Television General Discussion

Either you’re trolling extra hard, or you really haven’t looked at all the quality TV shows available.

Don’t worry though, I’m not mad so much as I pity your limited viewpoint on television as a medium.

…redneck shows…wtf are you watching?

Tunes into Duck Dynasty on the regular i am sure.

The quality of TV shows have jumped exponentially

I still have my gripes about TV though

i feel ur pain. television is stepping their game up, but you won’t find a snooty, high-art television show like The Cremaster Cycle. most people wouldn’t be able to sit through something like that without getting frustrated. :rofl:

i dunno. there aren’t a lot of shows i’m into right now. maybe because of the winter break or whatever but i’m definitely not watching as much tv as i used (and i’ve watched a lot of tv) to and i think the lack of new quality shows is directly related to that.

Mob City is pretty good, nothing special but it’s definitely preferable to standard Christmas television

Idris Elba has his own show on BBC called King of Speed

I will finally check out Orange is the New Black. I watched half of the pilot last night…it was entertaining…I attempted to watch it several times before…I think I was turned off cause it wasn’t Weeds…but after s3 Weeds wasn’t Weeds…so I digress…but Anywho…cool show it seems to be definitely after all the positive reviews…

that’s a good sign if you liked the first episode. i didn’t care for the first few but it gets very good eventually

Television is indeed dead to me during the Christmas holiday season. The combo of mid-season breaks and constant holiday specials… tv becomes a barren wasteland during this time…

…and with those specials, I guess that’s a testament to how strong the nostalgia factor is. Maybe it’s just me on this issue… it’s rare that I want to see a show or special more than 1 time. Who on earth, or at least in the good ol’ USA has NOT seen It’s a Wonderful Life at this point? It puzzles me that people apparently enjoy watching this ancient, fossilized bullshit thousands of times.

somehow I missed the trailer for season 2 of Banshee back in November

New season starts Jan 10th

^ worrdd :cool:

not watching any trailers for season 2 of banshee. just hope it can live up to season 1.

Sherlock Season 3 starts in 2 minutes :rock:

January 2014 - TV premiere stuffs of possible interest:


http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/2014/01/premieres/

remember to check the local TV listings in your area for show times

Thursday, January 2

NBC
Community

ABC
The Taste
The Assets

Nat Geo
Do or Die

  • how to survive dangerous scenarios

Reelz
Steven Seagal: Lawman

Saturday, January 4

DISCOVERY
Mythbusters

  • Star Wars themed episode

Adult Swim/Toonami (CN)
Space Dandy

Sunday, January 5

PBS
Downton Abbey

Tuesday, January 7

FX
Justified

CBS
Intelligence

ABC
Killer Women

Wednesday, January 8

USA
Psych

NBC
Chicago PD

Friday, January 10

Syfy
Helix

Cinemax
Banshee

Sunday, January 12

Showtime
Shameless
House of Lies

HBO
True Detective

PBS
Sherlock: Unlocking Sherlock

  • special presentation; behind-the-scenes stuff

Monday, January 13

NBC
American Ninja Warrior

  • special presentation

Syfy
Lost Girl
Being Human
Bitten

FX
Archer
Chozen

Nat Geo
Brain Games

Tuesday, January 14

Syfy
Face Off

Friday, January 17

HBO
Real Time w/ Bill Maher

Sunday, January 19

PBS
Sherlock

FOX
The Following

Tuesday, January 21

Syfy
Opposite Worlds

  • reality competition show w/ time period themes

Thursday, January 23

FOX
Rake

TBS
King of the Nerds

Saturday, January 25

Starz
Black Sails

Wednesday, January 29

BBC America
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond

winter/mid-season premieres of returning shows

Jan. 2
Parenthood - NBC
Elementary - CBS

Jan. 3
Grimm - NBC
Dracula - NBC

Jan. 5
Revenge - ABC
The Good Wife- CBS
The Mentalist- CBS

Jan. 6
Almost Human - FOX
Sleepy Hollow - FOX
Castle - ABC
Hostages - CBS

Jan. 7
Person of Interest - CBS
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC
The Goldbergs - ABC
Brooklyn Nine-Nine - FOX
New Girl - FOX

Jan. 8
Revolution - NBC
AHS: Coven - FX

Jan. 9
Parks and Recreation - NBC
White Collar - USA

Jan. 10
Bones - FOX
Hawaii Five-0 - CBS

Jan. 14
The Originals - CW
Supernatural - CW

Jan. 15
Arrow - CW
The Tomorrow People - CW
Nashville - ABC

Jan. 23
The Vampire Diaries - CW
Reign - CW

Intelligence looks to be quite interesting… I will be checking that out for sure. SyFy continues to step up its game with the supernatural shows… the latest commercial for the new season of Being Human has successfully rekindled my interest in that show…now I will have to get caught up on things… it also helps that the ghost girl on there is still ridiculously hot.

in for banshee and justified :coffee:

Steven Seagal has his own show now?

I was hoping to see Rectify on that list :frowning:

Got through the first 10 episodes of the Blacklist. It’s just OK. Not must watch by any means. Other than James spader there isn’t much reason to watch it.

So Teen Wolf now has ghosts and ninjas?