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Re: TV of 2011

#51 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:31 am

I'm an unapologetic fan of To Catch a Predator (as pure entertainment, not for any ideological reasons one way or the other), but this is still kind of awesome

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#52 Post by Andre Jurieu » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:16 am

domino harvey wrote:I'm an unapologetic fan of To Catch a Predator (as pure entertainment, not for any ideological reasons one way or the other), but this is still kind of awesome
Yeesh! Kristyn Caddell looks like a parody of a female news reporter. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she showed up on Parks & Rec as Joan Callamezzo's rival.

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#53 Post by HistoryProf » Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:30 am

domino harvey wrote:JESUS.FUCKING.CHRIST.
I think Peter Scolari is the executive producer.

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#54 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:13 am

James Spader's the new boss on the Office (sort of?) and, NBC showed some common sense and will be airing Community and Parks and Rec back to back this fall!

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#55 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:44 pm

Tom Hagen wrote:I've loved this "How the States Got Their Shapes" thing on the History Channel this spring.
Is this a series or a collection of specials? There was one episode (?) available via Comcast On Demand and I enjoyed it (even though the questions could have been answered in two minutes, haha). It's always nice to see Kilborn-era Daily Show contributors get work

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#56 Post by mfunk9786 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:14 am

It was a special that was picked up as a series. It all seemed to happen very quickly and I'm admittedly not sure about the ins and outs.

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#57 Post by Tom Hagen » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:11 pm

Yeah, the history itself (which admittedly is often quite interesting, and to the show's credit is usually a lot more than "the Gadsen Purchase, bitches!") is over pretty quickly, but I watch for all of local eccentrics they find to illustrate their various points. They've nailed States I've actually lived in. The guy in Montana who is trying to get around federal firearms laws by building his own machine guns at home. The survivalist food ration stores in suburban Utah. Classic stuff.

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#58 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:33 pm

Re: Emmys-- Ecstatic about the noms for FNL and Justified. Not surprised at the Community snub. How do you not nominate Nick Offerman? More importantly, how does Modern Family keep sweeping acting noms?

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#59 Post by Murdoch » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:19 pm

Why Matt LeBlanc is nominated for anything is beyond me.

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#60 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:28 pm

Murdoch wrote:Why Matt LeBlanc is nominated for anything is beyond me.
I'm always more surprised by anything good getting nominated for anything.

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#61 Post by tarpilot » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:19 pm

Yeah, the noms for Justified were very pleasing to see, especially Margo Martindale's.


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#63 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:29 pm

I was hooked on the first season when Saving Grace was the lead-in, but for whatever reason never really was interested in the 2nd.

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#64 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:46 pm

I know they were a sponsor for a while, but Marc Maron seemed to genuinely love the show, and it always looked really solid to me. I guess like so many other cancelled series, now would be a good time for me to finally hunker down and watch.

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#65 Post by knives » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:07 pm

It's easily the best thing that Romano has done since Dr. Katz.

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#66 Post by dad1153 » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:37 am

It's too early to call it a trend, but the debut of Teen Nick's 'THE 90'S ARE ALL THAT' block (post-midnight repeats of "Keenan & Kel," "All That," "Clarissa Explains It All," etc.) scored some pretty impressive ratings on its Monday debut. Me? Until they rotate "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (my favorite show of all time) I couldn't care less.

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#67 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:15 am

Hopefully this convinces Paramount to continue putting these shows out on DVD, especially the sadly absent The Adventures of Pete and Pete Volume 3.

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#69 Post by ianungstad » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:25 pm

Some good news for the Canadians on the board. FX Canada launches in November. The channel will initially only air shows that aren't already licensed to other Canadian channels. As licensing agreements expire, shows will migrate to FX Canada.

Now if Comedy Central/Fox could only work out a deal with Futurama, so I don't have to feel like a total ass for having to torrent the new Comedy Central series. (I don't think Futurama is available in the UK either for similar reasons.)

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#70 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:36 pm

Despite the ads all over the place, Showtime's Homeland actually looks very good.
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#71 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:22 pm

Emmy winners list. Really happy Margo Martindale won, but not surprised.

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#72 Post by dad1153 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:54 pm

Nice to see Kyle Chandler win an Emmy for the role of a lifetime in "Friday Night Lights" on the last year of eligibility (although it came at the expense, yet again, of Jon Hamm and Michael C. Hall being robbed for lead actor Emmys they should have tag-team won for the past four years).

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#73 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:04 pm

Uhhhhh if you'd ever seen Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad for five minutes you'd bite your tongue.

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#74 Post by knives » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:09 pm

Or just that monologue last night. That's a hell of a way to subvert audience expectations.

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#75 Post by Tom Hagen » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:33 am

Michael C. Hall and Dexter would definitely win the best continual use of voiceover award though, narrowly edging out whatever miniseries Morgan Freemen happens to be in each year.
mfunk9786 wrote:Uhhhhh if you'd ever seen Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad for five minutes you'd bite your tongue.
I'm two seasons in and avoiding spoilers everywhere. The movies could learn from this show. I'm ready to say it's better than or equal to anything that's ever been on tv, including The Sopranos.

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