TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[JL21]

Oh - he means Chiklis. The Commish was his old show.

Oh [expletive]... yeah. I'm dumb. I thought he literally meant the commissioner.

It'd be kind of funny to watch The Commish now after watching The Shield.

[Jocephus]

random persons thoughts

So the below are not the 10 Worst TV Shows of the Year. They are simply 10 of the worst things someone who watches a lot of TV for a living can recall seeing. And for now, that is good, or rather bad, enough. Alphabetically:

[SHOW]

Dads. There have been excellent, funny shows about terrible, bigoted people–All in the Family, South Park, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This was none of those; it too often relied on jokes that could only be funny if the audience thought that cliches about Asians (or whoever else) were funny. And the show’s waste of good comic actors was almost as offensive.

The Dexter finale. I’ll admit that I’d given up hope that Dexter could be as good as its first couple of seasons long ago. But this finale, which went all in on implausibility and cheated any kind of real closure, must have been even rougher for loyal fans who expected better.

The Following. This wasn’t flat-out the worst drama a network aired last year (see Zero Hour, e.g.) and it was enough of a hit to be returning in January. But it was a big, ponderous, increasingly far-fetched example of the growing TV cliche of the evil, nihilist mastermind.

Hemlock Grove. You’ve read a lot of year-end roundups about the rise of Netflix this year with House of Cards, Arrested Development, and Orange Is the New Black, and I’m betting Netflix is glad most of them forget that this goofy, laughable horror serial existed. (And Ricky Gervais’ Derek must be glad for the diversion.)

Low Winter Sun, Ray Donovan, and Antihero Overload. Like The Following, a couple of not-very-good shows that fall among The Worst for embodying a bad trend: turning the antihero genre of Tony Soprano and Walter White into pain-by-the-numbers.

Ready for Love. The Bachelor meets Millionaire Matchmaker meets the slow demise of your faith in humanity.

60 Minutes’ Benghazi report. The damage done by most of the shows on this list ended the moment you changed the channel. Lara Logan’s credulous interview with a fraudulent “witness” to the killings of Americans in Libya further polarized a political debate and injured the credibility of a TV news institution.

Splash. Some reality shows achieve brilliance by embracing ridiculousness. This awkward, unpleasant diving competition just bellyflopped straight into it.

The View and Katie’s vaccine fumbles. The View, produced by newswoman Barbara Walters, legitimized the dangerous anti-vaccine crusading of Jenny McCarthy by hiring her as a co-host and rationalizing her undermining public health as one more provocative “opinion.” Later, Katie Couric, gave undue legitimacy to critics of the HPV vaccine on her syndicated talk show–and corrected it in a blog post.

Zero Hour. “Ze clocks!” This wacko supernatural thriller about apocalyptic Nazi timepieces might actually have been one of the best shows of the year, it it were a 90-second parody trailer.

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[Jocephus]

Really excited they brought Brian back on Family Guy. I wonder if that was the plan all along or in response to the backlash? Seth McFarlane says:

Seth MacFarlane ‏@SethMacFarlane 2h
I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off Brian, did you? Jesus, we'd have to be [expletive] high.

[ghostrunner]

I'm in the middle of my third run through Hannibal. I'm leaning toward the idea that it's currently the best show on TV (now that BB is gone). Better than Game of Thrones, The Americans, Justified, and Mad Men which would be my next four. Chock full of plotholes and not a one of them really matters.

[go birds]

Orange is the New Black is awesome.

Piper is such a babe.

[cardinalkarp]

Orange is the New Black is awesome.

Piper is such a babe.

Really is a good show....I was bummed after marathoning the first season only to find out the second season wouldn't be out until the middle of next year.

[docellis]

Really is a good show....I was bummed after marathoning the first season only to find out the second season wouldn't be out until the middle of next year.

me too

[go birds]

I've burned thru like 7 episodes in two days

[go birds]

So apparently comcast has put all HBO's series OnCommand, including the Wire, which i literally just started as i type this.

Does anyone know, by any chance how long these will be available? I'd hate to start the series and then left hanging.

[IMADreamer]

Anyone watched Alpha House yet on Amazon? Might be my new favorite show. I mean it's not exactly writing genius but if it was I probably wouldn't understand it. I think it's hilarious.