The TV Discussion Thread

[Henry Gale]

They have the first episode of The Mindy Project up on hulu. It was surprisingly pretty good.

Yup, I liked it too. As long as it doesn't rely too heavily on the workplace love triangle-y stuff, plays to Kaling's strengths as a female protagonist who's believable because she's not designed to be some easily lovable ideal, and not being afraid of more bizarre touches like the Barbie doll in the pool, then it shouldn't have trouble being consistently enjoyable.

They also posted Ben & Kate early. It feels a bit rushed and I made the mistake of watching the extended promo they released a few months ago that featured almost all of its best moments. But it's breezy, charming, and it'll fit nicely in its timeslot between Raising Hope, New Girl and Mindy Project, since they have a similar vibes and smartly rely on their strong ensembles (which I'm hoping the new ones will grow to do). Also, the more they decide to utilize Lucy Punch, the better. She almost steals the pilot.

[Winston*]

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Yay.

[Morris Schæffer]

For those interested, on the 24th, an ambitious new BBC mini-series premiered called "Parade's End.". Written by Tom Stoppard, co-produced by HBO and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall.

[Acapelli]

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Yay.

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For those interested, on the 24th, an ambitious new BBC mini-series premiered called "Parade's End.". Written by Tom Stoppard, co-produced by HBO and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall.

I'd watch those two watching paint dry.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hey, is Rescue Me any good?

[amberlita]

For those interested, on the 24th, an ambitious new BBC mini-series premiered called "Parade's End.". Written by Tom Stoppard, co-produced by HBO and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall.

There a way to watch this online? I looked around both BBC America and PBS but didn't see any listings.

[Morris Schæffer]

There a way to watch this online? I looked around both BBC America and PBS but didn't see any listings.

Not sure. I would download it myself.

[number8]

I started watching Party Animals because I thought I should see Matt Smith try to play another character.

I knew that he uses his natural London accent as The Doctor. In Party Animals, he uses a northern accent (same one Eccleston used as 9th Doctor, which was his natural one). So that's... kind of interesting.

I'm gonna check out Christopher and His Kind next, where he uses a German accent.

[Winston*]

I'm gonna check out Christopher and His Kind next, where he uses a German accent.

It's probably worth seeing from the bits I've seen but he doesn't use a German accent in that . It's set in Germany but he's playing the English Christopher Isherwood and has an upper class English accent.

[number8]

Damn, I was misled. Well, I'll check it out anyway.

[number8]

I went to see a taping of Totally Biased today. Will air tonight.

Quite fun. I like W. Kamau Bell. He's like a black Seth Rogen who talks about politics instead of pot.

[Henry Gale]

I went to see a taping of Totally Biased today. Will air tonight.

Quite fun. I like W. Kamau Bell. He's like a black Seth Rogen who talks about politics instead of pot.

Nice, I've really liked the first three episodes of it. I just think the basic content and general point of view of the show shouldn't be as refreshing as they are to see on TV in this day and age, but it's never smug or preachy (like, say, Bill Maher at his worst) because of how affable and genuinely funny Bell and his approach to each story are. The show could just as easily be called Not-So-Common Sense.

And yeah, that's exactly how I can't help but see him ever since I got the Rogen image in my head.

[number8]

Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland will be the first countries where you can subscribe to just HBO streaming for less than 10 euros a month without a cable subscription.

HBONordic.com

Jealous.

[number8]

Why'd they change restaurants in the second season of The Booth at the End, anyway?

[Qrazy]

Why'd they change restaurants in the second season of The Booth at the End, anyway?

Cause he's in a new town. Makes sense since the other people's stories were resolved for the most part. Keeps him semi under the radar ish.

[number8]

He is? So these recurring characters followed him to a new town...?

[Qrazy]

He is? So these recurring characters followed him to a new town...?

Yes, the two of them did.

[Lucky]

I also found the pilot for The Mindy Project enjoyable. I was never really a fan of Kelly on The Office because the shtick was laid on too thick, but Kaling is charming here and has some great comedic beats under her belt.

[Qrazy]

He is? So these recurring characters followed him to a new town...?

Do you like the show?

[EvilShoe]

So, Homicide is kind of losing me during the third season. (For reasons mentioned on this very same page.)

The dialogue and acting is still very strong, but it's very noticeable that the show had to compromise. I'm not so much bothered by storylines such as Bayliss & the coffin incident, but I don't find the cases to be very gripping anymore.

After having seen The Wire, The Corner and reading the book this is based on I'm just used to a different version of Baltimore, I suppose.

I'll finish this season and so how I go from there.

[Henry Gale]

The New Normal got also got officially posted online.

I want to say I liked it (despite the incessant pop culture references in its dialogue that slow down scenes more than they add to anything, along with some of its characters that are more just broad caricatures), but this is a Ryan Murphy pilot, and I have been burned before.

[Lucky]

Not impressed by Ben and Kate at all. Ben's an odd mix of Will Ferrell in Stepbrothers and Ed Helms from The Office. Good to see Lucy Punch again, liked her in that Woody Allen movie. I'm passing on this one.

[Thirdmango]

About two weeks ago I saw the pilots of Animal Practice and Go On. I liked Animal Practice more, it has Sock from Reaper which is nice, the monkey gets a little annoying but it is better then Go On. Go On is yet another Matthew Perry driven comedy but it tries to have a lot of heart. I'm pretty sure I won't be watching Go On, but I'll give Animal Practice some leeway.

[Thirdmango]

The New Normal got also got officially posted online.

I haven't watched it yet, but it's been officially banned from it's regular time slot here in Utah and instead will air every saturday night around 11:30 pm on the CW.