really, who the fuck knows how Community would do if it was stuck between a modern Seinfeld and ER
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
it MIGHT actually be bigger than Veronica's Closet!
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i remember looking forward to harper valley - 'finally a new show for barbara eden!' i was apparently too young to be angry about them moving my beloved buck rogers.
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
nbc is totally begging wendie malick to come back for a pilot i bet
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
she's on hot in cleveland w/ a bunch of other ghosts of television past
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i remember looking forward to harper valley - 'finally a new show for barbara eden!'
I felt the same way! I remember nbc having new show previews that made this look awesome.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone else remember nbc's weird "hey let's start primetime half an hour earlier!" they used a bunch of crappy castoff shows, i think i remember one w/loni anderson and ernest borgnine?
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this was mid-'80s i'm thinking.
loni anderson, ernest borgnine and krusty the klown
― da croupier, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
aw i actually Awake pretty entertaining, though i don't really care about the main "mystery" being solved, it's just double the mind bending soap opera. that said i've never sat through an entire episode
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol i was incorrect, it had jack elam:
Loni Anderson plays a rich girl who loves to play tennis, eat expensive meals, shop, & spend, spend, spend. If I remember correctly, her two comedic godfathers come to live with her in her plush mansion. All of the sudden having money is something they are NOT used to...& that is were the laughs come in.
― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol nicole do you remember when the networks would have primetime specials where they would show clips from the new shows they're sure you'll love along w/ some old favorites?
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is still my favorite thing. Twin Peaks and Cop Rock! Hosted by Alan Thicke.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do confess i am a peaker
― balls, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes! I used to love those, they made everything look like it was going to be so exciting. I was pretty easily impressed.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
same here! i miss those upcoming season clip shows
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Awake was like a case study in how to make a relatively original, well crafted show as unappealing as possible..."hey would you like to see a really serious-looking actor you've never heard of contemplate 2 alternate realities that both involve the death of a loved one, week after week after week? no? ok nevermind"
I think a few people have heard of this guy:
― President Keyes, Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've seen most of Awake so far this season, and what began as a good (albeit complex) idea has been streamlined into a fairly comfortable viewing experience. Still, I don't give a damn about a single character and figure most everyone else never came back after the very hard to follow pilot episode.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who is "this guy"?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lucius Malfoy
― President Keyes, Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jason Isaacs, lead role in Awake and also known from several Harry Potter films (though I've seen none of them, so he was new to me).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i mean being the 30th most famous person in a harry potter movie really isn't the kind of q rating that lends itself to headlining a network series
― some dude, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
well keifer's new show isn't doing much better--so there's yer star power.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
ughhhhh nevermind i'm not going to hold the point any closer to your face as you keep deliberately missing it
― some dude, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
too gnostic for me
― President Keyes, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol is a big name really a prereq for headlining a network drama? did er break cuz it had the guy who played goose nearly ten years earlier? did grey's anatomy break cuz ppl couldn't wait to see what luke wilson's love interest from old school did next? when miami vice came out did ppl go 'o shit it's don johnson from the harrad experiment! as a cop! i gotta watch this!'? probably the opposite is true right - if you're a big name headlining a network drama you're either come off a string of failures in film that have reduced you to doing tv or you're following up a prior big hit tv show in which case good luck catching lightning in a bottle twice (cf kiefer)(though counterpoint cf kiefer w/ 24!). tbf lucius malfoy was a very prominent character in the harry potter movies and one of a few to be in almost all of them but i'm not sure how many ppl would've even realized dude in awake is lucius malfoy or that it would've made a difference, i don't know of anyone who watched luck cuz dumbledore was in it. will admit draco malfoy played a role in me checking out rise of the planet of the apes though.
― balls, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
fwiw i didn't watch awake cuz that show screamed 'soon to be canceled' and though i never thought of it this way 'guess which one of this guy's loved ones is actually dead! see him deal w/ harrowing grief - in parallel universes maybe?' is a horrible hookline for a show.
― balls, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
obv name recognition isn't everything, but it kinda WAS my point that at a time when movie stars are all running to TV and even someone pretty damn famous like i dunno ashley judd can get their show canceled right away (or christian slater can get canceled THREE TIMES), Awake being one of the only new shows on the air without a household name front and center was probably one strike (of many) against it
but yeah the basic premise is a horrible hookline, was all i was really saying
― some dude, Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah but ashley judd even being on tv was a 'o right, her career did kinda die didn't it' and christian slater defined 'stench of failure' even before he couldn't keep a show on the air on nbc. then again madeline stowe star power probably did help revenge, the breakout hit tv drama of this past year and the only network drama i actually watch now.
― balls, Sunday, 13 May 2012 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just finished this. Wow.
Also, why the fuck Hulu keep showing me shitty car adverts? How many more of these do I need to thumbs-down?
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
in the background of the study room:
"Dry-erase boards love Chalkboard jokes."
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
This was a fun ep, advanced the plot without forgetting to be silly.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
troy and abed in the moooooooorning
nights
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 May 2012 05:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
i remember the cast saying during the hiatus that community would get much, much darker post-hiatus, but i hadn't gotten that vibe until now. it's unfortunate because i eat that kind of stuff up.
― phantompenguin, Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I leave awake on because I'm not really engaged after the comedy block is on and usually start getting ready for the next day, ironing clothes, packing lunch, etc. but have never seen Harry Potter so thanks for IDing the dude!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Abed, I don't deal in crazy, I deal in help. So! How long has Abed needed a crazy amount of help?"
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 13 May 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
great use of john hodgman btw - i wonder if they'll ever get him and john oliver together
― Nhex, Sunday, 13 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/05/community-without-creator-dan-harmon.html
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 13 May 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
throughout the first season Harmon talked about how he'd probably only be showrunner for a year and then go off and do other things once the show is up and running and in a groove. i'm glad he didn't do it then, but if he needs a break or w/e sure see how other people do with it.
you guys can guess how i felt about the scene where Abed has a seizure/tantrum because he doesn't understand fucking daylight savings time
― contendo entertainment system (some dude), Monday, 14 May 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw since when has 'showrunner' been a term of use
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/14/showrunner_meaning_and_origin.html
late 1980s
― Mordy, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank u
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Harmon doesn't want to leave as far as I can tell. It might be an issue with Sony. His next two guys are going off to do something else.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 14 May 2012 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i know the whole thing is foggy, i'm just saying it's not like he's ever been "this show can't exist without me," so neither should viewers imo
― contendo entertainment system (some dude), Monday, 14 May 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think this saddened me so much that I blocked it out from my memory.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 14 May 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also feel this show has gone places I don't think he would have expected it to in that first season.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 14 May 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tonight's Cougar Town's Title card was changed to "Cougarton Abbey"
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Amy Pond for Inspector Spacetime:
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
so i think there are 3 new eps tnite?
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah. last three of the season.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink