How awesome was Melissa McCarthy on SNL last night?
I love the Spock shirt. Live long and prosper!
Have you seen the show "Californication"? It's loosely based off several authors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQMONOglDQ
P.S How did you get the video to pop up on the forum?
Also, there's this show called Shameless that just ran its first season that is amazing.
Yeah, I just heard Arrested Development is coming back. Can't wait. SNL was hilarious last night. Made up for last weeks episode. Did anybody here watch Terra Nova last Monday? If so, what did you think?
First time I saw Arrested Development, my sister and I counted down the days until the next one (and sang "keep those balls in the air!"). The next week, they showed two episodes of Prison Break.
Any one seen Modern Family? I tell people I like Arrested Development and they suggest it.
You guys should check out this show called "Wilfred".
There's both a US and Australian? version.
It has everything.
I heard that Arrested Development wasn't coming back until 2013... :(
I was very surprised to like the show Walking Dead. I was very skeptical because usually zombies are just zombies, it's hard to find something original. But this show has some strong characters and good actors, plus the zombie parts are not overwhelming the show, to make it cartoonish. I recommend it!
I also adore this new-ish show Game of Thrones (HBO). It manages to create a medieval atmosphere even if it's fantasy - nothing overdone even if there is some magic, some more outlandish characters etc. Best dwarf character I've ever seen on a screen! (ok, maybe tied with the Twin Peaks dwarf, who was also great in Carnivale - by the way both these shows in my parenthesis are absolutely fantastic and it was a crime that both only lived two seasons!!!!! - please mentally add more exclamation marks).
Walking Dead, as Robert Kirkman explains in interviews and writing, is primarily about people just trying to get along, with zombies being the ancillary engine that drives the plot along. Also, the cast is (hopefully like the comics) fairly expendable and fluid, with people coming in and leaving and helping to illustrate the alaborate tapestry of the post-apocalyptic world and its peoples. Twelve days until the new season begins and all the teasers so far look very exciting (plus it's got a run of more than six episides this time 'round).
Love Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. I think both are exceptionally written, acted and executed. Absolutely engrossing. Also love Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, and Supernatural is my guilty pleasure. About to start watching Breaking Bad from season one, too.
There's the magic word: Breaking Bad -my ultimate favorite. I love that and yeah like Liana mentioned, I went into Walking Dead and Game of Thrones not expecting much, but now Game of Thrones is one of my favorites, too. And Walking Dead -while I'm not a fanatic about it, I will be tuning in faithfully for season 2. Like Sons too, Vinny -wasn't crazy about Season 3 but I like Sons. I'm watching that tonight.
I agree with most people on here, best shows on TV: Walking Dead, Dexter, Fringe, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy. I liked Wilfred too, very strange. I'm going to check out American Horror Story because it looks very strange.
I'll believe the Arrested Development comeback when I see it.
Can't get into Walking Dead.
Mine: Sons of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, Game of Thrones, Archer, It's Always Sunny in Phiadelphia. And I mean Mad Men but I feel like I don't even have to mention that anymore. I like Breaking Bad a lot but I'm still in the first season so I'm not nearly as caught up as most of you.
I briefly got into Californication but just could not continue after like... episode 12 or so?
I have to second Shameless. It's getting an excellent US treatment. As for the Arrested Development comeback: let it stay dead. I'd rather have a spiritual successor.
Archer is freaking epic.
@Nathan - SOA Season 3 was markedly different from 1 and 2. I liked parts of it, and I guess the backstory was sort of necessary to some extent, but it really just felt like a huge tangent between the main story from Season 2 to (the excellent, so far) Season 4. Of course, Season 3 was needed to finish the Season 2 cliffhanger.
I'd rather have a spiritual successor.
^ This is the most reasonable outlook I've seen on this mess in a long time.
Vinny/Nathan: Season 2 was the absolute BEST. It's never going to live up to it. I do like how every season has a really distinct identity, though.
Agree. Season 2 was the best, and Season 4's off to a stellar start as well. I Loved the first and last episodes of Season 3 -thought those were perfect. But everything between was just a drag for me. That endless search for the baby and taking forever to get to Belfast. It dragged. I thought they were going to do more with Jimmy O too, but he just never had the presence or posed the threat that Ethan Zoebel did. They made him out to be a badass and he really never was. Fiona too.
who the hell is a Dexter fan around here?? season 6 is starting out great
Don't watch a ton of TV but lately I've been obsessing over Doctor Who. It's been around forever but I only discovered it recently and now I'm hooked.
@william
The start of season six was great. No sign of melodrama. Just brutal and funny and back to his old ways.
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I've just finished watching season four of Mad Men. Can't wait for season five next summer.
@Dr. Gonzo
yeah im only up to season 3 of Mad Men, but i am oddly addicted to it..thank Netflix!!
Yeah Dex 6 so far is reminding me of season 1..lets hope it stays like that.
@pathetique - Great call about each season of SOA having it's own identity. I think the reason Season 3 wasn't as successful is because it was harder to pinpoint what exactly that identity was.
@Nathan - I watched my first two episodes of Breaking Bad last night. I'm hooked.
All of this Breaking Bad talk makes me want to watch Malcom in the Middle. haha.
I rented season 4 of Mad Men and I have to take them back to Blockbuster tommorow. I shouldn't have rented all the disks at once...I'll have to get busy watching them.
Anyone actually watched Carnivale? You guys have to rent it. Fascinating take on good and evil. Depression era backdrop, with traveling circus characters. You will all cry to hear it only has 2 seasons.
Isn't Stephen King doing the writing for the new The Walking Dead?
My compilation:
The Big Bang Theory
The Walking Dead
Californication
Shameless
The X-Files
Rescue Me
Dexter
Mad Men
House
Arrested Development
It's always Sunny in Philedelphia
Wilfred
Archer (Wish they would of made more Frisky Dingo instead though)
The Boondocks
Moral Orel
I don't watch tv though, netflix, internet streaming, and pirate bay all the way.
Nothing is touching Breaking Bad right now. I used to think Mad Men was better, but now I'm not so sure. Although the long offseason may have something to do with that.
Everything AMC shows is pure gold.
I miss Rubicon.
I love Breaking Bad but I constantly cringe when the plausibility levels reach critical mass. But I suspend my disbelief and enjoy the show.
The only two T.V. shows I really really care about right now are Louie and Breaking Bad. Those shows top everything in my eyes. They break barriers.
Vinny: Yeah, I can totally see that! A lot of it was tying up loose ends from the second season to move onto the fourth -- maybe the writers thought that the location change would be enough to solidify that identity. But it was very, very transitionary, with Jax and Tara in flux, Clay wavering between principles and profit (look where that landed!), figuring out the club's relationship with the Irish, etc. It didn't tie up as nicely as a standalone package. And it makes sense, as the crux of it was Jax figuring out which way his moral compass was pointing. Either way, I'm pretty stoked on the intensity and moral ambiguity of the fourth season so far.
Greg: LOUIE! Yes! With so much other stuff I'm not too current on it, but I do love it.
I've enjoyed Breaking Bad for awhile but recently I have found myself wanting to like it instead of simply liking it. To me Walt is starting to become the worst character on the show. I cringed in the last show when Jesse had the gun to Walt's head and he went from fearing for his life to ultra-badass in an instant. I don't want to sound too negative because it is very well written, but I wish they could kill Walt and still keep going.
I will agree that AMC does have the best shows on tv. I am currently rewatching Season 1 of The Walking Dead to get ready for Season 2. I haven't seen Mad Men but I would really like to get into it in the near future.
@Brandon: Arrested Development was the best. I've heard Michael Cera has no interest in coming back, though. =( He just doesn't want to do TV, anymore. Like pathetique say, I think I'll have to see it to believe it. Here's hoping though!
Modern Family is probably the funniest show on TV (and so smartly written), but I'm giving a very close second to Community. Granted, Mod Fam is probably 3/4 around the track from everything else, but Abed is probably one of the best characters on television today (in a comedy that is). Right after, and Fox surprised the hell out of me with it, Raising Hope would be a close third. Funny, warm, and I thought Cloris Leachman would ruin it, I'm not a fan of her humor, but she doesn't! She actually brings something interesting to the show (not to spoil it).
Dexter (without Stiles), Shameless, the new series with Joey from Friends in it-- Episodes (the girl who leads, I'll have to IMDB this--Tamsin Greig-- is amazing. The premise is nothing new and the opening (for lack of a better word) may drive you mad (especially for a 30 minute show), but it's worth a look-see.) And speaking of Friends, if anyone's seen the old series Coupling. So worth it if you enjoy British humor. And Californication is good for what it's good for. Hank Moody is pretty closeto my favorite second on TV these days.
I'll let my geeky show and say there's always Mythbusters. I'll reject your reality, substitute my blah blah blah. Jamie & Adam are pretty fab. =)
@Brandon Oh, really? Were you having beers at a Friday's? I always picture David Cross as the kind of guy who has a beer at a Friday's. Maybe a Chili's too? Possibly a Bennigans. Something... stout.
@Brandon
So I'm assuming it wasn't a Friday's (or you're cruelly leaving me hanging). =X
Oh well, maybe next time.
Alvin and the Chipmunks paid for his summer home, he said.
Nice lil' place right off the Androscoggin River.
@mr.diggis -I will agree with that as far as Walt's concerned. He' become the most unlikeable character on the show. He whined and cried like a bitch the whole season, didn't do shit, and now he's just crazy. It is fascinating to me, however, how they took the main character and made him the one you like the least. That in itself is interesting and I know that was the plan, but I thought it was going to be because he started doing horrible things or became the ultimate bad guy or whatever vs. some crybaby who does nothing but put everyone's life in jeaporday whenever he takes a shit. Thank God for Jesse, Hank and Marie, and Gus and Mike. They've kept the show interesting this year and going into the finale this week, I can say that I liked Season 3 better, but it's still the best show on TV to me as far as writing and acting goes. Season 4 really picked up to an explosive pace unseen on previous seasons and I certainly haven't been bored like I was in the early/middle of the season. Mad Men was the same -I liked Season 3 the best. Season 4 was okay, but really, if you look at the end of Mad Men Season 4, none of the characters are at new places or anywhere different from the beginning -other than one development I won't give away. But more happened in Season 3. Things really went down that year.
@Nathan - What about the Mad Men episode "The Suitcase"? It's probably the best Mad Men episode ever in terms of Don and Peggy's relationship.
As for my list, there's Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Arrested Development and Parks and Recreation. I also watch True Blood, which isn't fantastic but it makes television for inviting people over and getting wasted on Sunday nights.
Also, some British shows that haven't been mentioned yet:
Downton Abbey - Drama set in Edwardian England. It sounds lame, but it's really great.
Pulling - British comedy surrounding three women in their early thirties. Hilarious, but it only lasted two seasons before BBC cancelled it, despite it being critically acclaimed.
Worked my way through Season 3 of Breaking Bad and I'm excited to catch up on the fourth. Still haven't watched the first few episodes of Season 6 of Dexter yet. I've enjoyed that show more than I thought I would. John Lithgow was terrific, and I had an ex-girlfriend who dated Jonny Lee Miller so I took a perverse pleasure in watching him get the business end of the blade.
Walking Dead's second season started tonight, and - oh my God- what an ending. That show is excellent as well.
I saw someone mention Louie above, and I think Louie might be the most interesting show on television. It's not a laugh-out-loud comedy most of the time but it is transcendent and brilliant and incredibly thought-provoking. It's an incredible character study disguised as a comedy. Truly excellent stuff.
Currently watching all seasons of Law & Order SVU chronologically. Grittiest show on tv currently.
I need a new show to devour. Any suggestions?
If the show is mentioned already in this thread it means I've probably seen it.
Uh...Top Chef Texas?
I'm really into Downton Abbey. It takes place in Edwardian/WWI England and it's about the noble and their staff/servants. I love British period dramas and this one has me hooked! The first season is streaming on Netflix. They just aired the first episode of Season 2 on PBS this past Sunday. You can catch up on the PBS Masterpiece website.