouth whatever anyone is going to say next.

[livid]

Those of you who were clamoring for a Full House remake/sequel series will get your wish: Netflix is close to a 13-episode order for Fuller House, centered around DJ and Kimmy.

http://tvline.com/2015/04/02/full-house-reunion-show-fuller-house-netflix-revival/

Edited April 2, 2015 by livid

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

SNL just absolutely killed it with its Scientology spoof tonight. You have to watch "Going Clear" to get all the jokes but GC is a great movie so it's worth watching.

[Benji]

Curb Your Enthusiasm should've been named "The Worst Human Beings You Might Come Across In Your Daily Routine". How is it I hate everyone but still enjoy this show?

[GoGo Yubari]

I love that it hits the sweet spot of Larry being awful but most of the people he objects to being even worse so you agree with him while not really feeling bad that said objections blow up in his face.

[Benjamin]

That was probably the best episode of Last Week Tonight yet. Stunning.

[Lineker]

He interviewed Snowden, no? It doesn't air here until tonight.

[LL!]

It really is fantastic. And I can say that for a lot of episodes, but this one really stands out.

[Lineker]

For the lazy:

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John Oliver discusses government surveillance and then talks with Edward Snowden about how exactly the government can see our dick-pics.

Posted by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Monday, 6 April 2015

[Benji]

Is that Paul Rudd on Moone Boy?!?!

[Benji]

Snowden's face when people didn't know who he was. I always wondered why people considered him a traitor, turns out people were just ignorant to what is going on.

[Nick Adams]

If you haven't been watching The Late Late Show with James Corden, you really should. It's just silly fun.