Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

goes down easy with 30 min episodes

Five episodes into the K-drama/comedy/something Glitch and it's...really good? It's ostensibly about para-reality, UFOs, repressed memories, etc. but crosses that with a story about friendship, faith, and modern disassociation. Every turn into cults and crop circles countered with turns into cigarettes, boredom, and the sense that good questions are more important than good answers. Don't watch if you need to have everything explained.

I mean, Glitch is pretty badly reviewed but the criticisms thrown at it (meandering, takes to long to solve things) are exactly the reasons why I'm liking it.

don't know about favourite but this is what i currently record according to the pvr. a lot of this is just background during the day tbh

daily:
ST: Enterprise (series 3)
Bluey
Ghosts: US
Simpsons (series 30)
Bob's Burgers
Chasing Classic Cars
Overhauling
Scrapheap Challenge

weekly:
secret genius of modern life
wheeler dealers
taskmaster
horne section tv show
new rick and morty
Bangers and Cash
totp 1993
outer limits
Astrid: murder in paris (recorded, not watched yet)
Senorita 89 (recorded, not watched yet)
QI
Click
Handmaid's Tale
Only Connect
Unversity Challenge
Aussie Gold Hunters Mine SOS
Maigret
Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
Sky Arts Artist of the Year
Frankie Boyle
Louis Theroux
Blown Away

the highlight is probably bob's burgers - its pun game is very strong, i like the kids' various obsessions, decent song every episode.

Taking "currently on television" to mean "aired in 2022":

The Sex Lives of College Girls
The White Lotus
Never Have I Ever
The Rehearsal
Only Murders in the Building
Heartstopper
I Love That For You
Somebody Somewhere
The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
The Bear

I mean, Glitch is pretty badly reviewed but the criticisms thrown at it (meandering, takes to long to solve things) are exactly the reasons why I'm liking it.

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, November 24, 2022 4:35 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system. Lots of twists, a crash course in learning the particularities of how things are run in Korea, lots of emphasis on the minutiae of interpersonal interactions and social presentation, and unlike a lot of shows I really have zero idea where it’s headed. Much of the stiff formality many characters engage in on a daily basis is pierced by the presence of the great Bae Doona as a cop who isn’t playing by the rules, which is more to say she’s just not fearful of the system vs someone who’s stepping out of line. It’s definitely meandering and takes patience but it’s refreshingly paced compared to a lot of the breakneck speed with which watercooler most watercooler shows tend to operate.

Some recent-ish K-dramas I liked, both (uncharacteristically for me) zombie-related:

- Happiness: our heroes are trapped in an apartment block with terrible people, zombies are outside, "zombie action Parasite" is not really accurate but there's a lot of social commentary

- Zombie Detective: poor guy wakes up a zombie, starts working as a private detective, I guess it's mostly a comedy?

I do enjoy how Korean shows are frequently incapable of sticking to a single genre

In rotation:
Abbott Elementary (Hulu)
The Big Brunch (HBO)
Bobs Burgers (Hulu)
White Lotus (HBO)
Interview With The Vampire (Showtime)
Atlanta (Hulu)
Pennyworth (HBO)
Wednesday (Netflix)


out of rotation
Peripheral (i had to bail, i keep falling asleep - will circle back at some point)
League of Their Own (not feeling it? idk why)

classic tv shows in rotation
Night Court
Taxi
Sanford and Son
X-Files

Here's what I've gone the distance on recently:

Pistol
The Deep End
For All Mankind (season 3)
*Servant Of The People
Extracurricular
How To Change Your Mind
Glitch
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Extracurricular is definitely worth checking out if you're into K-dramas but give it a shot even if you're not. In short, awkward model high school student has a darkly comic secret life as a crime lord. Violent hilarity ensues, but as with most K-dramas you can't really predict what happens. The creators of this go on to make Glitch.

I watched Servant Of The People when it first came out, but hadn't seen it since the Russian invasion. Season 1 is pretty much the set-up for the spectacular season 2 - if I had to single out any episode of season 2, it would be episode 4 where Zelenskyy (as Goloborodko) wakes up to discover that everyone in Ukraine has left the country because of open borders and ends up running everything in the country on his own. Shades of The Quiet Earth...

Disappointed by How To Change Your Mind. I think it's good for the history of how things have gotten to where they are now, but found it lacking in actual support or guidance for someone dealing with depression or PTSD now who's looking for possible avenues.

On deck: The Kingdom: Exodus, The Peripheral, Andor, Stranger, A Wilderness Of Error

Just wrapped up The Patient & The Bear - pretty good and holy shit great give me more now

Restarted The Peripheral now that it's built up some episodes & The English on Amazon. The latter was almost a bail after the first 5 minutes because it was so awkward and stilted but it has rapidly improved.

due to a mix of a busy arts calendar and getting back to the ceramic studio and physical rehab and generalized anxiety which is making it more difficult to focus, I've watched about half as much teevee this year as last... and been on ILX about 1/4 as much as in past years! Weird correlations.

Even so, here's my 2022.

Nineteen Great Shows
Slow Horses s1 (starting s2 shortly)
Single Drunk Female s1
Marriage s1
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead s1
Bust Down s1
I Love That For You s1
Our Flag Means Death s1
The Rehearsal s1
Barry s3
Peacemaker s1
Bluey s3
Joe Pera Talks With You s3
This Fool s1
We Need to Talk About Cosby
She-Hulk s1
The Kids in the Hall 2022
Only Connect s17/18
Youtube: Ryukahr Plays Mario (plot twist: he shaved)
Letterman YouTube Channel (this has been a lifesaver this year)

Very Good to Pretty Good
Abbott Elementary s2
Cunk on Earth s1
Little Demon s1
Rick and Morty s6
Mo s1 (great and then fell apart)
Fisk s2
The Simpsons s34 (surprisingly good!)
The Other One s2
Desus and Mero s4 (RIP)
The Great Pottery Throw Down s5
As We See It s1 (this should've been renewed)
Youtube: Defunctland
Youtube: Video Game Donkey
Youtube: Grand POOBear: Iron Bros
Youtube: Odd Tinkering
Youtube: Iron Pineapple
Youtube: Action Button
Youtube: Channel Five

Not Finished but Already Likely To Be Among the Best of the Year
Traumazone
Sort Of s2
Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker s2
Heartstopper s1
Severance s1

Not Finished but Pretty Good with Flaws
Reboot
Somebody Somewhere
Ms Marvel
Zen Motoring
All That Glitters

Coming Up Shortly
Kindred
Last Chance U Basketball

Top of the List of Should Watch/Will Watch
Andor
Dark Winds
The Patient
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Minx
Serpent Queen
Interview with the Vampire
Am I Being Unreasonable
Black Bird
A Cut Above
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
The Dry
Let the Right One In
Moon Knight
Pachinko
Somewhere Boy
Stuff the British Stole
Willow
Better Call Saul
Urusei Yatsura 2022
Mosquito Coast
Reservation Dogs
Staged
High School
Ramy
Atlanta
Ranking of Kings
Gentleman Jack
For All Mankind
Undone
The US and the Holocaust
Station Eleven
Cabinet of Curiosities

No
The Bear

Bad Sisters
House of the Dragon
Rap Shit
We Own This City
Blown Away
Everything’s Trash
White Lotus
Killing It
P-Valley
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Please Do Better
What We Do in the Shadows

I should add The Kingdom to the "should watch" soon pile

I am on something of a media library building kick right now, anyone on my plex ring should sniff around a bit.

gross

xp any chance the 2021 tv poll surfaces?

My favorite shows of the year

Reservation Dogs
Andor
Severance
Somebody Somewhere
The Bear
The Old Man
Better Call Saul
Barry
Our Flag Means Death
Mythic Quest
The Outlaws
Only Murders in the Building

Lol Tracer

yyyyyyeah i need to do that poll before the end of the year. been hard to keep focused. will try!

EVERYBODY should be watching "Sort Of" btw. It was great in the first season and hasn't slowed down.

Aggregated critics' list of best 2022 TV shows. Great to see Severance doing so well atm

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/tv-critics-pick-10-best-tv-shows-of-2022

I’ll check that one out — I’ve been watching Stranger, which is another K-drama, a slowly unfolding thriller set inside the world of the Seoul judicial system.

Thanks for the rec omar! Digging this

Forks, interested to know how you would improve WWDitS?

curb your enthusiasm
the nanny (repetitions)

xp, they blew up ALL the setups in the prior season except for the Laszlo raises an energy vampire one and ran that entirely into the ground. the show was set to be a bunch of individual character building arcs and Nadia and Gizmo in the Old Country, which would've been far preferable to recycling some now sorta stale plotlines.
If Guillermo goes full fang, i could buy back in but I thought last season was by far the weakest it's ever been.

A vampire vampire hunter would be interesting

You mean like Blade?

I was thinking Vampire Hunter D

Bit of a gap in the viewing schedule now.

I’m constantly playing catch up so can’t really offer ten shows currently airing. I’ve got the new season of The Great lined up and ready. Otherwise have been engrossed in Happy Valley, as well as the usual pop pablum.

Really gutted Britannia was canceled. It has its up and downs but was quality entertainment.

Gallows Pole is incredible imo

Will check it out thanks for the recommendation!

ive been enjoying high desert on apple.. it is funny, sortof coen bros vibes in a way

I am deep into The Handmaid's Tale (halfway through season 3). It stresses me out every time I watch it, but I have to keep going.

not sure if I have 10 favorite shows of all time, but less current

I am one episode away from finishing Somebody Somewhere, Selling Sunset, and Daisy Jones. (That Daisy Jones finale has been waiting for me for like a month now, so I guess that doesn’t say much for that show.)

I’m also midway through The Great, and watching Silo as it rolls out.

I have yet to start watching the latest seasons of Mrs Maisel, Ted Lasso, or Top Chef (or The Crown!)—all shows that once were favorites and I still like but I don’t feel any sense of urgency.

And I’ve got a list running of shows likely to be nominated for Emmys which I haven’t seen, but I don’t know if/when I’ll get around to them—Dahmer, Love & Death, Fleishman is in Trouble, Shrinking, and a few others.

Daisy Jones quickly became a semi-enjoyable hatewatch for me, finale is pretty “eh”

I liked it at first but she became more and more unlikable as it went on, surrounded by other characters I didn’t much like either.

Will be sad to see Someone Somewhere finish its season. Great show. Though the electric purple suit against the saturated green field during the wedding episode - a bit frightening.

I don't know what to think about Gallows Pole so far. I absolutely adore the novel by Benjamin Myers, and always hoped there'd be an adaptation of some sort.

First choices to direct would have been Robert Eggers, Rose Glass or, in a very perfect and pristine universe, Ben Wheatley + Amy Jump.

There's a lot to love about Shane Meadows' prequel adaptation, and a few decisions I'm just not sure about that take me out of it.

I'm just not sure about the anachronisms that pepper it throughout, for a start. I don't mind the psych-rock soundtrack - that's fine, I guess. The book went a long way to paint a fairly accurate history of pre-industrial Yorkshire. So when the characters start arguing adlib with each other and calling each other "mental", it very quickly becomes This Is England 1789.

As for adlib, I just don't think he captures the best of these performers on this one. It worked fairly well in the present-day domestic settings of his other shows and films, but here it really shows through and breaks the illusion very regularly..

Maybe I'm missing the point. I am enjoying it, it's just hard for me to accept it on its own terms and I'm hoping that one day an adaptation of the book itself that doesn't play out like a soap opera gets made

i never read the novel so maybe that helps idk

Read it, it's great !

I'm only halfway through the series mind you. It has got some really good parts. David Hartley is excellent, the stagwalkers are good fun.

Not sure about Thomas Turgoose yet - I like him as a character but he seems a bit wooden here. Also, for some reason the Grace character seems to operate on one single tone: unnecessarily aggro no matter the situation

Again, I think it's partly to do with the direction and editing. There are scenes of dialogue that go on way longer than after they've landed and it often feels like the actors have run out of things to say

ep 1 dragged, loved eps 2 and 3.
the stagman scenes made me proper chuckle.
i am hoping that this prequel is to figure out if its worth expanding into the actual contents of the book.

but yeah, 'this is england 1789' is very spot on.

Ted Lasso
Silo
ST: Strange New Worlds (new season this week woot)

A lot of old UK procedurals because my other half is maniacal about his Britbox subscription: Endeavour, Luther, Foyles War, George Gently, Happy Valley, Prime Suspect... my god he watches a lot of TV.

Endeavour forever i love it so much

soooooo psyched for Strange New Worlds

Speaking of UK police procedurals, I’m 2 seasons into Unforgotten. Very good.

Yeah Endeavour was great. George Gently I liked too - lots of northern soul music. Only issue was the other copper John, he was a slappable sexist twat.

My sister has gotten very into this old British show about a portly rural chef who gets called into various cases by the local constabulary because his deductive skills have no parallel in the region, can't remember the name though

Pie in the Sky? Starring Richard Griffiths?

Yes that's it! It's so gentle as to be almost ambient