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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 23, 2020 13:49:07 GMT -5
Schitt's Creek (s1)
Tried to watch it. Didn't think it was funny. With that said, for some reason, my wife and I are not fans of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. I don't think I've ever considered any of their films and TV shows funny.
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Post by azvb on Jan 23, 2020 15:22:14 GMT -5
Schitt's Creek (s1) Tried to watch it. Didn't think it was funny. With that said, for some reason, my wife and I are not fans of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. I don't think I've ever considered any of their films and TV shows funny. Really? I laugh out loud multiple times. Eugene Levy doesn’t make me laugh, but his son (Dan?) is really funny, I think. Wonder if he could play anything other than a flamboyant gay guy? I’ve never seen him in anything else.
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 23, 2020 16:08:53 GMT -5
Schitt's Creek (s1) Tried to watch it. Didn't think it was funny. With that said, for some reason, my wife and I are not fans of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. I don't think I've ever considered any of their films and TV shows funny. Really? I laugh out loud multiple times. Eugene Levy doesn’t make me laugh, but his son (Dan?) is really funny, I think. Wonder if he could play anything other than a flamboyant gay guy? I’ve never seen him in anything else. The first season of Schitt's Creek is in the pantheon of funniest TV seasons ever. The subsequent ones aren't quite as hilarious, but they make up for it with great storytelling and character development. Alexa and Ted is one of my favorite TV romances ever.
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Post by volleylearner on Jan 23, 2020 16:48:15 GMT -5
[As an aside, the whole Series/Season thing with foreign shows has me pretty baffled. Seems like it is probably just a funding concept and unrelated to anything else.] are you talking about how the Brits will sometimes refer to "series 2" where as Yanks would call it "season 2"? (though they're starting to use the term "season" across the pond more and more now). or are you referring to something else? I was referring to the variable number of episodes in a series/season as well as any continuity in characters or plot. I'm familiar with the 22 episodes/season of US network TV shows (used to be more--Perry Mason had 39 its first season though was typically 30) but I watch mostly non-network TV shows these days. Here are some examples of the variations: Unforgotten (British, 3 series of 6 episodes each) Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (Australian, 2 series of 13 episodes plus a 3rd series with 8 episodes) Father Brown (British, 4 series of 10 episodes, 2 series of 15 episodes) Virgin River (Netflix, 2 series of 8 episodes) The Blue Rose (New Zealand, 1 series of 13 episodes) Midsomar Murders (British, 21 series varying between 4 and 8 episodes per season) Some shows carry one main plot through a series/season, while others have a main plot per episode with subplots that span multiple episodes. I have seen character changes in the middle of a series/season as well. My impression is that what really defines a series/season is a funding commitment to produce a certain number of episodes.
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Post by volleylearner on Jan 23, 2020 17:06:05 GMT -5
Schitt's Creek (s1) Tried to watch it. Didn't think it was funny. With that said, for some reason, my wife and I are not fans of Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. I don't think I've ever considered any of their films and TV shows funny. Really? I laugh out loud multiple times. Eugene Levy doesn’t make me laugh, but his son (Dan?) is really funny, I think. Wonder if he could play anything other than a flamboyant gay guy? I’ve never seen him in anything else. I watched the first episode of Schitt's Creek and didn't like it at all. Too ridiculous for me.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 23, 2020 19:17:02 GMT -5
Some shows carry one main plot through a series/season, while others have a main plot per episode with subplots that span multiple episodes. I have seen character changes in the middle of a series/season as well. My impression is that what really defines a series/season is a funding commitment to produce a certain number of episodes. I suppose so, but it remains that most "series" have at least some kind of story-arc completion at the end of them. Usually not a "there is no more story to tell" level of completion, but typically something at least at the level of the ending of a movie or a novel with a planned sequel. And I think the variable length is because the writers and producers agree "we can tell this story (or this part of the story) in seven hours" (or whatever). Of course, if they already have the go-ahead for the next season and/or series, then it may be more of a cliffhanger ending. As for "character changes", sometimes that is all pre-planned. Like the first season of "Spooks" ("MI-5" in the US), where we get introduced to the sort of generic team of agents one usually expects in such a show. Except in the second episode, a character that everyone assumed was going to be a main series viewpoint character is brutally murdered. (Head stuck into a hot oil deep-fryer.) It was a huge shock, completely subverting expectations and alerting the viewer that no character should be assumed to have "plot armor".
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 23, 2020 19:57:10 GMT -5
British television just seems to work differently. US "seasons" are almost always 22 episodes (or 13 for a half-season), and British "series" are usually anywhere from 4-10 episodes. US cable/streaming shows actually seem to follow more of a British model, usually. Typically a US "season" is written expecting (or at least hoping for) an extension for another year, while British "series" are often written to be mostly stand-alone. Successful shows do usually get another series (or many, many more series, like Doctor Who), but most of the time if you watch one that didn't get renewed it's not the abrupt "what happened?" situation that many non-renewed American shows suffer. For US shows, traditionally the goal was to get at least five seasons, which would give them a supply of 110 episodes. This was enough to be attractive to the syndication market because it allowed independent stations to show an episode every week without needing to repeat episodes for a couple of years. Of course the whole "syndication" market is gone now, replaced first by VCRs, then DVDs, then streaming on-demand. And independent over-the-air stations are mostly gone now too, replaced by cable and streaming channels. For network television in the US, you are right, but 13 or fewer episodes has been the model for prestige cable shows for a while now. Um... US cable/streaming shows actually seem to follow more of a British model, usually.
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 23, 2020 20:29:56 GMT -5
For network television in the US, you are right, but 13 or fewer episodes has been the model for prestige cable shows for a while now. Um... US cable/streaming shows actually seem to follow more of a British model, usually. Ah, apparently, I can't read. My mistake.
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Post by ironhammer on Jan 23, 2020 23:44:26 GMT -5
Speaking of British TV series, who makes a better TV portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, the late Jeremy Brett in the 80's to 90's Granada TV production or Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 1:12:15 GMT -5
Speaking of British TV series, who makes a better TV portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, the late Jeremy Brett in the 80's to 90's Granada TV production or Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series? Cumberbatch's series is soooo good. minus the latest/last? season... we dont talk about that
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 25, 2020 13:47:20 GMT -5
The Detectorists (s2)
Love this show. Very funny in an understated way.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 31, 2020 23:09:52 GMT -5
The Detectorists (s3)
Finished all three seasons. Great show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 23:47:35 GMT -5
The Good Place ended last night.
Saddest/best season finale I've ever seen
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 14:00:11 GMT -5
I thought the first episode of Avenue 5 didn't bode well for the series, but it has really kicked it in gear since then. I think it's very funny.
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Post by bbg95 on Feb 11, 2020 14:22:41 GMT -5
Curb Your Enthusiasm is back, and last night's episode featured one of the funniest closing shots in the history of the show.
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