Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

CORPORATE

oh yeah, i knew i was forgetting something! Corporate got A LOT better this season; basically the best thing on Comedy Central.

the newest one about "The Tragedy" was a little try-hard-cynical but there have been some amazing eps. the episode where matt is determined to go see a rock show on a weeknight and the episode with makeup for men are ones that jump to mind

Veep coming at the end of the month, Killing Eve on April 7. Feel like i should try Barry and The Good Fight at some point. I gotta torrent the new episodes of Fleabag shortly.

Here's some other upcoming things of potential interest:

Now Apocalypse on Starz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1YcutJLb8

Love Death and Robots on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA16mcJylmI

Abby's on NBC (Michael Schur's take on Cheers... maybe they'll cut the laughtrack?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FvHs1pzoQ

I Am Richard Pryor on Paramount
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5RJUaFIKvE

Hanna on Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75RmNuZgTs

Finding Justice on BET
https://www.bet.com/shows/finding-justice/about.html

and one more: In the Dark on the CW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoo1CDCBYy8

I watched a couple of eps of Hanna & it’s ok but it doesn’t have the edge/intensity that the movie had.
tv hannah is no saiorse, thats for sure!
i dunno, maybe too quick to judge tho

I'm avoiding Hanna precisely because I love the movie and seriously doubt they'll be able to match not only the intensity but also the incredible creepy/weirdness of it (especially Tom Hollander's character).

NA otm about those two eps of Corporate. I also liked the "working on labor day" ep, if only because it gave Lance Reddick so much room to show off
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/lance-reddick-corporate-comedy-central-christian-deville-1201976685/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRgqrsXhxog

I need to catch up w/ Corporate, clearly.

Found Hanna the movie largely forgettable, so if the series can't even live up to its meagre standard, zzz

Those trailers are pretty much all terrible, too. The Araki/Sodes show could be decent.

...ok I'm almost caught up on s2 of Corporate and it's fucking great. tons of tiny, killer little jokes - "we've stolen their meds!" in the barely-audible voiceover for Boys Gone Bonkers for example

the corporate guys were on colbert on friday and they just bombed, was quite funny. by the end, colbert suggested they just sit and say nothing, so the last thirty seconds of the interview was them all looking uncomfortable.

seven year binge watch for you:
https://adage.com/creativity/work/lexus-takumi-documentary/1028916

This post is two months late but I finally watched the Pen15 pilot and I don't remember the last time I disliked a show this much - maybe Mr. Robot?

pandering nostalgia + distancing technique (adults playing themselves as teens) for people who think themselves too good for the real thing (teen sitcoms) = no more for me thx

so the show is good

So good!

it gets off to an uncertain start, but it's a much better and less cynical show than you're giving it credit for

and the use of adult actors allows them to explore subject matter that would be impossible with real teens

Pen15 was awesome

it looks v good

pandering nostalgia + distancing technique (adults playing themselves as teens) for people who think themselves too good for the real thing (teen sitcoms) = no more for me thx

This was exactly the impression I got from all the fawning press coverage. Definite pass.

Currently watching My Brilliant Friend, which is pretty great. The kid playing the titular friend is one of the most intense kid actors I've ever seen - it's an amazing performance.

I watched the first ep of pen15 and didn’t think much of it but eventually went back to it and it’s hilarious

I thought pen15 was superior to Sex Education, which was also overhyped but I just didn’t think it was very clever or funny.

I only watched all of Sex Education to keep picking up all the real life vs TV continuity errors.

pvmic I know

posted on a torrent thread but: i'm thinking about cord cutting and would like to get on board with a good US TV torrent site if anyone has recommendations or invites...?
will also settle for guess papers, spare gmail accounts and/or YSI

Does your ilxmail work?

loved PEN15. good to great writing and great performances.

gracias for invite, will explore!

Enjoying What We Do In The Shadows so far

posted on a torrent thread but: i'm thinking about cord cutting and would like to get on board with a good US TV torrent site if anyone has recommendations or invites...?
will also settle for guess papers, spare gmail accounts and/or YSI

Torlock works very well. A lot of the sites are blocked by the major ISPs though so you might need a mirror site. (And always advisable to have robust anti-virus protection in place before visiting torrent sites).

last episode of What We Do was the strongest yet by far. had to rewind the werewolf/vampire showdown just to watch it again. The wrinkle of Mark Proksch’s character really pulls the room together.

also pen15 is amazing. if you haven’t at least watched through the drum solo your opinion is invalid.

v glad that Lodge 49 is back in August. everyone should catch up on that one in time.

^ seconded. I’m going to rewatch it soon so all the threads are fresh. It has the most likeable characters I’ve seen in TV for a while and I can’t wait to see how it all develops.

Just watched the first episode of Ramy on Hulu. First of all, I'm immediately in the tank for any show that reveals the SHOCKING TRUTH that there's more to life in Jersey than Springsteen and the Sopranos, so the fact that the show's actually smart and funny as hell is just a bonus.

Really glad Bosch is back, too. And season 2 of Better Things just popped up on Hulu, so I'll be watching that, too.

Ramy is really good! Like surprisingly good!
What else goes to the top of the pile right now?
Veep, Barry, Patriot Act, Desus and Mero, Fleabag s2
To a lesser extent GoT, the fairly bad first round of the nba playoffs, last week tonight
i should probably be watching brockmire, killing eve, The New Negroes, Chernobyl, Gentlemen Jack
I suppose i should try Fosse/Verdon and What We Do in Shadows
Better Things has not been good, it's become a sort of watered down, self-satisfied Louie and that makes me sad.
I'm about to switch out to a cord cut set up for the first time in over a decade. Cable through ad-free hulu is $60 or so, Plex, Criterion, Mubi, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, PBS app... kinda feel like all my bases are covered but still feel weird about it. Can't necessarily see everything I want but I'm not really doing that anyway, so...

Currently watching Bosch and Game of Thrones thru Amazon, Billions and Ramy through Hulu. Didn’t like Killing Eve s1 (free on Hulu) enough to pay $20 for s2 on Amazon.

loving without reservation: GoT, Patriot Act, Fosse Verdon, new Project Runway, Riverdale, the Good Fight, Sabrina

totally stupid but I like it anyway: Gotham, Whiskey Cavalier (HATE the name. so much)

forget to watch but still enjoy: Man in the High Castle

maybe/meh: What We Do In The Shadows, Killing Eve

gave up/nope: Hannah, The Enemy Within

Hannah's no good, eh?

i didn’t like it
saoirse ronan made that character and this new girl just doesn’t get there imo

Bosch is good shit. It's got so much good L.A. location porn, and so many Wire actors doing good work. And 24 actors, too. The storylines are nicely ambitious for a cop show. S1 was a little rough in spots but it really picked things up in S2. I'm onto S3 now.

i need to go back to Bosch, i never did get caught up
- been watching old eps of Good Wife & Titus Welliver makes me feel a certain type of way

there's not a season 2 of Killing Eve yet, is there?

Oh right, there is. That was quick. It's not on over here yet.

I don't think PWB had any involvement with S2 as she was busy doing other stuff

re: Fosse/Verdon and What We Do in Shadows

ive tried both and the latter is fantastic, p much exactly what one would expect (with bonus Matt Berry!), and the former is good -- my gf loved it, and all that jazz is her fave movie

I'm loving WWDITS. I'm not necessarily sold on the location (although that was partially overcome last week with the story in Manhattan) but the cast is seriously strong and the addition of the new vampire types is inspired.

I Think You Should Leave on Netflix is excellent and just about 75 minutes for the whole season. These are not series! These are a special chopped up!

oh god the newest WWDITS guest stars

SO good

..and the baby!

Yeah. Didn't twig who Garrett was until he went on about stabbing.

Chernobyl is fucking crushing.