Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

Although I remember being devastated as a kid when I found out Ponch & Jon from Chips hated each other in real life

I remember hearing that Jon thought he was going to be the star/heartthrob with a Latino sidekick, but the more charismatic (and better looking) Ponch got most of the attention. My sisters got teen mags back then and Ponch had much more coverage.

Talk about self-delusion; Jon looked like a thumb in a blond wig.

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I'm dying up here, and Atlanta. these are the only two shows i can bear to watch nowadays

I just finished Atlanta S2, goddamn so good

i’m way behind on Expanse but loving it.
dragging it out now that its cancelled 😫

i’m still behind on Westworld. But less motivated to catch up. the blurry timeline thing is driving me fucking nuts. its so disorienting it makes me kinda angry

have we talked about Barry already? I was sort of on the fence bc storylines about acting have never been that interesting to me. then in ep3 Winkler had the line 'gum is at the REGISTER, Barry' and now I properly love it.

Can anyone remember the name of a french series that lasted two seasons where a bunch of kids die in a bus accident then come back to life and the dam they went off breaks?

les revenants

ah yes. thanks!

Rosanne has been cancelled, as a result of Barr's latest racist tweet.

(As noted on the Roseanne thread, of course.)

Reverie was kinda cool, saw the pilot.

It’s an AI matrix game kinda show with super cool fox and occult imagery. It’s not original but it looks great and is some comfort pablum

Fx

is killing eve streaming anywhere?

i dunno but a few forgiveably unrealistic moments aside (has no one in this show ever heard of "backup"?) it's pretty irresistible, which I'm mainly putting down to the two lead actresses who are reliably fantastic

It’s streams on BBC America I think.

been watching the newest arrested development eps & then tried that new hbo succession show ~ can't shake how much the main son's voice sounds like gob

I thought that after hearing the commercial!

anybody watched patrick melrose? mainly wondering how it stacks up to the books

I watched 3 episodes and hated every moment. Adult Patrick was such an asshole that I could not possibly care less about how he got that way, and Child Patrick was such a bland void that I didn't care at all about his off-camera suffering.

ah ok nm then

lol i checked it out myself and i really like it. extremely faithful to the books but not without its own sense of play. takes advantage of the opportunity to be more visually funny than textually, though the inner monologue/hearing voices scenes don't translate well (sometimes i think the show is cherrypicking the least remarkable phrases from the novel but it's hard to tell). i also question putting the second book first but i guess drugs are more exciting and romantic than members of the english aristocracy insulting each other over dinner. looking forward to mother's milk in the hopes we spend less time with patrick bc he gets tiresome in the books too and his secondary role in that one is almost a relief. even then, cumberbatch is pretty good in this. hugo weaving was a perfect choice for david

Is there a KILLING EVE thread? It's fantastically enjoyable. Even better than Fleabag. It's not out in the UK yet but well worth bingeing.

i watched the first ep of Cobra Kai - total corny fan service but i kinda like it. I also like to think that they maybe cheaped out on production to pay for johnny’s 80’s douchebag soundtrack: Poison & Foreigner lol

I binged all of Cobra Kai in like two days, it's better than I expected, the arcs and characters went differently than I had anticipated.

glad to hear it!

episodes 2 and 3 of patrick melrose were outstanding, wow

GOLIATH continues to be one of the dumbest, most preposterous series around but also basically a must-watch for Nina Arianda

new season adds Mark Duplass, David Cross, and James Wolk and none of them add anything so far

I didn't love the first season, but it was good enough that I was willing to come back, but not if David Cross is in it.

Similarly, I'm giving up on Animal Kingdom - a show I liked - because they've added Dennis Leary to the cast this season.

I've watched three episodes and so far Cross is in...one scene? And doesn't seem to be important at all? Very strange casting.

It's funny you mention Leary, since the most ridiculous part of the show is the array of beautiful women who are into Billy Bob's character despite the fact that he's a perma-drunk fuckup, which reminds me a lot of Leary on Rescue Me

I simply won't watch anything with David Cross, so strong is my revulsion

Bill Hader's show Barry is pretty good! Strong supporting cast, inc. Henry Winkler as a hammy (naturally) acting coach.

Yeah I enjoyed Barry although Anthony Carrigan was the best thing in by along chalk. Not sure we need any more seasons of it though, especially given the finale.

Oh yeah, Hank the Chechnyan! They did a great job of getting a fresh take on the by-now stock character of the comedy Eastern European gangster

ok, props to GOLIATH for the batshit penultimate episode of its new season, which manages to hold off on its title card until 41 minutes in

Joe Pera Talks with You is the first new show I’ve really liked in at least a year.

that show rules. it's somehow funny and gentle and comforting and weird all at the same time. very unlike the other adult swim shows

It’s very funny and has a tremendous amount of heart and integrity. I guess it goes to show adult swim is still willing to do something radically different, other than give a show to any woman.

OK I just finished it last night and was not expecting nor was I prepared for the turn in the last episode.

I guess saying what major recent arthouse picture it reminded me of might constitute a spoiler so I'll just say I hope it gets picked up for another season.

I like it a lot - it reminds me of my partner's hometown in western Ontario.

There's a weird tension to it, too - you expect every scene to end with some cheap gag to undercut the earnestness, but it never comes. Or if it does, the gag itself is just as earnest.

Yes, the tone is very carefully managed, as is the writing/design of "Joe Pera," the character

Yeah - I don't want to look at his other stuff on YouTube in case he's acting out of character and it spoils the effect.

really enjoying succession, did not realize one of the peep show guys is the show creator

really no one else likes/watches succession? it is incredible

i dont care and i dont seek out reviews but does it have any buzz or good press? nyer review iirc was dismissive and dumb and i see that bill simmons likes it but like 90% for dumb bro-y reasons of course

I'll check it out.

finished Joe Pera Talks With You last night and yeah everyone upthread otm. was continually laughing out loud and it manages to be more emotionally resonant in a few minutes than anything else i've seen in the last few years. was glad that the turn was kind of minor and reflective rather than just 'oh this is a horror film now' which seems like adult swim house style a lot of the time.

not sure what arthouse picture simon's referring to though?

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