Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

I'm kind of annoyed that we don't have an Emmys thread every year like we do with cinematic detritus. Tonight's has been pretty good so far.

Because it's always sunny in Philadelphia, after 12 seasons, have never been nominated so what is the point?

I am finally catching up on The Good Place and MAN what a great show

DJP, are you aware of demi adejuyigbe's excellent twitter presence? he's a writer on the show

I am not!

oh wait this is where I saw the Will Smith Aladdin thing! why am I not following him?

yeah demi is a+ on twitter

he's done better ridiculous mash-ups but this one kills me because of the camera zooming

the dreams in which i'm dying are the (best i ever had) @jarodhamm pic.twitter.com/9YQvTsecpu

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) June 28, 2016

lol amazing

i binge-watched the Good Place a couple of Saturdays ago & loved it. So much better than I thought it would be

super curious to see how season two is handled; degree of difficulty is now much much higher

yeah otm

The Good Place is coming to UK Netflix soon, yay

Season 2 starts tomorrow doesn't it?

yep!

beyond pumped for season 2 of the good place. ted danson is such a treasure and this might be the best he's ever been

Orville is... not bad?

I think Orville's okay! GOod place is great

I was expecting more comedy from Orville, and didn't care that much for the episode. I'll likely watch it again now that I know its tone.

Lighter on comedy is what makes it okay to me - regular Seth McFarlane comedy would have been unbearable.

better things

watched about 20 minutes of Orville, it's not bad but it's strange that it was greenlit right as another Star Trek series was on the way. the fact that it's constantly advertised as "STARRING Seth MacFarlane" totally throws off what you expect the show to be. I wonder why MacFarlane is in it at all, he's still completely wooden onscreen. it's almost like the whole point of the show is for him to live out his childhood fantasy.

otm

mr veg wanted to watch it & we literally sat in silence for the entire episode. it's ok i guess, just really dull. he's emulating star trek so slavishly that it sucks all the air out of whatever he's trying to do

plus i just dont enjoy him much in general

dude has a face for radio, as they used to say

he looks like a ventriloquist dummy, it weirds me out

the whole concept of the show is just so strange to me. it is so indebted to Star Trek that the "created by Seth MacFarlane" line feels entirely disingenuous. what I saw was actually *less* funny than any random episode of TNG - there was like one joke in that entire stretch, a cringey Star Wars reference. the thing was it actually was kinda decent, probably better than what the actual new Star Trek will be. but if you're gonna take it seriously then why make the entire thing look and feel exactly like a show that aired 30 years ago??

totally

peter david actually did the "exes captaining a ship" thing better in the new frontier novels, and those novels are super clumsy (although fun)

Third episode of this season of YTW was fantastic, up there with the peak of the second season.

We just binge-watched the entirety of Big Mouth, a new Netflix show about adolescence and how gross and confusing puberty can be, and it was hilarious and gross and accurate and heart warming. Some really groundbreakingly good female writing in it (getting first period and freaking out and dealing with that and all the rages and I HATE YOU MOM I WILL CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME) had me crying laughing.

has You're The Worst jumped the shark? Last episode just made me feel empty, like they've lost the plot

Tried watching the pilot of White Famous, former SNL castmember Jay Pharaoh's new Showtime show. I bailed after about 15 minutes, when Jamie Foxx appeared as himself, literally holding a conversation with Pharaoh's character while a naked woman who never gets a name bounces on top of him. The "joke" in the rest of the scene was that Foxx was wearing a small cheerleader's skirt and repeatedly exposing himself to Pharaoh while attempting to give him career advice. (Pharaoh plays a standup comedian attempting to become "white famous".)

YTW is slowly turning into a misanthropic version of Spaced which I'm fine with tbh

There have been a few moments where Gretchen has been like irl hipster Danerys Targaryen these past 2 episodes and I fkn LOVE it

Also having the dude from Eureka play her fuckboy is weirdly great casting

I hadn’t considered that ensemble cast connection but, Simon, I think that’s a fair comparison

Couldn't stand new ytw. I didn't think of game of thrones I thought it was an apocalypse now tribute or s thing

i think they were going for The Ring or something

Danerys stuff I meant more when she specifically fucks with Jimmy like last week when she stood on the table & yelled HEY DOT DOT DOT in his face

Edgar literally said "Japanese ghost" and it was a hella obvious grudge/ring vibe

i loved the HEY DOT DOT DOT in the premiere. haven’t seen any other episodes yet but i’m bummed if the writing is as uneven as it was at the end of last season :\

it’s pretty good so far.

Is anyone else watching the last season of Halt and Catch Fire aka the show with the coolest music supervision on tv

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 15 September 2017 15:45 (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is so good right now. Haley putting on "Fish Heads" in the car <3

tales from the road

*tales from the tour bus, rather.

i binged through the second season of One Mississippi with my gal last night and hooboy it's good but potentially triggering. highly recommended but watch your step.

most recent YTW ep was pretty good, i guess i'm still watching it so it didnt totally fall off a cliff, now that they're not entertaining the idea that shes about to get back w/ jimmy its improved

Anyone watching Great News? The last episode was a Tina Fey script and probably the funniest straight-up sitcom episode I've seen in ages.

The show as a whole is... not great. It's uncanny valley 30 Rock. Some great lines delivered by a *not quite* great cast. By this season has been better.

s2 of Better Things has been *fantastic*

omg the adult boyfriend in the first episode

ready for autumn:

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Anyone watching Great News? The last episode was a Tina Fey script and probably the funniest straight-up sitcom episode I've seen in ages.

The show as a whole is... not great. It's uncanny valley 30 Rock. Some great lines delivered by a *not quite* great cast. By this season has been better.

― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, October 15, 2017 2:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea I watch this & enjoy