Showing posts with label FOX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FOX. Show all posts
Friday, September 21, 2012
Fall Television
It has been awhile since I've posted anything here, but it's finally that time of year again. The time for our beloved shows to return with brand new episodes and new shows attempt to gain our attention and garner an audience. Yesterday, "Parks & Recreation" returned, just one of many shows that I watch. A few shows, though none of my real favorites, have already begun.
"Revolution," a new show on NBC has proven to be better than I expected. Getting into a show is tough, though some pilots hook you right away. This show is for anyone who is a fan of "Heroes" because it feels like a cross between that and "Lost." It will hopefully continue to hold my attention and keep being exciting. If it doesn't do those things it will fall into the hole that "Heroes" did, but much much sooner.
Maybe I'm just biased to NBC, but most of the shows that I watch are on this network. Community, 30 Rock, The Voice, Parks & Rec, The Office, Revolution, Go On (another new show that has surprised me for the time being), and Parenthood. That last one has been a guilty pleasure for awhile and I don't know why I like the show. It's just a good show. Then there's Modern Family, the one show I watch on ABC and New Girl and Fringe on FOX for the network shows I watch. Finally there's American Horror Story and Wilfred on FX. And my friends wonder why I don't need anymore shows to watch...
Of the five comedies on NBC that I watch, two are having their final seasons this year (30 Rock and The Office) and two others need to have incredible viewership, and fans ready to fight for them, if they want to stay on the air (Community and Parks & Rec). The two endangered of being cancelled are two of the funniest shows on TV currently. I honestly cannot think of more smartly written sitcoms nowadays. They both have been falling into the rut that Arrested Development had, they are almost too smart for the "common viewer." However as Arrested Development is gaining more attention again I think people are beginning to watch Community and Parks & Rec the same way, if not these two shows are getting a similar viewership.
As shows start up again, so does my quoting and referencing. Parks & Rec had some gems last night and I can't wait to use them to see who really follows these shows too. I can't wait to see what surprises come from these different shows and how the new ones change over the course of the season.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Cleaning House
Many television networks recently decided to clean house of shows receiving poor ratings, poor reviews, and just not doing well. Unfortunately this fate befell many shows that I personally feel just needed more time to take off. You'd think series would pay more attention to the first season so they get a second season and can dive into a deeper story with more character development and more compelling stories, but these shows just didn't do that.
I didn't watch all 17 of the series that were cancelled religiously, but I did see a few episodes of some of the shows. One of the shows was Best Friends Forever. Yes it was sort of a chick flick show, but I really liked the pilot episode. Mainly because they finally put a guy in a role similar to Liz Lemon on 30 Rock. A guy who was just easy going and did his own thing. Someone I identified with. The pilot had me in stitches because a lot of the things the guy on the show would do I do in real life. It was just funny. Then it kind of petered out. Maybe the writing got stale or maybe the premise just wasn't good enough, but I thought this show had some potential to be great!
Another show cancelled from this season was FOX's Alcatraz a weird and somewhat trippy series about time-traveling prisoners of the historic Alcatraz prison. Sounds like an interesting premise, but it ended up feeling almost like an extension of Lost to me. Mainly because Hurley (Jorge Garcia) was one of the main characters and he had to deal with, yet again, time traveling characters and never really understood what was happening.
Harry's Law was a show I actually could have gotten into. Being a fan of Boston Legal this show was in the same vein as that one. Humor and kick-butt lawyering. It was always a fun show to watch and actually did a good job of keeping you on the edge of your seat. Sometimes stretching what should have been one episode into two or more, but it was still a fun show to watch.
Bent was a show unfortunate enough to get a poor time slot. I never got the chance to watch it, but it was pitted against Modern Family and the other shows at the 8:30 timeslot. Almost destined to fail. Which is a little sad because Amanda Peet is a great actress who seems to be trying to break into the television genre, but just hasn't made it through yet.
Among others cancelled (that I didn't watch) were Are You There, Chelsea?, Ringer, Pan Am, Awake, Breaking In, GCB, The Secret Circle, A Gifted Man, Missing, The Finder, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, The Firm, and The River.
Seems that the "The" titles were the big hit (flop) this year. Just an interesting thing to note. With all these cancellations, there is still some great news to report! 30 Rock, Community, and Parks and Recreation are making comebacks in the fall! It may be for shortened seasons (and is 30 Rock's last), but they are bound to be hilarious! If they do well I hope Community and Parks and Rec can get renewed again, but for full seasons!
And while this may be good news, NBC failed. Yet again. Why renew the crap that is Whitney?!?!?! It's AWFUL. No one watches it. No one thinks it's funny. And yet you renew that over Up All Night or even Best Friends Forever. Yeah they both might not be the funniest shows, but I'd watch either one over stupid Whitney and her complaining and annoying voice. Give Community, 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation (read 'actually hilarious TV shows') full seasons and get rid of that show that no one has heard of and no one watches when both The Middle and Modern Family are on FOX during that time.
Dear NBC. Stop screwing up your great comedy lineup! (You can get rid of The Office now. It's not funny anymore). Listen to the fans and the critics and keep the genuinely funny shows!!
I didn't watch all 17 of the series that were cancelled religiously, but I did see a few episodes of some of the shows. One of the shows was Best Friends Forever. Yes it was sort of a chick flick show, but I really liked the pilot episode. Mainly because they finally put a guy in a role similar to Liz Lemon on 30 Rock. A guy who was just easy going and did his own thing. Someone I identified with. The pilot had me in stitches because a lot of the things the guy on the show would do I do in real life. It was just funny. Then it kind of petered out. Maybe the writing got stale or maybe the premise just wasn't good enough, but I thought this show had some potential to be great!
Another show cancelled from this season was FOX's Alcatraz a weird and somewhat trippy series about time-traveling prisoners of the historic Alcatraz prison. Sounds like an interesting premise, but it ended up feeling almost like an extension of Lost to me. Mainly because Hurley (Jorge Garcia) was one of the main characters and he had to deal with, yet again, time traveling characters and never really understood what was happening.
Harry's Law was a show I actually could have gotten into. Being a fan of Boston Legal this show was in the same vein as that one. Humor and kick-butt lawyering. It was always a fun show to watch and actually did a good job of keeping you on the edge of your seat. Sometimes stretching what should have been one episode into two or more, but it was still a fun show to watch.
Bent was a show unfortunate enough to get a poor time slot. I never got the chance to watch it, but it was pitted against Modern Family and the other shows at the 8:30 timeslot. Almost destined to fail. Which is a little sad because Amanda Peet is a great actress who seems to be trying to break into the television genre, but just hasn't made it through yet.
Among others cancelled (that I didn't watch) were Are You There, Chelsea?, Ringer, Pan Am, Awake, Breaking In, GCB, The Secret Circle, A Gifted Man, Missing, The Finder, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, The Firm, and The River.
Seems that the "The" titles were the big hit (flop) this year. Just an interesting thing to note. With all these cancellations, there is still some great news to report! 30 Rock, Community, and Parks and Recreation are making comebacks in the fall! It may be for shortened seasons (and is 30 Rock's last), but they are bound to be hilarious! If they do well I hope Community and Parks and Rec can get renewed again, but for full seasons!
And while this may be good news, NBC failed. Yet again. Why renew the crap that is Whitney?!?!?! It's AWFUL. No one watches it. No one thinks it's funny. And yet you renew that over Up All Night or even Best Friends Forever. Yeah they both might not be the funniest shows, but I'd watch either one over stupid Whitney and her complaining and annoying voice. Give Community, 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation (read 'actually hilarious TV shows') full seasons and get rid of that show that no one has heard of and no one watches when both The Middle and Modern Family are on FOX during that time.
Dear NBC. Stop screwing up your great comedy lineup! (You can get rid of The Office now. It's not funny anymore). Listen to the fans and the critics and keep the genuinely funny shows!!
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