Television (no longer temporary)

[Pruitt IV]

How the fuck did I miss Mr. Mom disparagement? That is unacceptable.

It's all in the past.

I was pilloried - praising Osama Bin Laden wouldn't have opened up a bigger can of worms.

[Nonlinear FC]

There are certain topics where a fictionalized version of what I've already consumed via documentaries and podcasts makes it a no-go for me.

It'd be like putting together a fictionalized movie or series on J6. Nope, no thanks.

[The Sybian]

I've almost never been this guy before, but...

SNL stinks right now. They can't even write a good game show sketch and there's one every show.

Past couple of years I'd watch a few skits on Youtube, but it started to get horrible. I hadn't watched many skits this year, but decided to watch some of Aubrey Plaza, and that episode was watchable, which is a huge step up. I think the cast is way too big and half the skits seem like the goal is virtue signaling without even attempting to be funny. I do think SNL always suffered from being compared to people's memories of how good past casts were, when in reality, we remember the best skits and forgot about the bad ones, and when you are in peak SNL watching age, culture was defined by the skits at the time, everyone talked about it in school on Monday type thing. And it always went through cycles of growing pains with a new cast and writers trying to figure out how to write for them and the performers getting comfortable in an incredibly difficult environment.

[Nonlinear FC]

Yeah, I don't feel like typing up a lengthy defense (again.)

It goes in cycles. It's often aimed at a younger audience. Large chunks of what are considered golden era had many shows that shit the bed, we just don't care to remember.

Wash-rinse-repeat.

[Reaper]

I watched the newest episode of Night Court, the first two episodes of That '90s Show and then the new Beavis & Butthead tonight and loved every minute of it. Maybe this should be in the Nostalgia thread.

[Johnnie]

Not sure if I read it here or elsewhere, but episode 5 of The Last of Us will be available Friday because of the Super Bowl.

Poker Face on Peacock (Natasha Lyonne in a Rian Johnson developed murder serial) is absolutely excellent.

Yep. Watched the first episode last night, before realizing I needed to upgrade to some premium 'cock to watch the rest of them.

I'll always remind the board every so often of this:

[+] spoiler

Unlock developer rights on a Fire Stick, install Downloader, install Kodi, install The Crew add on, and the entire world is at your fingertips. Movies, TV, live sports...etc. Just use a VPN and you should be good.

CinemaHD is also an option too. That's simply an app through the Fire Stick without much hassle.

Are you technically stealing? Sure. But you aren't downloading and distributing. You're just streaming from somewhere else in the world. Moral and legal gray area.

[The Sybian]

I watched the newest episode of Night Court, the first two episodes of That '90s Show and then the new Beavis & Butthead tonight and loved every minute of it. Maybe this should be in the Nostalgia thread.

I watched the first episode of 90's Show, not expecting much because it looks cheesy AF. It was certainly cheesy, beyond predictable and looks like it was shot on a student's budget, but I bought into the nostalgia and believed I was revisiting old characters. I wasn't going to watch it again, but a few nights ago I was too baked to pay attention to anything more intelligent, so I watched episode 2 and I loved watching it high. It's a terrible show, but I enjoyed it. I don't think I'd watch it sober, but next time I'm too high, I will give it another go.

Coincidentally, before I was too high I was watching Reboot on Hulu, a show about making a reboot of a 90's sitcom. Created by Steven Levitan. I think I wrote about the show before, but it has some of the best jokes since Arrested Development. One in particular keeps cracking me up.

[Nonlinear FC]

And unfortunately, not re-upped. So... not booted.

And I'm really surprised. It was REALLY good.

[Johnnie]

Craig Mazin was on Larry Wilmore's podcast. It was a great discussion about writing and adapting The Last of Us from video game to a TV show amongst other things.

One of the other things...the fact that Ted Cruz was his roommate at Princeton.

And that's when it clicked that the name was slightly familiar with me because I remember his tweets went viral in 2016. That was a fun memory to unlock.

[EnochRoot]

Last of Us gives me hope that the Red Dead series could get written/picked up/streamed.

[Nonlinear FC]

Anyone watching Shrinking on Apple+?

Harrison Ford and Jason Segal and it's VERY entertaining. Laugh out loud moments mixed in with some fairly heavy content. But not heavy in a dense, bring you way down way. 2 eps in and we are struggling not to just binge it (30 minute episodes and they go by very fast.)

[govmentchedda]

Anyone watching Shrinking on Apple+?

Harrison Ford and Jason Segal and it's VERY entertaining. Laugh out loud moments mixed in with some fairly heavy content. But not heavy in a dense, bring you way down way. 2 eps in and we are struggling not to just binge it (30 minute episodes and they go by very fast.)

"Eat a dick, Pam!"

Only saw this clip, but it has me ready to dive in.

[A_B]

Last of Us gives me hope that the Red Dead series could get written/picked up/streamed.

I don't think the main story writing was nearly as good in that series as TLOU. But cast Ian McShane as Dutch and I'm in.

[L-Jam3]

Last of Us gives me hope that the Red Dead series could get written/picked up/streamed.

I don't think the main story writing was nearly as good in that series as TLOU. But cast Ian McShane as Dutch and I'm in.

Hell, I'd watch Ian McShane read Yelp reviews for septic tank techs.

[brian]

And unfortunately, not re-upped. So... not booted.

And I'm really surprised. It was REALLY good.

That's a bummer. I really enjoyed that show.

[Nonlinear FC]

And unfortunately, not re-upped. So... not booted.

And I'm really surprised. It was REALLY good.

That's a bummer. I really enjoyed that show.

I thought someone else might pick it up. But, apparently it's dead-dead.

https://www.avclub.com/steven-levitan-d ... 1850096840

[The Sybian]

And unfortunately, not re-upped. So... not booted.

And I'm really surprised. It was REALLY good.

That's a bummer. I really enjoyed that show.

I thought someone else might pick it up. But, apparently it's dead-dead.

https://www.avclub.com/steven-levitan-d ... 1850096840

That’s a shame, I was hoping another platform would pick it up.

[wlu_lax6]

I was never a Top Gear person but got hooked on The Grand Tour. So this weekend Clarkson's Farm Season 2 came out. Binged it while doing work and exercising. Decent TV. They do the cinematography very well. It has enough plot to keep the story going and the characters shine. It also is fun to see how Clarkson has used this to make himself the "good guy", when he clearly is an antagonist in this small quaint town (person with the camera gets to tell the story). That being said it really does point at the challenges of British farming.

[Steve of phpBB]

Isn't Clarkson pretty repulsive? Or am I thinking of one of the other Top Gear guys?

[govmentchedda]

Isn't Clarkson pretty repulsive? Or am I thinking of one of the other Top Gear guys?

Pretty sure it's Jeremy.

[Rush2112]

[govmentchedda]

The wife says Shrinking is her new Ted Lasso. Absolutely loves the few episodes she's watched.

[Nonlinear FC]

I can't really push Shrinking too much more than I already have. I think I mentioned this, but...

The mark of a show I absolutely love is when we have to physically restrain each other NOT to watch more than one episode in a night. And/or, if it's an HBO or Apple+ show that only churns out one episode a week and it bugs the shit out of us. But in a good way.

And I think it was chedda who kind of mentioned this in the Last of Us thread... I don't know if HBO gets enough credit for consistently pushing out shows that become appointment TV. How many other shows harken back to the TV era of "Oh, it's Sunday night, that means a new episode of XX is coming around."

It's pretty remarkable when you step back and look at the current landscape. Netflix had that with House of Cards and Stranger Things. But HBO, going back to The Sopranos... I'm not going to list them all, you guys know... It's incredible.

[A_B]

Shrinking is from the same team as Ted Lasso. At least at the top.

[Ryan]

Holy shit

[L-Jam3]

Is that live watching? Day +3? It really makes sense. Anything else that a person might watch they likely watch it either DVR'ed or on demand. Sports is the only thing that people feel the need to watch live. I think the last non-sporting event I watched as it happened was probably New Year's Eve (which I tapped out around 10:30). Before that? Maybe portions of the January 6th hearing. Or a couple episodes of Jeopardy here and there when I was caught up.

[tennbengal]

I am pretty certain the only over the air TV I watch live is sports. Everything else I timeshift.

If the TV is just "on" in the house while I am doing random shit or on the computer it is usually on something like HGTV or the like.

[mister d]

Add in some movie I've seen 100 times playing on HBO and that's me too.

[A_B]

Add in some movie I've seen 100 times playing on HBO and that's me too.

The Dark Knight isn't going to watch itself.

[tennbengal]

Add in some movie I've seen 100 times playing on HBO and that's me too.

Oh yeah. TNT or TBS or FXX or the like with a random Mission Impossible or the like too.

And the HBO thing started with me in the 80s - Little Mo and Stoker Ace were also not gonna watch themselves...

[A_B]

Add in some movie I've seen 100 times playing on HBO and that's me too.

Oh yeah. TNT or TBS or FXX or the like with a random Mission Impossible or the like too.

And the HBO thing started with me in the 80s - Little Mo and Stoker Ace were also not gonna watch themselves...

I didn't have HBO with any regularity until my 20s, but when I'd be at a sleepover and they had it...shoot it was on like popcorn.

[mister d]

The Dark Knight isn't going to watch itself.

More like Good Will Hunting. I've never seen a superhero movie.

[A_B]

The Dark Knight isn't going to watch itself.

More like Good Will Hunting. I've never seen a superhero movie.

Well, that was my version, but I did not make that clear.

[EnochRoot]

Yeah, I don’t do super hero movies either. Also don’t do zombies and vampires. I guess werewolves too. Yet I love good science fiction.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[wlu_lax6]

Yeah, I don’t do super hero movies either. Also don’t do zombies and vampires. I guess werewolves too. Yet I love good science fiction.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Shaun of the Dead?

[EnochRoot]

Yeah, I don’t do super hero movies either. Also don’t do zombies and vampires. I guess werewolves too. Yet I love good science fiction.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Shaun of the Dead?

Nope. Heard it was supposed to be good though.

[Giff]

I am pretty certain the only over the air TV I watch live is sports. Everything else I timeshift.

If the TV is just "on" in the house while I am doing random shit or on the computer it is usually on something like HGTV or the like.

I've seen every Friends episode 9831 (est) times.

[rass]

I am pretty certain the only over the air TV I watch live is sports. Everything else I timeshift.

If the TV is just "on" in the house while I am doing random shit or on the computer it is usually on something like HGTV or the like.

I've seen every Friends episode 9831 (est) times.

So do their voices sound weird on Nick at nite or whatever they call it these days or did they always sound like that? Like sped up or something.

[Giff]

I am pretty certain the only over the air TV I watch live is sports. Everything else I timeshift.

If the TV is just "on" in the house while I am doing random shit or on the computer it is usually on something like HGTV or the like.

I've seen every Friends episode 9831 (est) times.

So do their voices sound weird on Nick at nite or whatever they call it these days or did they always sound like that? Like sped up or something.

You know, now that I think about it, I've always thought there was something different between the ones on Nice at Nite and the ones on TBS that play all day. Maybe that's it. I'll report back on Thursday when I'm working from home.

[phxgators]

I seem to remember a channel speeding up syndicated shows just enough to be able to squeeze in another commercial or two.