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TV 4 - Renewed for another thread!!!

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dxmnkd316 said:
hahahaha, it gets so much better still. Have you seen dexter yet?
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No! No more TV shows! I've gone from the occasional Pawn Stars/Mythbusters to full blown addiction to Californication and Breaking Bad! NO MORE! :mad: :mad:

:p

And to think, I passed on the documentary "F*: A Documentary" tonight to finish up S2 of BB. :o
 
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Dexter is overrated...no you wont convince me otherwise.
 
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The most interesting ANTM cycle of the last few years ended last night with Krista beating Raina in the final. Not surprised Krista won, although it would be hard to find a more stereotypical "Cover Girl" model than Raina.

I'd give Krista a 7 for catalog, 7 for editorial and a 10 for high fashion. Raina I'd give 10, 5 and 5 respectively. They will each have solid, unspectacular careers in their strengths; if either were to break through, it would be Krista, so presumably the judges picked correctly.

With Tyra's afternoon show going off the air, I wonder if she'll devote more time to ANTM or wind it up, too. Of the usual suspects we saw very little of Miss J this year, leading to speculation that like Janice and Paulina before him, he has run afoul of Tyra's Monstrous Ego. Jay Manuel came in spurts (sorry) -- he was nearly invisible during the middle episodes, so hopefully he's got real life gigs. Nigel continued to smolder, while Tyra no longer had to share the stage with any woman judge and seemed somewhat less mentally unbalanced. The new regular judge, Andre Talley, was entertaining and seemed to not take it too seriously, which is essential for that show. There is only one God, Tyra, and Jay Manual is Her prophet.
 
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Handyman said:
The first season was good until the end...the finale was a piece of crap and proved they had no idea they would be picked up and changed the ending so it could go on for another season.
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Exactly. The first season of Heroes (except for that stinker finale) was outstanding TV, up there with middle kingdom House and early Galactica.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Yeah but you hate everything.

Seriously, Brent, you need to check this out. It's an incredible show. Ignore these two naysayers.
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Actually I like a lot of things...Dexter is just stupid and the overacting done by the guy who plays Dexter is laughably horrible :D
 
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Cold Case got the boot.

Why is it that three CSI's can stay but an original show with an original premise cannot last?

Sad.
 
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I started watching Big Bang Theory about a month a half ago and have enjoyed the show.

Sheldon is right up there with my favorite TV characters with Abed from Community.

I finally got around to watching the pilot episode today and my god I don't think I've laughed that hard in years.

Sheldon to Leonard in the final scene of the pilot: "I don't know about the rest of the world as a whole, but as far as the population of this car goes, you're a varitable Mac Daddy."

:cool: Classic.
 
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Maybe CBS could rip off another show from USA and put it on the air. Perhaps about a spy who gets burned and tries to find out why or a criminal who is working with a federal agency to stop similar criminals :p

I would watch CSI if, ya know, it was actually anything like what real CSI people do :D

Last nights House was pretty awesome, and Chuck was epic! The preview for next weeks two hour finale looks awesome! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeroL01w2w4

At about the 23 second mark you can see a thank you to the Chuck fans who got the show renewed again...pretty cool by the Chuck people :)
 
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Handyman said:
Maybe CBS could rip off another show from USA and put it on the air. Perhaps about a spy who gets burned and tries to find out why or a criminal who is working with a federal agency to stop similar criminals :p

I would watch CSI if, ya know, it was actually anything like what real CSI people do :D
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Aaah, the realism is missing. I hate reality TV anyway so the more fantasy in my programming the better.

CSI Miami was awesome last night. Nice job finishing off a storyline that had been running all year.

House was good but now the relationship has happened. So, they either pull off the miracle like Cheers did and survive it, or they die like most every other show has done.
 
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Well I think the show is kind of at that point anyways. House is a different character (almost more like he was in the beginning before the show structure changed) and they have taken away a lot of what made him great i.e. his pain and drug abuse. It still gets pretty great ratings so if they can find a way to either push his team to the forefront or create a conflict outside of his love for Cuddy (which they kind of did with Wilson's new status quo) it could actually work quite well.

As for CSI, it isnt about reality, but the first time I saw Grissom interrogating a suspect I was done with the show. Sorry but scientists dont talk to suspects and they certainly don't pull the old good cop, bad cop with them ;) I dont watch any of them but at least David Caruso is fun to laugh at...YEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!! :D
 
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All shows gradually get sappier and stupider. If nothing else there is a Peter Principle where the good writers move on and the mediocre writers are left. Or there is the MASH Effect where the pretty, stupid people who say the lines accumulate enough power and ego that they start to think they can write and direct, instead of leaving that to the smart, ugly people. Or a show becomes a franchise and the network stops allowing risks because the stakes are higher. And finally there is Regression towards Niceness, where flawed, foil characters are redeemed and become unobjectionable and uninteresting (Frank Burns, Lou Grant, Archie Bunker). This has happened with every show that ever ran for more than 4 years. Animated shows seem to be an exception, because the talent can't take over. Cartman doesn't lobby for a softer character and Homer doesn't try to write.
 
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