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The state of TV
Aug. 4th, 2013 09:04 pmAlas, it's not great. Gone are the golden days of Stargate, although every once in a while SyFy will show a marathon, but always when I'm at work or it's against something worth watching.
I can't say I'm watching anything 'fannish' these days. I'm still attached to Stargate Atlantis although am woefully behind on fanfic due to realty (house and job stuff and well, warmer weather and being outside fighting a losing battle against weeds and vines). So, let's see, I like Bob's Burgers on Fox on Sunday nights. Totally bizarre dysfunctional family in a cartoon. I started watching Crossing Lines on NBC as William Fichtner starts in it so of course, it's pre-empted for sports now, which means I'll listen to Hearts of Space on NPR instead. I started watching The Killing on AMC, but fell an episode behind, so am now recording them and will just do a marathon instead. I fell soooo woefully behind on The Walking Dead that at this rate I'll just wait till the library (hopefully) gets the show on DVD.
Mondays I watch The Glades on A&E. It's a popcorn show as the lead is fun to watch and the plots are simple. I'd have to say Longmire, which follows on A&E, is a favorite. Definitely not fannish but I like all the characters, and it doesn't hurt that it has Lou Diamond Phillips in it. I try to catch NCIS on Tuesdays, but since the show seems to always be on somewhere (along with the Law & Order shows), if I miss it, no big deal. Last thing I really paid attention to on Wednesdays was the Dragons of Berk, now on hiatus. Thursdays actually got a little cluttered. Big Bang Theory, Person of Interest, Elementary, but oh wait, CBS moved POI to Tuesdays at 10pm. Gah! I loved the Thursday lineup. So right now it's all repeats, and I accidentally tripped over Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock on PBS, so now I can catch up! And the library has the show on DVD, so I'll watch season 2 until season 1 is returned to the library. I see why the show is addictive.
I must admit that if nothng else were on, I'd watch the schlock movie on SyFy. I did watch Sharknado, and it was, yes, bad. I spent most of the movie wondering why Ian Ziering's face was lighter in tone than the rest of his body, which seemed odd for a surfer. And hoping Tara Reid's whiny ex-wife would get devoured. Just when you think movies can't get worse they make stuff like this. Of course if any of the Stargate Altantis actors (or SG-1) appear in these dreckly flicks, I will watch.
Fridays I'm behind on Continuum, which means I'll have to catch up on the SyFy online, or repeats, or try the cable OnDemand and hope they have it. Every time I turn on Hawaii Five-0 I swear it's the same episode I always see!
And then there's Doctor Who.
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I can't say I'm watching anything 'fannish' these days. I'm still attached to Stargate Atlantis although am woefully behind on fanfic due to realty (house and job stuff and well, warmer weather and being outside fighting a losing battle against weeds and vines). So, let's see, I like Bob's Burgers on Fox on Sunday nights. Totally bizarre dysfunctional family in a cartoon. I started watching Crossing Lines on NBC as William Fichtner starts in it so of course, it's pre-empted for sports now, which means I'll listen to Hearts of Space on NPR instead. I started watching The Killing on AMC, but fell an episode behind, so am now recording them and will just do a marathon instead. I fell soooo woefully behind on The Walking Dead that at this rate I'll just wait till the library (hopefully) gets the show on DVD.
Mondays I watch The Glades on A&E. It's a popcorn show as the lead is fun to watch and the plots are simple. I'd have to say Longmire, which follows on A&E, is a favorite. Definitely not fannish but I like all the characters, and it doesn't hurt that it has Lou Diamond Phillips in it. I try to catch NCIS on Tuesdays, but since the show seems to always be on somewhere (along with the Law & Order shows), if I miss it, no big deal. Last thing I really paid attention to on Wednesdays was the Dragons of Berk, now on hiatus. Thursdays actually got a little cluttered. Big Bang Theory, Person of Interest, Elementary, but oh wait, CBS moved POI to Tuesdays at 10pm. Gah! I loved the Thursday lineup. So right now it's all repeats, and I accidentally tripped over Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock on PBS, so now I can catch up! And the library has the show on DVD, so I'll watch season 2 until season 1 is returned to the library. I see why the show is addictive.
I must admit that if nothng else were on, I'd watch the schlock movie on SyFy. I did watch Sharknado, and it was, yes, bad. I spent most of the movie wondering why Ian Ziering's face was lighter in tone than the rest of his body, which seemed odd for a surfer. And hoping Tara Reid's whiny ex-wife would get devoured. Just when you think movies can't get worse they make stuff like this. Of course if any of the Stargate Altantis actors (or SG-1) appear in these dreckly flicks, I will watch.
Fridays I'm behind on Continuum, which means I'll have to catch up on the SyFy online, or repeats, or try the cable OnDemand and hope they have it. Every time I turn on Hawaii Five-0 I swear it's the same episode I always see!
And then there's Doctor Who.
( Read more... )