All Things: TELEVISON

I watched the Graceland show. Good to see Dutch again, Franco didn't annoy me as much as I expected, show was watchable, but not even close to being a suitable Burn Notice replacement. The two girls leave me cold and the customs agent guy (errr the black guy) seemed to have been randomly inserted in postproduction because he had nothing to do and the preview for the rest of the season did not suggest he ever seems to have anything to do. Twist at the end was highly predictable.

Revolution was also pretty watchable as it wrapped up but it seems to be moving even deeper into the 'the writers like like this villain to much to kill him no matter how ridiculous it is' trap.

I probably should watch Sherlock some day because Elementary came out of nowhere to be probably the best one-hour drama on a big five network. That is also a commentary on how weak the big five network dramas have become, but every episode of Elementary has an intelligent mystery with a good twist, even if Holmes is a smidge too much of a jerk. Johnny Lee Miller is fantastic in the role.

I don't think I ever mentioned how truly lame the finale of How I Met Your Mother was. It was the comedic equivalent of the season one finale of Lost - give the audience a meaningless glimpse of what they have been waiting to see and then close for the summer. Ummm, wow, the mother appears to be a tiny annoying hipster with bad teeth. How about giving her a line or two to convey her personality? And then the setup for wasting six episodes of Lilly being in Italy with the played-out Captain before some random thing happens to send her back except whoops, we are spared that because the final season is going to be an 11 hour version of Before Sunrise. Four to six episodes, maybe, but 22 episodes that take place over a single weekend? There better be a lot of flash-forwards.
 
Reaper was the best! And more Missy Peregrym was never a bad thing. The Loop was another one killed before it's time.
 
jerseydevil said:
Exec explains why dismal ratings didn't stop Hannibal from getting renewed | Blastr
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DMAN3474 said:
any new summer series looking good? if so what station dates and times?
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S2 Copper June 23(Another Sunday 'f with my Dvr show), Ray Donovan Showtime June30th The Bridge(Fx...sorry, check the Fx thread, I don't have the date handy). Last weeks Entertainment Weekly had a full guide with start dates and all. I will check it and see if anything else is worth mentioning.

EDIT:Bridge July 10th(wednesday). And I know you specified new so Copper shouldn't be included...but I just saw the premiere date announced so I thought I would throw it in.
 
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Copper is set on my DVR already, I keep seeing previews for the bridge and it looks pretty good it will probably get added when it gets closer.
 
Didn't see anything about The Killing posted anywhere else and first time I've jumped on this thread. Enjoying season 3 thus far although I intend to give psycho thrillers more leeway than others genres. Also looking forward to The Bridge.
 
TooCool said:
That's cool. Although it sucks that they canceled so many other series that had just as good of a fan support and better ratings than Hannibal. Oh well.
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Know why it doens't suck? Cus those shows weren't as good as Hannibal.
 
jerseydevil said:
Exec explains why dismal ratings didn't stop Hannibal from getting renewed | Blastr
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"Would it be a smart move to take a show that represents quality and chop it off at the knees? I didn't feel like that would be a great decision and it would also affect the kind of talent we attract to the network," Salke said at a breakfast Thursday at the Paley Center for Media.
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Yet another prime example for people who think TV is better than Film these days.
 
The Continental said:
Didn't see anything about The Killing posted anywhere else and first time I've jumped on this thread. Enjoying season 3 thus far although I intend to give psycho thrillers more leeway than others genres. Also looking forward to The Bridge.
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http://letsgokings.com/f13/all_things_amc_television-282249-117.html

Sometimes hard to keep track, generally the big 4 are covered on television. Most of the mid majors Fx/Amc/Showtime and Hbo...have their own. Stuff like Duck Dynasty and those shows on reality tv networks fall between and get lumped into the tv thread. Hope that helps.
 
The Continental said:
Didn't see anything about The Killing posted anywhere else and first time I've jumped on this thread. Enjoying season 3 thus far although I intend to give psycho thrillers more leeway than others genres. Also looking forward to The Bridge.
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We talk about The Killing in the AMC thread. :)
 
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