I got around to watching the Brooklyn-99 pilot. Not bad, honestly, I think there's potential there. Maybe I'm just happy to see a single-camera sitcom that's not doing the mockumentary thing, residual effect from New Girl. Samberg IS very toned down from his gawky SNL persona, and I really like the rest of the cast. It's awesome that we get to see Andre Braugher in a straight-up sitcom!
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
B99 was way better than I was expecting, even with all the good words here. I approve!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 September 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
I didn't think it was great but damn I really enjoy Samberg & Braugher together
btw can we get a Munch or Bayliss cameo up in here now Braugher's back on a cop show? *begs*
or some Yaphet Koto action?
Cmon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 September 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
Hmm, for some reason I thought Yaphet Koto had died. Which I'm sure would come as terrible news to him, since he's still alive.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 21 September 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
how dare u kill yaphet before his time
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 September 2013 05:18 (ten years ago) link
I watched a bit of Dads. Very 2.5 Men-esque
― polyphonic, Saturday, 21 September 2013 08:19 (ten years ago) link
Brooklyn Nine Nine has such a good cast that i'm just kinda looking forward to the show's inevitable realization that it isn't really about Samberg's character and emphasizes the whole ensemble
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 21 September 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
I think they already realize that, but he's the only known star at this point to sell the show
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 September 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
wow Dads is dire
― |citation needed| (will), Monday, 23 September 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Saw the Blacklist pilot - as expected, pretty generic FBI/terrorism show except for James Spader who of course is always weird fun to watch. Lead is super pretty. Might continue on this since it feels like a pretty bare TV season right now.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
yow
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU1OTMwNjk5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzYyNTAyOQ@@._V1._SX640_SY512_.jpg
― j., Tuesday, 24 September 2013 03:16 (ten years ago) link
link's dead
― Nhex, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
beauty is fleeting
― j., Tuesday, 24 September 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
trophy wife > mom
― Mordy , Wednesday, 25 September 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
Ncis premiere was trying to do way too much but I'm intrigued
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
Trophy Wife, Mom, Goldbergs, Brooklyn 99, Lucky 7 all turned off between five and fifteen minutes ini got through shield but i kinda wish i hadn'twhy is most of television so goddam dire
― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 05:34 (ten years ago) link
Blacklist is good fun imo
Like Alias + Silence of the Lambs, with a little Covert Affairs for sheen
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 05:37 (ten years ago) link
like it's not great, but a good farfetched spygames thing
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
SHIELD wasn't amazing but it was pretty watchable. It reminded me of Bones, Alphas, Firefly... Whedon still writes like Whedon.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 07:43 (ten years ago) link
― |citation needed| (will), Sunday, September 22, 2013 7:00 PM
http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-determined-to-make-the-best-of-situation,34015/
― nickn, Thursday, 26 September 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
The Michael J. Fox Show is really really good imo
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
the pilot strikes a nice balance between genuine humour ( i laughed aloud maybe five times, which is unusual for me outside series 2/3 parks & rec) and requisite mawk, but i'd like to see it move gently away from the mawk once it beds in.
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
i was gonna wait and see on it but maybe I'll try to set it up. I love him so much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
it's also set in a really nice patch of ny's upper west side (72nd st station, fairway markets &c.)
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:41 (ten years ago) link
i feel like the show, at least the pilot, was more about satirizing or preempting any gratuitous sentimentality than anything else. it was directed/co-created by Will Gluck, who did the movie Easy A, so if you dig that movie, it's very much in that mode of humor.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
Unlike P&R, which was actually a 1 hour episode, the MJF one hour block was actually 2 half hour eps. I thought the first was better than the second, but it's definitely the most promising new NBC sitcom since Community.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
the whole 'he's got parkinson's, get over it' angle wouldn't have been possible even 10 years ago. i really love seeing stuff like this.
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 September 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
i.e. the success of a show like this is hugely important atm.
― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 September 2013 04:04 (ten years ago) link
Despite the terrible and punny name, Masters of Sex is pretty good. Vibes of Mad Men going on there.
― avant-sarsgaard (litel), Saturday, 28 September 2013 05:43 (ten years ago) link
I really liked the MoS pilot despite the fact that John Madden directed it.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 September 2013 05:50 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, Fox show seemed pleasant but really low stakes. "he's got parkinsons, so what?" is a nice sentiment but not particularly gripping tv (also could they really not find a more interesting backdrop than local news?). kind of reminded me of bob & cosby - sitcom legend's third time at bat, nice casts but low stakes. Has anyone ever gone for a third hit sitcom and made it beyond the contracted minimum of episodes? considering twice as many people watched the Robin Williams show at the same time, this doesn't look like the exception to the rule.
That Williams show was pretty ghastly at times but i can see it working - didn't know it was a David E Kelley production, and the vibe was sort of "Ally McBeal & The Last Crusade"
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
i mean, if anyone wishes mad men had robin williams on it, it's probably people leaving cbs on after big bang theory
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link
actually that's not fair, re: minimum episodes. cosby was contracted for 2 seasons, made it to 4 (ratings dropping when it was moved to fridays). but still.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
Masters of Sex is really good. I was saying to my wife, I would hate the title if it was all fictional and they made up a guy named Masters so they could call it that, but since he was real I think it's a perfectly good title.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
Also wtf, since when do "low stakes" hurt a sitcom?
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, really meant "low impact".
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
Bob Benson comedy riffing with Robin Williams is a car wreck, but I can't look away
― polyphonic, Saturday, 28 September 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Obv plenty of banal family comedies have existed, but compared to the kind of arguments between characters on The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Raymond, etc, it felt like every issue on Fox was a non-issue. Someone being vaguely neurotic, everyone else saying "whatevs." That shot of Betsy Brandt limply dancing in the opening credits felt pretty symbolic. Not in and of itself the death knell but NBC clearly had hopes beyond According To Jim for this thing.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
have they even pulled themselves out of their complete inability to keep good shows on the air yet
― j., Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
uh the only comedies that got renewed by nbc last year were Community and Parks & Rec. if anything their problem is ONLY keeping good shows on the air, and failing to make the bad ones successful.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
i was thinking more the transition from good premieres (like prime suspect) to lasting shows. but i guess hannibal is holding strong?
community seems kind of a fluke in that regard, since they kept it on by ruining a whole season of it
― j., Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
sitcoms without vicious arguments kinda sounding good to me at the moment, i love Community and New Girl but the need for every episode to culminate in CATHARTIC YELLING gets tiresome.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
hey i liked bob. newhart was a comic book artist, iirc mostly just chillin'.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
The MJ Fox show is a lot better than Whitney, Outsourced, Paul Reiser Show, etc
― polyphonic, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
put THAT on the poster
having your second episode being about how sexy your irl wife no one cares about is was mad indulgent though
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
Low bar, I know...
― polyphonic, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
i vaguely remember watching Bob when it started, but not any good or bad impressions in particular. i totally watched multiple seasons of Cosby's show with Madeline Kahn, though.
― Jean-Claude Brand Ambassador (some dude), Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
Trophy Wife is really good!
― polyphonic, Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
I watched the MJ show this afternoon. I liked it! And I loved Tracy Pollan playing the hot upstairs neighbor, that was super cute
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 September 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
did find this sweet gif set when looking for one of brandt's credit dance. sentimentality didn't get me through the episode but still, this earns an "awww."
http://michaeljlove-sx.tumblr.com/post/62428613629/deja-vu-on-the-26th-of-september-1985-michael
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 September 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link