TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[ghostrunner]

Twin Peaks is coming back.

[stlouie_lipp]

I was just coming here to post that. Looks like I'll be getting Showtime in 2016.

[MrSaigon]

AV Club gave Mulaney a B- for the four episodes they saw. Either it gets MUCH better, or this feels like some 'we love his standup' generosity to me, because it's a full two letter grades too high for the pilot, at the very least.

I love his standup myself. But the pilot was terrible, terrible television--even conceding pilot pitfalls. I knew from the previews and Greenwald that it was going to be rough. But it was still worse than I had hoped, and more importantly lacked any threads of hope as far as I could see. Felt way too familiar for anyone that's seen the standup. Also, why were the actors standing so close to each other? I swear there were three different scenes where I thought Mulaney was going to kiss one of his costars.

[Vidor]

I thought this weekend's SNL was excellent. Sarah Silverman's monologue was the best I've seen in a long time (and I'm glad to see something other than singing a song). I really like Michael Che on Weekend Update. Jost is better, but still pretty bad.

It was OK, but NBC is not doing it any favors by showing the Not Ready For Prime Time Players in the 10 pm slot. Steve Martin doing "King Tut" and Aykroyd & Curtin doiing that Point/Counterpoint about abortion is a pretty dramatic contrast to the modern show.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I thought this weekend's SNL was excellent. Sarah Silverman's monologue was the best I've seen in a long time (and I'm glad to see something other than singing a song). I really like Michael Che on Weekend Update. Jost is better, but still pretty bad.

It was OK, but NBC is not doing it any favors by showing the Not Ready For Prime Time Players in the 10 pm slot. Steve Martin doing "King Tut" and Aykroyd & Curtin doiing that Point/Counterpoint about abortion is a pretty dramatic contrast to the modern show.

I wonder how many younger people stumbled into the old episodes just because they have SNL set as a series recording on the DVR.

[thrill]

Twin Peaks is coming back.

Which means I'll give Twin Peaks it's third chance to grab me. I've tried to watch the first episode twice and haven't gotten through it, let alone interested. Feel like it's something I'm supposed to like.

[Jocephus]

i really got into twin peaks until about 3/4's thru the season ,then it just lost me

whats her name...audrey horne...woowee

[ghostrunner]

Twin Peaks is coming back.

Which means I'll give Twin Peaks it's third chance to grab me. I've tried to watch the first episode twice and haven't gotten through it, let alone interested. Feel like it's something I'm supposed to like.

Thinking about a rewatch and it may not hold up. The main appeal at the time was that there was just nothing else like it on TV. Or even in film. This was pre-basic cable drama, pre-prestigious HBO programming. HBO had some good movies and miniseries, maybe "Dream On"? But that was about it

[Vidor]

I thought this weekend's SNL was excellent. Sarah Silverman's monologue was the best I've seen in a long time (and I'm glad to see something other than singing a song). I really like Michael Che on Weekend Update. Jost is better, but still pretty bad.

It was OK, but NBC is not doing it any favors by showing the Not Ready For Prime Time Players in the 10 pm slot. Steve Martin doing "King Tut" and Aykroyd & Curtin doiing that Point/Counterpoint about abortion is a pretty dramatic contrast to the modern show.

I wonder how many younger people stumbled into the old episodes just because they have SNL set as a series recording on the DVR.

I hope some of them are. That Chevy Chase/Richard Pryor "word association" sketch was extraordinary.

[Vidor]

i really got into twin peaks until about 3/4's thru the season ,then it just lost me

whats her name...audrey horne...woowee

Sherilyn Fenn. I was 17 when "Twin Peaks" aired. Goddamn, Sherilyn Fenn. Then she made that "Boxing Helena" movie and her career never recovered.