Official TV Thread v. It Finally Happened

[toro]

I LOVE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT SO FUCKING MUCH.

Youuuuuu aaaaare a crook Captain Hook
Judge, won't you throw the book at the piraaaaate!

[MetalJunkie]

Holy lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SiuA29ZUto&feature=related

[jingle.boy]

It never did well in the ratings department.  They were lucky to get as far as they did.

Yeah and that's too bad people haven't caught on.

Weighing in as a fan.  I think it was on the verge of getting toasted last year, wasn't it? Hopefully it keeps going, but if not, then I at least hope the writers don't finish it with cliffhanger.  Don't know who was a fan of Jericho a few years back, but that was a big WTF! when it got cancelled with a massive cliffhanger.  Fortunately fan outrage was enough to get them to write a few more episode's to tie things up.

[Zantera]

The scene in Arrested Development where GOB does his magic show and gets rid of the yacht is quite possibly the best thing ever made. Final Countdown doesn't make it any worse either. 

[GuineaPig]

Here's a new, awesome, trailer for season 2 of Game of Thrones.

[Kosmo]

Here's a new, awesome, trailer for season 2 of Game of Thrones.

x100

[GuineaPig]

Come April, the shows Community, Parks and Recreation, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Justified,  and several worthy others will be airing at the same time.

We live in a golden age, people.

[Adami]

You know what television is sorely lacking? A very good space set sci-fi show. Every sci-fi show now adays takes place on earth it seems, which is cool but I miss space set shows.


Stargate SGU was superb quality, but of course got canceled after 2 years because it decided to focus more on characters, atmosphere and a long arching plot rather than lots of action and humor.

[GuineaPig]

You know what television is sorely lacking? A very good space set sci-fi show. Every sci-fi show now adays takes place on earth it seems, which is cool but I miss space set shows.


Stargate SGU was superb quality, but of course got canceled after 2 years because it decided to focus more on characters, atmosphere and a long arching plot rather than lots of action and humor.

I imagine we'll see another one once people stop trying to profit off the corpse of Battlestar Galactica, and someone comes up with an original idea.

It's definitely been proved that there's an audience for a good show like that.

[Adami]

I will admit that BSG pretty much kicked the genre in the nuts and said "YOU CAN'T DO THIS BETTER THAN ME", which is true. Despite your feelings about the 4th season, which we don't need to hear again.

But yea, I'd love another Star Trek, or Stargate or some other TV show set in space. My favorites are when they're not self contained episodes, but one huge story. Much like BSG, most of the last 3 seasons of DS9, and Stargate Universe.

[Sigz]

Are there even any good scifi shows on right now, regardless of setting?

[GuineaPig]

I will admit that BSG pretty much kicked the genre in the nuts and said "YOU CAN'T DO THIS BETTER THAN ME", which is true. Despite your feelings about the 4th season, which we don't need to hear again.

But yea, I'd love another Star Trek, or Stargate or some other TV show set in space. My favorites are when they're not self contained episodes, but one huge story. Much like BSG, most of the last 3 seasons of DS9, and Stargate Universe.

My bet is that a great new sci-fi show comes to HBO in the next decade.

HBO wants to collect all of the "greatest show in genre x" awards (they've already got mob, Western, cop, historical fiction, and are currently gunning for fantasy), so I wouldn't be surprised if a sci-fi show with the HBO brand gets done.

Are there even any good scifi shows on right now, regardless of setting?

Fringe is pretty good.  Takes a while to really get going, though.

[Sigz]

Yeah I should really catch up on Fringe, I totally lost track of it halfway through season 2.

[Nekov]

You do need to catch up. Season 3 is really good and has some of the best episodes of the show. And season 4 so far has been amazing too.

[GuineaPig]

Vulture's running a bracket style tournament of the best TV dramas of the past 25 years. 

The brackets are as follows:

West

1. The Sopranos
8. Six Feet Under

4. The Shield
5. NYPD Blue


2. Breaking Bad
7. Friday Night Lights

3. Twin Peaks
6. Battlestar Galactica

East

1. The Wire
8. My So-Called Life

4. The X-Files
5. The West Wing


2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. Deadwood

3. Mad Men
6. Lost


Results of the first match-up are here.  Interesting (and I would say, much better than voting) approach: have a single individual decide the results.  Potential for some upsets, I suppose. 

EDIT: I think they did a good job of seeding.  The really strange placement, imo, is Buffy.  Would've figured the top 4 would be all Great Dramas, with the leftover being a #3.  Instead, Deadwood's a #7.

[Scrub206]

Really... no one here watches "Once Upon a Time?" I could understand no one watching Todd Margret, but this show i feel is very well written aswell as has a huge audience.

[Adami]

Really... no one here watches "Once Upon a Time?" I could understand no one watching Todd Margret, but this show i feel is very well written aswell as has a huge audience.

I do. Sadly the show only has one thing going for it, and that's Robert Carlyle. The rest isn't...............the worst TV ever, but it's usually pointless unless he's in it. I was getting ready to stop watching the show until the did they Beauty and The Beast episode and holy crap was Robert Carlyle amazing in that. So I keep watching, hoping for more of him. The rest of the show is getting WAY too cliche and predictable. They have essentially 1 or 2 mysteries which don't seem very important anyway.

[axeman90210]

Really... no one here watches "Once Upon a Time?" I could understand no one watching Todd Margret, but this show i feel is very well written aswell as has a huge audience.

Todd Margaret

[chknptpie]

I have a ton of Todd Margret recorded... just haven't gotten around to watching!

[Dimitrius]

Really... no one here watches "Once Upon a Time?" I could understand no one watching Todd Margret, but this show i feel is very well written aswell as has a huge audience.

I saw the premiere, but it didn't grab me enough to continue watching it. Even though it has Jennifer Morrison.

[BlobVanDam]

You know what television is sorely lacking? A very good space set sci-fi show. Every sci-fi show now adays takes place on earth it seems, which is cool but I miss space set shows.


Stargate SGU was superb quality, but of course got canceled after 2 years because it decided to focus more on characters, atmosphere and a long arching plot rather than lots of action and humor.

The reason is because networks won't put the money into real scifi anymore, because they're more niche shows, and they're riskier, and the space ones cost a lot because of the huge sets, and the new settings every week.

Unfortunately SGU got off to an awful start, and it was only right near the end that it got amazing. If it had started at that level of quality, it would have done a lot better.

And it looks like CBS are extremely reluctant to start a new Trek series, because the offers have been pouring in constantly from everyone. I'm guessing they're waiting for the movie series to run its course first, although personally I'd want to capitalize on that. It's good to know they're not out to just make a quick buck on it though.

If SyFy ever decide to get moving, the new BSG thing should air at some point in our life times, but I don't think anyone knows what's going to happen with that yet (I don't like BSG anyway, so I don't care).

The only scifi shows on TV worth watching right now for me are Warehouse 13 and Sanctuary.

[Progmetty]

This guy is playing young Commander Adama. I got douche alert similar to the one I got about the new Spiderman actor, I can now see that I always get that douche vibe from people with that specific hair style.

[BlobVanDam]

Isn't that basically a Beiber bowl? That definitely raises a red flag on my douche radar. Parents - if your kid is over the age of 10 and has this haircut, you have failed as a parent.

[Adami]

This guy is playing young Commander Adama. I got douche alert similar to the one I got about the new Spiderman actor, I can now see that I always get that douche vibe from people with that specific hair style.

He's actually a good actor, I saw him in the british show Skins and he was quite good. Of course I doubt this show will ever get off the ground.




Also blob, SGU had been amazing quality from start to finish, it just got better with time.

[BlobVanDam]

Also blob, SGU had been amazing quality from start to finish, it just got better with time.

I thought it started off kinda average, although there were awesome moments (Time is one of my favourite episodes ever), and S2 got better and better. I wouldn't say it started out amazing by any stretch, but it certainly was by the time they finished.

[Adami]

Also blob, SGU had been amazing quality from start to finish, it just got better with time.

I thought it started off kinda average, although there were awesome moments (Time is one of my favourite episodes ever), and S2 got better and better. I wouldn't say it started out amazing by any stretch, but it certainly was by the time they finished.

Then we'll just agree to disagree you bleedin kangaroo.

[BlobVanDam]

Also blob, SGU had been amazing quality from start to finish, it just got better with time.

I thought it started off kinda average, although there were awesome moments (Time is one of my favourite episodes ever), and S2 got better and better. I wouldn't say it started out amazing by any stretch, but it certainly was by the time they finished.

Then we'll just agree to disagree you bleedin kangaroo.

Very well then, you....... you......... aw I got nothin'. We'll just have to agree for more awesome scifi on TV.

[GuineaPig]

Justified was renewed.  Terra Nova was cancelled.

[Sigz]

Remedial Chaos Theory is up against Marge vs. The Monorail for best sitcom episode of all time.

[GuineaPig]

I think online polls are stupid.  They get corrupted by whichever side posts that link on as many fan forums as possible.

But that's not a bad match-up.  Although "Marge vs. the Monorail" should be the clear winner.

[AcidLameLTE]

Pretty much.

That being said, I voted for Marge Vs. the Monorail.

[orcus116]

If they were putting up a Community episode how did "Modern Warfare" not get picked? I've never seen a more brilliantly executed sitcom episode in my life.

EDIT: Oh, it's in another bracket.

[TioJorge]

If they were putting up a Community episode how did "Modern Warfare" not get picked? I've never seen a more brilliantly executed sitcom episode in my life.

Yes, that is one of my favorite episodes of all the dimensions.

[GuineaPig]

Here's a suggestion for fans of sketch comedy: Key and Peele is the best sketch show in a while.  Very enjoyable.

[orcus116]

Guy on another forum I'm on directs that show.