2012 TV thread: winter, spring, maybe summer

because fall will have to be its own thread, probably

so far of the new shows i've watched this year: Work It (lol already canceled thank god), House Of Lies (shitty even by Showtime standards, feel bad for Kristen Bell), Smash (not bad although mostly just watching it for McPhee)

I saw 100 promos for Smash last night so now I hate it and everything having to do with it.

Looking forward to the eventual return of Community and hoping Cougar Town finds its way back (I'm not a regular viewer, but I feel the pain of the people who are missing it). Bob's Burgers due back in March, along with Mad Men. The only new shows that I'm looking forward to are Awake on NBC and Apartment 23 on ABC (are either of these still on the docket?).

cougartown due back 2/14 i think? they just announced it today

i ended up watching the whitney/chelsea hour last week, chelsea wasn't very good but at least it had a semblance of pacing, which whitney lacks entirely. also the whitney episode was about seeing her boyfriend masturbating and how EMBARRASSING that was, even though they'd lived together for years already at that point.

i dunno without saying anything about my personal experiences i would say having someone walk in on that is awkward no matter what, even if that person has seen you naked under other circumstances

i can only say i'm sorry so many times

looool

I quite liked the Smash pilot, surprisingly.

But nevermind that because JUSTIFIED

Worse was the latest New Girl episode where Zoey sees a guy friend naked (not masturbating) and they're both mortified.

the life and times of tim is somehow like 1 of my fav shows rite now

Looks like two new episodes of Prime Suspect on NBC tonight. I assume it is a burn-off, but part of me wonders if they want it to succeed to get in and replace The Firm.

It's up against playoff football. They're burning it off.

^^^

I just noticed the co-star of Smash is the heckler from Louie.

And I am watching Vampire Diaries and it is awesome.

did Smash start already? is it any good?

It starts the Monday after the Super Bowl.

Probably of interest to comics nerds only, but it looks like Powers is teetering on the abyss.

More than that, I'd say, given FX actually rejected the pilot and haven't said whether they'll even pay for a reshoot.

was that based on the comic?

yes

did anyone really rate the comic? I recall it being pretty poor.

I like it a lot! But I am a Bendis stan.

I was about to make a super scathing post before Wmc's xpost made me realize I was confusing Powers with Alias

I have read too many Bendis comics

Alias has been optioned as well! By ABC iirc.

inside comedy w/ david steinberg is a thing:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-steinberg-inside-comedy-showtime-seinfeld-285010

seinfeld said "thats why i called it seinfeld cuz i thought well at least ill get some tickets i sell some tickets at yeah hilarities in cleveland this weekend maybe ill get a second show" on sunday"

hm take out that extra "

Inside Comedy was aight but the rerun of Green Room they put on after it tonight just reminded how much more fun a comedians talking comedy show can be.

what is Inside Comedy?

Its black, decaying heart.

lol

the first post mentioning Inside Comedy featured an informative link iirc

so it's like WTF?

::rolls eyes, looks at watch, taps foot on floor::

sorta actually. listening to jerry actually made me wish i was listening 2 him on wtf. the show is much more brief, jerry & rickles seperately tell some good brief stories & they show clips of each doing stand up, rickles performing for reagan as one & jerry for mccartney & obama

NBC has moved The Firm to Saturday night's to die a death and moved Grimm into its slot until March 1 when it will premiere Awake with Jacob Isaacs, which is destined to fail miserably as it is created by Kyle Killen. No word yet on Community.

Awake looks good. I'm glad I'll finally have a (short) window to see if it capitalizes on the promise of its trailer.

"The Firm" isn't terrible, but there is absolutely nothing essential about that show.

yeah i watched the first episode and definitely felt like i had enough to last a lifetime. let me say again: NO MORE TWO HOUR PILOTS.

It's a pretty by-the-numbers legal show. Josh Lucas is a little earnest AT ALL TIMES, though.

I wonder if the fact that ER was in that slot for so, so long left it cursed for anything that follows. Has any NBC show lasted an entire season at 10pm on Thursdays yet?

nope

George Clooney cursed them.

Here's the trailer for Awake, btw, in case anyone's forgotten the premise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbF8b9wkMs

Jack's imaginary son from Lost's 6th season and the girl who was in The 4400 and Terriers! Also, BD Wong! Playing another psychiatrist!

Is Awake the one with Jason Isaacs? I vowed to watch that show when I heard about it, but I'm sad we're not getting a third hour of comedy/Community's return.

Also 30 Rock got a 1.3 in the demo last night, which is just appallingly bad, but it might be related to that DVR glitch a bunch of us reported experiencing yesterday. Parks and Rec otoh was up from last week.

i thought the whole thing w/ the low ratings of shows like 30 Rock was that their numbers would look better if DVRs and other recording devices were counted?

DVR ratings don't come out for a bit. That 1.3 is live and yes, it is shockingly bad.

NBC opens February sweeps in strong tie with Univision

most problematically - in my eyes at least - the only bright spots are also redundancies + retreads from gg

this is my strongly worded opinion on this topic.

bunheads.

yeah who knows why they're airing that many episodes over 18 months and still calling it one season. maybe it's a contractual thing where they can maximize what they're getting out of the cast and crew for one season, or they want to be able to release it all as one DVD set. (xpost)

it's rebound-GG

i like it even though it's not great or perfect. it's kinda sweet & charming

Yes. It does exactly what I expected it to do and delivers exactly what I hoped for. Much the same can be said for Dallas. I enjoy both as low-impact alternatives to the thundering blows of Breaking Bad's brutal genius.

I tried Dallas a few times, but it just wasn't for me, though I kind of appreciate its unabashed cheesiness, in a way

I really think you need to have watched it in its previous incarnation to have any real appreciation for it. J.R. Ewing is one of my favorite characters ever, so for me it's worth watching for the dollops of Hagman alone. It's starting to find its (distinctly cheesy) groove, though.

yeah, to me that other guy's just the dad from Step by Step. and what happened to Jordana Brewster's career...

children's hospital comes back tnite!

oh shit!

OK, I don't feel like starting a thread for new fall shows right now, but CBS is doing a sitcom about Groupon, starring McLovin?

wtf

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-with-copper-the-homicide-team-goes-back-to-1864-new-york

I'm kinda interested in that one. I think I might watch.

I need to set my dvr right now, because I'll never remember to watch anything on BBC America live.

i'm excited for BULLET IN THE FACE tonight and tomorrow, which is a show from the creator of Sledge Hammer that apparently is so violent that IFC got squeamish once they saw the first season and just decided to dump all the episodes at once as a "two night mini-series event" with no chance of renewal.

okay that sounds cool, I might have to check that out too

both of those shows sound interesting. haven't seen anything about Copper, but i saw some ads for Bullet in the Face, and i'm intrigued, though my expectations are pretty low

preview i saw for copper looked really cheesy

haha did they greenlight it without a title assigned???

BULLET IN THE FACE, sure, sounds great, what are your revenue projections?

I've been interested in checking out Bullet In The Face, but I had no idea who was involved with Copper. Early Homicide is among my all-time favorite TV stuff, so that's really exciting.

I watched the first ep of Bullet In The Face.

I want to like it more than I do. It's kind of...badly camp? Something kinda cluky about it? I'll keep watching tho.

cluky = clunky

I feel like a douche for saying it, but even though I want to watch Copper, I probably won't because I don't have BBC America in HD.

it's definitely a different tone/rhythm from what we're used to in, like, campy action flick sendups. that's kinda what i like about it, but i get finding it offputting. (xpost)

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"with the flower in my pussy" needs to be clipped out of there & used by someone on a mixtape like a dj drop

could just replace "maybach music" drop on all rick ross songs

probably no one on ILX watches this, but has anyone been keeping up with pretty little liars?? i think it's a fabulous show

it's my little sister's fave show.

i saw the first ep of Bullet to the Face. i lol'd a few times. some good stuff in there.

Did anyone watch Copper? It's a bit corny with the diddly-diddly Oirish music all the time (huge pet peeve of mine), but story is kinda intriguing

i saw the pilot and thought it was a little mediocre, but i've heard the second ep was better

tivoing; will try when it gets to four

Major Crimes is continuing on nicely where The Closer left off, though I admit I do miss my weekly dose of J. K. Simmons.

I think I'm going to to give that Revolution thing a try when it airs- the Abrams/Favreau thingy about hybrids full of weeds etc

http://www.avclub.com/articles/fx-automatically-gives-charlie-sheens-anger-manage,84405

i haven't even seen one episode!

I watched a bit of one and it was very, very similar to the tone of 2.5 men

The ratings got better as it went along but I didn't think they were anywhere near the level needed to get the 90-episode renewal.

the show looks even lower budget than It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, so why not

Anger Management and Kutcher-era Two And A Half Men are basically the Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds of stupid sitcoms

Did anyone watch Copper? It's a bit corny with the diddly-diddly Oirish music all the time (huge pet peeve of mine), but story is kinda intriguing

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it's hilarious that the theme song is a transparent "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" knockoff because so is the Rizzoli & Isles theme

haha true

Mob Doctor starts tonight

William Forsythe! Rappapapapapappaapport!

I hope this is as good as I want it to be

If the theme song isn't "Rock Lobster" modified lyrically to "Mob Doctor" I have no interest.

haha

should be in the fall thread, come on veg

I didn't know (or I forgot) there was a fall thread ;_;

i like that we don't lock the old tv threads so if we ever want to go back and rehash the winter, spring and maybe summer of 2012 nbc dramas we can

For convenience, though: 2012 Fall TV Thread