2013 Fall TV Thread: Previews, Evaluations, Ridicule and Mourning

RIP Community http://tvline.com/2014/05/09/community-cancelled-nbc-season-6/

Good time to end tbh, it was reaching South Park levels of didacticism

community cancelled

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i could sorta imagine it picking up a final 'season' (ie ~12 episodes) at netflix/comedy central/tbs though. still, if it was between this or hannibal being renewed i'm glad it was hannibal.

cosign. community hasn't been essential viewing since season 3

suburgatory cancelled, which i'm not nearly as sad about as i might've once been

https://twitter.com/Seinfeld2000/status/464840917065555968

suburgatory had a rough season - they seemed to have stalled narratively

stalled is putting kindly

Another spring, another day where NBC kills most of the shows they tried. In addition to Community, they just killed Revolution, Crisis, Believe and Growing Up Fisher (on top of the seven or eight other shows that didn't even make it to spring).

Kinda sad about surviving jack - only saw pilot but meloni was hitting some interesting notes as a sitcom dad. Glad growing up fisher hit the axe, as Jk Simmons was basically playing a smug psychopath so far in denial he'd risk killing his family before acknowledging his disability.

Shit, I've been following Revolution. With only two left for this season, I assume it's not "finalized" at all. Do producers generally make versions of the last show of each season that could serve as a closer, if needed?

Crisis was dumb but surprisingly watchable

Both fisher and trophy wife struck me as a fundamentally disingenuous about divorce (though wife did have good cast and jokes) - having a hard time thinking of a comedy that had one (or two) central to the concept and really did right by it, let alone did well.

feels like network sitcoms are really stuck with more talent in front of the camera than behind the camera lately -- you get all these people like J.K. Simmons, Will Arnett, Chris Meloni, even Bradley Whitford who seem perfectly capable of picking a good project and carrying it and they end up on these shows that just stink of failure from the title and the premise on down.

it's sad but my brightest hope for sitcoms at the moment is that USA is doing a bunch and just picked up Eliza Coupe and Billy Eichner vehicle.

vehicleS, referring to 2 different shows.

From what I've seen will arnett is the weakest part of we're the millers - admittedly cuz he spends the show going "I've made a terrible mistake" while the rest of the cast goes all-in on farting (a preferable choice if you find yourself in a wacky multi-cam, IMO).

Revolution was steadily improving and it is a shame it didn't make the cut because I have become quite fond of it, despite it not being particularly great. Certainly won't miss Believe, absolute rinse that Cuarón should be embarrassed to be linked with.

Fascinated they haven't canceled Black Book, a show about how dangerous but sexy and rewarding it is to be manic depressive.

I will say re black book, at least it doesn't just exist atop a potentially offensive concept, but loudly trumpets the stance - it's pretty balls out for network tv

Critically savaged and reviled as offensive garbage by mental health professionals, but this is what the people want :(

arnett seems miscast for the millers, have only seen the ads (and boy have i seen them) but character seems more michael bluth than gob

Kinda sucks about Revolution. I didn't watch it, but since they moved production to Texas, many friends and acquaintances had found work as crew and extras/stand ins on the show.

Arnett was kind of a dull straight man in Up All Night and Running Wilde too. maybe it's just hard to get a starring role where you get to be a weirdo like GOB or Devon Banks but it seems like he's just ignoring his strong suits.

best batman since keaton

black book is incredibly campy but also just sorta plain bad.

the first time we saw a commercial for Black Box, my wife waited until the final lingering shot on the lead actress's face and turned to me and said "I bet you a million dollars her box isn't black"

I don't think anything on the show can ever live up to that

wohhh wohhhh wohhhhhhhhhhh

that is
the
best

we later saw an episode and saw the lead character's boyfriend is black, at which point my wife went "ohhhhhhh, now I get it"

we're parents, y'all

xp pvmic
also, pvmic

hearing good things about Penny Dreadful

pilot didn't do much for me but i'll try and stick with it for a while

I tried that In The Flesh and fecking Ricky Tomlinson is in there, aaarrrrgh! It isn't in the same league as Orphan Black on a scale of parsecs.

Flipping channels and saw this new show in syndication, Manhattan. Olivia Williams is in it with a terrible American accent. Got the whole Mad Men thing going, set around scientists working on the nuclear bomb. I'm just surprised this exists.

I forgot that was beginning tonight. Was it good enough to seek out?

it's from WGN right? that's the weirdest thing

Yeah, it's on WGN. I heard somewhere it may have started on FX originally. It actually looks okay, lead actor's pretty good, but I'm not gonna kid myself - I'm too lazy to keep up with this. Also, I'm not fond of Mad Men and it's got that period vibe.

Is it Mad Men inspired or following that BBC WWII trend "Bomb Girls" "Bletchey Circle" etc.

Wasn't aware of that trend, but I'm gonna go with Mad Men since it features a bunch of angsty self-important '40s dudes with harried, disgruntled wives

Bletchley Circle sounds like a period Women's Murder Club

Garfunkle and Oates is silly and dumb, but amusing enough

2014 Fall TV Thread: Previews, Evaluations, Ridicule and Mourning