General Television Thread

[Benjamin]

Holy shit man, iZombie is fucking amazing. That finale was amazing in every single fucking way. Season 3 can't come soon enough, because this is the best shit on TV right now.

[GoGo Yubari]

Rob Thomas really did a good job on these ones. RIP Rob Thomas.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, S2E1:

Spoiler

Dong learned English from watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and Lillian's ex-flame is Robert Durst. 

"Here in New York, we have this wonderful thing called moral relativism!"

 

[Benji]

An hour through 11.22.63 and it's well made, but doesn't seem particularly interesting. Worth sticking with or shall I leave it for now?

[MDK]

I rewatched the episode of Band of Brothers with the liberation of the concentration camp. Fucking hell. 

[Benji]

Four episodes deep and Kimmy S2 feels a bit less charming than S1. It's still good, but it feels a bit off for some reason.

Spoiler

The meta joke about the Reverend claiming he invented the "buy the world a Coke" advert was fucking hilarious though.

 

[MalaCloudy Black]

5 hours ago, Benji said:

An hour through 11.22.63 and it's well made, but doesn't seem particularly interesting. Worth sticking with or shall I leave it for now?

I haven't watched it, but the way I understand it is that it starts out kind of slow and picks up 3 or 4 episodes in.

[Benjamin]

I hate shows like that these days. It's like they don't fucking realize that there's a fuckton of good TV going on right now, nobody will want to watch your shit if it only picks up after you've invested a good 3 or 4 hours into it.

[GhostMachine]

I usually give a show 2 to 3 episodes before I decide if I want to keep watching or not. Doesn't matter how long each episode is, either. There's a new show on SyFy called HUNTERS that I just watched the first episode of. It looks promising, but I'm going to need to see one or two more episodes to decide. 

Speaking of giving up on shows, I've given up on BLINDSPOT. We had the last 5 episodes on the DVR, and decided to just delete them and stop recording it. 

 

[Walker]

I agree UKS Season 2 isn't as good as Season 1 so far, but some of these jokes are on point.

Episode 9 and 10 are fantastic too. 

[MalaCloudy Black]

I have good? Bad? .. news! Castle-maniacs! All one of you! ( @Benji). According to Deadline:
 

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Stana Katic (Beckett) is out of season 9, as is Tamala Jones (Lanie, the medical examiner lady). 

http://deadline.com/2016/04/castle-stana-katic-exit-season-9-tamala-jones-out-1201739022/

 

It'll have a shortened season 9 as well, at 13 episodes.

[Benji]

Bleh, wish they'd just finish it to be honest. It jumped the shark a couple seasons back.

[MalaCloudy Black]

It hasn't technically been picked up for a season 9 yet, so it just might. Rumor I read was that this season's finale was shot twice, once with a cliffhanger ending (presumably to lead into S9), and one without.

[Benji]

Doris Roberts, who was best known for playing meddling mother Marie Barone in US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, has died aged 90

[Lineker]

 she was great.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Has anyone been watching Outsiders on WGN? It had its 1st season finale last night, and Uproxx was big ups-ing the series leading into the finale. It's got David Morse and Ryan Hurst in it, and is about a clan of Kentucky mountain people, the town nearby their settlement, and a coal mining operation that covets the land the clan lives on. Seems like it might be pretty good, thinking about picking it up now that the first season's wrapped.

[JasonM]

So uhm, anyone who hasn't seen Galavant... It's pretty damn hilarious and the songs are catchy as hell.

 

 

[GoGo Yubari]

I love/loved Galavant. It was a miracle it ever made it past the pilot stage to get a full season, then another miracle that it got a second season, can't imagine it's going to somehow get a third.

[JasonM]

7 minutes ago, GoGo Yubari said:

I love/loved Galavant. It was a miracle it ever made it past the pilot stage to get a full season, then another miracle that it got a second season, can't imagine it's going to somehow get a third.

With season 2 from January, there's still hope that there's a renewal for season 3 coming. It's just such a fresh take on comedy, and all the characters are just completely dialed in and the chemistry is brilliant.

Even if ABC doesn't somehow extend it despite season two having rave reviews, I hope there's a smaller network that would continue it.

[FLiam]

I have just started watching the West Wing (on episode 13 of S1 already) and it is absolutely outstanding. Possibly one of the best casts ever assembled on TV as well. That is all for now.