Favorite TV Show(s)

[nevets88]

Caught up with Silicon Valley. This show is so funny. And Ned from Groundhog Day is in it now. Jesus Christ, CEO of the world. Lol. 

[Yukari]

On April 25, 2016 at 7:25 AM, nevets88 said:

That last scene in GoT. WTF?

Finally saw the episode. I know she's a witch but did they have to show that? Geez! I'm gonna have nightmares. 

[nevets88]

These last two episodes of Game of Thrones, imho, have been very satisfying. That one scene in the first episode, where pledges were made, I was getting dusty - rewatched that several times. And in the last episode, that flashback was immensely satisfying.

[Gator Hazard]

On February 24, 2016 at 9:35 AM, nevets88 said:

Night Manager has a very cool opening credits sequence. The UK show isn't here yet, but it's John la Carre, slow burn spy miniseries. Should be really good.

 

 

Is this going to hit the U.S.?  Would be interested. 

Wife and I started watching Lucifer.  Has some cliche cop show stuff but still entertaining the guy playing satan seems to revel in playing the role and is funny as hell.

Also started The Path (Hulu original) with Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman Breaking Bad).  Two episodes in and can see this series has potential. 

[Warren Zevon]

27 minutes ago, Gator Hazard said:

Is this going to hit the U.S.?  Would be interested. 

 

I'm not sure about the States, but in Canada it's airing on AMC. 

Recently got around to starting Marco Polo on Netflix.  It's seems decent to good so far. 

Im liking GOT, too.  Even though the Mountain looks silly, I giggled at him killing that loudmouth in the alley.  

[nevets88]

27 minutes ago, Gator Hazard said:

Is this going to hit the U.S.?  Would be interested. 

Wife and I started watching Lucifer.  Has some cliche cop show stuff but still entertaining the guy playing satan seems to revel in playing the role and is funny as hell.

Also started The Path (Hulu original) with Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman Breaking Bad).  Two episodes in and can see this series has potential. 

The Night Manager is already 2 episodes in. I love it. If you like John le Carre, you'll like it.

Hulu's 11.22.63 was ok. It wasn't as interesting as its premise.

Underground, the slave escape drama, is good. It was a little more nuanced in the beginning before the chase started, but covers new ground that Roots and other slavery dramas didn't.

Silicon Valley and Veep are fun as always.

[nevets88]

Holy cow. Game of Thrones is killing it this season. Read the books, but far from an expert, forgot a lot of what happened, but it's so satisfying to see these loose ends beginning to get tied up. I jumped up and fist pumped at the beginning scene and then got dusty. And the end. Did not expect that. Thought the last couple of seasons were weak, but this season is like when you can't stop reading the end of a book that's totally got you mesmerized. Characters be attaining some f**king agency.

 

[nevets88]

Game of Thrones just stabbed me in the heart and twisted and twisted the knife over and over again. That was just utterly devastating. Props to GRRM. 

Nnnnnoooooooooooo!

[Warren Zevon]

Yeah, that final scene was very powerful.  I really love how you have no idea what's going to happen each episode.  

 

One thing that's been lingering in my mind is that GOT may end up ending like The Dark Tower series.  I really hope it doesn't.  

[newtogolf]

This year on broadcast television the best shows I've watched were Quantico, Blindspot and The Black List.  

[nevets88]

Have no idea what's going on in Preacher, but I'm piqued. Hope all these unrelated threads come together somehow.

[nevets88]

HBO's Westworld looks promising based on the latest trailer.

 

[jsgolfer]

18 hours ago, nevets88 said:

HBO's Westworld looks promising based on the latest trailer.

 

Agreed

[saevel25]

I haven't kept up on any TV series at all in the past decade. 

I might be more inclined to just binge watch TV shows after they are finished. 

[Jeremie Boop]

I watch several different shows, but not until a day or so later so I skip through the commercials.

[mcanadiens]

Wow this is an old thread. You can probably go back a compare peoples answers over the course of years.

Mine is still the same, Hockey Night In Canada.

 

[nevets88]

5 hours ago, saevel25 said:

I haven't kept up on any TV series at all in the past decade. 

I might be more inclined to just binge watch TV shows after they are finished. 

About a decade to a decade and a half ago is when the tv landscape started to shift to what it has become today. It's pretty amazing living through the changes. From a time when the post analysis revolved around the workplace water cooler, which transitioned to online discussion boards and now to social media and podcasting and video post game analysis. You can find post analysis on Game of Thrones on YouTube a couple of hours after the broadcast. LOST was the big game changer that made the internet the world's water cooler.

Also the accessibility of foreign shows as well - UK, Northern Europe, France, Belgium, Australia, Israel, (Homeland was based on Prisoners of War), etc...

There are just way too many shows now, even if all you did was watch tv during your waking hours. I have a hard enough time keeping up with Game of Thrones alone. Did you know they remade Roots? There are two tv shows centered on OJ Simpson.

What I see now is there's just no end in sight of good to very good shows, but there just aren't that many great shows. The only shows I can say that have really knocked me off my feet recently are The Leftovers. Game of Thrones and Utopia (UK). 

Fundamentally, we all like to be told a good story, which for me, was reading fiction. I still read fiction, but serial tv has replaced a good bit of it as much as I rue not reading as much. But I think television has become a much more challenging medium than in its old boob tube days.

Where tv takes us in the future, in terms of the "best" tv out there, how it evolves, will be interesting to witness.

[nevets88]

One of my all time favorite tv characters. Gilfoyle on Silicon Valley.