2012 TV thread: winter, spring, maybe summer

so Awake is worth a shot? i like the concept, but it seems doubtful to survive because of it

Haven't seen it, but reviews have been pretty good-to-great, but a combination of Kyle Killen + That NBC timeslot makes me think no, it won't survive.

Also lots of good TV shows to catch up on if you want. Vampire Diaries is worth it, imo, and its first two seasons are on Netflix Instant. Spartacus is going on and its pretty next level right now.

well, i was hoping not to re-subscribe to netflix.

but i've kind of been feeling like re-screening the shield, so i might just have to. the cop shows still on air right now are getting dire.

Terra Nova axed. Studio is shopping it around.

Maybe they should work on making it better first

i like Smash and that isn't too predictably his but Terra Nova and Falling Skies are just the shittiest Spielberg-by-numbers TV shows he possibly could've made, couldn't even bring myself to watch an episode of The River

First episode of Awake was solid. Second one is sitting there on my DVR.

Watched a bit of The Finder and found is very pleasant in that USA Network blue sky sort of way.

The opening bit about dubstep and "the drop" on Up All Night was pretty lol last night.

bob's burgers s2 started last night and it was pretty great - anyone else watch it? tina is like my favorite character on any tv show right now, loved her leaving a post-it note with "tina" on it in her bed.

I was out at dinner and didn't know Bob's Burgers was coming back on yesterday! I even brought the show up in conversation!

I forgot to dvr it. Hope it's on ondemand or hulu...

Checked...it's not on hulu until next week. :(

It was so good, although I didn't really get that it was a Goonies tribute until right towards the end.

yes cyndi lauper closing theme

loved bob's burgers last night. didn't realize until reading the AV Club recap that the Silverman girls are the voices are the two little boys

"Guess the song!"

"'Aqua Boogie' by P-Funk?"

"all maids were men back then"

that terrible Revenge show that i have had to assume you guys only like ironically now has an ABC News spinoff about real tales of revenge called...REVENGE FOR REAL

Yeah, the real Revenge is on break until April...so expect a couple more weeks of this dumb shit.

Also, I can't speak for any other ilxors, but I love that show with zero irony attached.

now i'm going to be envisioning _______ FOR REAL newsmagazine versions of every drama on the primetime schedule

ok that spinoff sounds deep level retarded but 'revenge' is p much the only good new show

suburgatory!

I know it has its own thread, but rip, luck (and the poor horses) :(

in other news, Grimm got renewed

kill all the werewolves you want and you stay on the air. kill 3 horses tho...

haha i have to admit that revenge didn't really hold its appeal for me and i gave up months ago. then i saw the promos for that real revenge show and was very confused.

Did anybody keep up with Alcatraz? (if only because it was J. J. Abrams and featured "Hurley" and a hot chick with short blond hair).
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the season finale surprise was pretty good

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hawt. of all her previous hairstyles this new one is the best.

Anyone else kind of anticipating <i>NYC-22</i>? The creator is Richard Price, so ~*hopefully*~ not your average network cop show.

I'm hoping it's up On Demand or something, because my Sunday night television line-up is too busy as it is.

just as i wrote that, i saw MZS tweeting his review: http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/tv-review-nyc-22.html

No one seems to like it much, and yes, waaay to much good on Sunday right now.

scandal, anyone? i was thinking it felt like lie to me, and then one of the dudes from lie to me showed up!

watched the premiere episode of 'the pitch' - reality show about ad agencies competing for clients. i like this idea for a show!

"Scandal" was aight, nice cast but i really couldn't bring myself to give my full attention to either episode, don't know if I'll make myself watch another.

kept up with "Alcatraz" for several episodes and liked it a lot, but also just felt kind of an indifference to the plot and once i fell behind i stopped trying to catch up. if the finale was good i will make an effort to see that one, though.

saw ad for 'bunheads' before the movie last night which is new amy sherman palladino thing strangely set in small town filled with quirky people.

me too, my wife and I keep saying "so you want to be a bunhead" and cracking up. Such a terrible name.

have you seen the thick of it mordy?

haven't seen more eps of thick of it, but saw in the loop finally and liked it a lot. maybe an american thick of it is all i need? i've started to hear good early buzz too so we'll see...

I heard mixed-to-not-great-buzz about Veep, but now I'm hearing good buzz. I'm starting to think that buzz is a load of bullshit.

i landed a screener of veep and can wholeheartedly endorse, plenty of clean actual LOLs, even guffaws, in the first three eps, maybe not quick thick of it-level heights but that's a high bar

also i have enjoyed the first two episodes of "best friends forever"

tbh what veep is really missing is a hilarious sweary american malcolm tucker; on the other hand i like that iannucci doesnt try to force one

yeah Best Friends Forever is surprisingly enjoyable. not as good as Bent, though, as far as doomed new NBC sitcoms go, though.

anyone watch nikita? it has some really fantastic fight sequences.

I watched the first five or six episodes. It wasn't bad, but it was (then) on Thursdays and that night was too busy.

I liked the episode of Bent I watched. I probably would've watched the rest if it hadn't already been canceled.

I don't think it's technically cancelled yet, but yeah it never had a chance.

i was lukewarm on it at first, but it's gotten so good for me! and watching maggie q kick ass while i'm at the gym is very motivating...

it took me a while to figure out that the girl in the facility (at least at the beginning) is the daughter on How I Met Your Mother. I though Shane West took it in very camp places that nobody else really went, but again, I only saw the first five or six so I imagine the plot has moved on and they've ironed out the kinks. It's ratings are pretty bad, even for the CW, but maybe they're cool enough with them on a Friday night that they'll renew it.

yeah..i fear its imminent cancellation.